Hunter Valley Flashcards
Brokenwood’s outstanding Semillon
ILR reserve
(Hunter Valley-Broke Fordwich)
What subregion of Hunter Valley specializes in 100 year old Verdelho?
Broke Fordwich
Climate of Hunter Valley
Subtropical
Semillon is this in Hunter Valley
Hunter riesling
what rivers are major natural features of Hunter G.I.
Hunter and Goulburn rivers
producers of Hunter G.I.
Tyrrells
Brokenwood (Verdelho oldest in Australia)
Yarraman Estate
Mc William’s Mount Pleasant
Keith Tulloch Wine
Wyndham Estate (1828)
Rosemount Estate
GI Subregions of Hunter GI (Hunter Valley Zone, New South Wales State)
Upper Hunter Valley GI (2010)
Polkobin GI
Broke Fordwich GI
Mountain region near Hunter Valley
Broken back mountains
who produces noble one what is it
De Bortoli
A botritized Semillon dessert wine New South Wales (Big Rivers, Riverina GI)
Napoleon sipped this wine from Hunter Valley in 1855 Paris expo
Sparkling Hunter Valley wine
Oldest Estate of Australia
Wyndham 1828
Hunter Valley
first commercial plantings of Hunter G.I.
1830 James Busby “Kirkton” estate
The same year he brought viticulture to Australia with thousands of cuttings from Spain and France
The Hunter Region (excluding upper hunter valley) is knows as this
Lower Hunter Valley
dates to 1830
Who founded Mt. Pleasant in Hunter in 1925?
Maurice O’Shea
Some of Australias first wines labeled by Variety
Who is George Wyndham
Founded Australia’s now-oldest continually operating winery (Wyndham Estate) in 1828
Planted Australia’s first Commercial Shiraz Vineyard in 1830, in Hunter Valley
What is the name of James Busby’s Estate in Hunter Valley?
In Sydney?
Kirkton
Sydney Botanical Gardens
When Gold Was discovered in 1851, this spurred vineyard expansion in these two Australian States
Victoria and NSW (Especially Hunter GI, closer to Sydney)
Who was the first great Australian winemaker of the 1900s
Maurice O’Shea
Produced Hunter Valley Shiraz labled as “Hunter Burgundy”
Original Winemaker for McWilliams Mt. Pleasant in Hunter Valley til his death in 1956
Maurice O’Shea
This producer led a push for new plantings in 1960s Hunter Valley
Lake’s Folly
In the 1960s, plantings of Hunter Valley moved toward table wine production, toward Chardonnay and Merlot away from these fortified wine grapes
Pedro and Trebbiano
These GIs of NSW are influenced by the Indro Australian Monsoon Season
South Coast
Hunter
Northern Rivers
Of the Three GIs of Hunter GI, which two are considered Lower Hunter Valley
Polkobin
Broke Fordwich
Producers located in Polkobin GI
Tyrell’s, Brokenwood, Thomas Wines, Audrey Wilkinson, McWilliams Mt. Pleasant
Subregions of Lower Hunter Valley
Polkobin GI
Broke Fordwich GI
Allandale
Belford
Dalwood
Rothbury
Upper Hunter GI dates back to this year, when Penfolds established 250 ha of vines at Wybong
1960
Upper Hunter Valley GI is this on the Winkler Scale
IV
Wettest Months in Hunter Valley
January and February
Most planted grape in Hunter Valley
Semillon
Semillon in Hunter Valley is known as this
Hunter Riesling
Hunter Valley Semillon is harvested in these Months
End of January and First week of February
Tyrell’s Vat 1 and Brokenwood ILR Semillon are released this long after the vintage
Five and six years, respectively
Australia’s first bottling of Chardonnay
1971 Vat Pinot Chardonnay
Tyrell’s
Verdelho (grape of Madeira) performs well in Hunter because of this
Thick skins, does well in SubTropical climate
Shiraz of Hunter Valley does particularly well in this area of Hunter Valley
Lower Hunter Valley (red, volcanic soil)
Semillon of Hunter Valley likes this soil type
White alluvial sands
This man was producing Shiraz and Shiraz-Pinot Blends long before “Grange” at Mount Pleasant Polkobin Hunter GI
Maurice OShea
