Australia Flashcards
What are the top red grapes of Australia
Shiraz
Cabernet Sauvignon
What is the top subregion of Western Australia
Margaret River
What are the top subregions of southern Australia
Barossa valley
Clare valley
McLaren Vale
Coonawarra
What is the top subregion of Victoria Southwales
Hunter Valley
What is the top white grape of Australia
Chardonnay
On a Australian wine label if a grape is listed what percentage of that great must be in the wine
85%
In Australia if you’re going to list a specific wine region what percentage of the grapes must be from that region
85%
What is the name of the wine laws in Australia
Geographic Indication or GI
Describe an Australian Shiraz
bursting with rice and cooked berry fruit for rightness is almost always achieved significant levels of alcohol.
In region is the Limestone Coast located.
Coonawarra, South Australia
What is the most important grape of Coonawarra?
Cabernet Sauvignon is well suited to the sub soils of limestone
