Rhône Flashcards
(106 cards)
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Wine produced in Muscat de Beaumes de Venise AOC
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Vins Doux Naturel, Grape: Muscat à Petits Grains Blanc
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2 AOC’s in Côtes du Rhône that produce Vins Doux Naturels
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Rasteau AOC
Muscat de Beaumes de Venise AOC
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Syrah, origen and parents
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Origen: Rhône Valley
Parents: Dureza x Mondeuse Blanche
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Meaning: Septentrionales & Méridionals
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Septentrionals - Northern Côtes du Rhône
Méridionales - Southern Côtes du Rhône
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AOC’s in Les Côtes du Rhône
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Côtes du Rhône AOC (CDR)
Côtes du Rhône Village AOC (CDRV-95 villages)
Côtes du Rhône Village - Named Village AOC (20 villages)
17 Crus AOC’s, 8 northern Rhône, 9 southern Rhône
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Name 8 Côtes du Rhône northern Crus
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Côte-Rotie AOC Condrieux AOC Chateau-Grillet AOC Saint-Joseph AOC Crozes-Hermitage AOC Hermitage AOC Cornas AOC Saint-Péray AOC
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3 Cru AOC’s Northern Rhône that only make white wine and grapes
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Condrieux AOC - Viogner
Château-Grillet AOC - Viogner
Saint-Péray AOC - Roussane, Marsanne
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Cru AOC in Côtes du Rhône that only makes rosé, grapes & production method
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Tavel AOC
Grenache
Saignée
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Main grapes of Northern Rhône
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Red: Syrah
Whites: Viognier, Marsanne, Roussanne
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2 Northern Rhône Crus on left bank
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Crozes-Hermitage, Hermitage
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Côte-Rôtie AOC
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Northern Rhône Cru
Right bank
Only red wine
Syrah & max. 20% Viognier
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Condrieu AOC
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Northern Rhône Cru Right bank Only white 100% Viognier Mostly dry
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Château-Grillet AOC
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Northern Rhône Cru
Right bank
100% Viognier, only whites
very small
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Saint-Joseph AOC
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Northern Rhône Cru Right bank 90% red, 10% white Reds: Syrah, max. 10% Marsanne/Roussanne Whites: Marsanne, Roussanne
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Crozes-Hermitage AOC
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Northern Rhône Cru Left bank Mostly reds Syrah, max. 15% Marsanne/Roussanne Whites: Marsanne/Roussanne
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Hermitage AOC
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Northern Rhône Cru Left bank Mostly reds Syrah, max. 15% Marsanne/Roussanne Whites: Marsanne/Roussanne Reds & whites long lived
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Cornas AOC
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Northern Rhône Cru
Right bank
100% red, Syrah
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Saint-Peray AOC
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Northern Rhône Cru (most southern of North Crus)
100% white
Still & Sparkling
Roussanne/Marsanne
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Echalas
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Traditional training system northern Rhône, 2 - 3 sticks support 2 vines, teepee-like
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2 Northern Rhône Crus that make white wine from Viognier only
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Condrieu AOC
Château-Grillet AOC
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Location Diois
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40 km southeast of Cornas in mountainous region called Diois,
Considered part of Northern Rhône, but not included in Les Côtes du Rhône.
