Chile Flashcards
What are the two DO Zones of the Atacama DO Region?
Copiapó DO and Huasco DO
What is a Chilean Parron?
Pergola-Trained Vineyard, notably found in the plantations of Copiapó
Ventisquera is one of the few table wine producers located in which DO?
Huasco DO, Atacama Region (Producing Chard, Pinot Noir, and Sauvignon Blanc)
What are the main grape exports of the Atacama DO?
Pisco Grapes and Table Grapes
In Chile, what is the Capital of Atacama?
Copiapó
What are the Parents of Carmeñere?
Cabernet Franc x Gros Cabernet. Both high in Pyrazine
Carmeñere ripens later or earlier than Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon?
Later. Vital to soften the Pyrazine charactistics
In Chile, what two grapes were discovered to be different in 1994 by Jean-Michel Boursiquot?
Carmeñere and Merlot
True or False: Soils along the Chilean coast are older than ones closer to the Andes?
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What are 3 of the main soils of Coastal Chile?
Granite, schist and slate over Red Clay with large pockets of Quartz
The soils of the Andes in Chile primarily consist of _____ over pockets of ______
Volcanic with pockets of Limestone
True or False: PaÃs may appear on a DO label
What is a Pipeño in Chile?
Local inexpensive table wine. easy drinking and occasionally fizzy. usually incorperating the PaÃs grape
An Arroba is a measurement of what?
Measurement of grapes by weight rather than volume. Roughly 8 liters
What is Chicha in Chile?
a cooked, partially fermented grape beverage drank by the local South American Indians
What is the main grape of Pisco?
Moscatel (Muscat of Alexandria)
What are the ingredients of a Classic Pisco Sour? Which are Omitted in a Chilean Pisco Sour?
1.5 oz Pisco, 1 oz Lemon juice, .5 oz Simple Syrup, 1 Egg white, Angostura Bitters; Chilean omits bitters and Egg white
what are the two ingredients in a Piscola?
Pisco and Coke
According to the EU in 2013, Which Country has claim to the origin of Pisco?
Peru
Which established Pisco as an appellation first, Peru or Chile?
Chile - 1931; Peru 1991
Which Chilean organization emphasizes small artisinal winemaking practices?
Movi (est. 2009) “Movimento de Viñateros Independientes”
What are the minimum %’s for Vintage, Varietal and DO labelling in Chile?
75% (Though most go by the EU export standard of 85%)
What is the minimum % for geographical labeling (Costa, Entre Cordilleras, Andes) in Chile?
0.85
In Chile, what two labeling terms indicate time spent in oak?
Reserva Especial and Gran Reserva
What is the minimum ABV for Chilean Table wine?
0.12
Chilean Reserva and Reserva Especial wines require a minimum of what alcohol?
0.12
Chilean Reserva Privada and Gran Reserva wines require a minimum of what alcohol?
0.125
What Organization oversees and inforces Chilean wine laws
Chilean Agriculture and Livestock Service
Chile forbids the production of what type of varietal?
Hybrid Varietals
What are the two main mountain ranges of Chile (East and West)
Coastal Range (West); Andes (East)
The _________ forces cool sea air through the coastal wine regions of Chile and Peru
The Humbolt Current
What are the two Countries that border North of Chile?
Peru and Bolivia
Traveling directly West from Mendoza Argentina will put you where?
Santiago, Chile
_____ accounts for over 1/3 of Chile’s total Plantings
Cabernet Sauvignon
Criolla Chica and Mission are the Argentinian and Californian synonyms (respectively) for which grape?
PaÃs
Fill in the blanks: the PaÃs grape is _____ in Color and _____ in Tannin
Light in Color and High in Tannin
In Chile, the Cachapoal regions Puemo DO is the top area for which varietal?
Carmenere
What two Regional DO’s lie in the Norte Chico Chilean Administrative Region?
Atacama DO and Coquimbo DO
Which Chilean winery has the largest holdings of vineyards in the country?
Concha y Toro (over 9,000 ha)
What does Chile rank in World wine Production? What does it rank in South America?
7th in World wine production; 2nd in South America (1st- Argentina)
A Dulce (Sweet) wine in Chile must have a minimum % of what residual sugar?
45+ g/l
What is the maximum residual sugar of a standard dry Chilean wine?
4 g/l
A dry chilean table wine may have up to 9 g/l residual sugar if….
If the total acidity of the wine is within 2 g/l of the RS
_____ accounts for 80% of Chile’s Landmass
Mountains
Grand Vidure is a syn. for what grape varietal?
Carmenère
Chile’s Casa Silva was the first to put what on a wine label?
Austral DO designation
What is the main future viticultural concern for the DO Zones of Coquimbo?
Lack of Irrigation water due to diminishing snowmelt
What is the driest of the 3 DO zones of Coquimbo? (Elqui, Limari, Choapa)
Elqui
Which red varietal has become a benchmark for the wines of the Coquimbo Region’s Elqui DO in Chile?
Syrah
In Chile, the Coquimbo region’s Limarà DO is showing the most promise for which white grape?
Chardonnay
The dense, rainless cloudbank that travels inland from the coast of Chile’s Northern Desert Regions is known as the?
Camanchaca Fog
La Serena is the Coastal DO Area and main town of which Chilean DO Zone?
Elqui Valley DO
Ovalle DO is the sole DO Coastal Area, capital city and major viticultural focus for which Chilean DO Zone?
Limarà DO
What grape has become the main focus (and most planted variety) for the vineyards of Chile’s Limarà DO?
Chardonnay, especially in the Coastal DO Area of Ovalle
Francisco de Aguirre, LimarÃ’s first wine company, is now owned by who?
Concha y Toro
Viña Falernia’s Alta Tierra has become Chile’s benchmark wine for which varietal?
High Altitude Syrah; grown in the Elqui Valley
The highest growing region in Chile is found in the Andes area of what DO Zone?
Elqui Valley; Vineyards can reach as high as 2,200 meters
What is the only winery based in the Choapa DO?
Domaine de Manson (MOVI Member*)
What two Chilean wines placed 1st and 2nd in the 2004 Berlin Tasting?
Errazuriz’s Viñedo Chadwick 2000(1st)
Seña 2001
Which Chilean winery in The Aconcagua region’s Casablanca DO is owned by the Huneeus family (Quintessa, Faust, Flowers, etc…)
Veramonte
the vineyards in the Aconcagua region’s Casablanca DO need to be grafted on rootstocks that are resistant to what two hazards?
Spring Frosts and Nematodes
Marga-Marga and Zappallar are 2 independent DO Costa Areas in which Chilean DO Sub-Region?
Aconcagua DO; not associated with the sub-regions of Aconcagua, Casablanca, or San Antonio
What are the two main viticultural concerns of the Casablanca DO?
Nematodes and spring frosts
Which was the first winery to plant vines in Chile’s San Antonio DO?
Viña Leyda, 1997
What is the Climate of Chiles Valle Central?
semi-arid, Warm Mediterranean
The warmest areas of Chile’s Central Valley are found in which DO sub-region?
Rapel DO; Entre Cordilleras areas lie within Region I and Region II
Name a winery located within the City Limits of Santiago, Chile
Cousiño Macul, Santa Carolina,
The vineyards of Viñedo Chadwick, Don Melchor, and Almaviva are found in which Chilean commune?
Puente Alto, Maipo
Almaviva is a collaboration between which two Producer
Baron Phillip Rothschild & Concha y Toro
Seña started as a collaboration between which two Producers
Robert Mondavi & Errazuriz - first vintage 1995
Irrigation water for the vineyards of Chile’s San Antonio DO come from which major river?
Maipo River
Which grape accounts for over half of Maipo’s vineyards?
Cabernet Sauvignon
The Cabernet Sauvignon wines of the Alto Maipo are more in line with a) Napa OR b) Bordeaux?
a) Napa
Maipo’s Isle de Maipo DO area, home to the famous De Martino Winery, would fall into which of the 3 sub-regions?: a) Alto Maipo, b) Media Maipo, c) Maipo Baja/Costa
b) Media Maipo
Lo Abarca and Rosario are the 2 Unnoficial subzones of Which Chilean DO?
San Antonio DO
The Cachapoal and Tinguiririca Rivers feed from which major Chilean Resevoir?
Rapel Resevoir
What is the most planted varietal in Itata DO?
PaÃs
Chile’s DO System was established when? a) 1988, b) 2001, c) 1994
c) 1994
What was the first cool-climate, coastal region explored in Chile for viticulture?
Casablanca Valley DO, 1980’s
Chilean Wine law was established in what year? a) 1975, b) 1985, c) 1995
b) 1985
The Talinay hills create an opening for Coastal influences to the west of which Chilean DO Sub-Region
Limarà DO
In Chile, the Nahuelbuta Mountains are an extension of the Coastal range which blocks maritime influence from which DO Region?
