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Southern Rhone’s largest appellation

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Côtes du Rhône AOP

  • 6 different departments (Ardèche, Drôme, Gard, Loire, Rhône, and Vaucluse), covering an area of 44,000 ha
  • 32,036 ha planted
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1st estate-bottled Châteauneuf-du-Pape

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Château La Nerthe, 1785

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% of Rhône Valley wines produced in the Southern Rhône

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95%

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Climate of the Southern Rhône

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Mediterranean

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13/18 permitted grapes of Châteauneuf-du-Pape

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  • Grenache (Noir/Blanc/Gris)
  • Syrah
    Mourvèdre
    Bourboulenc
    Cinsault
    Clairette/Clairette Rose
    Counoise
    Muscardin
    Picardan
    Picpoul (Noir/Blanc/Gris)
    Roussanne
    Terret Noir
    Vaccarèse
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Year Gadagne was promoted to status as a geographic designation

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2012

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Fraction of Rhône Valley’s wines released as Côtes du Rhône AOP

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2/3

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Year Rasteau’s dry reds were upgraded to AOP status

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2010

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Number of communes that may append their names to the Côtes du Rhône-Villages AOP

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20 communes

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Principal red grapes for Côtes du Rhône Villages

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Grenache, Mourvédre, and Syrah

  • Styles and Encépagement:
  • Blanc:
    • P: Min. 80% comb. Bourboulenc, Marsanne, Roussanne, Viognier, Clairette, Grenache Blanc
    • A: Max. 20% comb. Piquepoul Blanc and Ugni Blanc
  • Rouge:
    • P: Min. 50% Grenache
    • C: Min. 20% comb. Mourvèdre and Syrah (P and C varieties must account for a min. 80% of the vineyard)
    • A: Max. 20% comb. Brun Argenté (Camarèse/Vaccarèse), Carignan, Counoise, Cinsault, Muscardin, Piquepoul Noir, and Terret Noir
  • Rosé:
    • P: Min. 50% Grenache
    • C: Min. 20% comb. Mourvèdre and Syrah (P and C Varieties must account for a min. 80% of the vineyard)
    • A: Max. 20% comb. Brun Argenté (Camarèse/Vaccarèse), Carignan, Counoise, Cinsault, Muscardin, Piquepoul Noir, Terret Noir, Clairette, Bourboulenc, Clairette Rosé, Grenache Gris, Grenache Blanc, Marsanne, Piquepoul Blanc, Roussanne, Ugni Blanc, and Viognier
  • Assemblage:
    • Blanc: Min. 50% P varieties
    • Rosé/Rouge: Min. 50% Grenache, and at least one of the C varieties must be present in the blend
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Styles allowed for Côtes du Rhône AOP

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Red, Whites, Rosés

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Year Gigondas AOP was created

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1971

  • red and rosé only
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Min % of Grenache required for Gigondas and Vacqueyras reds

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min. 50% Grenache

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Soils of Gigondas

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red clay alluvial soils

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Max % of other Rhône grape varieties - excl. Carignan - permitted in the Gigondas vineyard

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10%

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Year Vacqueyras joined Gigondas as the 2nd former Côtes du Rhône village to be promoted to full appellation status

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1990

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Styles allowed for Vacqueyras

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Red, white, rosé

  • Mostly red
  • vs. Gigondas - red and rosé only
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Years Beaumes-de-Venise and Vinsobres were promoted to full appellation status

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  • Beaumes-de-Venise - 2005
  • Vinsobres - 2006
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Styles of wine for Beaumes-des-Venise AOP and Vinsobres AOP

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  • Red wines
  • min 50% Grenache
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Min alcohol for all four appellations Gigondas, Vacqueyras, Beaumes-des-Venise and Vinsobres

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12.5% min alcohol

  • Same as Chateauneuf-du-Pape
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Styles allowed for Lirac AOP

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Red, White, Rosé

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Two varietals used in a signaficant proportion in Lirac

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  • Clairette
  • Bourboulenc
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Commune that unwittingly served as France’s doorway to the phylloxera incursion

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Lirac AOP, 1863

  • Despite Lirac’s sandier soils
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Tavel AOP

