General Chile info Flashcards
About how many miles North to South is Chile?
3,000
How many coastal miles are occupied by viticulture?
800
What are the 6 regional DOs, north to south?
Atacama Coquimbo Aconcagua Valle Central Sur Austral Region
What is the climate of Atacama and Coquimbo
desert like
Grapes for northern Chile are usually used for what?
Pisco
What is the name of the current that cools the coastal vines?
Humboldt
What is the “% requirement” rule and when did it occur?
75%, 1995
What do wineries often do for EU export on requirements?
Up the 75% rule to 85%
What is the minimum alcohol?
11.5%
What is the minimum alcohol for Reserva Especial and Reserva?
12%
What is the minimum alcohol for Reserva Privada and Gran Reserva
12.5%
What are Chiles leading grapes?
Cabernet Sauvignon Pais Merlot Sauvignon Blanc (and Sauvignon Vert) Chardonnay Syrah Semillon Pinot Noir Cabernet Franc
How much acreage is for red grapes?
73%
What are the two northern valleys of Coquimbo?
Elqui and Limari
What are the soils like in Aconcagua Valley?
Usually alluvial
In what tasting did Errazuriz “Sena” beat Ch Lafite and Margaux?
2004 Berlin tasting
What are the Central Valley Subregion DOs from North to South?
Maipo Valley
Rapel Valley
Curico
Maule Valley
What is the main grape of Maipo?
Cabernet Sauvignon
Almaviva is a joint project between who?
Baron Phillippe de Rothschild and Concha y Toro
What are the two parts of Rapel Valley?
Cachapoal and Colchagua
What two iconic blends are from Apalta in eastern Colchagua?
Casa Lapostolle’s “Clos Apalta”
Vina Montes “Alpha M”
What are the 3 valleys of Chile’s southern regions?
Itata
Bio Bio
Malleco
What are the most planted grapes in Itata and Bio Bio?
Pais and Muscat de Alexandria
What does Entre Cordilleras mean?
between mountains
What are the 3 new Chile label designations? How much of the grapes have to be from there?
Costa
Entre Cordilleras
Andes
85%
What is the RS of Seco?
max 4 g/l
What is the RS of Demi-Sec?
4-12 g/l
What is the RS of Semi Dulce/Moeulleux/Medium Sweet
12-45 g/l
What is the RS of Sweet?
min 45 g/l
What was the Viticultural Zoning Ordinance name?
Chilean Decree No 464
What are the 3 DO of Aconcagua?
Valle del Aconcagua
Valle de Casablanca
Valle de San Antonio
How much of Valle del Aconcagua is red?
84%
What is the only DO Costa area of Valle del Aconcagua?
Quillota
What are the DO Entre Cordilleras of Valle del Aconcagua?
Hijuelas Catemu Panquehue Llaillay San Felipe
What are the DO Andes of Valle del Aconcagua?
Santa Maria
Calle Larga
San Esteban
Valle de Casablanca is all what DO?
DO Costa
How much of Valle de Casablanca is white?
76%
What is the sub-DO zone of Valle de San Antonio?
Leyda
What are the DO areas within Leyda?
San Juan Santo Domingo (both Costa)
What are the Valle de San Antonio DO areas not in Leyda?
Cartagena
Algarrobo (both Costa)
How much of Valle de San Antonio is white?
68%
What are the 2 DO of Atacama?
Valle de Copiapo
Valle del Huasco
What are the 2 Austral DO?
Valle del Cautin
Valle de Osorno
What are the DO areas of Valle del Elqui?
La Serena - Costa
Paiguano - Andes
Vicuna - Andes
What are the DO areas of Valle del Choapa?
Illapel
Salamanca (both Andes)
What are the DO areas of Valle del Limari?
- Costa: Ovalle
- Entre Cordilleras: Punitaqui
- Andes: Monte Patria, Río Hurtado
What are the DO areas of Valle del Itata?
- Costa: Portezuelo, Coelemu
* Entre Cordilleras: Chillán, Quillón
What are the DO areas of Valle del Bio Bio?
•Entre Cordilleras: Yumbel, Mulchén
What are the DO areas of Valle del Malleco?
Traiguén (Entre Cordilleras)
What are the DO areas of Valle del Maipo?
- Entre Cordilleras: Isla de Maipo, Talagante, Melipilla, Alhué, María Pinto, Colina, Calera de Tango, Til Til, Lampa
- Andes: Santiago, Pirque, Puente Alto, Buin
What are the 2 sub-DO zones of Valle de Curico?
Valle de Lontue
Valle del Teno
What are the DO areas of Valle de Curico?
- Costa: Vichuquén
- Entre Cordilleras: Rauco, Sagrada Familia
- Andes: Romeral, Molina
What are the DO areas of Valle del Lontue?
- Entre Cordilleras: Sagrada Familia
* Andes: Molina
What are the DO areas of Valle del Teno?
- Costa: Vichuquén
- Entre Cordilleras: Rauco
- Andes: Romeral
What are the 3 sub-DO zones of Valle del Maule?
- Valle del Claro DO
- Valle del Loncomilla DO
- Valle del Tutuvén DO
What are the sub DO areas of Valle del Claro?
- Costa: Empedrado, Curepto
* Entre Cordilleras: Talca, Pencahue, San Rafael
What are the sub DO areas of Valle del Loncomilla?
- Entre Cordilleras: San Javier, Villa Alegre, Parral, Linares, Longaví, Retiro
- Andes: Colbún
What are the sub DO areas of Valle del Tutuven?
DO Areas: Cauquenes (Entre Cordilleras)
What are the 2 sub DO zones of Valle de Rapel
- Valle del Cachapoal DO
* Valle de Colchagua DO
What are the DO areas of Valle de Colchagua?
- Costa: Lolol, Litueche, Paredones, Pumanque
- Entre Cordilleras: Nancagua, Santa Cruz, Palmilla, Peralillo, Marchigüe, La Estrella
- Andes: San Fernando, Chimbarongo
What are the DO areas of Valle de Cachapoal?
- Entre Cordilleras: Rancagua, Peumo, Coltauco
* Andes: Requínoa, Rengo, Machalí
