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What are the 3 regions in S Rhône

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  1. Flat Valley Floor
  2. NE - 3 hilltops
  3. Foothills of Dentelles de Montmirail
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What 3 AOCs are found in the Flat Valley

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Châteauneuf du Pape - Left Bank
Tavel - Right Bank
Lirac - Right Bank

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What impacts the Flat Valley the most?

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The Mistral

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What are the 3 Hilltop AOCs?

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Vinsobres
Rasteau
Cairanne

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What 3 AOCs are found in the Dentelles Foothills

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Gigondas
Vacqueryras
Beaumes de Venise

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S Rhône is located between which towns?

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Montelimar
Nimes

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Why is most training done Goblet?

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Protect from Mistral

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What are the crus that only make red wine in S Rhône?

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Vinsobres
Beaumes de Vinese

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What are the NTK non-crus AOCs of S Rhône that only make dry white, rose and red wines?

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Ventoux
Luberon
Nimes

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What is the primary grape for Vinsobres?

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Grenache +S or M

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What are the soils of Vinsobles

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Sand and clay
Pockets of gravel and limestone

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How many vineyards are organic in Vinesobles

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30%

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What AOC makes fortified white, rosé and reds?

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Rasteau

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What are the soils of Rasteau

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Red clay, marls and pockets of gravel

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What is the style of Rasteau red

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GSM

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What does Rasteau produce other than red

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VDN - white,red, rosé

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What protects Rasteau from the Mistral?

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South facing amphitheater

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What does Carianne make?

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Whites - Clairette based with Roussanne, Grenache Blanc
Red - Grenache based

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What AOC can you find stony pebbles in S Rhône?

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Cairanne

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How much does Cairanne export?

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50%

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What is interesting about the Gigondas vineyard aspects?

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Face NW or W
Produce freshness

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What can Gigondas produce?

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White, red, rosé

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What are the soils of Gigondas?

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Marls, limestone and sand

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What AOC has a warmer climate next to Gigondas which produces fleshier, meatier reds?

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Vacqueyras

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What type of soils are found in Vacqueryras?
Complex mix of sand and silt on limestone and sandstone
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What does Beaumes de Venise make?
Only reds
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What serves as a windbreak from the Mistral for Beaumes de Venise?
Dentelles
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What are the soils of Beaumes de Venice
Marls, limestone and clays
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What can Châteauneuf-du-Pape product?
White and Red
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What is the largest AOC in the S Rhône?
Châteauneuf-du-Pape
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Which AOC has least restrictive rules in S Rhône and in France?
Châteauneuf-du-Pape
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How many approved varieties are required in Châteauneuf-du-Pape ?
A minimum 1
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How much exports for Châteauneuf-du-Pape ?
50%
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Where would you find a red wine that are powerful, full bodied, with ripe tannins and sweet, jammy fruit, Kirsch or garrique?
Châteauneuf-du-Pape
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What are the benefits of Lirac's soil?
Dry and poor quality Retard growth, reduce yields and make top quality fruit
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What is Lirac production?
White, red and rosé
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What are Lirac's white wine made from?
Clairette, Bourboulenc and Grenach Blanc
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Lirac Red and rosés are made from?
Grenache, Cinsaut, Syrah and Mourvedre
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What is the weather like in Lirac?
Hot, sunny and dry
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What is the S Rhône that makes only rosés?
Tavel
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What are the soils of Tavel?
sand, limestone and gallets
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How many sanctioned grapes in Tavel?
15
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What is the 1 grape required in Tavel?
Grenache (but no more than 60%.
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What is unique about Tavel's vinification?
Maceration only Same as saignée but all juice used for rosé (no reds allowed)
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What rosés stand out for concentration, structure and depth of color
Tavel
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S Rhône largest producer outside of Cóte du Rhône?
Ventoux
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What is the climate of Ventoux?
Med with Alpine fomr Mt Ventoux
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What AOC are UNESCO Bioreserves?
Ventoux and Luberon
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What AOC has an overwhelming production from COOPS in S Rhône?
Ventoux
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What is Ventoux’s rosé production?
36%
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What are the primary grapes of Ventoux?
Carignan Cinsaut
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What "outside" S Rhône AOC produces 50% Rose and mirrors more Provence?
Luberon
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What "other" S Rhône sits on the right bank and is the southern most in Rhône?
Nimes
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What location in S Rhône has the highest summer temps?
Nimes - gets summer drought
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Where is Syrah the most dominate in S Rhône?
Nimes
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What mountain cools Nimes AOC at night?
Petite Camarque
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Blends can be made from just one approved grape varieties?
Châteauneuf-du-Pape
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AOC that makes reds and VDNs?
Rasteau
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AOC that only makes red and rosé?
Gigondas
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Only makes red wines in S Rhône?
Vinrobles Beaumes-de-Venise
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Only AOC making dry white and reds?
Cairanne Châteauneuf-du-Pape
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Only makes VDNs
Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise
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What are the S-Rhône Crus AOCs allowed to produce dry white, red, and rosé?
Lirac Vacqueryras
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What is the only S Rhône that requires hand harvesting?
Beaumes de Venise
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Hours of sun?
2,600-2,800
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What red grape is high in alcohol, moderate in color and acidity?
Grenache
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What grape is a good counterpart to Grenache with its higher acidity and more tannis and more reductive to counterbalance Grenache's oxidative tendency?
Syrah
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What contributes alcohol, tannins, acid, pigment and reductiveness to the GSM blend?
Mourvèrde
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Primary white grape in S Rhône?
Grenache Blanc
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Produces moderate alcohol and high acidity. It is used to balance high alcohol and low acid grapes such as Grenache Blanc. and Clairette?
Bourboulenc
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What grape has large leaves which protect it from the sun and suitable for S Rhone?
Clairette
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What grape is important for VDN?
Muscat à Petit Grains
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What is a demi-mud?
600L oak barrel

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