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  • Exclusively rosé wines
  • Based on Grenache in a dry style
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2 appellations for *vin doux naturel* in the Southern Rhône
* **Rasteau AOP** * **Muscat de Beaumes-des-Venise AOP**
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Vignerons de Beaumes-de-Venise
**Local co-operative that produces 90% of the wine labeled Muscat de Beaumes-de Venise AOP**
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Proportion of pure grape spirit added for *vin doux naturel* wines of Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise AOP
**5-10%**
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Styles allowed for Rasteau AOP and Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise AOP
* **Both produce red, white, and rosé *vin doux naturels***
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Grapes permitted for Rasteau *vin doux naturel*
**3 colors of Grencache: Blanc, Gris, Noir**
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3 communes eligible for the Rasteau AOP
* **Rasteau** * **Cairanne** * **Sablet**
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Wines of Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise vs Rasteau ## Footnote (Domaine des Bernardines)
* **Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise - fresher, more aromatic** * **Rasteau - more tawny flavors** ## Footnote (Domaine du Trapadis)
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Year vignerons in Rasteau adopted the labeling terminology established by the producers of Rivesaltes in Roussillon: ambré and tuilé
**2011**
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ambré and tuilé
**respectively, white and red VDN wines w/ more oxidative character and min 3 years of aging**
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Label names for fresher versions of white and red Rasteau VDN wines
**Blanc and Grenat**
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Rasteau 'Hors d'Age' VDN
**min 5 years aging prior to release**
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Rancio
**deliberately oxidative and maderized style in which the wine is left in open barrels, exposed to the ravages of sunlight and temperature** **Rasteau AOP**
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Southern Rhône Valley's northernmost appellation
**Grignan-les-Adhémar AOP** * Located directly south of Montélimar
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Côtes du Tricastin
* **Grignan-les-Adhémar was formerly known as Côtes du Tricastin until 2010** * Producers of the region were hoping to rebound sales and avoid an unsavory association with the troubled Tricastin nuclear plant, and renamed the appellation
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Year INAO authorities transferred oversight of the Costières de Nimes AOP to officials in the Rhône Valley
**2004** * Formerly considered an appellation of Languedoc
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Location of Costieres de Nimes AOP in the Southern Rhône
**SW** * Adjoins the regions of the Southern Rhône Valley, Provence, and Languedoc
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Styles allowed for Luberon AOP, Ventoux AOP, Côtes du Vivarais AOP, and Costières de Nimes AOP
**All red, white, rosé**
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AOP located within Costières de Nimes
**Clairette de Bellegarde AOP** * Single-commune appellation that produces white wine from the Clairette grape
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Côtes du Rhône's production surface area
* **Côtes du Rhône 32,036 ha** * Ventoux 5,913 ha * Côtes du Rhône Villages 3,380 ha * Luberon 3,317 ha * Châteauneuf-du-Pape 3,161 ha * Vacqueyras 1,406 ha * Grignan-les-Adhémar 1,361 ha * Gigondas 1,216 ha * Beaumes de Venise 629 ha * Muscat Beaumes de Venise 472 ha * Vinsobres 441 ha
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Côtes du Rhône Villages's production surface area
* Côtes du Rhône 32,036 ha * Ventoux 5,913 ha * **Côtes du Rhône Villages 3,380 ha** * Luberon 3,317 ha * Châteauneuf-du-Pape 3,161 ha * Vacqueyras 1,406 ha * Grignan-les-Adhémar 1,361 ha * Gigondas 1,216 ha * Beaumes de Venise 629 ha * Muscat Beaumes de Venise 472 ha * Vinsobres 441 ha
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Grignan-les-Adhémar's production surface area
* Côtes du Rhône 32,036 ha * Ventoux 5,913 ha * Côtes du Rhône Villages 3,380 ha * Luberon 3,317 ha * Châteauneuf-du-Pape 3,161 ha * Vacqueyras 1,406 ha * **Grignan-les-Adhémar 1,361 ha** * Gigondas 1,216 ha * Beaumes de Venise 629 ha * Muscat Beaumes de Venise 472 ha * Vinsobres 441 ha
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Châteauneuf-du-Pape's production surface area
* Côtes du Rhône 32,036 ha * Ventoux 5,913 ha * Côtes du Rhône Villages 3,380 ha * Luberon 3,317 ha * **Châteauneuf-du-Pape 3,161 ha** * Vacqueyras 1,406 ha * Grignan-les-Adhémar 1,361 ha * Gigondas 1,216 ha * Beaumes de Venise 629 ha * Muscat Beaumes de Venise 472 ha * Vinsobres 441 ha
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Gigondas's production surface area
