argentina Flashcards
what about the climat and grape growing conditions in argentina ?
1) the vineyards lies close to the andes, in a series of irrigated oases
2) with the exception of rio negro and neuquen in the patagonia the vineyards lays on a altitude of 600 m
– salta, Cafayate the vineyards can extend to 2000 m so cool sites near the equator
3) historically because of the heat the vines are planted in pergola system (parral) they lift the plants away from the heat on the ground and the canopy gives shadow to the grapes
– torontes is still planted with the parral system
— now they use a lot vertical trelisses but still in hsape to give the grapes enough shadow
4) water can be founded from the rivers who float down from the andes mountain or from subterrenean aquiffiers( underground waterreservoirs coming from waterholding soils)
— flood irrigation was widespread, but drip irrigation is now seen in the newest vineyards
5) spring frost is a occasional challenge (soms)
– but hail is a regular hazard
— their investing in nets even with the price
—- owning vineyards in different areas is widespread
and bring advantages at the blending stage
6) there are not much problems with rot or mildew
—- important producer of organic wines
what about mlbec ?
1) its argentinas flagship
- the largest plantings of malbec is in argentina
2) it tends to produce deeply coloured wines with flavours of black fruits and often high levels of smooth tann
- - winemakers are now extracting very gentle in the winery to create smooth elegant styles
- - most prem malbecs mature in new oak lending subtle spicy flavours
3) fruit at lower altitude: gives full bodied wines with richer black fruit aromas
- – higher altitude: elegant, fresh and floral aromas
4) the most malbecs are produced as varietal
- - also big role in blends with, cab sauvignon, merlot, cab franc and or pet verdot
Bonarda is the first most planted variety in argentinia.
fault its the second
bonarda is a:
1) late ripening grape
2) deeply coloured with high levels of acidity and tann
3) high yields: easy drinking wines with flavours of fruity raspberry and blackberry aromas
4) when yields are controlled and the fruit is allowed to ripen fully, it can produce wines of grater concentration and structure
- — mainly grown in San Juan and Mendoza
what can you tell me about other black grape varieties in argentinia?
1) cab sauvignon, merlot and syrah are widely planted
2) smaller volumes of tempranillo and pinot noir
prem quality gives concentrated ripe fruit flavours, usually with toasted notes from oak
Torontes is often seen as argentinas white signature grape, it is widely planted in ____, La rioja and _____.
1) Salta
2) La rioja
3) San juan
4) Mendoza
what are the features of torrontes ?
1) best quality comes from high altitude vineyards in the cafayate region !!!!
2) intens fruity, floral perfume, with med body and acidity and flavours of melon and stonefruit
3) te aromatic nature of this grape means that they are usually ferm in inert temp controlled vessels, and released from the winery in the year of harvest
what can you tell me about other white varieties in argentina:
1) chardonnay also widely planted and in a range of styles
prem styles in oak matured, often a proportin in oak
2) Chenin blanc, sauv blanc, semillon, viognier
3) Pedro gimenez (not PX) for cheap wines
argentinia has a gi system, the vineyard area is splitted into 3 broadregions and each region is splitted into a number of provinces, which in turn contain a number of more specific demands.
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Give me the wine regions from north to south:
1) salta province: Cafayate
2) catamarca
3) la rioja: famatina
4) san juan
5) mendoza: maipu (vulkaan), uco valley
6) Neuquen
7) patagonia
- – rio negro is located in the latter two regions
what can you tell me about salta province ?
1) close to the border of bolivia
2) has some of the highest vineyards in the world
3) some located 3000 meters above sealevel
4) extreme climate results in wines with great purity and concentration
5) torrontes is the dominant grape especially in the cafayate region
La rioja:
1) la rioja is the third largest producer of wine
2) in the famatina valleys you can find vineyards on the irrigated valley floors
3) white: torrontes
4) Black: bonarda cab s and syrah
- – to avoid confusian with the spanish rioja, they label and export their wines as Famatina
San juan:
1) The vineyards are on an altitude of 450- 1400 m
- – similar altitude range as those in mendoza, but mendoza is hotter and arid (dor)
2) known for its high quality syrah
- - also malbec, cab sauvignon and bonarda
- - chardonnay and viognier as whites
Mendoza
1) mendoza dominate winemaking in argentina
2) vineyards are planted in dessert conditions
- – protected from the rains from the western andes moutnains
- - from the east protected from the pampas mountain
3) divided into 5 subregions: northern, eastern, central, uco and southern
- - blended wines from different regions are to make a blend of different climats
- - northern and eastern: high volumes inexpensive wines
- - mendoza river that flows thrue these regions provide irrigation water
- — central mendoza: high quality wines and many of the famous producers are located here
- — luan de cujo: good malbec: this subregions lies around 900- 1100 m alttitude in the foothills of the andes
- —- maipu lies east and is lower so cab sauvignon and syrah, but also valuable source for old vine bonarda and tempranillo
- — uco valley 900- 1500 m and a source of high quality fruit: cool nights helps to retain aci and fresh fruit flavours and sometimes floral notes
grapes: chardonnay, torrontes, sauvignon blanc, malbec, cab sauvignon, merlot and tempranillo at some high altitudes pinot noir can be grown
how does patagonia gets his cooling influences ?
not by altitude but by latitude, strong dessert winds
