Hunter Valley Flashcards

1
Q

Brokenwood’s outstanding Semillon

A

ILR reserve

(Hunter Valley-Broke Fordwich)

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2
Q

What subregion of Hunter Valley specializes in 100 year old Verdelho?

A

Broke Fordwich

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3
Q

Climate of Hunter Valley

A

Subtropical

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4
Q

Semillon is this in Hunter Valley

A

Hunter riesling

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5
Q

what rivers are major natural features of Hunter G.I.

A

Hunter and Goulburn rivers

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6
Q

producers of Hunter G.I.

A

Tyrrells
Brokenwood (Verdelho oldest in Australia)
Yarraman Estate
Mc William’s Mount Pleasant
Keith Tulloch Wine
Wyndham Estate (1828)
Rosemount Estate

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7
Q

GI Subregions of Hunter GI (Hunter Valley Zone, New South Wales State)

A

Upper Hunter Valley GI (2010)
Polkobin GI
Broke Fordwich GI

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8
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Mountain region near Hunter Valley

A

Broken back mountains

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9
Q

who produces noble one what is it

A

De Bortoli

A botritized Semillon dessert wine New South Wales (Big Rivers, Riverina GI)

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10
Q

Napoleon sipped this wine from Hunter Valley in 1855 Paris expo

A

Sparkling Hunter Valley wine

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11
Q

Oldest Estate of Australia

A

Wyndham 1828
Hunter Valley

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12
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first commercial plantings of Hunter G.I.

A

1830 James Busby “Kirkton” estate

The same year he brought viticulture to Australia with thousands of cuttings from Spain and France

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13
Q

The Hunter Region (excluding upper hunter valley) is knows as this

A

Lower Hunter Valley

dates to 1830

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14
Q

Who founded Mt. Pleasant in Hunter in 1925?

A

Maurice O’Shea
Some of Australias first wines labeled by Variety

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15
Q

Who is George Wyndham

A

Founded Australia’s now-oldest continually operating winery (Wyndham Estate) in 1828
Planted Australia’s first Commercial Shiraz Vineyard in 1830, in Hunter Valley

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16
Q

What is the name of James Busby’s Estate in Hunter Valley?
In Sydney?

A

Kirkton

Sydney Botanical Gardens

17
Q

When Gold Was discovered in 1851, this spurred vineyard expansion in these two Australian States

A

Victoria and NSW (Especially Hunter GI, closer to Sydney)

18
Q

Who was the first great Australian winemaker of the 1900s

A

Maurice O’Shea
Produced Hunter Valley Shiraz labled as “Hunter Burgundy”

19
Q

Original Winemaker for McWilliams Mt. Pleasant in Hunter Valley til his death in 1956

A

Maurice O’Shea

20
Q

This producer led a push for new plantings in 1960s Hunter Valley

A

Lake’s Folly

21
Q

In the 1960s, plantings of Hunter Valley moved toward table wine production, toward Chardonnay and Merlot away from these fortified wine grapes

A

Pedro and Trebbiano

22
Q

These GIs of NSW are influenced by the Indro Australian Monsoon Season

A

South Coast
Hunter
Northern Rivers

23
Q

Of the Three GIs of Hunter GI, which two are considered Lower Hunter Valley

A

Polkobin
Broke Fordwich

24
Q

Producers located in Polkobin GI

A

Tyrell’s, Brokenwood, Thomas Wines, Audrey Wilkinson, McWilliams Mt. Pleasant

25
Q

Subregions of Lower Hunter Valley

A

Polkobin GI
Broke Fordwich GI
Allandale
Belford
Dalwood
Rothbury

26
Q

Upper Hunter GI dates back to this year, when Penfolds established 250 ha of vines at Wybong

A

1960

27
Q

Upper Hunter Valley GI is this on the Winkler Scale

A

IV

28
Q

Wettest Months in Hunter Valley

A

January and February

29
Q

Most planted grape in Hunter Valley

A

Semillon

30
Q

Semillon in Hunter Valley is known as this

A

Hunter Riesling

31
Q

Hunter Valley Semillon is harvested in these Months

A

End of January and First week of February

32
Q

Tyrell’s Vat 1 and Brokenwood ILR Semillon are released this long after the vintage

A

Five and six years, respectively

33
Q

Australia’s first bottling of Chardonnay

A

1971 Vat Pinot Chardonnay
Tyrell’s

34
Q

Verdelho (grape of Madeira) performs well in Hunter because of this

A

Thick skins, does well in SubTropical climate

35
Q

Shiraz of Hunter Valley does particularly well in this area of Hunter Valley

A

Lower Hunter Valley (red, volcanic soil)

36
Q

Semillon of Hunter Valley likes this soil type

A

White alluvial sands

37
Q

This man was producing Shiraz and Shiraz-Pinot Blends long before “Grange” at Mount Pleasant Polkobin Hunter GI

A

Maurice OShea