Chile - Valle Central

Question 1

Name the 4 regions within the Valle Central Region Viticola

Answer 1

Maipo Valley
Rapel Valley
Curicó Valley
Maule Valley

Question 2

Which region Viticola is Maipo Valley DO in?

Answer 2

Valle Central

Question 3

Which region Viticola is Rapel Valley DO in?

Answer 3

Valle Central

Question 4

Which region Viticola is Curicó Valley DO in?

Answer 4

Valle Central

Question 5

Which region Viticola is Maule Valley DO in?

Answer 5

Valle Central

Question 6

What is the climate in the Valle Central Region Viticola?

Answer 6

Semi-arid, warm Mediterranean

Question 7

Name some famous wines from the Alta Maipo

Answer 7

Don Melchor
Almaviva
Viñedo Chadwick, 
Alvaro Espinoza’s Antiyal
Santa Rita’s “Casa Real.

Question 8

Describe the Cabernet based wines of the Alta Maipo

Answer 8

The style of the fruit from the region is tannic, concentrated and ripe, if often lower in acidity than Cabernet Sauvignon from other DO regions in Chile. In the glass, top Alto Maipo Cabernet Sauvignon is more closely aligned with Napa than Bordeaux.

Question 9

Name the unofficial subzones of the Maipo Valley

Answer 9

Alto Maipo, at elevations of 400-600 meters or higher in the piedmont of the Andes; the central area of Medio Maipo; and Maipo Costa/Maipo Bajo, the lowest-lying vineyards in the southwest.

Question 10

Name the zones within the Rapel Valley

Answer 10

Cochapoal

Colchagua

Question 11

Name an area within the Cochapoal DO that is particularly well regarded

Answer 11

Peumo

Question 12

What grape variety is Peumo within the Cochapoal DO well know for?

Answer 12

Carmenere

Question 13

Name some producers in the Colchagua DO

Answer 13

Montes
Lapostelle
Neyen
Koyle
Los Vascos

Question 14

What is the most important yet unofficial zone within the Colchagua DO?

Answer 14

Apalta Valley

Question 15

Which river is the Apalta Valley located on ?

Answer 15

Tinguiririca River

Question 16

Clos Apalta is the top wine of which producer

Answer 16

Casa Lapostelle

Question 17

Alpha M is the top wine of which producer?

Answer 17

Montes

Question 18

Who makes Casa Real?

Answer 18

Sant Rita

Question 19

Who makes Clos Apalta?

Answer 19

Casa Lapostolle

Question 20

Name the 2 areas of the Maipo Valley that are considered Maipo Andes

Answer 20

Puento Alto

Pirque

Question 21

The Rapel Valley corresponds to which administrative region?

Answer 21

O’Higgins administrative region

Question 22

What DO of Chile has the most acreage under vine

Answer 22

Rapel Valley

Question 23

Which area is the warmest, Maipo, Cochapoal or Colchagua?

Answer 23

Cochapoal

Question 24

In which DO is Pedro Parra’d Clos des Fous project?

Answer 24

Cochapoal

Question 25

The area’s San Fernandez and Santa Cruz are in which DO?

Answer 25

Colchagua

Question 26

Where is Montes based?

Answer 26

Cochapoal

Question 27

Which administrative region is directly South of the O Higgins administrative region in Chile?

Answer 27

Maule administrative region

Question 28

Name the 2 DO zones of the Valle de Curico DO

Answer 28

Valle del Teno

Valle del Lontué

Question 29

Sagrada Familia, Rauco, Romeral, and Molina are DO areas within which DO region?

Answer 29

Valle de Curico DO

Question 30

What is the most planted grape variety in the Curico Valley

Answer 30

Cabernet Sauvignon

Question 31

Which DO region of Chile did Miguel Torres launch his winery in 1979

Answer 31

Curico Valley

Question 32

Name the 3 zones of the Maule Valley DO

Answer 32

Valle del Claro
Valle del Loncomilla
Valle del Tutuvén

Question 33

What is the most planted grape variety in the Maule Valley?

Answer 33

Cabernet Sauvignon

Question 34

What is the second most heavily planted DO in Chile?

Answer 34

Maule Valley

Question 35

What is VIGNO?

Answer 35

In the aftermath of the devastating 2010 earthquake, which struck along the Maule coast, a dozen wineries in western Maule banded together to form Vignadores de Carignan, an association committed to the preservation of the region’s old-vine Carignan and the support of small growers who have maintained it.

Question 36

What rules must winemakers wishing to use the VIGNO trademark observe?

Answer 36

The wine must contain a minimum 85% Carignan, which must be dry-farmed, head-trained, and at least 35 years of age (grafted Carignan qualifies). The remainder of the blend must be other old-vine, head-trained, dry-farmed fruit from Maule. The wine must be aged for at least 2 years prior to release.