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C.M co operative de manipulation |
Vinifies the grapes of its member growers |
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N.D negociant distributeur |
Wine buyer, purchases and give the wine a private label |
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S.R societe de recolants |
Group of growers, vinify and sells 1 communal or several communal brands |
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R.S in extra dry |
Back (Definition) 1.2-1.7% |
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R.s in Demi sec |
3.2-5% |
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Sweet designations in order |
Brut nature Brut Extra brut Extra dry (sec) Dry (sec) Demi-sec Doux |
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Ageing requirement for nv champagne |
12 months on lees, 15 months triage- release |
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Aging requirement for champagne ? |
3 year from triage to release |
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What sub region has the most grand crus |
Montagne de riems |
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3 rivers in champagne |
Seine Marne Aube |
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Edelzwicker requirements |
Not only noble varieties Blend of grape Vinified together or separately Vintage is optional |
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Gentil requirements |
Must contain min 50% noble grapes Vinified together |
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Provence- Cassis AOC is major producer of what? |
White, Marsanne |
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1st AOC to pant Cabernet Sauvignon in Provence |
Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence |
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Oldest Provence growing area? |
Bandol |
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Bandol AOC requirements |
Hand harvest, 18 months in oak for red wine |
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1st AOC in provence |
Cassis 1936 |
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R.S level in extra brut |
0-1.2% |
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What do dead yeast cells release |
Proteins, textorous mouth feel |
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R.S Level in Sec? |
1.7-3.2% |
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3 AOC of Champagne |
Champagne AOC Rose de riceys AOC Coteaux champenois AOC |
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Provence- Frejus ageing requirements |
6months, red wine oak |
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Provence, Palette AOC ageing requirement |
Hand harvest, White and rose 9m ageing Red 18m ageing |
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Newest and most northerly Provence AOC |
Coteaux du Pierrvert |
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Main grapes of Provence |
Mourvèdre, Grenache, cinsault |
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Smallest Provence AOC |
Palette |
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Loire- what is caillottes |
Limestone pebbles |
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Loire- what is another name of Sacy grape? |
Tressiler |
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Anjou villages produces what style? |
Red |
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Touraine- Cour Cheverny and Montlouis-Sur-Loire produce what style ? |
White |
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What is Mousseux ? |
Frothy Value sparkling Traditional method No ageing requirements |
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What is Loire cremant |
12 months Lee aging 1 month in bottle before release Traditional method |
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4 Middle sub regions of loire |
Anjou Layon Saumur Touraine |
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What % of Anjou production is Rose? |
50% |
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How many muscat AOC are there in Loire valley |
4 |
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2 grapes indigenous to the Loire |
Grolleau Pineau d' aunis |
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Touraine- Orleans-Clery AOC |
Red |
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What is Samur-Champigny AOC |
Red wine |
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What style of wine is Anjou Coteaux de la Loire? |
Sweet |
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What style of wine is Bonnezeaux AOC |
Sweet |
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What is Terres Blanches? |
Marl |
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Corsica- Calvi AOC is famous for what style? |
Rose |
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What is the soil type of Cap Corse? |
Schist |
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What does the first Corsican region to receive AOC status |
Patrimonio |
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What 2 Corsican AOC are located on the east coast |
Vin de corse Porto vecchio |
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9 AOC of Corsica |
Vin de corse (regional) Cap corse Muscat du cap corse Porto vecchio Figari Sartene Ajaccio Calvi Patrimonio |
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In Corsica Sangiovese is locally named ? |
Nielluccio |
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4 white grapes of Corsica |
Rolle Ugni Blanc Codivarta Muscat a petit grains Blanc |
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Igp red grapes |
Merlot Cabernet sav Pinot noir |
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Main igp white grape for Corsica |
Chardonnay |
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In Corsica what soil type does vermentino prefer |
Schist |
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Lan/rouss - AOCs located in the Atlantic corridor ? |
Limoux St Chinan Gauge Minervois Pic st Loup |
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Red rivesaltes produced reductivley is labeled ? |
Grenat |
Tuile |
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Red Maury produced reductivley is labeled |
Vintage, vendage, recotte |
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2 AOC in the languedoc focusing on white production |
Clairette du languedoc Picpoul de pinet |
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What languedoc AOC produces a Marsanne/Roussanne blend |
Minervois |
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Languedoc AOC must be a ? |
Blend |
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4 famous Carignan dominant AOC in languedoc |
