Wine List Flashcards
(89 cards)
Where is Jolie-Laide’s winery located?
Sebastopol (Sonoma, between Healdsburg and Petaluma, where he started making wine with/for friend Pax Mahle)
2 humans behind Jolie-Laide?
Scott Schulz and partner Jenny Schultz
What was Scott Schulz doing prior to winemaking?
He had great experience in the restaurant industry, moved from Chicago to Napa in 2007 and ran the wine program at Bouchon (Thomas Keller’s famous bistro in Yountville, Napa).
Thought behind Jolie-Laide that ties to its ambition?
To discover and promote unconventional beauty, to make unique, distinct and rare wines
Which famous producer used to make wine in the same facility as Jolie-Laide?
Arnot-Roberts
When did the Jolie-Laide project take off?
2010
Where are Jolie-Laide’s Melon de Bourgogne vines located and how is that location suitable?
In the Chalone AVA, halfway up the eastern side of the Salinas Valley, which itself is located south of Monterey and channels cool air coming in from the Pacific. A combination of altitude (approx. 500m) from the Gabilan Mountain Range to which the AVA clings, wide diurnal range, cool air currents, dry climate and soils of decomposed granit complemented by pockets of limestone.
What is Francesco and Michela Cirelli’s farm like?
23 ha of horticultural crops, olive trees, vineyards, animal breeding, etc. They’re using crop rotations, natural fertilizers and free range animal grazing to create a harmonious environment.
Where is Azienda Agricola Cirelli located?
In the Abruzzo region of Italy, in the tiny village of Atri, about 8 km from the Adriatic Sea, in between Pescara and Teramo.
What is so special about Francesco Cirelli’s work regarding vinification vessels?
He works with wine amphoras coming from Impruneta in Tuscany (southern exit from Florence), famous for its prized clay, and made by artisan Artenova. They aren’t burried into the ground (although it seems that way) but rather placed in an “amporaia” filled with rocks and local soils to ensure stable temperatures.
When did Francesco Cirelli started his project by investing in his small estate?
2003
Harvest timing for Francesco Cirelli’s 2021 Amphora Montepulciano d’Abruzzo + winemaking specs?
Late September into 1st week of October. Grapes are destemmed but go processed as whole berries to start fermentation to bring out noble tannins and balance the fruit and power of the variety with only 10 days of maceration at most with delicate pigeage by hand. Malo in terracotta and stays for 2 years.
Where is located the Chichée hameau from which Patrick Piuze’s Terroir de Chichée Chablis is made?
Southeast of the town of Chablis, on a plateau not far from 1er Cru Vaucoupin, still very much in the Chablis AOP.
Quand Patrick Piuze a-t-il quitté le Québec pour la Bourgogne et de quelle ville est-il originaire?
- Saint-Lambert.
Patrick Piuze fût brièvement sommelier dans quel bar montréalais de la rue Crescent avant d’ouvrir le sien où travaillait sa blonde de l’époque?
Le Karina. Il ouvre ensuite le Pinot Noir avec Colombe St-Pierre, sa blonde de l’époque et cheffe (bar à vin sur St-Denis), qui en était à ses premières armes en cuisine.
Quel domaine bourguignon a payé à Patrick Piuze sa formation à Beaune et lui a confié la vinification de 3 millésimes de Chablis alors qu’il ne devait qu’aller y faire 3 semaine de vendanges?
Olivier Leflaive à Puligny-Montrachet
Où Patrick Piuze a-t-il rencontré son mentor lors d’une année de travail au domaine avant d’être recruté par la maison Jean-Marc Brocard où il officiera en tant que maître de chai en 2005?
Au domaine Verget, sous l’autorité (le mentorat) de Jean-Marie Guffens.
En quelle année Patrick Piuze quitte-t-il Jean-Marc Brocard pour fonder sa propre société?
2008
Quelle famille, parmi les plus vieilles de Chablis, aura aidé Patrick Piuze à dénicher quelques caves anciennes dont une du XIIe siècle à Chablis?
La famille Vocoret
Patrick Piuze est-il propriétaire de vignes à Chablis?
Non, mais il travaille en étroite collaboration avec des viticulteurs locaux et sélectionne ses raisins dans des parcelles soigneusement choisies.
Where is Domaine Les 4 Vents located and how many hectares do they farm?
In Mercurol, in the heart of the Crozes-Hermitage AOP, and they are farming 10 ha of vines in the southern part of the appellation.
Who are running the Domaine Les 4 Vents and when did they start?
Two sisters, Lucie and Nancy Fourel since they produced their first bottle in 2010.
Particularity of the Pitchounettes cuvée from Domaine Les 4 Vents?
Careful selection of young vines grown on sandy-silt alluvial clay soils with yields typically around 30 hl/ha. One punch down and some pumping over in stainless steel for 8 months, no oak, for a bright, silky, fresh and youthful style “sur le fruit”.
Where is Corte Aleardi located?
Gargagnago di Sant’Ambrogio di Valpolicella
