NZ Flashcards
What is New Zealand’s largest winery?
Montana (owned by Pernod-Ricard NZ)
What is New Zealand’s largest region by production? What is its major product?
Marlborough (over half the country’s acreage), producing largely Sauvignon Blanc.
Major Climatic and geographical features
Strongly maritime climate (all growing regions within 120km of the sea)
Large diurnal shift
From 36-46º latitude
The Southern Alps of the South Island, which create a rain shadow for Nelson, Marlborough, Canterbury, and Central Otago.
True or False: New Zealand wine commands the highest price per bottle of any country in the world.
TRUE
What is New Zealand Winegrowers?
An organization of all New Zealand’s producers and growers, formed in 2002 by the Grape Growers Council and the New Zealand Wine Institute.
What was the first winery to produce a commercial wine under screwcap?
Kim Crawford
Are there New Zealand Wine Laws?
There are not; however, if listing vintage and/or varietal, the wine must contain 85% to comply with EU standards.
When and where were the first vines planted in NZ?
The Bay of Islands (Northland) by Reverend Samuel Marsden in 1819.
What are the regions of the North Island?
Auckland Waikato Bay of Plenty Gisborne Hawke's Bay WairarapaNorthland
Northland: climate, soil, and grape varieties
Subtropical, humid, sunny, warm
Soils are clay loam over compacted clay, rich and heavy
Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Viognier
Syrah, Cab Sauv, Merlot, Pinotage, Chambourcin (french/american hybrid, teinturier)
What are the 3 subregions of Northland?
Kerikeri
Kaitaia
Whangarei (Fuhn-ga-ray)
Auckland: climatic elements, soil, major grapes
Pacific Ocean, Waitakere Ranges
Volcanic soils, sandstone and mudstone, heavy clay
Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Merlot, Syrah
What are the 5 subregions of Auckland?
Matakana*/Mahurangi Kumeu*/Huapai Henderson Waiheke Island* South Auckland
Waikato/Bay of Plenty: soils and major grapes
Clay-loam in Waikato (west)
Volcanic loams in Bay of Plenty (east)
Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon
Waikato/Bay of Penty: major geographical features
Bay of Plenty, Lake Taupo, Waikato River Kaimai Range (coastal), Hauhungaroa Range (west of Lake Taupo, inland)
What are the 6 subregions of Waikato/Bay of Plenty?
Te Kauwhata (Tea Kah-pha-ta) Te Awamutu Coromandel Peninsula Lake Taupo Hamilton Rotorua
Hawke’s Bay: soils, geographic features, and major grapes
Gravels, alluvials, shingle soils (clay-loam)
Heretaunga Plains, Hawke’s Bay, Ngaruroro River, Tukituki River
Merlot/Cab Sauv/Cab Franc, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Syrah
What are the 11 subregions of Hawke’s Bay?
River Valleys: Moahaka, Esk River Valley, Tutaekuri River Valley, Ngaruroro River Valley
Coastal Areas: Te Amanga, Northern Esk Valley
Alluvial Plains: Korokipo, Bridge Pa, Gimblett Gravels, Ohiti
Hillsides: Havelock North
Central Hawke’s Bay
Dartmoor Valley*
The Triangle* (Ngatawara Triangle)
What is the soil type in Gimblett Gravels? What is required to use that name on the label?
Deep shingle soils (clay loam)
95% grapes from within the appellation, from a vineyard with 95% of the appellations defined soil characteristics
Must be a member of the Gimblett Gravels Winegrowers Association
Gisbourne: Soils, geographic features, and major grapes
Fine alluvial silt by Waipaoao River (northerly); heavier clay-loam at lower elevations
Waipaoa River, Poverty Bay, Raukumara Range (northerly, Ormond subregion)
Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Gewurztraminer, Merlot
What are the 7 subregions of Gisborne?
Waipaoa Ormond/Ormond Valley Golden Slope Central Valley Riverpoint Patutahi/Patutahi Plateau Manutuke
Wairarapa: soils, geographic features, and major grapes
Shallow silt loam with gravel sub soil
Aorangi and Tararua Ranges, Rumahanga River
Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Banc, Pinot Gris
What are the 3 subregions of Wairarapa?
Masterton
Gladstone
Martinborough
Which North Island region is overwhelmingly a producer of white wine?
Gisborne.
