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Name four villages of the Cotes-du-Rhone
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1. Beanes-de-Venise
2. Cairanne 3. Chuscain 4. Laudun 5. Rasteau 6. Roaix 7. Rochegude 8. Rousset-Les-Vignes 9. Sablet 10. St.-Gervais 11.St.-Maurice 12. Seguret 13. Pantaleon-Les-Vignes 14. Valreas 15. Vinsobres 16. Visan |
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Place in order geographically from N-S:
Gigondas Cote di Tricastin Rasteau Cote du Luberon |
Cote di Tricastin
Rasteau Gigindas Cote du Luberon |
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What is the only AOC limited soley to Rose wines?
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Tavel AOC
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List, from North to South, the
regions of the Northern Rhone |
1. Cote Rotie
2. Condrieu (Chateau Grillet) 3. St. Joseph 4. Crozes-Hermitage 5. Hermitage 6. Cornas 7. St.-Peray |
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List three major white grape varietals of the Northern Rhone
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1. Viognier
2. Roussanne 3. Marsanne 4. Clairette |
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List the permitted grape varietals and allowed maximum percentages of each in the following appellations:
Cote-Rotie St. Joseph Cornas |
1. Cote-Rotie: Syrah 100%
Viognier 20% 2. St. Joseph: Syrah 100% Marsanne-Roussanne combined 10% max 3. Cornas: 100% Syrah |
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List three white Marsanne/Roussanne appellations of the Northern Rhone
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1. St. Joseph
2. Crozes-Hermitage 3. Hermitage 4. Hermitage Vin de Paille 5. St-Peray 6. St-Peray Mousseux |
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Clairette de Die Methode Diose Ancestrale AOP is made with a minimum what % of whate grape varietal?
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1. 75%
2. Muscat a Petit Grains |
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What is the minimum g/l or residual sugar for Clairette de Die Methode Diose Ancestrale AOP?
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35 g/l
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What is methode ancestrale?
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A technique of sparkling wine production in which the wine is bottled without dosage before fermentation has concluded. The wine is disgorged into pressurized tanks & rebottled without liquer d'expedition.
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List three white grape varietals permitted in the production of Chataneuf-du-Pape
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1. Roussanne
2. Grenache Blanc 3. Bourboulenc 4. Clairette 5. Picpoul 6. Picardin |
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The minimum alcohol content of Vacqueras and Gigondas AOP's is?
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12.5%
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List the varietal blend and allowed percentages of those grapes for Gigondas AOP
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1. Max 80% Grenache
2. Min 15% combined Syrah & Mourvedre 3. Up to 10% other Rhone varietals excluding Carignan |
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France's Phylloxera incursion began in what Southern Rhone AOP?
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Lirac
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Name the singular village allowed to to prefix its name to the Cotes du Rhone appellation
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Brezeme-Cotes du Rhone
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List six Appellations of the Southern Rhone
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1. Cotes du Rhone
2. Brezeme-Cotes du Rhone 3. Cotes du Rhone Villages 4.Gigondas 5. Vacqueras 6. Vinsobres 7. Beaumes-de-Venise 8. Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise 9. Chataneuf-du-Pape 10. Lirac 11. Tavel 12. Rasteau 13. Cotes du Tricastin 14. Cotes du Vivarais 15. Cotes du Luberon 16. Cotes du Ventoux 17. Coteaux du pierrevert 18. Costieres de Nimes |
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What is the maximum ABV in Tavel wines?
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13.5%
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Name two Vin Doux Naturel appellations of the Southern Rhone
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1. Muscat de Beaumes- de- Venise AOP
2. Rasteau AOP |
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Define Mutage
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Method of fortifying wine by adding 5-10% pure grape spirit to a fermenting wine. This arrests fermentation and leaves unfermented sugars to produce a sweet wine.
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What is Le Rape?
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A regulation in Chataneuf-du-Pape AOC mandating that producers declassify or discard 5-20% of their harvested grapes to safeguard against under-ripeness.
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