Roussillon

Question 1

Roughly what percentage of Roussillon’s wine production was bottled as Languedoc AOC in 2019?

Answer 1

2%

Question 2

Which is the largest AOC in Roussillon?

Answer 2

Côtes du Roussillon

Question 3

Muscat de Rivesaltes AOC is a large appellation encompassing most of which département?

Answer 3

Pyrénées-Orientales

Question 4

Reductive VDN wines aged for a minimum of 5 years may be labeled Hors d’Age. T or F?

Answer 4

False

Oxidative VDN wines aged for a minimum of 5 years may be labeled Hors d’Age.

Question 5

Which of these VDNs is only made reductively?

Maury
Muscat de Rivesaltes
Rivesaltes
Banyuls

Answer 5

Muscat de Rivesaltes

White wine (Muscat à Petits Grains Blanc, Muscat d’Alexandrie)

Question 6

In 2018 what was the most planted white grape in Roussillon?

Answer 6

Muscat à Petits Grains Blanc

Question 7

In 2018 what was the most planted red grape in Roussillon?

Answer 7

Grenache

Question 8

Banyuls makes red, rosé and white VDNs on steeply terraced slopes that are comprised of…what?

Answer 8

Schist

Question 9

What term is used for a reductively aged red Banyuls?

Answer 9

Rimage

Question 10

Côte Vermeille IGP covers the same area as…?

Answer 10

Banyuls/ Collioure