* Côtes du Rhône 32,036 ha * Ventoux 5,913 ha * Côtes du Rhône Villages 3,380 ha * Luberon 3,317 ha * Châteauneuf-du-Pape 3,161 ha * Vacqueyras 1,406 ha * Grignan-les-Adhémar 1,361 ha * **Gigondas 1,216 ha** * Beaumes de Venise 629 ha * Muscat Beaumes de Venise 472 ha * Vinsobres 441 ha
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Vacqueyras's production surface area
* Côtes du Rhône 32,036 ha * Ventoux 5,913 ha * Côtes du Rhône Villages 3,380 ha * Luberon 3,317 ha * Châteauneuf-du-Pape 3,161 ha * **Vacqueyras 1,406 ha** * Grignan-les-Adhémar 1,361 ha * Gigondas 1,216 ha * Beaumes de Venise 629 ha * Muscat Beaumes de Venise 472 ha * Vinsobres 441 ha
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Beaumes de Venise's production surface area
* Côtes du Rhône 32,036 ha * Ventoux 5,913 ha * Côtes du Rhône Villages 3,380 ha * Luberon 3,317 ha * Châteauneuf-du-Pape 3,161 ha * Vacqueyras 1,406 ha * Grignan-les-Adhémar 1,361 ha * Gigondas 1,216 ha * **Beaumes de Venise 629 ha** * Muscat Beaumes de Venise 472 ha * Vinsobres 441 ha
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Vinsobres's production surface area
* Côtes du Rhône 32,036 ha * Ventoux 5,913 ha * Côtes du Rhône Villages 3,380 ha * Luberon 3,317 ha * Châteauneuf-du-Pape 3,161 ha * Vacqueyras 1,406 ha * Grignan-les-Adhémar 1,361 ha * Gigondas 1,216 ha * Beaumes de Venise 629 ha * Muscat Beaumes de Venise 472 ha * **Vinsobres 441 ha**
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Muscat Beaumes de Venise's production surface area
* Côtes du Rhône 32,036 ha * Ventoux 5,913 ha * Côtes du Rhône Villages 3,380 ha * Luberon 3,317 ha * Châteauneuf-du-Pape 3,161 ha * Vacqueyras 1,406 ha * Grignan-les-Adhémar 1,361 ha * Gigondas 1,216 ha * Beaumes de Venise 629 ha * **Muscat Beaumes de Venise 472 ha** * Vinsobres 441 ha
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Ventoux's production surface area
* Côtes du Rhône 32,036 ha * **Ventoux 5,913 ha** * Côtes du Rhône Villages 3,380 ha * Luberon 3,317 ha * Châteauneuf-du-Pape 3,161 ha * Vacqueyras 1,406 ha * Grignan-les-Adhémar 1,361 ha * Gigondas 1,216 ha * Beaumes de Venise 629 ha * Muscat Beaumes de Venise 472 ha * Vinsobres 441 ha
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Luberon's production surface area
* Côtes du Rhône 32,036 ha * Ventoux 5,913 ha * Côtes du Rhône Villages 3,380 ha * **Luberon 3,317 ha** * Châteauneuf-du-Pape 3,161 ha * Vacqueyras 1,406 ha * Grignan-les-Adhémar 1,361 ha * Gigondas 1,216 ha * Beaumes de Venise 629 ha * Muscat Beaumes de Venise 472 ha * Vinsobres 441 ha
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Rhone varietal NOT permitted in Gigondas
**Carignan**
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Styles of wine produced in Gigondas and cepage requirments
_Gigondas_ * **Red and Pink** * **min. 50% Grenache, generally supplemented by Syrah & Mourvedre**
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Cepage requirements for Beaumes-de-Venise AOP and Vinsobres AOP
**Red Only - min. 50% Grenache**
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AOPs allowed to produce Red, White, Rosé
* **Vacqueyras** * **Rasteau** * **Muscat Beaumes de Venise**
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Regions of France that use terms blanc, grenat, ambré, tuilé
* **Rasteau** * **Rivesaltes** * **Maury**
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Blanc, Grenat, Ambré, Tuilé
* **Blanc** - *unoxidative* white VdN * **Grenat** - *unoxidative* red VdN * **Ambré** - *oxidative* white VdN, min 3 years age (3/1, 3rd year) * **Tuilé** - *oxidative* red VdN, min 3 years age (3/1, 3rd year)
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Years Roman Catholic Popes resided in Avignon
**1309 - 1378**
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What are the two planting styles of CdP?
En Ligne (in a line) Au Carre (in a square)
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What is the **min RS for Muscat de Beaumes de Venise**?
100 g/L
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Chateau Beaucastel production:
Plants core 13 uses flash pasturization
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Henri Bounneau:
uses whole cluster fermentation
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Domaine de la Mordoree:
uses new french barrique
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Domaine du Vieux Telegraphe:
known for their use of La Crau fruit
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Domaine de la Janasse:
100% Grenache from Chaupin
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Chateau la Nerthe:
First estae-bottled CDP, 800+ year old esate
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Who proposed the rules that became our AOC system?
The growers in CdP after phylloxera appeared in 1863 and wine fraud was rampant
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When did CdP become an AOP?
1936 the first AOC/AOP in France
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Producers of **Chateauneuf** that use all 13 varietals?
**Beaucastel Domaine du Pegau Clos des Papes**
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Guigal's CdP site?
Chateau de Naly's
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Communes of production for CdP?
Chateauneuf du Pape Orange Bedarrides Courtehgon Sourges
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Grapes of CdP?