BÃo BÃo DO
Chilean producers Metatica and Casa Merin are notable founding wineries in which DO Sub-Region?
San Antonio; Metatica- first to plant in Syrah in San Antonio (Rosario unnofficial subzone), Casa Merin - first winery in Lo Abarca (unnoficial coastal subzone)
Chile’s cool San Antonio sub-region of Lo Abarca was first planted in 2000 by: a) Viña Leyda, b) Kingston, c) Casa Merin
c) Casa Merin
Who is the sole producer in Chile’s warm San Antonio sub-region of Rosario?
Metatica - first to plant syrah in San Antonio
Which DO is Chile’s oldest wine region?
Maule DO
The Secano Costero areas of Maule are commonly farmed in which way?
Dry-farmed
_____ DO is responsible for 1/4th of Chile’s wine production
Maule DO
The Maule region’s Entre Cordilleras DO Area of Cauquenes focuses on which Varietal in Chile?
bush-vine trained Carignan
What are the Two DO Zones of the Curico Sub-Region?
Teno
Lontué
What are the three DO zones of Chile’s Maule Sub-Region?
Claro
Tutuvén
Loncomilla
Miguel Torre’s Manso de Velasco is made from 100 year old ________ vines in Curico
Cabernet Sauvignon<br></br><img></img>
Who produces Casa Real in Chile? What is the sole grape?
Viñas Santa Rita - 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, Maipo<br></br><img></img>
What are the two DO Zones of the Atacama DO Region?
Copiapó DO and Huasco DO
What is a Parron used for in Chile?
Pergola-Trained Vineyard, notably found in the plantations of Copiapó
Ventisquera is one of the few table wine producers located in which DO?
Huasco DO, Atacama Region (Producing Chard, Pinot Noir, and Sauvignon Blanc)<br></br><img></img>
What are the main grape exports of the Atacama DO?
Pisco Grapes and Table Grapes
In Chile, what is the Capital of Atacama?
Copiapó
What are the Parents of Carmeñere?
Cabernet Franc x Gros Cabernet. Both high in Pyrazine
Carmeñere ripens later or earlier than Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon?
Later. Vital to soften the Pyrazine charactistics
In Chile, what two grapes were discovered to be different in 1994 by Jean-Michel Boursiquot?
Carmeñere and Merlot
True or False: Soils along the Chilean coast are older than ones closer to the Andes?
t
Name 3 of the main soils of Coastal Chile?
Granite, schist and slate over Red Clay with large pockets of Quartz
The soils of the Andes are ____ with pockets of ________
Volcanic with pockets of Limestone
True or False: PaÃs may appear on a DO label
What is a Pipeño in Chile?
Local inexpensive table wine. easy drinking and occasionally fizzy. usually incorperating the PaÃs grape
An Arroba is a measurement of what?
Measurement of grapes by weight rather than volume. Roughly 8 liters
What is Chicha in Chile?
a cooked, partially fermented grape beverage drank by the local South American Indians
What is the main grape of Pisco?
Moscatel (Muscat of Alexandria)
What are the ingredients of a Classic Pisco Sour? Which are Omitted in a Chilean Pisco Sour?
1.5 oz Pisco, 1 oz Lemon juice, .5 oz Simple Syrup, 1 Egg white, Angostura Bitters; Chilean omits bitters and Egg white
what are the 2 ingredients in a Piscola?
Pisco and Coke
According to the EU in 2013, Which Country has claim to the origin of Pisco?
Peru
Which established Pisco as an appellation first, Peru or Chile?
Chile - 1931; Peru 1991
Which Chilean organization emphasizes small artisinal winemaking practices?
Movi (est. 2009) “Movimento de Viñateros Independientes”
What are the minimum %’s for Vintage, Varietal and DO labelling in Chile?
75% (Though most go by the EU export standard of 85%)
What is the minimum % for geographical labeling (Costa, Entre Cordilleras, Andes) in Chile?
0.85
In Chile, what two labeling terms indicate time spent in oak?
Reserva Especial and Gran Reserva
What is the minimum ABV for Chilean Table wine?
0.12
Chilean Reserva and Reserva Especial wines require a minimum of what alcohol?
0.12
Chilean Reserva Privada and Gran Reserva wines require a minimum of what alcohol?
0.125
What Organization oversees and inforces Chilean wine laws
Chilean Agriculture and Livestock Service
Chile forbids the production of what type of varietal?
Hybrid Varietals
What are the two main mountain ranges of Chile (East and West)
Coastal Range (West); Andes (East)
The _________ forces cool sea air through the coastal wine regions of Chile and Peru
The Humbolt Current
What are the Countries that border North of Chile?
Peru and Bolivia
Traveling directly West from Mendoza Argentina will put you where?
Santiago, Chile
_____ accounts for over 1/3 of Chile’s total Plantings
Cabernet Sauvignon
Criolla Chica and Mission are the Argentinian and Californian synonyms (respectively) for which grape?
PaÃs
Fill in the blanks: the PaÃs grape is _____ in Color and _____ in Tannin
Light in Color and High in Tannin
In Chile, the Cachapoal regions Puemo DO is the top area for which varietal?
Carmenere
What two Regional DO’s lie in the Norte Chico Chilean Administrative Region?
Atacama DO and Coquimbo DO
Which Chilean winery has the largest holdings of vineyards in the country?
Concha y Toro (over 9,000 ha)
What does Chile rank in World wine Production? What does it rank in South America?
7th in World wine production; 2nd in South America (1st- Argentina)
A Dulce (Sweet) wine in Chile must have a minimum % of what residual sugar?
45+ g/l
What is the maximum residual sugar of a standard dry Chilean wine?
4 g/l
A dry chilean table wine may have up to 9 g/l residual sugar if….
If the total acidity of the wine is within 2 g/l of the RS
_____ accounts for 80% of Chile’s Landmass
Mountains
Grand Vidure is a syn. for what grape varietal?
Carmenère
Chile’s Casa Silva was the first to put what on a wine label?
Austral DO designation
What is the main future viticultural concern for the DO Zones of Coquimbo?
Lack of Irrigation water due to diminishing snowmelt
What is the driest of the 3 DO zones of Coquimbo: A) Elqui B) Limari C) Choapa
A) Elqui
Which red varietal has become a benchmark for the wines of the Coquimbo Region’s Elqui DO in Chile?
Syrah
In Chile, the Coquimbo region’s Limarà DO is showing the most promise for which white grape?
Chardonnay
The dense, rainless cloudbank that travels inland from the coast of Chile’s Northern Desert Regions is known as the?
Camanchaca Fog
La Serena is the Coastal DO Area and main town of which Chilean DO Zone?
Elqui Valley DO
Ovalle DO is the sole DO Coastal Area, capital city and major viticultural focus for which Chilean DO Zone?
Limarà DO
What grape has become the main focus (and most planted variety) for the vineyards of Chile’s Limarà DO?
Chardonnay, especially in the Coastal DO Area of Ovalle
Francisco de Aguirre, LimarÃ’s first wine company, is now owned by who?
Concha y Toro
Viña Falernia’s Alta Tierra has become Chile’s benchmark wine for which varietal?
High Altitude Syrah; grown in the Elqui Valley
The highest growing region in Chile is found in the Andes area of what DO Zone?
Elqui Valley; Vineyards can reach as high as 2,200 meters
What is the only winery based in the Choapa DO?
Domaine de Manson (MOVI Member*)
What two Chilean wines placed 1st and 2nd in the 2004 Berlin Tasting?
Errazuriz’s Viñedo Chadwick (1st) and Seña
Which Chilean winery in The Aconcagua region’s Casablanca DO is owned by the Huneeus family (Quintessa, Faust, Flowers, etc…)
Veramonte
the vineyards in the Aconcagua region’s Casablanca DO need to be grafted on rootstocks that are resistant to what two hazards?
Spring Frosts and Nematodes
Marga-Marga and Zappallar are 2 independent DO Costa Areas in which Chilean DO Sub-Region?
Aconcagua DO; not associated with the sub-regions of Aconcagua, Casablanca, or San Antonio
What are the two main viticultural concerns of the Casablanca DO?
Nematodes and spring frosts
Which was the first winery to plant vines in Chile’s San Antonio DO?
Viña Leyda, 1997
What is the Climate of Chiles Valle Central?
semi-arid, Warm Mediterranean
The warmest areas of Chile’s Central Valley are found in which DO sub-region?
Rapel DO; Entre Cordilleras areas lie within Region I and Region II
The vineyards of Viñedo Chadwick, Don Melchor, and Almaviva are found in which Chilean commune?
Puente Alto, Maipo
Seña is a Chilean collaboration between which two producers
Robert Mondavi and Errazuriz -<br></br><img></img>
Who produces Don Melchor in Chile?
