Chile General Flashcards
What climactic influence benefits the coastal areas of Chile?
Humbolt Current
flow north, cools the areas
What is the parentage of Carmenere?
Cabernet Franc X Gros cabernet
(inherited both compounds from its parents:
3-isobutyl-2-methoxypyrazine (IBMP) - why its SO green
Usually harvested in MAY (2-3 weeks after Cabernet)
Where is the majority of Carmenere planted?
Colchagua (30%)
Name 2 top tier wines that are mostly carmenere.
Errázuriz’s “Kai”
Concha y Toro’s “Carmín de Peumo”
Montes “Purple Angel”
List the regions of Chile form N-S
Atacama
Coquimbo
Aconcagua
Valle Central
Sur
Austral
Name a DO that is entirely “Costa”
Casablanca
What 2 regions of the Valparaiso fall under the Aconcagua juristiction?
Marga-Marga
Zapallar.
When did Pisco earn its DO status in Chile?
1931
Peru (1991)
What grapes are authorized in the production of Pisco?
- Moscatel (Muscat of Alexandria)
- Moscatel Rosado
- Moscatel de Austria (Torrontés Sanjuanino)
- Torontel (Moscatel Amarillo, a progeny of País x Muscat of Alexandria)
- Pedro Jiménez
What is the result of the crossing form Pais and Muscat of Alexandria?
Torontel
aka. Moscatel AMARILLO
What DO of Coquimbo is the driest?
Elqui Valley
(also northern most)
(Puclaro reservoir)
(Syrah dominate)
Where is the highest growing region of Chile?
Vicuña and Paiguano (2200m)
In Elqui Valley of Coquimbo
What is the soil type found in the Limari Valley?
Calcareous (red clay on limestone - like Terra Rossa)
(located in Coquimbo)
(Chardonnay dominant)
What are the effects of weather in Limari Valley?
Tongoy Bay
Talinay Hills
Camanchaca fogs (cam-en-check-ah)
Where is DeMartino located>??
Chop Valley of Coquimbo.
Name 3 members of MOVI.
Garage Wine Co.
Kingston Family
Laura Hartwig
Rukumilla
OWM
PS Garcia
What is MOVI?
Movimiento de Viñateros Independientes
“an association of small quality-oriented wineries who come together to share a common goal to make wine personally, on a human scale.”
majority soil types of Aconcalgua?
schist and slate soils
better for whites
What region of Chile is effected the most by the Humbolt Current?
Casablanca
What are the 2 main soils of Casablanca?
- Hillsides - reddish clays overlaying quartz-rich granite
(Pinot Noir) - Valley Floor - sandy loams
What is the DO of San Antonio?
Leyda DO
San Antonio IN Aconcagua
What are the sub zones of Leyda?
Leyda DO
unofficial zones of :
- Lo Abarca
- Rosario
Where is San Antonio’s most extreme weather region?
Lo Abarca
(Casa Marin is there)
(Rosario - warmest, driest, most inland)
What are the Do of the Central Valle of Chile N-S?
Maipo
Rapel
Curico
Maule (warmest region)
What are the regions of Coquimbo N-S?
Elqui
Limari
Choapa
What 2 areas are unofficially considered Alto Maipo?
- Puente Alto
- Pirque
Name 3 famous wineries located in the Puente Alto.
(Puente Alto - in Maine of Central Valle)
- Don Melchor
- Viñedo Chadwick
- Almaviva
Name the 2 zones of the Rapel Valle. N-S
Valle del Cachapoal (catch-a-poal) Warmer- (carmenere)
Valle de Colchagua
What 2 rivers feed the Rapel Reservoir?
Cachapoal river Tinguiririca river (ting-gee-ree-reeka)
Who produces “Herencia”
Santa Carolina
(Cachapoal / Rapel Valley)
(bears the PEUMO DO)
Who produces “Carmín de Peumo”?
Concha y Toro
(Cachapoal / Rapel Valley)
(bears the PEUMO DO)
Name 2 wines that label the Peumo DO.
Santa Carolina’s “Herencia”
Concha Y Toro “Carmin de Peumo”
What does “Apalta” mean?
“earthquake”
(Mapuche dialect)
(Apalta is in the Santa Cruz DO)
(Colchagua)
What are the zones of the Curico Valley?
Teno
Lontue
What is the only Costa area of the Curico Valley?
Vichuquén (vish-u-qwin)
What is Sauvignon Vert known as in Italy?
Friulano
Name 2 producers in the Curico Valley.
San Pedro
Torres
What are the zones of the Maule Valley N-S?
Claro
Loncomilla
Tutuven
What is the Parron training system for?
“Over head” mostly table grapes
VSP - used for wine grapes
What are the coastal soils of the Maule Valley?
Granite and quartz
alluvial along the river
What is VIGNO?
Vignadores de Carignan
-association to preserve OV Carignan
(after the 2010 earthquake)
(in the secano interior of western Maule)
What is the local name for ‘Head Trained’ in Chile?
CABEZA
Gobelet
What is Cabeza?
Local name for Head trained in Chile.
Gobelet
What rules govern VIGNO?
- Vines must be dry-farmed
- min 30yrs old
- min 65% Carignan (to allow Torres to make Cordillera)
- min 2yrs age prior to release
(wood etc up to producer)
(1 exception -
Where are the Nahuelbuta Mountains?
Bio Bio
diminish coastal influence
What geological feature diminishes the coastal influence for Bio Bio?
Nahuelbuta Mountains
nah-whell-boot-ah
Which DO of Chile surrounds the town of Traigúen?
Malleco
What winery is the first to use the new Austral DO on their labels?
Casa Silva
(Lake Ranco vineyards)
(based in Colchagua)
Where are the worlds southern most vineyards?
Lake General Carrera and the Chilean tundra
- in the commune of Chile Chico
(Undurraga growing grapes at the 46th parallel)
Where is Marcelo Papa the winemaker?
Concha Y Toro
Where is Francisco Baettig the winemaker?
Errazuriz
What Chilean wines placed in the Berlin tasting in 2004?
- Chadwick 2000
- Sena 2001
- Sena 2000
- Chadwick 2001
- Don Maximiano 2001
What 3 Chilean wines placed in the Berlin Tasting in 2004
Chadwick 2000/2001
Sena 2000/2001
Don Maximiano 2001
List the DO of Sur N-S
Itata
Bio Bio
Malleco
The Camanchaca fog effects what DO of Chile?
Limari Valley
most of the coastal regions
Regions of Chile
Atacama
(Copiopo Vly / Huasco Vly)
Coquimbo
(Elqui / Lipari / Choapa)
Aconcagua
(Acongagua/Casablanca/San Antonia)
(San Antonia - Leyda / Lo Abarca)
Valle Central
- Maipo
- Rapel:
- – a. Cachapoal - Peumo
- – b. Colchagua - Apalta / /Los Linguas
- Curico: Trento / Lontué Vly
- Maule: Claro / Loncomilla / Tutuven
Sur (Itata / Bio Bio / Malleco)
Austral (Valle Cautin / Valle Osorno)
