Understanding Southern Rhone for WSET Level 3 Wines - Part 1 - Climate, Grapegrowing and Grenache

Understanding Southern Rhone for WSET Level 3 Wines - Part 1 - Climate, Grapegrowing and Grenache
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Chief Taster and owner of West London Wine School, South London Wine School, and Streatham Wine House, Jimmy Smith, takes you through an introduction to the Southern Rhone for WSET Level 3 Award in Wines. Here you will learn about an introduction to this category with a focus on Climate, Grapegrowing, and Grenache all with Jimmy's tuition.
This is the first video in a two-part series on the Southern Rhone, with this video available as free content and the last video available to members only on Jimmy Smith's e-learning portal.
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0:00 Introduction
0:07 WSET L3 - Southern Rhône Part 1: Climate, Grapegrowing and Gre
1:50 Southern Rhône in France
3:33 Southern Rhône Climate and Grapegrowing
9:37 Key Grape Variety - Grenach
15:18 Working Written Question Southern Rhône
18:26 Burgundy Next Session

[@winohpl7518]

This one was my last video I've watched before my WSET 3 exam. I passed with distinction. Mostly thanks to your videos! Thanks a lot, you are the best. CHeers ;]

[@WineWithJimmy]

Great job - well done! Glad to be of service :-)

[@coramoralesschlamp2335]

Thanks jimmy ! , super clear explanations, and helpful videos. super useful for my bachelor exams from Mendoza , Argentina. :)

[@WineWithJimmy]

You are welcome!

[@nemo82mi]

Thank you Jimmy🙏

[@WineWithJimmy]

My pleasure!

[@zatoging9]

Thanks Jimmy! Will there be videos on Portugal?

[@WineWithJimmy]

Yes, soon

[@kymwroble1470]

Could you have also written about the mistral winds and Grenache doing well when trained low as a bush vine in Southern Rhône, as part of the theory question?

[@WineWithJimmy]

Hi Kym, I wouldn't have put this as one of my top three reasons, because the way that the vine is trained isn't an inherent quality of the variety that makes it well suited to the Southern Rhone. The training choice is a human intervention in response to the challenging conditions in the region, not a trait of Grenache itself, if you see what I mean!

[@ischlatiar87654321]

Why do you say there's no need to remember Rasteau? Might that be a matter of taste? ;-)

[@WineWithJimmy]

Ha! No, not at all - in terms of the syllabus for L3.

[@andrewott3637]

What do the galets have to do with grenache being a good grape to grow in the southern Rhone? That has to do with the environment not any factor of the grape...

[@WineWithJimmy]

Hi Andrew, the reason the galet stones are more important for Grenache than other grape varieties is because Grenache needs more heat to ripen than the other grape varieties. This is why The galets of the southern Rhone, combined with low trained vines make grenache so good here.