Concha y Toro - Puente Alto, Maipo<br></br><img></img>
Who produces Viña Chadwick
Errazuriz - Puente Alto, Maipo<br></br><img></img>
Irrigation water for the vineyards of Chile’s San Antonio DO come from which major river?
Maipo River
Which grape accounts for over half of Maipo’s vineyards?
Cabernet Sauvignon
The Cabernet Sauvignon wines of the Alto Maipo are more in line with a) Napa OR b) Bordeaux?
a) Napa
Maipo’s Isle de Maipo DO area, home to the famous De Martino Winery, would fall into which of the 3 sub-regions?: a) Alto Maipo, b) Media Maipo, c) Maipo Baja/Costa
b) Media Maipo
Lo Abarca and Rosario are the 2 Unnoficial subzones of Which Chilean DO?
San Antonio DO
The Cachapoal and Tinguiririca Rivers feed from which major Chilean Resevoir?
Rapel Resevoir
What is the most planted varietal in Itata DO?
PaÃs
Chile’s DO System was established when? a) 1988, b) 2001, c) 1994
c) 1994
What was the first cool-climate, coastal region explored in Chile for viticulture?
Casablanca Valley DO, 1980’s
Chilean Wine law was established in what year? a) 1975, b) 1985, c) 1995
b) 1985
The Talinay hills create an opening for Coastal influences to the west of which Chilean DO Sub-Region
Limarà DO
In Chile, the Nahuelbuta Mountains are an extension of the Coastal range which blocks maritime influence from which DO Region?
BÃo BÃo DO
Chilean producers Matetic and Casa Marin are notable founding wineries in which DO Sub-Region?
San Antonio; Metatica- first to plant in Syrah in San Antonio (Rosario unnofficial subzone), Casa Merin - first winery in Lo Abarca (unnoficial coastal subzone)
Chile’s cool San Antonio sub-region of Lo Abarca was first planted in 2000 by: a) Viña Leyda, b) Kingston, c) Casa Marin
c) Casa Marin<br></br><img></img>
Who is the sole producer in Chile’s warm San Antonio sub-region of Rosario?
Matetic Vineyards- first to plant syrah in San Antonio<br></br><img></img>
Which DO is Chile’s oldest wine region?
Maule DO
The Secano Costero areas of Maule are commonly farmed in which way?
Dry-farmed
_____ DO is responsible for 1/4th of Chile’s wine production
Maule DO
The Maule region’s Entre Cordilleras DO Area of Cauquenes focuses on which Varietal in Chile?
bush-vine trained Carignan
What are the Two DO Zones of the Curico Sub-Region?
Valle de Teno and Valle del Lontué
Chile’s Valle de lontué is a DO Zone in which Sub-Region?
Curico
Chile’s Valle de Teno is a DO Zone of which sub-Region?
Curico
What are the three DO zones of Chile’s Maule Sub-Region?
Valle de Claro, Valle de Loncomilla, Valle de Tutuvén
Valle de Claro is a DO Zone in which Chilean sub-Region
Maule
Valle de Loncomilla is a DO Zone in which Chilean sub-Region
Maule
Miguel Torre’s Manso de Velasco is made from 100 year old ________ vines in Curico
Cabernet Sauvignon<br></br><img></img>
Valle de Tutuven is a DO Zone in which Chilean sub-region
Maule
Which Chilean Estate produces “Purple Angel”? What is the main grape variety of the wine?
Montes Alpha - Carmeñere, Colchagua<br></br><img></img>
“Alpha M” is the top Cabernet wine of which Chilean producer?
Montes Alpha - Colchagua Valley Do
CS, CF, M, PV
Almaviva is a Chilean collaboration between which two Producers
Baron Phillipe Rothschild and Concha y Toro - Maipo<br></br><img></img>
Matetic
San Antonio
Aconcagua
De Martino
Maipo
Who brings winemaking to the new world? When?
Spanish Conquistadores
16th ce.
Describe 17th ce. ban on production in S. America. What brings an end to it?
Prohibitive Spanish law restricts wine production in favor of Iberian producers (unrelated to church).
Independence in 1800’s
Claudio Gay
Frenchman who sets up repository of pre-phylloxera VV vines in Chile.
What is the only major WM country to remain 100% phylloxera free? Why?
Chile
Isolation due to Andes
Mission grape synonyms:
Canary Islands
Chile
Argentina
Canary Islands: Listan Priéto
Chile: PaÃs
Argentina: Criolla Chica
Name the 2 pink-skinned varieties of S. America
Cereza
Criolla Grande
Top Chile Grapes
Cab Sauv
Carmenère
Sauvignon Blanc
Merlot
Sauvignon Blanc in Chile
Actually Sauvignon Vert/Friulano
Merlot in Chile
Much is actually Carmenère
Where is most wine production in Chile?
S. of Santiago
Chile Climate
N: dry/desert-like
Central Valley: cooling influence b/c proximity to Andes
S: > rainfall, cooler, shorter growing season
Humboldt Current
(Chile)
Forces cool sea air inland through river valleys
*Affects Valle Central
*Coastal Mtns. provide some shelter
Vines in Chile run in which direction?
N -> S Row Orientation
Chilean Wine Law
75% Vintage/Varietal/DO
85% for Export
*only permitted varietals (NO HYBRIDS)
Chilean Min. ABV
0.115
Chile Wine Classification
Reserva: 12% abv
Reserva Especial: 12% abv + oak
Reserva Privada: 12.5% abv
Gran Reserva: 12.5% abv + oak
6 DOs of Chile (N -> S)
Atacama
Coquimbo
Aconcagua
Valle Central
Sur
Austral
3 Geographic Terms (Chile)
Costa
Entre Cordilleras
Andes
*85% of grapes must be harvested in appropriate region
Chile Grapes (Red)
(73% Red)
Red:
Cab Sauv
Pais
Merlot
Carmenère
Syrha
PN
Cab Franc
Chile Grapes (White)
Sauvignon Blanc (Sauvignon Vert)
Chardonnay
Sémillon
Muscat of Alexandria (for distillation)
Much of Chile’s Sauvignon Blanc is actually what?
Sauvignon Vert/Friulano
Much of Chile’s Merlot is actually what?
Carmenère
Atacama DO
Chile’s N-most DO
Atacama DOC Climate & Wine Styles
(Chile)
Climate: dry/desert-like
Styles: distilled, pisco, table wine
Coquimbo DO Climate & Wine Styles
(Chile)
Climate: dry/desert-like
Styles: distilled, pisco, table wine
*recent focus on wine grapes
Coquimbo DO Subregions
(Chile)
Elqui DO
Limarà DO
Choapa DO
Elqui DO Climate & Grapes
(Chile - Coquimbo - in the N)
Climate: cool, high altitude
Grapes: Syrah
Limarà DO Climate, Grapes, Soil
(Chile - Coquimbo - in the N)
Climate: coastal/cooler
Grapes: Chardonnay
Soil: LS
Choapa DO
(Chile - Coquimbo - in the S)
*where Andes & Coastal Mtns. converge
Aconcagua DO is named after what?
Aconcagua River
Aconcagua DO Climate
(Chile)
Dry -> Irrigation Necessary
Aconcagua DO Subregions
(Chile)
Aconcagua Valley DO
Casablanca DO
San Antonio DO
Aconcagua Valley DO Climate
(Chile - Aconcagua DO)
(Aconcagua DO Subregion)
Climate: Hot
Aconcagua Valley DO Grapes
(Chile - Aconcagua DO)
Grapes (mostly red): Cab Sauv & Merlot
Aconcagua Valley DO Soil
(Chile Aconcagua DO)
Alluvial: follows Aconcagua River from Andes to Pacific)
Panquehue
(Chile - Aconcagua DO)
Commune in Aconcagua Valley DO
*home to Errázuriz!
Where is Errázuriz located?
(Chile - Aconcagua DO - Aconcagua Valley DO)
Panquehue
Most famous wine of Panquehue
(Chile - Aconcagua DO - Aconcagua Valley DO)
ErrÃzuriz “Seña
Why is Errázuris famous?
- “Seña” (Panquehue commune in Aconcagua Valley Do in Aconcagua DO) placed ahead of Lafite & Margaux in 2004 Berlin Tasting.
- “Viñedo Chadwick” (CS from Maipo Valley in Valle Centrale) won 1st place @ 2004 Berlin Tasting<br></br><img></img>
Where is Casablanca DO?