Grenache (Blanc, Noir, Gris) Mouvedre Syrah Cinsault Counoise Bourboulenc Roussanne Vaccarese Clairette Clairette Rose Muscadin Picardin Picpoul (Blanc, Noir, Gris) Terret Noir
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Additional requirements for CdP:
Additional Requirements: Hand-harvesting is required A min. 2% of the harvested grapes must be used for table wine or discarded (râpé) Flash-pasteurization is permitted for wine
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What is Vaccarese also called?
Brun Argente Camarese
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AOP's of Southern Rhone:
Cote du Vivarais Grignan-les-Adhemar Cote du Rhone Villages Chateauneuf du Pape Ventoux Costieres de Nimes Luberon Gigondas Vasqueres Vinsobre Beaumes de Venise Rasteau Cairanne Lirac Tavel Clairette de Bellegarde
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What producer released the first estate-bottled CdP in 1785?
Chateau la Nerthe
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Communes of production for VDN in Rasteau?
Cairanne Rasteau Sablet - unfortified reds are labelled as "Rasteau"
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Principle varieties for VDN Ambre in Rasteau (Tawny Blanc)
Grenache Grenache Gris Grenache Blanc
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Is chapitalization allowed for VDN Rasteau AOP?
No
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Min % of grapes that must be discarded each CdP harvest?
2% La Rape
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"La Crau" appears on what famous CdP bottle?
Vieux Telegraphe
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What is "mutage"?
Pure grape spirit added to arrest fermentation - used in Rasteau AOP and Muscat de Beaumes Venise AOP
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For red wines, may wines be blended post-vinification in CdP?
No, must be blended before
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Who created the AOC system in CdP?
Chateau Fortin
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Prestige wine of Chateau Fortin?
"Cuvee Baron"
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What is "arrosage"?
Irrigation permitted only is they apply
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Principle white grape of **Cairanne AOP**?
**Bourboulenc Clairette**
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Styles of **Beaumes de Venise AOP** (not Muscat de Beaumes)
Rouge-only **Combined min 80% Grenache & Syrah** Max 10% Bourboulenc, Roussanne, Clairette
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Muscat de Beaumes de Venise AOP min RS?
100 g/L
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What is the white calcareous stone in Tavel called?
Lauses
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What is the name of the distinct mountain range located north of Vacqueras on the left bank of Ouveze?
Dentilles de Montmicail
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Wine in France can be traced back to the Greeks at this settlement?
Massalia, modern-day Marseille
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Name of the Pope who moved papal house from Rome to Avignon in 1309?
Pope Clement V
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Name of successor who began construction of the new papal palace?
John XII
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Beaucastel Vielles Vignes Blanc is made with _____
100% Roussanne
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Two communes of Vacqueras:
Vacqueras Sarrians
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When was Gigondas elevated to AOP?
1971
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When was Muscat de Beaumes de Venise added as an AOP?
1945
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What year did phylloxera begin?
1863, Lirac Chateau de Clery
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What CdP only comes in magnum?
Clos St. Jean "Sancus Santorum"
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What co-op produces 90% of Muscat de Beaumes de Venise?
Vignerons de Beaumes de Venise
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Where do we find galets in CdP?
North and northwest
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What was CdP called before the 19th century?
Vin d'Avignon
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What are **bonbonnes**?
Demi-johns, large glass jugs used to age VDL and Rasteau. Balloons over top used to age Banyuls.
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Rose-only AOP in Southern Rhone?
Tavel - requires 30-60% combined Grenache Blanc/Noir/Gris, up to 60% Clairette, Clairette Rose, Cinsault, Picpoul Blanc/Noir/Gris, and Syrah
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Two communes that are eligible to produce Rasteau Vin Doux Naturel?
Rasteau Cairanne Sablet
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Southern Rhone runs between which two cities?
Montelimar -> Avignon
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Roman catholic popes resided in Avignon until _____
1378
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CdP remained property of the papacy until _____
1791
