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Mount Lofty Ranges Flashcards

1
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main soil types of Clare Valley

A

Slate (Polish hill)
and terrarossa over limestone

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2
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Clare Valley is a part of what zone in South Australia

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Mount lofty Ranges

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3
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who makes Gaia from Clare Valley what is it

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Grosset
Bordeaux Blend

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4
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Clare Valley Producers
(Mount Lofty Ranges Zone)
South Australia

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Sevenhill
Grosset
Kilkanoon
Wendouree
Jim Barry
Pikes
Claymore
Petaluma

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5
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Vineyards of Clare Valley

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Grosset Watervale
Grosset Gaia
Florita (Jim Barry)
Hanlin Hill (Petaluma)
Polish Hill (Grosset)
Peglidis Vineyard

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6
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CSIRO and Australian Wine Research Institute located here

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Adelaide

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7
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gIs of mount lofty ranges

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Clare Valley GI
Adelaide Hills GI
Adelaide Plains GI

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8
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Who makes “The Merle”

Clare Valley GI
Mount Lofty Ranges Zone

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Pikes (riesling)

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9
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What does CSIRO stand for? What other institutions are in Adelaide?

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Commonwealth scientific and industrial research organization

University of Adelaide
Australian Wine Research Institute

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10
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sub regions of Adelaide hills G.I.

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Lenswood G.I.
Picadilly Valley G.I

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11
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unofficial subregions of Clare Valley (5)

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Watervale
polish hill
auburn
Sevenhill (Grosset)
Clare

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12
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Who developed the counterintuitive technique of minimal (zero) pruning, which actually restricts vigor (Australia)

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CSIRO

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13
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southernmost region in Mount Lofty Ranges

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Adelaide Hills GI

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14
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Is Clare Valley warmer than Adelaide Hills?

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Yes!

continental climate and preponderance of red grapes in the vineyard, the GI offers Australia’s most classic and ageworthy interpretation of Riesling.

Higher-altitude, west-facing slopes often produce the better wines, cooled by afternoon breezes and low nighttime temperatures

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15
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Most planted and northernmost region in Mount Lofty Ranges

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Clare Valley GI

5000ha

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16
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Clare valley is a series of ridges that run this direction

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North/South

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17
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Most vineyards in Clare Valley are located between these two towns

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Auburn and Clare

18
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When was Hope Farm established in Clare Valley by English settlers

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1840

19
Q

First cellar of Clare Valley

A

Sevenhill, built by Jesuits as sacramental wine

1851

20
Q

What year was A.P Birks Wendouree established in Clare Valley?

A

1892 (red wines)

21
Q

When was Jim Barry established in Clare Valley

A

1959

22
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When did Grosset begin production in Clare Valley

A

1981

23
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When was Kilkanoon established in Clare Valley

A

1997

24
Q

Clare Valley, 75mi North of Adelaide, is cooled by this

A

Elevation

400-600 meters
Diurnal Variaton

25
Q

Winemaker for Petaluma

A

Brian Crosser

26
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Viticultural hazards of Clare Valley

A

Spring Frosts
especially in cooler Eastern and Southern areas of Polish Hill, Watervale and Auburn

27
Q

Most planted variety in Clare Valley

A

Shiraz

28
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Most famous Shiraz bottling of Clare Valley

A

Jim Barry “Armagh”

29
Q

This Clare Valley Producer blends Cabernet with Malbec

A

Wendouree
Cabernet-Malbec bottlings

30
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Best examples of Clare Valley riesling from these subregions

A

Watervale and Polish Hill

31
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Soil of Polish Hill

A

Blue Devonian Slate like Mosel

32
Q

Adelaide Hills GI is nestled in these mountains

A

South Mount Lofty Ranges

33
Q

How high is Mount Lofty in Adelaide Hills

A

727m above sea level
Also one of South Australia’s wettest points

34
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Adelaide Hills GI is between these two GIs

A

Barossa and McLaren Vale

35
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This % of Adelaide plantings are white grapes

A

70%

36
Q

What central subregion of Adelaide hills is home to Its first modern vineyard planted by Petaluma in 1976

A

Picadilly Valley GI

37
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Most planted variety of Adelaide Hills GI

A

Sauvignon Blanc
More planted in Lenswood GI subregion

38
Q

Producers of Adelaide Hills GI

A

Shaw+Smith
The Lane
Golding
Bird in Hand
BK Wines

39
Q

Coolest and rainiest region within the Adelaide Super Zone

A

Adelaide Hills GI

40
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Warmest GI within the Adelaide Super Zone

A

Adelaide Plains GI

41
Q

Estates of Adelaide Plains

A

Magill Estate (where Max Schubert first experimented with Grange)

42
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What is the “spiritual home of Grange”

A

Magill Estate in Adelaide Plains GI

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