Mount Lofty Ranges Flashcards
main soil types of Clare Valley
Slate (Polish hill)
and terrarossa over limestone
Clare Valley is a part of what zone in South Australia
Mount lofty Ranges
who makes Gaia from Clare Valley what is it
Grosset
Bordeaux Blend
Clare Valley Producers
(Mount Lofty Ranges Zone)
South Australia
Sevenhill
Grosset
Kilkanoon
Wendouree
Jim Barry
Pikes
Claymore
Petaluma
Vineyards of Clare Valley
Grosset Watervale
Grosset Gaia
Florita (Jim Barry)
Hanlin Hill (Petaluma)
Polish Hill (Grosset)
Peglidis Vineyard
CSIRO and Australian Wine Research Institute located here
Adelaide
gIs of mount lofty ranges
Clare Valley GI
Adelaide Hills GI
Adelaide Plains GI
Who makes “The Merle”
Clare Valley GI
Mount Lofty Ranges Zone
Pikes (riesling)
What does CSIRO stand for? What other institutions are in Adelaide?
Commonwealth scientific and industrial research organization
University of Adelaide
Australian Wine Research Institute
sub regions of Adelaide hills G.I.
Lenswood G.I.
Picadilly Valley G.I
unofficial subregions of Clare Valley (5)
Watervale
polish hill
auburn
Sevenhill (Grosset)
Clare
Who developed the counterintuitive technique of minimal (zero) pruning, which actually restricts vigor (Australia)
CSIRO
southernmost region in Mount Lofty Ranges
Adelaide Hills GI
Is Clare Valley warmer than Adelaide Hills?
Yes!
continental climate and preponderance of red grapes in the vineyard, the GI offers Australia’s most classic and ageworthy interpretation of Riesling.
Higher-altitude, west-facing slopes often produce the better wines, cooled by afternoon breezes and low nighttime temperatures
Most planted and northernmost region in Mount Lofty Ranges
Clare Valley GI
5000ha
Clare valley is a series of ridges that run this direction
North/South
Most vineyards in Clare Valley are located between these two towns
Auburn and Clare
When was Hope Farm established in Clare Valley by English settlers
1840
First cellar of Clare Valley
Sevenhill, built by Jesuits as sacramental wine
1851
What year was A.P Birks Wendouree established in Clare Valley?
1892 (red wines)
When was Jim Barry established in Clare Valley
1959
When did Grosset begin production in Clare Valley
1981
When was Kilkanoon established in Clare Valley
1997
Clare Valley, 75mi North of Adelaide, is cooled by this
Elevation
400-600 meters
Diurnal Variaton
Winemaker for Petaluma
Brian Crosser
Viticultural hazards of Clare Valley
Spring Frosts
especially in cooler Eastern and Southern areas of Polish Hill, Watervale and Auburn
Most planted variety in Clare Valley
Shiraz
Most famous Shiraz bottling of Clare Valley
Jim Barry “Armagh”
This Clare Valley Producer blends Cabernet with Malbec
Wendouree
Cabernet-Malbec bottlings
Best examples of Clare Valley riesling from these subregions
Watervale and Polish Hill
Soil of Polish Hill
Blue Devonian Slate like Mosel
Adelaide Hills GI is nestled in these mountains
South Mount Lofty Ranges
How high is Mount Lofty in Adelaide Hills
727m above sea level
Also one of South Australia’s wettest points
Adelaide Hills GI is between these two GIs
Barossa and McLaren Vale
This % of Adelaide plantings are white grapes
70%
What central subregion of Adelaide hills is home to Its first modern vineyard planted by Petaluma in 1976
Picadilly Valley GI
Most planted variety of Adelaide Hills GI
Sauvignon Blanc
More planted in Lenswood GI subregion
Producers of Adelaide Hills GI
Shaw+Smith
The Lane
Golding
Bird in Hand
BK Wines
Coolest and rainiest region within the Adelaide Super Zone
Adelaide Hills GI
Warmest GI within the Adelaide Super Zone
Adelaide Plains GI
Estates of Adelaide Plains
Magill Estate (where Max Schubert first experimented with Grange)
What is the “spiritual home of Grange”
Magill Estate in Adelaide Plains GI
