Chile Flashcards
What current cools Chile
Humboldt
Five geo sectors
Norte Grande, Norte Chico, Zona Central, Zona Sur, Zona Austral
Label Terms Permitted for DO wines:
-Label Terms Permitted for DO wines:
-Gran Reserva – 12.5%(+oak)
-Reserva –12%
-Reserva Especial – 12%(+oak)
-Reserva Privada – 12.5%
-Gran Vino
-Selección
-Superior
What tectonic plate pushes affects Western South America
Nazca Plate
Name the 16 valleys from North to South
Copiapo
Huasco
Elqui
Limari
Choapa
Aconcagua
Casablanca
San Antonio
Maipo
Rapel - aka Cachapoal & Colchagua
Curico
Maule
Itala
Bio-Bio
Malleco
Santiago is in which valley?
Maipo
Aconcagua DO areas
Costa: Quillota
Entre Cordilleras: Hijuelas, Catemu, Panquehue, Llaillay, San Felipe
Andes: Santa Maria, Calle Larga, San Esteban
Errazuriz’s Sena is from what DO
Panquehue in Aconcagua
San Antonio DO Zones
Valle de Leyda DO, Lo Abarca DO (valle de san antonio; calcerous/granitic; Casa Marin)
Valle del Maipo cabs
Concha y Toro’s:
Errazuriz’s:
Baron Philippe de Rothschild + Concha y Toro:
Concha y Toro’s: “Don Melchor”
Errazuriz’s: “Vinedo Chadwick” (took 1st in 2004 Berlin tasting)
Baron Philippe de Rothschild + Concha y Toro: “Almaviva”
Val del Rapel is divided into?
Cachapoal (North) & Colchagua (South)
Valle del Rapel wines
Casa Lapostolle’s
Vina Montes
Valle del Rapel wines
Casa Lapostolle’s: “Clos Apalta” & Vina Montes “Alpha M” – iconic Bordeaux-style blends.
Vina Montes: “Purple Angel” – highest-profile Carmenere wines.
Curico Valley 2 sub-regions?
Lontue & Teno
Curico Valley 2 sub-regions?
Lontue & Teno
Casablanca is 65% what grape
SB
Casablanca and San Antonio are Coastal or Mountainous
Coastal
2 Iconic Colchagua wines
Monte’s Alpha M and Lappstolles “clos Apalta”
Maule grapes
Cab and Pais
Itata and Bio-Bio grapes
Largely Pais and Muscat of Alexandria
Malleco is on Latitude with which Arg
Rio Negre
Maule producers
VIA, O. Fournier, J. Bouchon
New wine laws year and details
2012; highlight influence of sea and mntns; may append pre-existing DO w Costa(proximity to coast/mntns); Entre Cordilleras(“between mountains”-valleys between coastal range; Andes. 85% of grape from appropriate region
Minimum Percentage Required for Varietal/Vintage Labeling and Min ABV
Minimum Percentage Required for Varietal/Vintage Labeling: 75% (many follow 85% to follow EU for export). Min ABV 11.5%