(Chile)
Aconcagua DO (on coast)
Casablanca DO Climate
(Chile - Aconcagua DO)
Climate: coastal/cooler
Casablanca DO Grapes
(Chile - Aconcagua DO)
Sauvignon Blanc & Chardonnay
Aconcagua DO’s top zone
(Chile)
Casablanca DO
San Antonio DO Grapes
(Chile - Aconcagua DO)
Grapes: mostly WW (+PN)
San Antonio DO Subzones
(Chile - Aconcagua DO)
Lleyda
Lo Abarca
Rosario
Malvilla
Valle Centrale DO Subregions
(Chile)
Maipo DO
Rapel DO
Curicò DO
Maule DO
Valle Centrale DO’s most famous subregion
(Chile)
Maipo Valley DO
Maipo Valley DO Grapes
(Chile - Valle Centrale DO)
*Cab Sauvignon (>50%)
Merlot
Chardonnay
Carmenère
Maipo Valley DO Subregions
(Chile - Valle Centrale DO)
Puento Alto
Where are Chile’s most premium reds from?
(Chile - Valle Centrale DO - Maipo Valley DO)
Puento Alto DO
Maipo Valley DO Producers/Wines
(Chile - Valle Centrale DO)
Concha y Torro “Don Melchor”
ErrÃzuriz “Viñedo Chadwick” (CS)
Almaviva
Almaviva
(Chile - Valle Centrale DO - Maipo Valley DO)
Concha y Torro & Mouton Rothschild
Which wine took 1st place in the 2004 Berlin Tasting?
(Chile - Valle Centrale DO - Maipo Valley DO)
ErrÃzuriz “Viñedo Chadwick” (CS)
Rapel Valley DO Grapes
(Chile - Valle Centrale DO)
Cab Sauv
Merlot
Carmenère
Rapel Valley DO Subregions
(Chile - Valle Centrale DO)
Cachapoal DO
Colchagua DO
Cachapoal DO
(Chile - Valle Centrale DO)
Rapel Valley DO Subregion
Colchagua DO
(Chile - Valle Centrale DO)
Rapel Valley DO Subregion
Colchagua DO Subregions
(Chile - Valle Centrale DO - Rapel Valley DO)
San Fernando DO
Chimbarongo DO
Apalta DO
Curicó DO
(Chile)
Located in Valle Centrale DO
Curicó DO Grapes
(Chile - Valle Centrale DO)
*Cab Sauv
Sauv Blanc
Chardonnay
Curicó DO Subregions
(Chile - Valle Centrale DO)
Lontué DO
Teno DO
Maule DO
(Chile)
Located in Valle Centrale DO
Maule DO Grapes
(Chile - Valle Centrale DO)
Cab Sauv
Pais
Sur DO is located where?
Chile
South
Sur DO Subregions
Itata
Bio Bio
Maleco
What other countries in SA produce wine? (aside from Chile/Argentina)
Brazil
Uruguay
Paraguay
Peru
Bolivia
Ecuador
Where is wine produced in Brazil?
Southern part of country
Brazil produces what wine styles?
Mostly red
1/4 sparkling
Brazil Grapes
International
Iberian: Aragonez & Touriga Nacional
Brazil: major region of production
Rio Grande do Sul (S)
Brazil: 5 major regions of production
Rio Grande do Sul (S)
Sao Joaquim (S)
Serra do Sudeste (S)
Campanha (S)
Sao Francisco Valley (N)
Which region in Brazil has 2 harvests/year?
Sao Francisco Valley (N)
Tropical!
90% of Brazil’s wine is produced in what region?
(Rio Grande do Sul)
Serra Gaúcha
Serra Gaucha Subregion
(Rio Grande do Sul)
Vale dos Vinhedos
*1st Origin Indication
Brazil’s 1st Origin Indication
(Rio Grande do Sul - Serra Gaucha)
Vale dos Vinhedos
4th largest producer in SA
Uruguay
Major Grape of Uruguay
Tannat
What is Tannat called in Uruguay
Harriague
*named after Frenchman who brought it
What are the two DO Zones of the Atacama DO Region?
Copiapó DO and Huasco DO
What is a Parron used for in Chile?
Pergola-Trained Vineyard, notably found in the plantations of Copiapó
Ventisquera is one of the few table wine producers located in which DO?
Huasco DO, Atacama Region (Producing Chard, Pinot Noir, and Sauvignon Blanc)<br></br><img></img>
What are the main grape exports of the Atacama DO?
Pisco Grapes and Table Grapes
In Chile, what is the Capital of Atacama?
Copiapó
What are the Parents of Carmeñere?
Cabernet Franc x Gros Cabernet. Both high in Pyrazine
Carmeñere ripens later or earlier than Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon?
Later. Vital to soften the Pyrazine charactistics
In Chile, what two grapes were discovered to be different in 1994 by Jean-Michel Boursiquot?
Carmeñere and Merlot
True or False: Soils along the Chilean coast are older than ones closer to the Andes?
t
Name 3 of the main soils of Coastal Chile?
Granite, schist and slate over Red Clay with large pockets of Quartz
The soils of the Andes are ____ with pockets of ________
Volcanic with pockets of Limestone
True or False: PaÃs may appear on a DO label
What is a Pipeño in Chile?
Local inexpensive table wine. easy drinking and occasionally fizzy. usually incorperating the PaÃs grape
An Arroba is a measurement of what?
Measurement of grapes by weight rather than volume. Roughly 8 liters
What is Chicha in Chile?
a cooked, partially fermented grape beverage drank by the local South American Indians
What is the main grape of Pisco?
Moscatel (Muscat of Alexandria)
What are the ingredients of a Classic Pisco Sour? Which are Omitted in a Chilean Pisco Sour?
1.5 oz Pisco, 1 oz Lemon juice, .5 oz Simple Syrup, 1 Egg white, Angostura Bitters; Chilean omits bitters and Egg white
what are the 2 ingredients in a Piscola?
Pisco and Coke
According to the EU in 2013, Which Country has claim to the origin of Pisco?
Peru
Which established Pisco as an appellation first, Peru or Chile?
Chile - 1931; Peru 1991
Which Chilean organization emphasizes small artisinal winemaking practices?
Movi (est. 2009) “Movimento de Viñateros Independientes”
What are the minimum %’s for Vintage, Varietal and DO labelling in Chile?
75% (Though most go by the EU export standard of 85%)
What is the minimum % for geographical labeling (Costa, Entre Cordilleras, Andes) in Chile?
0.85
In Chile, what two labeling terms indicate time spent in oak?
Reserva Especial and Gran Reserva
What is the minimum ABV for Chilean Table wine?
0.12
Chilean Reserva and Reserva Especial wines require a minimum of what alcohol?
0.12
Chilean Reserva Privada and Gran Reserva wines require a minimum of what alcohol?
0.125
What Organization oversees and inforces Chilean wine laws
Chilean Agriculture and Livestock Service
Chile forbids the production of what type of varietal?
Hybrid Varietals
What are the two main mountain ranges of Chile (East and West)
Coastal Range (West); Andes (East)
The _________ forces cool sea air through the coastal wine regions of Chile and Peru
The Humbolt Current
What are the Countries that border North of Chile?
Peru and Bolivia
Traveling directly West from Mendoza Argentina will put you where?
Santiago, Chile
_____ accounts for over 1/3 of Chile’s total Plantings
Cabernet Sauvignon
Criolla Chica and Mission are the Argentinian and Californian synonyms (respectively) for which grape?
PaÃs
Fill in the blanks: the PaÃs grape is _____ in Color and _____ in Tannin
Light in Color and High in Tannin
In Chile, the Cachapoal regions Puemo DO is the top area for which varietal?
Carmenere
What two Regional DO’s lie in the Norte Chico Chilean Administrative Region?
Atacama DO and Coquimbo DO
Which Chilean winery has the largest holdings of vineyards in the country?
Concha y Toro (over 9,000 ha)
What does Chile rank in World wine Production? What does it rank in South America?
7th in World wine production; 2nd in South America (1st- Argentina)
A Dulce (Sweet) wine in Chile must have a minimum % of what residual sugar?
45+ g/l
What is the maximum residual sugar of a standard dry Chilean wine?
4 g/l
A dry chilean table wine may have up to 9 g/l residual sugar if….
If the total acidity of the wine is within 2 g/l of the RS
_____ accounts for 80% of Chile’s Landmass
Mountains
Grand Vidure is a syn. for what grape varietal?
Carmenère
Chile’s Casa Silva was the first to put what on a wine label?
Austral DO designation
What is the main future viticultural concern for the DO Zones of Coquimbo?
Lack of Irrigation water due to diminishing snowmelt
What is the driest of the 3 DO zones of Coquimbo: A) Elqui B) Limari C) Choapa
A) Elqui
Which red varietal has become a benchmark for the wines of the Coquimbo Region’s Elqui DO in Chile?
Syrah
In Chile, the Coquimbo region’s Limarà DO is showing the most promise for which white grape?
Chardonnay
The dense, rainless cloudbank that travels inland from the coast of Chile’s Northern Desert Regions is known as the?