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When was CdP first bottled as such?
19th Century
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Galets are also known as ______
Pudding stones
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What are galets made of?
Quartzite
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Beaucastel includes every varietal but has a higher proportion of _______
Mouvedre
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Over 2/3s of the Rhone Valley's wines are released as _____
Cotes du Rhone AOP
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How many communes can append to Cote du Rhone AOP?
22 Only red allowed: Chusclan Gadagne Massif d'Chaux Nyons Plan de Dieu Saint-Andeol Saint-Cecile Signargue etc
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Soil of Gigondas? Cepage?
Red-clay alluvial soils Blanc Min 70% Clairette Blanc Rosé and Rouge Min. 50% Grenache, plus at least one of the two complementary varieties (Mourvèdre and/or Syrah) The obligatory presence of Mourvèdre and/or Syrah in the rosé wine is mandatory only from the 2014 harvest forward
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What was the second Cotes du Rhone village to be promoted to full appellation status?
Vacqueras, 1990 Gigondas was 1st, 1971
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Beaumes de Venise/Vinsobres require _____% Grenache?
50%
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Min % abv for CdP?
12.5% Highest in France for dry wines
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2 VDN appellations in Southern Rhone?
Rasteau AOP Muscat de Beaumes de Venise AOP
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The ratio of grape spirit is _____% for mutage of Rasteau and Muscat de Beaunes
5-10%
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In what year did Rasteau vignerons adopt labelling terminology from Riversaltes (Roussillon)?
2011 Ambre = white Tuile = red Red VDN's displaying a more oxidative character, subject to at least 3 years of aging before release
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Producers that make 100% Grenache CdP's?
Chateau Rayas Domaine de la Barroche (Pure/Terroir) Bosquet des Papes Dom de la Mordoree "La Plume de Pinetre" Chapoutier Barbe Rac (100 yr old vines)
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Producers of CdP who don't destem?
Pegau Rayas Saint Cosme Cros Briard Mont Thabor
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Owner/Winemaker for Chateau Rayas?
Jacques Reynard - Chateau Fonsalette for his personal use
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What are the authorized white grapes of CdP?
Grenache Blanc Picpoul Blanc Bourboulenc Clairette Roussanne Picardin
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Most-recent Cotes du Rhone villages to be updated to AOP?
Cairanne, 2016
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What is the term for "marl" in CdP?
"molasse"
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What single-commune appellation w/in **Costieres de Nimes** produces white wines from Clairette?
**Clairette de Bellegarde AOP**
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What is the Ventabren Massif?
350m blue marl escarpment 22km northeast of CdP Rasteau vineyards
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Three sections of Rasteau?
Le Plan (flattest, pebbly) Le Centre (blue marl, land begins to fold) Le Montagne (highet land)
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Producers of Rasteau:
Dom Elodie Baume Dom le Colliere Dom la Soumade
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How did "Rasteau" get its name?
means "rake" - like someone dragged a rake from Ventabren down slope forming ravines
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Producers of Lirac:
Dom Maby Dom Condoulis Dom de la Mordoree
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What plateau separates Lirac and Tavel? Soil?
Vallongues - Galet Roules, different than lauses of Tavel
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How long are Rasteau Hors d'Age wines aged before release?
5 years
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First vintage of "Homage a Jacques Perrin"
Beaucastel, 1989
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What estates does Chateau Rayas own in Vacqueras?
Chateau des Tours
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Cotes du Rhone-Villages must be at least _____
Rosé/Red: Min. 40% Grenache, min 25% Syrah and Mouvedre, combined 80% total
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Permitted varietals for Cotes du Rhone Blanc:
White: Min. 50% main varieties Main Varieties: Min. 80% combined Bourboulenc, Marsanne, Roussanne, Viognier, Clairette, Grenache Blanc Accessory Varieties: Max. 20% combined Piquepoul Blanc and Ugni Blanc
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What white grapes are allowed in Cdp?
Grenache blanc Clairette Roussanne, Bourboulenc, Picpoul Picardan.
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Grapes of CdP:
Grenache Syrah Mourvèdre Cinsault Clairette vaccarèse Bourboulenc Roussanne Counoise Muscardin Picpoul Picardan Terret noir

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