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