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Climate Diois
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Continental climate with alpine influences, high altitude, cooler temperature
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Soils Diois
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Limestone & Clay
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Wine Styles produced in Diois
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Mainly white sparkling wine, ancestral or traditional method
Clairette de Die-Méthode Dioise Ancestrale
Clairette de Die / Crémant de Die
Also some white, rosé, red
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Grapes Diois
White: Clairette, Muscat à Petit Grains, Chardonnay, Aligoté
Red: Gamay, Pinot Noir, Syrah
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Galets
Rounded river stones typical for southern Rhône - dense, layered powerful wines
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Wine styles produced in Southern Rhône
Mostly Blends
Dry Red and white
VDN Vins Doux Naturels, sweet fortified (red and white)
Dry Rosé
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Name for Ugni Blanc in Italy
Trebbiano
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Main Southern Rhône White Grapes (allowed in CDR)
Grenache Blanc, Clairette, Viognier, Bourboulenc, Roussanne, Marsanne, Piquepoul Blanc, Ugni Blanc
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Synonym for red grape 'Vaccarèse'
Camarèse
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2 Southern Rhône right bank Crus and wine styles
Lirac AOC - Red, White, Rosé
| Tavel AOC - Rosé
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2 Southern Rhône right bank Crus and wine styles
Lirac AOC - Red, White, Rosé
| Tavel AOC - Rosé
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9 Cru AOC, Southern Rhône
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Vinsobres AOC
Rasteau AOC
Cairanne AOC
Gigondas AOC
Vacqueyras AOC
Beaume-de-Venise AOC
Chateauneuf-Du-Pape AOC
Lirac AOC
Tavel AOC
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Differencd blending Formula CDR & CDRV
CDR: refers to percentages of grapes in the ground, not in the bottle, they can be 100% Syrah in Northern Rhône
CDRV: Refers to percentage in the bottle, GSM, all Villages from Southern Rhône, wines are more homogeneous then in CDR
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Most recent Rhône Cru AOC
Cairanne (Southern Rhône)
| 94% red GSM
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Core red and white grapes for Southern Rhône Cru AOC's
Red: Grenache, Syrah, Cinsault, Mourvèdre
White: Grenache Blanc, Bourboulenc, Marsanne, Roussanne
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Gigondas AOC
Cru AOC, southern Rhône
Left bank
99% red, 1% rosé, GSM
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How many grape varieties are allowed in Chateau-du-Pape AOC
13
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Which Rhône region grows Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Gamay
Diois
| (in Northern Rhône, but not included in Côtes du Rhône)
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How many villages can produce Côtes du Rhône Village
95
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7 Southern Rhône AOC's that lie outside of 'Côtes du Rhône'
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Côtes du Vivarais AOC (coolest)
Grignan-Lès-Adhémar AOC
Ventoux AOC
Luberon AOC (rosés)
Costières de Nîmes AOC (hottest)
Clairette de Bellegarde AOC (white)
Duché D'Uzès AOC
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Saint-Joseph AOC
| location,wine style, grapes
Northern Rhône Cru, Right bank, between Chateau-Grillet and Cornas
90% red, 10% white
Shyrah, 10% Marsanne, Roussanne permitted
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Definition:
Rhône Valley
Les Côtes du Rhône
Côtes du Rhône AOC
Rhône Valley - entire region
Les Côtes du Rhône - subregion in Rhône Valley
Côtes du Rhône AOC - AOC within the Les Côtes du Rhône
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'Les Côtes du Rhône' - from what city to what city?
Vienne to Avignon
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Côtes du Rhône AOC - where can grapes be sourced from?
Anywhere within 'Les Côtes du Rhône' Region (not from AOCs in the Rhône Valley that lie outside 'Les Côtes du Rhône'
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Northern Rhône, from which city to which city?
Vienne to Valence
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Southern Rhône from what city to what city?
Montélimar to Nîmes, but 'Côtes du Rhône' vineyards only to Avignon
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Which is the largest northern Rhône Cru AOC?
Crozes-Hermitage AOC
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Which Southern Rhône Cru AOC's Vineyards facing south creating a large scale Amphi theater, traping sunlight and blocking Mistral?
Rasteau AOC
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Beaume-de-Venise, 2 AOC's, winestyles, grapes
Beaume-de-Venise AOC: Dry Red, Grenache, Syrah
Muscat de Beaume-de-Venise AOC:
White VDN, Muscat à Petits Grains Blanc
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Which northern Rhône cru makes only reds, 100% Syrah?
Cornas AOC
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Two southern Rhône Crus that are situated on the right bank
Lirac AOC
| Tavel AOC
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Which southern, non CDR AOC produces only white wine from Clairette?
Clairette de Bellegarde AOC
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Rhône is second largest AOC producer after Bordeaux, T/F?
True
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What was one of the most significant ways in which phylloxera changed the vineyards of Southern Rhône (1870s)
Mourvèdre was very difficult to graft, plantings decreased from 33% to 3%.
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What event in 1956 resulted in a huge increase in viticulture in the Rhône Valley?
Severe winter freeze killed olive and fruit trees, people shifted to viticulture
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What is garrigue?
Nutrient poor limestone & scrub vegetation that grows on it; aromatics of rosmary, thyme, lavender found in Rhône reds
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Name for wind-blown silts and sands?
| What wine style results?
Loess / Molasse
| fruit-forwarded, less structured wines
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How many villages in CdR can produce CdR Villages?
