Chile Areas Flashcards
Chile’s Región Vitícola from North to South
Atacama Coquimbo Aconcagua Valle Central (Central Valley) Sur (Southern Regions) Austral
Atacama: Subregions
Copiapo
Huasco
Coquimbo: Subregions
Elqui
Limari
Choapa
Aconcagua: Sub-regions
Aconcagua
Casablanca
San Antonio
San Antonio: Zones
Leyda
Lo Abarco, Rosario, Malvilla
Central Valley: Subregions
Maipo
Rapel
Curico
Maule
Rapel: Zones
Cachapoal
Colchagua
Curico: Zones
Teno
Lontue
Maule: Zones
Claro
Loncomilla
Tutuven
Sur: Subregions
Itata
Bio Bio
Malleco
Austral: Subregions
Cautin
Osorno
Which area of Maule was a major site for vineyard acreage in the 1800’s? In what GD and zone is it located?
Cauquenes
Entre Cordilleras
Tutuven
What is the single most important DO area for Carmenère? Where is it located, and what GD does it belong to?
Peumo
Cachapoal
Entre Cordilleras
Where is La Serena? What GD does it fall under?
Elqui Valley
Costa
What and where are the highest viticultural areas in Chile? How high are they?
Vicuña and Paiguano
Elqui, Andes
500M-2000M
What is the Costa designated area in Limari?
Ovalle
What two areas of Aconcagua are outside the subregions?
Marga Marga
Zapallar
Both Costa
In what area does the Aconcagua make a sharp hairpin turn, cutting off coastal air from the rest of the valley?
Quillota (Costa)
What three areas make up the square sided amphitheater in the east of Aconcagua?
Santa Maria
San Esteban
Calle Larga
All Andes, between San Felipe and Los Andes.
Where is Panquehue?
Aconcagua, Entre Cordilleras
Which subregion of Aconcagua is designated a GD area in its entirety?
Casablanca
Which three areas of Maipo are on the border of or within Santiago?
Santiago Pirque Buin Puente Alto All Andes
What are the two most important areas of the Maipo Entre Cordilleras?
Isla de Maipo (De Martino)
Alhué
What are the Costa areas of Colchagua?
Lolol
Paredones
Pumanque
What are the Andes areas of Colchagua?
Chimbarongo
San Fernando
Which two DO’s of Colchagua expanded most significantly in the 1990’s and 2000’s? Which producers were responsible?
Lolol (Costa)
Marchigüe (Entre Cordilleras)
Viña Santa Cruz
Montes
Which producers are venturing up in to the Andes foothills in Colchagua, taking advantage of the basalt terraces and cool winds?
Siegel and Koyle (owned by the Undurraga family), planting in Los Lingues
What is the viticultural area of Malleco, and what is it named for?
Traigúen, named for the only town of significance.
