Chile Flashcards
minimum age of vines to qualify for vigno designation
30 years
famous winemaker of Concha Y Toro
Marcelo Papa
what are the four levels of the Chilean DO System
VR (Aconcagua)
Subregion (San Antonio)
Zone (Leyda)
Area (San Juan
Where is Casa Marin located in Chile
San Antonio (Lo Abarca sub area)
Would Carmenere be picked before or after cabernet
After
Almaviva is a collobartion between what two wineries
Rothschild + Concha Y Toro
The Bio Bio valley produces mostly what grape
Pinot Noir
name the two subzones for the Atacama RV
Copiapo
Huasco
There are no DO sub areas here, mostly for pisco grapes
What are the three DO areas of the Elqui valley
Costa: La Serena
Andes: Paiguano, Vicuña
what is the main town of the Limari Valley
Ovalle (it’s also a Costa DO area)
What are the DO Areas of the Limari
Costa: Ovalle
EC: Punitaqui
Andes: Monte Patria, Rio Hurtado
The Claro, Tutuven and Loncomilla Valleys are sub DOs of what Central Valley region
Maule Valley
what are the two DO areas of the Choapa valley
Salamenca
illipel (named for the major town of the area)
What are the four DOs of the Central Valley
Maipo
Rapel
Curico
Maule
The Nahuelbuta moutains are in what Chilean region
Bio Bio
what are the three DO subregions of the Aconguara VR
Aconcagua
Casablanca
San Antonio
What are the two subregions of the Curico DO
Lontué
Teno
What are the DO Areas of the Lontué DO zone
EC: Sagrada Familia
Andes: Molina
No Costa DOs
what are the DO areas of the Teno DO zone
Costa: Vichuquen, Licanten
EC: Rauco
Andres: Romeral
What are the Four Andes DO zones of the Maipo
Puente Alto, Santiago, Pirque, Buin