Chile

Question 1

What is the producer, region, and main grape variety for Purple Angel

Answer 1

Viña Montes produce this Carmanere with a small percentage of Petit Verdot in Colchagua Valley, Chile

Question 2

What country does Pedro Parras come from?

Answer 2

Chile

Question 3

What are the four tiers of Chilean DOs from largest to smallest

Answer 3

Region Vitivinicola (Region)
Sub-Region
Zona
Area

Question 4

What does the term Cordillera refer to on a Chilean wine label

Answer 4

Refers to vineyards located ‘between the mountain ranges’ (not along the coast but not quite in the Andes)

Question 5

List the four sub-regions of the Central Valley in Chile from North to South

Answer 5

Maipo Valley
Rapel
Curico
Maule Valley

Question 6

What is the notable sub-region of Rapel DO

Answer 6

Colchagua Valley DO

Question 7

In which Chilean region would you find the Elqui Valley

Answer 7

Coquimbo Region

Question 8

What are the three sub-zones of Coquimbo, Chile

Answer 8

Elqui Valley
Limari Valley
Choapa Valley

Question 9

What are the three important sub-regions of Aconcagua DO

Answer 9

Casablanca DO
San Antonio Valley DO
Aconcagua Valley DO

Question 10

What is the name of the current that flows up from Antarctica into Chile

Answer 10

The Humboldt Current

Question 11

What are the three sub-regions of the Southern Region, Chile

Answer 11

Itata Valley
Bío Bío
Malleco

Question 12

What dessert makes up the Northern region of Chile along the Peruvian border

Answer 12

The Atacama Dessert

Question 13

What was the first varietal planted in Chile

Answer 13

País

Question 14

In which region would you find Viñedo Chadwick

Answer 14

Maipo Valley

Question 15

In which region would you find Viña Seña and who founded this project

Answer 15

Aconcagua Valley
Partnership between Chadwick and Robert Mondavi

Question 16

In what region would you find Clos Apalta and who is the producer

Answer 16

Casa Lapostolle from Colchagua Valley

Question 17

In what region would you find Purple Angel and who is the producer

Answer 17

Viña Montes from the Colchagua Valley

Question 18

What is the varietal, region, and producer of the following wine:
Montes Folly

Answer 18

100% Syrah from Colchagua Valley produced by Viña Montes

Question 19

Who produces Don Melchor

Answer 19

Concha y Toro

Question 20

What percentage of the grapes must come from a stated vintage or variety to be labeled as such in Chile

Answer 20

75%, though in practice 85% to conform with the EU regulations

Question 21

Which subregion of Maipo has the most colluvial soil?

Answer 21

Maipo Andes