95
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How many wine producing villages are in
- CdR
- Valle de la Rhône
CdR: 171
Valle: 300
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How many VDN AOCs are in the Rhône. Names?
2
Rasteau AOC
Muscat de Beaumes de Venise AOC
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3 northern Rhône Cru AOCs that produce red and white wine
St. Joseph
Crozes-Hermitage
Hermitage
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Grape varieties of St. Joseph reds?
Syrah, up to 10% Marsanne/Rousanne
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Grapes Hermitage reds
Syrah, max 15% Marsanne / Roussanne
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Which Northern Rhône Cru makes sweet Vins de Paille?
Hermitage
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What is the link (common parent) between Viognier & Syrah?
Mondeuse Blanche
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Of the 9 southern Crus, which 7 are on the left bank?
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Vinsobres
Rasteau
Cairanne
Gigondas
Vacqueyras
Beaumes-de-Venise
Châteauneuf-du-Pape
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(all bit Lirac & Tavel)
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Of the 9 southern Crus, which 2 are on the right bank?
Lirac
| Tavel
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Gigondas wine styles
red & rosé
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Vacqueyras wine styles
red, rosé, white
95% red, GSM
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Lirac AOC winestyles
red, white, rosé
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How many AOCs lie in the Diois?
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Clairette de Die
(Methode Ancestral & Traditional)
Crémant de Die
Coteaux de Die
Chatillon en Diois
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What is the coolest, wettest non Cru AOC in Rhône?
Côtes du Vivarais
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What is the hottest & driest non Cru AOC in Rhône?
Costières du Nîmes
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What non-Cru AOC produces white wine only?
Clairette de Bellegarde
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Which non-Cru AOC produces mostly rosé?
Luberon
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Which non-Cru AOC is up to 1,950 m altitude?
Ventoux
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Which non-Cru AOCs were formerly part of Languedoc
Duche d'Uzes
| Costieres de Nimes
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Term 'échelas'
Tipi-like trellasing structures that provide support and wind protection for wines, used for Syrah, northern Rhône
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Climate Southern Rhône
Mediterranean
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What Rhône appelation was the first to have its zone of production delineated?
Châteauneuf-du-pape
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Which northern Rhône Cru is known for sparkling wine?
Saint-Péray
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Is Côtes du Rhône Villages made in the north, south or both?
All 95 CDR Villages come from the south
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What 3 Northern Crus permit Viognier?
Côte-Rôtie
Condrieu
Château-Grillet
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What is the primary grape of Rasteau AOC?
Grenache
| GSM blends
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Are Côtes du Rhône Villages strictly single varietals, blends or both?
CDR Villages must be a blend, min 50% Grenache
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Main difference between 'Clairette de Die' and 'Coteaux de Die'? Grapes
Clairette de Die: Sparkling
Min. 75 % Muscat + Clairette
Coteaux de Die: Still
100% Clairette
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Rhône vineyards are situated between the ..th & ..th parallels north.
44th and 45th
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What are the main soil types found in the northern Rhône?
Granite & Schist
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What is the most common vine training system in the Southern Rhône?
Gobelet
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What is the 'Dentelles de Montmirail'?
A mountain range to the east of southern Rhône
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What is the most common wine style in Diois
Sparkling white
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What is the principal grape of Tavel rosé?
Grenache
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What is the primary method for making rosé wine in the Rhône Valley?
'Saignée'
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What is the northernmost cru in the Northern Rhône?
Côte-Rôtie
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Climate northern Rhône
Continental
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What is the southernmost appellation in the Southern Rhône?
Costières de Nimes
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What 3 Northern Rhône Crus permit Viognier?
Côte-Rôtie
Condrieu
Château-Grillet
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'Oeil de Perdrix' refers to?
Deep salmon color of Rhône rosés based on Grenache & Cinsault
(Auge des Rebhuhns)
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What is the primary grape variety of Clairette de Die
Min. 75% Muscat (rest Clairette Blanche)
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Muscat de Beaumes de Venise min. residual sugar?
min. 10% (100 g / lt)
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Min. residual sugar of VDN Rasteau
min. 4.5% (45 g / ltr)
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Synonym for Maccabeu in Spain (Rioja)
Viura
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Vermentino (Italy)
red or white grape?
synonyme in France
white
| Rolle
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Ugni Blanc, synonyme in Italy
Trebbiano
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Rolle, synonyme in Italy
Vermentino
