Chile Flashcards
6 DO regions of Chile
Atacama Coquimbo Aconcagua Valle Central Sur Austral
2 sub DOs of Atacama
Copiapo
Huasco
3 sub DOs of Coquimbo
Elqui
Limari
Choapa
3 sub DOs of Aconcagua
Aconcagua
Casablanca
San Antonio
Where is Valle de Leyda DO?
San Antonio, Aconcagua
4 sub DOs of Valle Central
Maipo
Rapel
Curico
Maule
Closest region to Santiago
Maipo
2 sub DOs of Valle de Rapel
Cachapoal
Colchagua
2 sub DOs of Valle de Curico
Lontue
Teno
3 sub DOs of Valle del Maule
Claro
Loncomilla
Tutuven
3 sub DOs of Sur
Itata
Bio-Bio
Malleco
2 sub DOs of Austral
Cautin
Osorno
Chile’s first modern winery
Vina Ochagavia, 1851
What is MOVI?
Movimiento de Vinateros Independients. an association of quality minded wineries
3 major domestic consumption wineries
Concha y Toro
Santa Rita
San Pedro
*Account or 85% of domestic consumption
Winery created by Rothschild & Concha y Toro
Almaviva
Winery created with Mondavi & Errazuriz
Sena
Chile’s 2 parallel mountain ranges
Andes
Cordilleras de la Costa (Coastal Range)
Chile’s key ocean current
Humbolt Current, flows northward
Minimum alcohol for Chilean wine?
11.5%
Where is Puente Alto DO?
Maipo, Valle Central
Minimum rule for Chilean wines
75%, 85% for EU
Most planted variety in Chile?
Cabernet Sauvignon, about 1/3 of plantings
Major region for Pisco production
Atacama DO
Highest peak in South America
Mt. Aconcagua
Most important producer in Aconcagua Valley
Errazuriz
Who makes Clos Apalta & Alpha M?
Casa Lapostolle
Largest Chilean subregion DO
Maule Valley