Australia Flashcards
Where is located the Granite Belt and South Burnett GIs?
- Queensland
What was the most important style of wine produced in Australia in the early 20th century?
- Sweet Fortified
Who is the major importer of Australian wine?
- China
What is the most planted grape variety in Australia?
-Shiraz
What’s the usual size of a Hogshead?
- 300L
What’s the usual size of a Puncheon?
- 450L or 500L
True or False chaptalization, acidification is allowed in Australia
- False. Chaptalization is not legal, but some type of enrichment is authorized.
- Acidification is common
What’s the Heritage five in Australia?
- Penfolds Grange Shiraz
- Henschke Hill of Grace
- Mount Mary Quintet
- Wendouree Shiraz
- Leuwin estate Art series Chardonnay
Seppeltsfield is renowned for..?
- 100 years Old Para (GMS from Barossa)
Who is producing the cuvée Astralis?
- Clarendon Hills, Mclaren Vale
Who is producing the cuvée Dead Arm?
- D’arrenberg, Mclaren Vale
Who is producing the cuvée RunRig Shiraz?
- Torbreck, Barossa
Who is producing the cuvée Basket Press Shiraz?
- Rockford, Barossa
Who is producing the cuvée Diana Madeline?
- Cullen, Margaret River
Who is producing the cuvée Heytesbury Chardonnay?
- Vasse Felix, Margaret River
All Saints Winery, Morris, Campbells, Buller are producers of… GI?
- Rutherglen
What are the levels of Rutherglen Classification System?
- Rutherglen Muscat
- Classic Muscat
- Grand Muscat
- Rare Muscat
What is the aging of a Rutherglen Muscat?
- 3-5 years
What is the aging of a Classic Muscat?
- 6-10 years
What is the aging of a Grand Muscat?
- 11-19 years
In Australia, what is the aging of a Rare Muscat?
- min 20 years
In Australia, which regions has never been touched by the phylloxera?
- South Australia
- Western Australia
- Tasmania
- Most of New South Wales (like Hunter Valley, Riverland)
Where’s located Brokenwood?
- New South Wales, Hunter Valley
What englobe the region South Eastern Australia GI?
- anywhere other than western Australia
Where are located the producers Forest Hill and Plantagenet?
- Western Australia, Great Southern
Which mountain range impact the Great Southern region?
- Stirling range
What are the subregions of Great Southern?
- Frankland River
- Mount Barker
- Porongurup
- Albany
- Denmark
Which GI is between Manjimup and Geographe?
- Blackwood valley
What is the warmest GI in Australia?
- Perth, western Australia
Which Californian producer helped the development of Leeuwin Estate?
- Robert Mondavi, he helped and encourage Denis Horgan
Who produced the first wine in Margaret River?
- Vasse Felix
True/False, southern Margaret River is more impact by Antarctica rather than the Indian Ocean
- True
What is the bay north of Margaret River?
- Geographe Bay
Where is located Wilyabrup?
- Margaret River
What is the major river in South Australia?
- Murray River, which follows a route between New South Wales and Victoria before arcing through South Australia and Trickling out into the ocean at Lake Alexandrina. The river is fed by the melting snowfields of the Great Dividing Range.
Which zone in South Australia is include in Adelaide Superzone?
- Barossa
- Fleurieu
- Mount Lofty Ranges
What are the two wine regions included in Barossa?
- Barossa Valley
- Eden Valley
What is the biggest owned family estate in Barossa?
- Yalumba
What is the important river in Barossa?
- Para
What is the first vintage of Hill of Grace?
- 1958
Which GI is located directly south of the Adelaide city?
- McLaren Vale
Which Austrian based family is located in South Australia, Currency Creek?
- Salomon
What are the two official subregions in Adelaide Hills?
- Piccadilly Valley
- Lenswood
What is the ranges that impact the most South Australia?
- Mount Lofty Ranges
What is the gulf west of Adelaide?
- Gulf St. Vincent
What is the gulf west of Adelaide?
- Gulf St. Vincent
Where is the world oldest shiraz vines? Who produce it?
- South Australia, Barossa
- Langmeil
What is the Barossa old vine charter?
Made by Yalumba in 2009, the charter is a voluntary registry of old vine vineyards in the Barossaa, and it divides vines into four age groups:
- Barossa Old Vine
- Barossa Survivor
- Barossa Centenarian Vine
- Barossa Ancestor Vine
How old is a vine identified as Barossa Old Vine?
- min 35 years old
How old is a vine identified as Barossa Survivor?
- Min 70 years old
How old is a vine identified as Barossa Centenarian Vine?
- Min 100 years old
How old is a vine identified as Barossa Ancestor Vine?
- Min 125 years old
Name the GIs included in Limestone Coast
- Coonawarra
- Mount Benson
- Padthaway
- Robe
- Wrattonbully
- Mount Gambier
Which barrels mostly used in Coonawarra?
- French barrel
What is the Terra Rossa?
- a thin, cigar-shaped band of friable clay loam, tinted vivid red by iron oxide, overlies soft limestone. This soil is highly permeable for a clay-based soil yet offers good water retention to support the vine’s during summer.
What is the main grape in McLaren Vale?
- Shiraz
True-False; Grange is a single vineyard cuvée
- False, it is a blend of several vineyard in South Australia
Where’s produced Torbreck Runrig Shiraz?
- Barossa
Who’s the first five producers in Margaret River?
- Vasse Felix
- Cullen
- Moss Wood
- Leeuwin Estate
- Cape Mentellle
What is the Golden Triangle by James Halliday?
- They are the best chardonnay in Western Australia, made with the Gingin clone;
- Leeuwin Estate
- Cape Mentelle
- Voyager Estate
What’s is the official subregion of Eden Valley GI?
- High Eden
What’s the name of the younger vines cuvée of Henschke’s Hill of Grace?
- Hill of Roses Shiraz
Who’s the biggest producer of sparkling wine in Tasmania?
- Jansz
Where’s located Yalumba Octavius Shiraz?
- Barossa Valley
Where’s located Henschke’s Hill of Grace?
- Eden Vallley
Name a top cuvée of Shiraz who add a percentage of viognier in their syrah?
- Torbreck RunRig Shiraz (2% of Viognier)
- Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier
Eden Valley is within which zone?
- Barossa
Name two producers of Clare Valley.
- Grosset
- Jimm Barry
- Killikanoon
- Wendouree
What are the soils of the unofficial subregion of Polish Hill?
- Blue slate like in Mosel
Major producers Coonawara
- Wynnns
- Majella
- Penley Estate
- Balnaves of Coonawara
- Zema Estate
What is the region with the most plantings? South Australia or New South Wales?
- South Australia
Where is By Farr and Bannockburn located?
- Port Phillip, Geelong
What is the most planted grape in Tasmania?
- Pinot Noir (42% of the island’s plantings)
Where is Swan Valley GI?
- Western Australia, Greather Perth, within Swann District
How much would cost the 2015 Vat 1 hunter semillon from Tyrell’s wine in US $?
- 50 USD
Name the three sub regions of Hunter GI.
- Upper Hunter Valley
- Broke Fordwich
- Pokolbin