Camanchaca Fog
La Serena is the Coastal DO Area and main town of which Chilean DO Zone?
Elqui Valley DO
Ovalle DO is the sole DO Coastal Area, capital city and major viticultural focus for which Chilean DO Zone?
Limarà DO
What grape has become the main focus (and most planted variety) for the vineyards of Chile’s Limarà DO?
Chardonnay, especially in the Coastal DO Area of Ovalle
Francisco de Aguirre, LimarÃ’s first wine company, is now owned by who?
Concha y Toro
Viña Falernia’s Alta Tierra has become Chile’s benchmark wine for which varietal?
High Altitude Syrah; grown in the Elqui Valley
The highest growing region in Chile is found in the Andes area of what DO Zone?
Elqui Valley; Vineyards can reach as high as 2,200 meters
What is the only winery based in the Choapa DO?
Domaine de Manson (MOVI Member*)
What two Chilean wines placed 1st and 2nd in the 2004 Berlin Tasting?
Errazuriz’s Viñedo Chadwick (1st) and Seña
Which Chilean winery in The Aconcagua region’s Casablanca DO is owned by the Huneeus family (Quintessa, Faust, Flowers, etc…)
Veramonte
the vineyards in the Aconcagua region’s Casablanca DO need to be grafted on rootstocks that are resistant to what two hazards?
Spring Frosts and Nematodes
Marga-Marga and Zappallar are 2 independent DO Costa Areas in which Chilean DO Sub-Region?
Aconcagua DO; not associated with the sub-regions of Aconcagua, Casablanca, or San Antonio
What are the two main viticultural concerns of the Casablanca DO?
Nematodes and spring frosts
Which was the first winery to plant vines in Chile’s San Antonio DO?
Viña Leyda, 1997
What is the Climate of Chiles Valle Central?
semi-arid, Warm Mediterranean
The warmest areas of Chile’s Central Valley are found in which DO sub-region?
Rapel DO; Entre Cordilleras areas lie within Region I and Region II
The vineyards of Viñedo Chadwick, Don Melchor, and Almaviva are found in which Chilean commune?
Puente Alto, Maipo
Seña is a Chilean collaboration between which two producers
Robert Mondavi and Errazuriz -<br></br><img></img>
Who produces Don Melchor in Chile?
Concha y Toro - Puente Alto, Maipo<br></br><img></img>
Who produces Viña Chadwick
Errazuriz - Puente Alto, Maipo<br></br><img></img>
Irrigation water for the vineyards of Chile’s San Antonio DO come from which major river?
Maipo River
Which grape accounts for over half of Maipo’s vineyards?
Cabernet Sauvignon
The Cabernet Sauvignon wines of the Alto Maipo are more in line with a) Napa OR b) Bordeaux?
a) Napa
Maipo’s Isle de Maipo DO area, home to the famous De Martino Winery, would fall into which of the 3 sub-regions?: a) Alto Maipo, b) Media Maipo, c) Maipo Baja/Costa
b) Media Maipo
Lo Abarca and Rosario are the 2 Unnoficial subzones of Which Chilean DO?
San Antonio DO
The Cachapoal and Tinguiririca Rivers feed from which major Chilean Resevoir?
Rapel Resevoir
What is the most planted varietal in Itata DO?
PaÃs
Chile’s DO System was established when? a) 1988, b) 2001, c) 1994
c) 1994
What was the first cool-climate, coastal region explored in Chile for viticulture?
Casablanca Valley DO, 1980’s
Chilean Wine law was established in what year? a) 1975, b) 1985, c) 1995
b) 1985
The Talinay hills create an opening for Coastal influences to the west of which Chilean DO Sub-Region
Limarà DO
In Chile, the Nahuelbuta Mountains are an extension of the Coastal range which blocks maritime influence from which DO Region?
BÃo BÃo DO
Chilean producers Matetic and Casa Marin are notable founding wineries in which DO Sub-Region?
San Antonio; Metatica- first to plant in Syrah in San Antonio (Rosario unnofficial subzone), Casa Merin - first winery in Lo Abarca (unnoficial coastal subzone)
Chile’s cool San Antonio sub-region of Lo Abarca was first planted in 2000 by: a) Viña Leyda, b) Kingston, c) Casa Marin
c) Casa Marin<br></br><img></img>
Who is the sole producer in Chile’s warm San Antonio sub-region of Rosario?
Matetic Vineyards- first to plant syrah in San Antonio<br></br><img></img>
Which DO is Chile’s oldest wine region?
Maule DO
The Secano Costero areas of Maule are commonly farmed in which way?
Dry-farmed
_____ DO is responsible for 1/4th of Chile’s wine production
Maule DO
The Maule region’s Entre Cordilleras DO Area of Cauquenes focuses on which Varietal in Chile?
bush-vine trained Carignan
What are the Two DO Zones of the Curico Sub-Region?
Valle de Teno and Valle del Lontué
Chile’s Valle de lontué is a DO Zone in which Sub-Region?
Curico
Chile’s Valle de Teno is a DO Zone of which sub-Region?
Curico
What are the three DO zones of Chile’s Maule Sub-Region?
Valle de Claro, Valle de Loncomilla, Valle de Tutuvén
Valle de Clarno is a DO Zone in which Chilean sub-Region
Maule
Valle de Loncomilla is a DO Zone in which Chilean sub-Region
Maule
Miguel Torre’s Manso de Velasco is made from 100 year old ________ vines in Curico
Cabernet Sauvignon<br></br><img></img>
Valle de Tutuven is a DO Zone in which Chilean sub-region
Maule
Which Chilean Estate produces “Purple Angel”? What is the main grape variety of the wine?
Montes Alpha - Carmeñere, Colchagua<br></br><img></img>
“Alpha M” is the top Cabernet wine of which Chilean producer?
Montes Alpha - Colchagua Valley Do<br></br><img></img>
Almaviva is a Chilean collaboration between which two Producers
Baron Phillipe Rothschild and Concha y Toro - Maipo<br></br><img></img>
First vintage of Seña
1995
Puemo DO - where
Cachapoal, Rapel, Central valley
First vintage of Almaviva
1996
2 sub-regions of Alto Maipo
PirqueÂ
Puente Alto
What are the sub-regions of Lleyda?
San Juan
Santo Domingo
Cartagena
Algarrobo
Subregions of Cachapoal
Ranconcagua, Requinoa, Rengo
What are the two DO Zones of the Atacama DO Region?
Copiapó DO and Huasco DO
What is a Parron used for in Chile?
Pergola-Trained Vineyard, notably found in the plantations of Copiapó
Ventisquera is one of the few table wine producers located in which DO?
Huasco DO, Atacama Region (Producing Chard, Pinot Noir, and Sauvignon Blanc)<br></br><img></img>
What are the main grape exports of the Atacama DO?
Pisco Grapes and Table Grapes
In Chile, what is the Capital of Atacama?
Copiapó
What are the Parents of Carmeñere?
Cabernet Franc x Gros Cabernet. Both high in Pyrazine
Carmeñere ripens later or earlier than Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon?
Later. Vital to soften the Pyrazine charactistics
In Chile, what two grapes were discovered to be different in 1994 by Jean-Michel Boursiquot?
Carmeñere and Merlot
True or False: Soils along the Chilean coast are older than ones closer to the Andes?
t
Name 3 of the main soils of Coastal Chile?
Granite, schist and slate over Red Clay with large pockets of Quartz
The soils of the Andes are ____ with pockets of ________
Volcanic with pockets of Limestone
True or False: PaÃs may appear on a DO label
What is a Pipeño in Chile?
Local inexpensive table wine. easy drinking and occasionally fizzy. usually incorperating the PaÃs grape
An Arroba is a measurement of what?
Measurement of grapes by weight rather than volume. Roughly 8 liters
What is Chicha in Chile?
a cooked, partially fermented grape beverage drank by the local South American Indians
What is the main grape of Pisco?
Moscatel (Muscat of Alexandria)
What are the ingredients of a Classic Pisco Sour? Which are Omitted in a Chilean Pisco Sour?
1.5 oz Pisco, 1 oz Lemon juice, .5 oz Simple Syrup, 1 Egg white, Angostura Bitters; Chilean omits bitters and Egg white
what are the 2 ingredients in a Piscola?
Pisco and Coke
According to the EU in 2013, Which Country has claim to the origin of Pisco?
Peru
Which established Pisco as an appellation first, Peru or Chile?
Chile - 1931; Peru 1991
Which Chilean organization emphasizes small artisinal winemaking practices?
Movi (est. 2009) “Movimento de Viñateros Independientes”
What are the minimum %’s for Vintage, Varietal and DO labelling in Chile?
75% (Though most go by the EU export standard of 85%)
What is the minimum % for geographical labeling (Costa, Entre Cordilleras, Andes) in Chile?