St Chinan Fitou Minervois Corbieres |
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What is the Atlantic corridor |
Elevated vineyards Atlantic breezes Bordeaux varieties |
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Limoux red AOC requirements |
Must be a blend 3 grapes min Min 7 month aging |
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Red Banylus made oxidatively is labelled ? |
Tuile |
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Igp pays d'oc is what % of igp french wine |
40% |
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Oldest AOC in languedoc ? |
Clairette du languedoc Fitou |
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What are the Muscat AOC of languedoc |
Lunel Mireval Frontignan St Jean Minervois |
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What is the most Southern AOC in france |
Collioure AOC |
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In 1936 what 3 AOC in Roussillon received status |
Maury Banylus Rivesaltes |
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How many districts are there in languedoc that can append their name? |
14 |
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How many cotes du Rhone villages |
4 Carmany Latour de France Tautavel Lesquerde |
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Largest AOC in roussillon |
Cotes du roussillon |
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Burgundy- what village vineyard is clustered around the mouth of a Combe |
Monthelie cote de beaune |
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What burgundy village only produces red wine in cote de beaune |
Volnay |
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What has global warming caused in burgundy |
Earlier harvest dates |
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How many cote de beaune villages |
12 |
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What communal accounts for 45% of AOC production |
Nuit st Georges |
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What commune in the maconnais was once apart of Beaujolais |
St veran |
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2 communal AOC of grand auxerrois |
St bris Irancy |
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Some Crus can have a mix of what grapes? |
aligote, chardonnay, melon, pinot gris |
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What are the soil types in southern beaujolais |
marl, limestone and clay |
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3 cru with the greatest aging potential |
moulin-a-vent, morgon, chenas |
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smallest cru of beaujolais |
chenas |
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what is the most prized in beaujolais, free run or press juice? |
press |
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where are the best vineyard sites in beaujoalis |
steep granite outcroppings of the monts du beaujolais |
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what are the favourite wine of king louis XIII |
chenas |
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what is the climate of beaujolais |
continental, med influences |
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what is the northernmost beaujolais cru |
st amour |
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3 sweet wines of Graves in bordeaux |
cerons barsac sauternes |
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how many ST Emillon satellites are there and how do they differ? |
more delicately structured, 4 satellites -st georges - lusac -montagne -puissguin |
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What does bordeaux-haut-benuage produce? |
white wine |
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sweet wine aocs of Entre-deux-mers |
loupiac, Saint-Croix-du-Mont, Premiers Cotes de Bordeaux |
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What is Graves Superieures aoc? |
regional AOC semi-sweet wine |
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what does Entre-deux-mers-haut-benauge produce? |
white wine and semi-sweet |
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what are the 4 communals of graves? |
cerons barsac pessac-leognan sauternes |
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how many chateaus were included in the 1855 classification system |
87 |
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what is the r.s level of moelleux wine |
1.2-4.5% |
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how does clay influence the wine |
prune, walnut aromas |
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Saint-Croix-Du-Mont, Graves de Vayers AOC are located in what sub region? |
Entre-deux-mers |
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what is the top level of sweet wine in the 1855 classifcation system? |
Premier Cru Superieur |
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2 St Emilion Chateaus are on the iron clay soils |
figeac, cheval blanc |
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what is cru bourgeios |
member organisation, 270 domains using "Petit Chateau" on label |
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what is cru artisans ? |
est 2006 44 cru small boutique wineries barrel to bottle production |
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what are the 4 levels of St Emilion classifcation system? |
Premiers Grands Cru Classes A level Premiers Grands Cru Classes B level Grand Cru Classe Grand Cru |
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2 Cotes AOC located in the Entre-deux-mers? |
Cotes Saint Macaire Premier Cotes de Bordeaux |
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Sweet wine AOC of entre-deux-mers |
Loupiac Saint-Croix-du-Mont Premier Cotes de Bordeaux |
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Does red or white wine dominate entre-deux-mers? |
red |
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Graves de Vayers is located where and produces what? |
in entre-deux-mers red and semi-sweet wine |
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Cotes de Castillon produces what style of wine? |
red |
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Brulhois AOC in s.w france produces what style of wine? |
red and rose |
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where is Jurancon AOC in s.w ? |
Pyrenees |
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Sweet AOC wine of Garonne and Tarn |
Cotes de Duras Galliac Doux |
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Galliac is located in what sub-region? |
Garonne and Tarn |
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Semi-sweet and sweet AOC of Dordogne and Bergerac? |
Saussignac Rosette Monbazillac |
