Chapter Seventeen: Chile, Brazil, and Uruguay Flashcards
What is the capital city of Uruguay?
Montevideo
What is the leading grape variety of Uruguay?
Tannat
What is the alternative name for Tannat, in honor of an early adopter, used in Uruguay?
Harriague (Pascual Harriague)
What is Chile’s cold ocean current?
Humboldt Current
What is the very dry desert located at the northern end of Chile’s viticultural areas?
Atacama Desert
What is the leading variety of Chile?
Cabernet Sauvignon
What are the Chilean names for the Friulano grape?
Sauvignon Vert
Sauvignonasse
What are the geographical terms for Chile’s wine regions, as defined east-west?
Costa/Coast Entre Cordilleras/Between the Andes Mountains
What is the variety previously thought to be Chilean “Merlot”?
Carmenere
What are the 6 main viticultural regions of Chile?
Atacama
Coquimbo
Aconcagua
Central Valley
Del Sur (Southern Regions)
Austral
What are the 2 subregions of the Atacama Viticultural Region?
Copiapo Valley
Huasco Valley
In addition to wine, many of the grapes of the Atacama Viticultural Region are used for these 2 products:
Table grapes
Pisco
What are the 3 subregions of the Coquimbo Region?
Elqui Valley
Choapa Valley
Limari Valley
What is the subregion located at one of the narrowest points of Chile?
Choapa Valley
What are the 3 subregions of the Aconcagua Region?
Aconcagua Valley
Casablanca Valley
San Antonio Valley
What is the Aconcagua subregion best known for cool-climate white varietals?
Casablanca Valley
What is the zone located in the San Antonio Valley known for granite soils?
Leyda Valley
What are the 4 subregions of Chile’s Central Valley Region?
Maipo Valley
Rapel Valley
Curico Valley
Maule Valley
What is the Chilean wine region surrounding the city of Santiago?
Maipo Valley
What are the 2 zones of Chile’s Rapel Valley?
Colchagua Valley
Cachapoal Valley
What is the organization supporting dry-farmed, old vine Carignan in Chile’s Maule Valley?
VIGNO
Vignadores de Carignan
What is the rustic style of wine produced in the Maule Valley, often made from Pais grapes?
Pipeno
What are the 3 subregions of Chile’s Southern Regions VR?
Itata Valley
Bio-Bio Valley
Malleco Valley
What are the 2 subregions of Chile’s Austral Region VR?
Cautin Valley
Osorno Valley
What is the unique climate feature of Chile’s Austral Region?
The area receives far more rain than Chile’s other regions–as much as 1,800 mm/70 in a year
What is Brazil’s leading state for wine production?
Rio Grande do Sur
What is Brazil’s only DO?
Vale dos Vinhedos DO
What are Brazil’s 6 main wine-producing regions?
Serra Gaucha
Serra do Sudeste
Vale do Sao Francisco
Campos de Cima da Serra
Planalto Catarinense
Campanha