0.85
In Chile, what two labeling terms indicate time spent in oak?
Reserva Especial and Gran Reserva
What is the minimum ABV for Chilean Table wine?
0.12
Chilean Reserva and Reserva Especial wines require a minimum of what alcohol?
0.12
Chilean Reserva Privada and Gran Reserva wines require a minimum of what alcohol?
0.125
What Organization oversees and inforces Chilean wine laws
Chilean Agriculture and Livestock Service
Chile forbids the production of what type of varietal?
Hybrid Varietals
What are the two main mountain ranges of Chile (East and West)
Coastal Range (West); Andes (East)
The _________ forces cool sea air through the coastal wine regions of Chile and Peru
The Humbolt Current
What are the Countries that border North of Chile?
Peru and Bolivia
Traveling directly West from Mendoza Argentina will put you where?
Santiago, Chile
_____ accounts for over 1/3 of Chile’s total Plantings
Cabernet Sauvignon
Criolla Chica and Mission are the Argentinian and Californian synonyms (respectively) for which grape?
PaÃs
Fill in the blanks: the PaÃs grape is _____ in Color and _____ in Tannin
Light in Color and High in Tannin
In Chile, the Cachapoal regions Puemo DO is the top area for which varietal?
Carmenere
What two Regional DO’s lie in the Norte Chico Chilean Administrative Region?
Atacama DO and Coquimbo DO
Which Chilean winery has the largest holdings of vineyards in the country?
Concha y Toro (over 9,000 ha)
What does Chile rank in World wine Production? What does it rank in South America?
7th in World wine production; 2nd in South America (1st- Argentina)
A Dulce (Sweet) wine in Chile must have a minimum % of what residual sugar?
45+ g/l
What is the maximum residual sugar of a standard dry Chilean wine?
4 g/l
A dry chilean table wine may have up to 9 g/l residual sugar if….
If the total acidity of the wine is within 2 g/l of the RS
_____ accounts for 80% of Chile’s Landmass
Mountains
Grand Vidure is a syn. for what grape varietal?
Carmenère
Chile’s Casa Silva was the first to put what on a wine label?
Austral DO designation
What is the main future viticultural concern for the DO Zones of Coquimbo?
Lack of Irrigation water due to diminishing snowmelt
What is the driest of the 3 DO zones of Coquimbo: A) Elqui B) Limari C) Choapa
A) Elqui
Which red varietal has become a benchmark for the wines of the Coquimbo Region’s Elqui DO in Chile?
Syrah
In Chile, the Coquimbo region’s Limarà DO is showing the most promise for which white grape?
Chardonnay
The dense, rainless cloudbank that travels inland from the coast of Chile’s Northern Desert Regions is known as the?
Camanchaca Fog
La Serena is the Coastal DO Area and main town of which Chilean DO Zone?
Elqui Valley DO
Ovalle DO is the sole DO Coastal Area, capital city and major viticultural focus for which Chilean DO Zone?
Limarà DO
What grape has become the main focus (and most planted variety) for the vineyards of Chile’s Limarà DO?
Chardonnay, especially in the Coastal DO Area of Ovalle
Francisco de Aguirre, LimarÃ’s first wine company, is now owned by who?
Concha y Toro
Viña Falernia’s Alta Tierra has become Chile’s benchmark wine for which varietal?
High Altitude Syrah; grown in the Elqui Valley
The highest growing region in Chile is found in the Andes area of what DO Zone?
Elqui Valley; Vineyards can reach as high as 2,200 meters
What is the only winery based in the Choapa DO?
Domaine de Manson (MOVI Member*)
What two Chilean wines placed 1st and 2nd in the 2004 Berlin Tasting?
Errazuriz’s Viñedo Chadwick (1st) and Seña
Which Chilean winery in The Aconcagua region’s Casablanca DO is owned by the Huneeus family (Quintessa, Faust, Flowers, etc…)
Veramonte
the vineyards in the Aconcagua region’s Casablanca DO need to be grafted on rootstocks that are resistant to what two hazards?
Spring Frosts and Nematodes
Marga-Marga and Zappallar are 2 independent DO Costa Areas in which Chilean DO Sub-Region?
Aconcagua DO; not associated with the sub-regions of Aconcagua, Casablanca, or San Antonio
What are the two main viticultural concerns of the Casablanca DO?
Nematodes and spring frosts
Which was the first winery to plant vines in Chile’s San Antonio DO?
Viña Leyda, 1997
What is the Climate of Chiles Valle Central?
semi-arid, Warm Mediterranean
The warmest areas of Chile’s Central Valley are found in which DO sub-region?
Rapel DO; Entre Cordilleras areas lie within Region I and Region II
The vineyards of Viñedo Chadwick, Don Melchor, and Almaviva are found in which Chilean commune?
Puente Alto, Maipo
Seña is a Chilean collaboration between which two producers
Robert Mondavi and Errazuriz -<br></br><img></img>
Who produces Don Melchor in Chile?
Concha y Toro - Puente Alto, Maipo<br></br><img></img>
Who produces Viña Chadwick
Errazuriz - Puente Alto, Maipo<br></br><img></img>
Irrigation water for the vineyards of Chile’s San Antonio DO come from which major river?
Maipo River
Which grape accounts for over half of Maipo’s vineyards?
Cabernet Sauvignon
The Cabernet Sauvignon wines of the Alto Maipo are more in line with a) Napa OR b) Bordeaux?
a) Napa
Maipo’s Isle de Maipo DO area, home to the famous De Martino Winery, would fall into which of the 3 sub-regions?: a) Alto Maipo, b) Media Maipo, c) Maipo Baja/Costa
b) Media Maipo
Lo Abarca and Rosario are the 2 Unnoficial subzones of Which Chilean DO?
San Antonio DO
The Cachapoal and Tinguiririca Rivers feed from which major Chilean Resevoir?
Rapel Resevoir
What is the most planted varietal in Itata DO?
PaÃs
Chile’s DO System was established when? a) 1988, b) 2001, c) 1994
c) 1994
What was the first cool-climate, coastal region explored in Chile for viticulture?
Casablanca Valley DO, 1980’s
Chilean Wine law was established in what year? a) 1975, b) 1985, c) 1995
b) 1985
The Talinay hills create an opening for Coastal influences to the west of which Chilean DO Sub-Region
Limarà DO
In Chile, the Nahuelbuta Mountains are an extension of the Coastal range which blocks maritime influence from which DO Region?
BÃo BÃo DO
Chilean producers Matetic and Casa Marin are notable founding wineries in which DO Sub-Region?
San Antonio; Metatica- first to plant in Syrah in San Antonio (Rosario unnofficial subzone), Casa Merin - first winery in Lo Abarca (unnoficial coastal subzone)
Chile’s cool San Antonio sub-region of Lo Abarca was first planted in 2000 by: a) Viña Leyda, b) Kingston, c) Casa Marin
c) Casa Marin<br></br><img></img>
Who is the sole producer in Chile’s warm San Antonio sub-region of Rosario?
Matetic Vineyards- first to plant syrah in San Antonio<br></br><img></img>
Which DO is Chile’s oldest wine region?
Maule DO
The Secano Costero areas of Maule are commonly farmed in which way?
Dry-farmed
_____ DO is responsible for 1/4th of Chile’s wine production
Maule DO
The Maule region’s Entre Cordilleras DO Area of Cauquenes focuses on which Varietal in Chile?
bush-vine trained Carignan
What are the Two DO Zones of the Curico Sub-Region?
Valle de Teno and Valle del Lontué
Chile’s Valle de lontué is a DO Zone in which Sub-Region?
Curico
Chile’s Valle de Teno is a DO Zone of which sub-Region?
Curico
What are the three DO zones of Chile’s Maule Sub-Region?
Valle de Claro, Valle de Loncomilla, Valle de Tutuvén
Valle de Clarno is a DO Zone in which Chilean sub-Region
Maule
Valle de Loncomilla is a DO Zone in which Chilean sub-Region
Maule
Miguel Torre’s Manso de Velasco is made from 100 year old ________ vines in Curico
Cabernet Sauvignon<br></br><img></img>
Valle de Tutuven is a DO Zone in which Chilean sub-region
Maule
Which Chilean Estate produces “Purple Angel”? What is the main grape variety of the wine?
Montes Alpha - Carmeñere, Colchagua<br></br><img></img>
“Alpha M” is the top Cabernet wine of which Chilean producer?
Montes Alpha - Colchagua Valley Do<br></br><img></img>
Almaviva is a Chilean collaboration between which two Producers
Baron Phillipe Rothschild and Concha y Toro - Maipo<br></br><img></img>
Who was Claude Gay?
A French born naturalist who brought dozens of french grapes to Chile and planted them at Quinta Normal agricultural station in Santiago
Where is the Loncomilla RIver?