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Galliac Premier Cotes produces? |
new AOC for sweet wine |
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What AOc makes wine from only Bordeaux varieties ? |
Buzet AOC in the Garonne and tarn |
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what grape dominates the pyrenees ? |
tannat |
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what Pyrenees AOC has vines over 150yrs old? |
St Mont |
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White grapes of S.W excluding Pyrenees |
Sav B, Semillion Muscadelle, Ugni blanc Ondenc, Chenin Blanc |
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Main white grapes of the Pyrenees |
Camarlet, lauzet, Arrufiac, Courbu, Gros Manseng, Petit Manseng, Rafficat, Baroque |
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3 climate areas of S.W france? |
Bergerac and Dordgogne river Tarn, Lot and Garonne river Pyrenees |
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Semi-sweet AOC of Dordogne and Bergerac? |
Cotes de Bergerac Cotes de Montravel Haut Montravel Saussignac |
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Red grapes of the Pyrenees? |
Mansang Noir, Corbu Noir, Tannat, Fer Servadou, Cab Franc, Cab Sav, Merlot |
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Sweet AOC in the Lot? |
0 |
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Dominant grape of the Lot? |
Malbec |
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4 sub regions of S.W france? |
Bergerac Lot Dordogne Pyrenees |
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what is the climate of the Dordgone and Beregac |
maritime |
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red grapes of the s.w |
cab sav, merlot, cab franc, malbec, merille(perigod) |
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where are the following AOC found? Buzet, Cotes de Duras, Fronton |
Garonne and Tarn |
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What is Rouchelein |
chenin blanc |
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what % of IGP cotes de gascogne is white? |
80% |
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what % of IGP cote de gascogne is exported ? |
75% |
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what 2 aoc share the same production area? |
madiran(reD) pacherenc du vic bilh (white) |
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what are the sweet AOC of Pyrenees? |
Jurancon, Pacherenc du vic bilh |
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what grape is beleived to be native to austria? |
Sylvaner |
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where are the most of the vineyards in alsace planted? |
vosges foothills |
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what are the pros of having marly, limy soil? |
deep soil, water rententive, mixed soil creates mineral wealth |
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how many AOC communals are there in ALSACE |
13 |
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4 secondary grapes of Alsace |
Chardonnay klevener de heilgenstein chasselas auxerrois blanc |
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on the vosges foothills what aspect and why |
s-s.e optimal sunlight, max warmth, grapes ripen slowly with complex aromatics |
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what formed vosges? |
fault blocks eroded and formed the vosges mountains |
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during the french revolution what happened in alsace |
1789, disenfranchised the church of its vineyard holdings and caught in a tug-o-war between france and germany |
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white grapes of the diois |
clairette chardonnay aligote muscat a petit grains blanc |
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coteaux de die AOC in the Diois is what grape style? |
100% clairette, white wine dry |
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how many departments does the rhone cover |
6 |
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does CDR regional AOC have to be a blend? |
no |
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what are the 5 categories in CDR |
VDN Cru Cotes du rhone (named) village Cotes du rhone village cotes du rhone |
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how many other rhone AOC in the south? |
6 Costieres de Nimes Grignan-les-adhemar Cote de luberon cote de ventoux cotes de vivarais |
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largest northern rhone cdr cru? |
crozes-hermitage |
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what sub-region is located between vienne and valence |
northern rhone |
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Les Cotes du Rhone AOC begins at Viennes and ends where? |
avignon |
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what is Clairette de Bellegrade? |
white wine 100% clairette |
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largest AOC outside of the CDR zone |
ventoux |
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largest southern CDR cru |
chateau neuf du pape |
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Tavel AOC what grape? |
grenache rose saignee method |
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most common white grape in the south |
bourboulenc, marsanne, grenache blanc, rousanne |
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what is Chatillion en Diois AOC |
dry red, gamay, p.noir, syrah |
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how many other rhone aoc are there |
10 |
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what northern rhone aoc has calcrous soil with galets |
crozes-hermitage |
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northern rhone training method |
echlas 2 vines in the centre of 2-3 stalks forming a triangular shape |
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Luberon, left or right bank |
right |
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cotes du Vivarais, left or right bank |
left |
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how many varieties are planted in southern rhone |
27 |
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costieres de niems is left or right bank |
right |
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cdr 100% red cru |
cornas cote-rotie vinsorbies |
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rhone valley starts in viennes and ends where |
nimes |
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what cdr aoc is not affected by the mistral |
lirac |
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what southern aoc is cooler and recevies more rain |
cotes du vivarais |
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