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You have 17% right answers : Vin de Pays level - a great fruit but a light structure
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- 1 - What is special about the CDP soil?
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You answered (Wrong)
The specificity of Châteauneuf-du-Pape terroirs is the presence of round pebbles, giving the impression that certain vineyards are growing within a sea of rocks. These pebbles were swept along by the Rhône River from the Alps during the Ice Age and when its bed was moved, the pebbles remained.
- 2 - Why is the commune named Châteauneuf-du-Pape?
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You answered (Wrong)
Between the years 1309 and 1378, while the popes were in Avignon, they chose Châteaune as their summer residence to escape from the stifling heat within the city’s ramparts. Since this time, Châteauneuf has adopted the name Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
- 3 - What is the symbol seen on the bottle of Châteauneuf-du-Pape?
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You answered (Wrong)
A mitre is the official headdress of popes. It has 3 crowns representing 3 sovereignties: temporal (the pope being a sovereign), spiritual (head of the Catholic Church) and authority over the princes (as a pope could have them excommunicated). The keys are the city keys given by the mayor upon the arrival of popes in Châteauneuf during the summer.
- 4 - What is the particularity of the appellation?
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You answered (Wrong)
With 13 varieties allowed (8 red and 5 white), Châteauneuf-du-Pape is the appellation allowing the largest amount of varieties. The most well-known are the Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre for the reds and the Roussanne for the whites.
- 5 - What brought this appellation to the AOC regulation level in France?
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You answered (Wrong)
In 1933 the Baron Pierre Le Roy de Boiseaumarié obtained the first judgment defining the specific rules for a wine to claim being a Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Several years later, the AOC rules appeared, greatly influenced by the Baron’s definitions.
- 6 - What is the pruning system in force for Grenache grapes?
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You answered The goblet (Right)
The gobelet (in shrubs, no training) protects vine branches from the Mistral and shades the grapes from suffocating summer heat.