Maule Region (tributary of the Maule River)
Where are the Teno and Lontue Rivers?
Curico Region
What regions border Maule to the north and south?
Curico (North)
Itata (South)
DOs of Curico?
Teno DO
Lontue DO
DO regions of Maule?
Loncomillo DO
Claro DO
Tutuven DO
Major Producers of Maule?
O. Fournier, J. Bouchon, VIA
What is Chile’s first modern winery and the oldest still in operation today?
Vina Ochagavia
Who was the father of Chilean wine?
Silvestre Ochagavia
When was Cousino Macul established?
1856
When was Vina San Pedro established?
1865
When was Vina Errazuriz established?
1870 in Aconcagua Valley by Maximiano Errazuriz
When was Santa Carolina establsihed?
1875
When was Santa Rita established?
1880
When was Concha Y Toro established?
1883
When was Undurraga established?
1885
What is an association of small, quality oriented Chilean wineries?
MOVI
What does MOVI stand for?
Movimento de Vinateros Independients
What are some important members of MOVI?
Garage Wine CO
Montsecano
Von Siebenthal
Sigla
Kingston
Garcia + Schwaderer
Which 3 wineries account for 85% of production?
Concha Y Toro, San Pedro, Santa Rita
When did Miguel Torres come to Chile?
1979, in Curico.
When did Miguel Torres come to Chile?
1979, in Curico.
What was Miguel Torres’ impact on Chile?
Modern technologies including temperature controlled, stainless steel, new barriques, and pneumatic presses. Wines were suddenly fresh.
What winery did Barons de Rothschild-Lafite take over?
Las Vascos in Colchagua
What two wineries in Colchagua are owned by French?
Lapostelle (Marnier-Lapostelle)
Las Vascos- Baron Rothschild-Lafite
Who jointly started Vina Aquitania?
1990, Maipo Valley, Bruno Prats(Cos Destournel) and Paul Pontillier (Margaux)
Who jointly started Sena?
Mondavi and Eduardo Chadwick of VIna Errazuriz 1995
Who jointly started Almaviva?
Phillip Rothschild and Concha y Toro 1997 (Puenta Alto, Maipo)
Who jointly started Aristos?
Liger Belair and Pedro Parro (Cachapoal, Andes)
What river flows through Puente Alto?
The Maipo River
Wines of Puente Alto, Maipo?
Almaviva (Phillipe Rothschild/CyT)
Don Melchor (CyT)
Vinedo Chadwick (Errazuriz)
Who consults for Cono Sur?
Martin Prieur (Domaine Jacques Prieur-Meursault)
Who is the winemaker at Concha y Toro?
Marcelo Papa
Winemaker at Errazuriz?
Francisco Baettig (Aconcagua)
Winemaker at Tabali?
Felipe Muller (Limari Valley, Coquimbo)
Who is the winemaker at Veramonte?
Rodrigo Soto (Casablanca/Colchagua)
Winemaker at De Martino?
Marcelo Retamal (Maipo)
What mountain range buffers coastal influence and provides a rain shadow for the Entre Cordilleras region?
The Cordillera de La Costa (Coastal Range)
What are Chile’s DO regions named after?
Rivers
When did Chile’s Denomninacian de Origen system begin?
1994
Where is Vina Haras de Pirque?
Maipo Valley (owned by Antinori)
4 Tiers of DOs in Chile?
Region Viticola (largest)
Subregion
Zone
Area
6 Region Viticolas of Chile?
Atacama
Coquimbo
Aconcagua
Valle Central
Sur
Austral
Where is Puente Alto?
Puente Alto, Maipo, Valle Central, Chile
Where is the Manzanar Vineyad?
Aconcagua -Costa (Owned by Errazurriz for Chardonnay)
When was Merlot Chileno recognized to be Carmenere?
1994 by Jean-Michel Boursiquot when he visited VIna Carmen(Maipo Valley)
What are the parents of Carmenere?
Cabernet Franc X Gros Cabernet
Synonyms for Carmenere?
Grand Vidure, cabernelle, bouton blanc;
Graves: carbouet; carbonet
Where is Vina Koyle?
Colchagua
Major producers of Colchagua? 5
Los Vascos, Vina Koyle, Lapostelle, Cono Sur, Montes
Who owns Clos Apalta?
Lapostelle (Colchagua, Rapel, Valle Central)
What river is Lapostelle located on?
Tinguiririca River
Carmenere blends of Lapostelle?
Cuvee Alexandre
Grand Selection
Carmenere blend of Errazuriz?
Kai
Carmenere blend of Concha y Toro?
Carmin de Peumo (Peumo, Cachapoal, Rapel)
DO Areas of Cachapoal?
Entre Cordilleras: Peumo, Rancagua, Coltauco
Andes: Requinoa, Rechengo, Machali
What is Vina Pipeno?
inexpensive local wine for domestic consumption made from Pais (Mission/LIstan Prieto)
DO regions of Atacama?
Huasco DO
Copiapo DO
What is Atacama better known for producing?
olives and Parron (pergola) trained grapes destined for Pisco production
Wine producers of Atacama?
Ventisquero has established a few experimental vineyards of Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, and Pinot Noir in Huasco DO
Grapes of Chilean Pisco? 6
Moscatel (Muscat of Alexandria)
Moscatel Rosado
Moscatel de Austria (Torrontés Sanjuanino)
Torontel (Moscatel Amarillo, a progeny of PaÃs x Muscat of Alexandria)
Pedro Jiménez
DO Regions of Coquimbo? 3
Elqui
Limari
Choapa
Main grapes of Elqui Valley?
Syrah, Pedro Jimenez, Sauvignon Blanc
Major producers of Elqui Valley?
Cavas de Valle, Falernia
DO areas of Elqui?
Costa: La Sirena
Andes: Paiguano, VIcuña
What is the northernmost and driest of Coquimbo’s growing regions?
Elqui DO
What is the joint Chilean-Italian venture in Elqui?
Vina Falernia
Where is the Huanta Vineyard?
Elqui Valley, Coquimbo- owned by Vina Falernia. Very high elevation
What is “Alta Tierra”
Vina Falernia’s Syrah, which has become a benchmark of Chilean Syrah
Where is Cavas del Valle?
Elqui Andes: Paiguano, Coquimbo, Chile
What is the Elqui project spearhead by Marcelo Retamal and Patricio Flaño?
Viñedos de Alcohuaz
What is unique about Viñedos de Alcohuaz?
foot crushing grapes Syrah grapes in stone lagars and aging wine in concrete eggs. Elqui Andes, Coquimbo
Main grapes of Limari?
Chardonnay, Syrah, Cab S, Sauv B, Pedro Jimenez (pisco)
DO regions of Limari?
Costa: Ovalle
Entre Cordilleras: Punitaqui
Andes: Monte Patria, Rio Hurtado
Major producers of Limari?
Tabali
Casa Tamaya
Francisco de Aguirre (CyT)
DO Areas of Choapa>
Andes: Illapel, Salamanca
Major producer of Choapa?
Domaine de Manson
Soil type of Limari DO?
One of the few areas in Chile with calcareous soils (red clay atop limestone recalling the terra rossa of Coonawarra)
Where is Tongoy Bay?
Coquimbo, provides ocean influence to Limari trough a gap in the Coastal Range
What are Camanchacas?
Cloud banks that form on the Chilean coast near Atacama A dense fog that does not produce rain.
What is the most planted grape in Limari?
Chardonnay, BY FAR
Who is the only winery owner in Choapa?
The tiny MOVI member Domaine de Manson
Major producers of Valle del Aconcagua DO?
Errazuriz
Sena (Mondavi +Errazuriz)
Von Siebenthal (MOVI)
5 MOVI producers?
Kingston
Garage Wine Co
Von Siebenthal
Garcia +Schwaderer
Erasmo
Kingston
Where is Panquehue?
Valle del Aconocagua DO, Aconcagua
Major grapes of Valle del Aconcagua DO?
Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Carmenere, Sauvignon Blanc
What is the highest peak in South America?
Mt. Aconcagua
Soils of Valle del Aconcagua- Costa?
Schist and slate
What is the Valle del Aconcagua DO -Andes most suited to?
Grenache and Mourvedre, too hot for Cabernet Sauvignon
What is Seña?
A Bordeaux blend made by Eduardo Chadwick of Errazuriz and Robert Mondavi that took 2nd place in the Berlin 2004 tasting
3 most planted varieties in the Valle del Aconcagua DO?
Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, and Carmenere
The entire DO of Valle de Casablanca is considered what?
Costa
Major grapes of Valle de Casablanca DO?
Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Noir
76% white grapes
What is the first cool climate region in Chile to be explored by modern winemakers?
Valle de Casablanca DO, Aconcagua DO, Chile
What is Casablanca named after?
The small town, there is no Casablanca River
What climactic event affects Valle de Casablanca DO the most?
The Humboldt current
Major producers of Casablanca?
Vina Casablanca
Casas del Bosque
Kingston (MOVI)
Veramonte
Villard( MOVI)
Montsecano
Percentage of Casablanc vineyard dedicated to white wine?
75% (Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc most planted)
Why do Casablanca growers use rootstocks?
Sandy soils are a magnet for nematodes
DO zones of Valle de San Antonio DO?
Valle de Leyda DO
Major grapes of Valle de San Antonio DO?
Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay
Major producers of San Antonio DO?
Maletic
Vinea Leyda
Casa Marin
Most planted variety in Valle de San Antonio DO?
Sauvingon Blanc (50%)
Which Chilean wine regions Sauvignon Blancs are compared with Marlborough?
Valle de Leyda DO, San Antonio DO, Aconcagua DO, Chile
Unofficial subzones of Valle de San Antonio DO?
Lo Abarca
Rosario
Coolest and warmest areas of Valle de San Antonio DO?
Lo Abarco (coolest, closest to the coast)
Rosario (warmst driest most inland zone)
These are unofficial
Who is Demeter certified in San Antonio DO?
Matetic, first winery to plant Syrah in San Antonio
DO Areas within Leyda DO, Valle de San Antonio DO?
Costa: San Juan, Santo Domingo
In Chile, rainfall increases as one travels_____
South
Regions of Valle Central DO 4 (north to south)
Maipo
Rapel
Curico
Maule
Climate of the Valle Central DO?
semi-arid, warm Mediterranean climate
What is the warmest area in the Valle Central DO?
Rapel Valley
Major city of he Valle del Maipo DO?
Santiago
Entre Cordillera areas of Maipo Valley DO?
Isla de Maipo, Talagante, Melipilla, Alhue, Maria Pinto, Colina, Calera de Tango, Til Til, Lampa
Areas of Valle del Maipo-Andes?
Santiago, Pirque, PUENTE ALTO, Buin
what does Puente Alto mean?
High Bridge, Maipo Valley
Unoffical subregions of Maipo Valley DO?
Alto Maipo (Puente Alto/Pirque)
Medio Maipo
Maipo Costa/ Maipo Bajo
Does Maipo have Costa areas?
No
Which grape is half of Maipo Valley’s vines?
Cabernet Sauvignon
Which wines come from the higher elevation vineyards of Alto Maipo?
Don Melchor (CyT)
Almaviva(Phillipe Rothschild + CyT)
Vinedo Chadwick
Antiyal(Alvaro Espinoza)
Casa Real (Santa RIta)
Soil type of Puente Alto?
gravel. (Alto Maipo/Andes)
Difference between Alto Maipo wines and Medio Maipo wines?
Easily ripens cab, but it often lacks the stucture of Alto Maipo
Top top areas in the Medio Maipo zone?
Isla de Maipo (Entre Cordilleras)
Alhue (Entre Cordilleras)
Where is De Martino based?
Isla de Maipo (Medio Maipo/Entre Cordilleras)
What is Chile’s most heaviily planted DO subregion?
Valle de Rapel DO
Major town of Valle de Rapel DO?
Rancagua
2 DO zones of Valle de Rapel?
Valle del Cachapoal DO
Valle de Colchagua DO
Major grapes of Rapel Valley DO?
Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenere, merlot, syrah, chardonnay
86% red grapes
Where is Peumo?
Rapel-Cachapoal-Entre Cordilleras-Peumo DO
Famous Carmenere of Peumo DO?
C y T ‘Carmin de Peumo’ Cachapoal, Rapel
Major producers of Colchagua?
Koyle, Casa Silva, Cono Sur, Casa Lapostolle, Laura Hartwig, Los Vascos, Montes
What is the smaller of the DO zones in Rapel Valley?
Cachapoal
Which DO of Cachapoal is highly regarded for Carmenere production?
Peumo DO
Most planted grapes of Cachapoal?
Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenere, Merlot
Which producers have moved upward into the Alto Cachapoal region?
Altair
Anakena
Clos des Fous (Pedro Parra)
Who makes EQ Syrah?
Matetic
Who makes Aristos?
Liger-Belair and Pedro Parra
What boundaries does the Valle de Colchagua DO loosely follow?
The Tinguiririca River
Producers of Colchagua?
Classic-
Cono Sur
Viu Manent
Casa Silva
French- Lapostolle, Los Vascos, Hacienda Araucano
New: Montes, Neyen, Koyle
Who owns Hacienda Araucano?
Francois Lurton (languedoc producer)
Where is the Apalta Valley?
A small, horseshoe shaped valley in Colchagua. (means earthquake)
What river is Apalta locate on?
Tinguiririca River
What is the top wine of Casa Lapostelle?
“Clos Apalta” -Santa Cruz DO, Colchagua DO- Rapel DO -Valle Central DO
What is the top wine of Montes?
Alpha M, Apalta, Santa Cruz DO, Colchagua DO, Rapel DO
What is Clos Apalta?
Carmenere based Bordeaux blend by Casa Lapostolle in Colchagua
Whats is Alpha M?
A Cabernet based Bordeaux blend for Montes in the Apalta zone of Colchagua
Apalta producers?
Montes
Lapostolle
Viña Las Niñas
Neyen
Ventisquero
Colchagua-Andes DO areas?
San Fernando
Chimbarongo
DO Zones of Curico Valley
Valle del Lontue DO
Valle de Teno DO
Major producers of Curico
Miguel Torres
San Pedro
Valdivieso
Curico’s sole Costa area DO?
Vichuquen DO, Valle del Teno DO, Curico, Chile
Most planted grape in Curico DO?
Cabernet Sauvignon, though the cooler climate means more white grapes appear than in the Rapel or Maipo valleys
2 most planted grapes in Curico?
Cabernet Sauvignon
Sauvignon Blanc
What is much of Curico’s Sauvignon Blanc actually in reality?
Sauvignon Vert/Sauvignonesse, Friulano
When did Miguel Torres launch is winery and modern awakening for Chile?
1979
Chile’s second largest wine company is based in Curico?
San Pedro
What is Manso de Velasco?
Miguel Torres 115 year old Cabernet Sauvignon vines in Curico
Zones of Valle del Maule DO?
Valle de Claro
Valle del Loncomilla
Valle del Tutuven
What is parron training?
Overhead or Pergola (usually reserved for table grapes in Chile)
Major grapes of Maule DO?
Cabernet Sauvignon, Pais, Sauvignon Blanc
Major producers of Maule? 3
VIA, O. Fournier, J. Bouchon
Which DO claims more vine acreage than any other in Chile?
Maule Valley DO, alone is responsible for 25% of production (except for the entire Rapel Valley; Colchagua is 2nd place)
Second most planted variety in Maule?
Pais/Mission/ Listan Prieto
What is VIGNO?
Producers committed to preserving old vine Carignan
What is the Secano Costero?
The warmer western region of the Maule Valley(the delimited region for VIGNO)
Requirments for VIGNO? 5
Locate in Secano Costero western Maule
Dry farmed
30 years old
65% Carignan
2 years aging
Who makes ‘Cordillera’ wines?
Miguel Torres Chile
Subzones of Sur DO?
Itata
Bio-Bio
Malleco
Major grapes of Itata Do?
Moscatel de Alejandria
Pais
Cinsault
Major grapes of Bio-Bio DO?
Pinot Noir, Pais, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc
What region is affected by the Nahuelbuta Mountains?
Bio-Bio, Sur, Chile
Malleco surrounds which town?
Traiguen
Major grapes of Malleco?
Pinot Noir, Pais, Chardonnay
Who makes ‘Sol del Sol’ in Malleco?
Vina Aquitania
Who makes Clos des Fous in Malleco?
Pedro Parra
Subregions of Austral DO
Valle de Osorno
Valle de Cautin
Where is Lake Ranco?
Austral Region of Chile (Casa Silva was the first to use the regions vineyards on labels)
Where is the world’s southernmost vineyard?
Rafael Urrejola of Undurraga grows grapes at the 46th parallel, but has yet to release a vintage
two producers of Chilean pisco?
Kappa
Capel
T or F; Malleco, Maipo, and Bio-Bio have not Costa areas?
t
Where is Kingston located?
Casablanca (MOVI)
In Chile, who and when discovered Carménère and Merlot to be different
in 1994 by Jean-Michel Boursiquot?
The worlds sothernmost wine region
Argentina
Alejandro Bulgheroni
Sarmiento
Chubut region at 45° 60â²
under the Otronia Patagonia Extrema label
Montes Alpha M - region
Colchagua
Zappalar DO
Aconcagua Costa winemaking region
Viña Montes is the only winery with vines planted in this new D.O
Chileâs first modern winery and the oldest still in operation today
Viña OchagavÃa
