Soils and Grapes By Region- Ai Flashcards
What is the soil type of Jura?
Blue, red, gray and black marls resting on limestone strat
A from the Jurassic period
Which grapes are most planted in Jura?
Chardonnay 43%
Savagnin 23%
Red grapes Poulsard etc make up the rest
What is soil type of Bairrada?
Barros clay is the soil that Baga grows well on, and the sandier soils are where white grapes thrive.
What is the soil type of Dao?
Granite soils 400-500 meters elevation are the best.
What is the soil type in Vinho Verde?
Shallow granitic soils
What is the soil type found in Palmela?
There are two types of soils. The sandy plains are low-lying and then there are clay-limestone soils on the lower slopes of the Arrivabene Mountains.
What is the minimum requirement of the main grape of Palmela reds?
Palmela reds require a minimum of 66.7% of Castelao, Cabernet, Syrah, Merlot and Tannant are also allowed in the blend.
What styles of wine are permitted in Palmela DOP?
White, Rose, Red, Espumante and Licoroso.
The vinhos licoroso of Setúbal are based on which grapes for red and white wines?
Must be 67% Moscatel de Setúbal (Muscat of Alexandria), or Moscatel Roxo. If either are varietals labeled they must be 85%.
What are the main grapes do DoTejo DOP and what styles are permitted to be made there?
The maid grapes are Castelao and Fernão Pires, white, rose and red wines are permitted. There are a number of native grapes that are permitted to be used.
What is the most prominent grape in Alentejo?
Trincadeira, red wine production exceeds white wine here.
What is the soil type found in Tras-os-Montes?
Schist and granite
What styles are permitted in Tras-os-Montes from which grapes?
Branco, Rosado and Tinto, Espumante and Vinho Licoroso are all permitted from 12+ grape varieties.
What is the soil type found in Murray Darling GI?
Calcareous earth, white grapes are more planted here than reds. Chardonnay and Muscat Gordo Blanco. The red grapes are Shiraz, Cabernet and Merlot.
What is the soil type found in Pyranees GI?
Sandy loam. REd grapes dominate here, Shiraz, Cabernet and Merlot and also Pinot Noir
What is the soil type found in Grampians GI?
Grey-brown loamy sand and clay. 82% red grapes, SHiraz, Cabernet, Merlot and Pinot Noir
Soil type found in Henty GI?
Basalt with gravelly loam. The Southern Ocean influences this region in Northwest Victoria. 60% Pinot Noir and 40% white grapes (Chardonnay, Riesling and Pinot Gris).
What is the soil type found in Riverland GI and what grapes are prominent here?
The soils are river valley soils and mallee soils on higher ground. Red grapes are 59% here.
What is the soil type and main grapes of Mount Benson GI?
Limestone and loam soil. 61% white grapes. Sav Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinot Gris and also Pinot Noir for red grapes.
What type of soil would you find in Wrattonbully GI?
This GI is part of the Limestone Coast in South Australia. There is Terra Rosso soils here. 85% red grapes, Cabernet, Shiraz, and Merlot.
Describe the soil types in Clare Valley GI
Slate soils in Polish Hill and Terra Rosso over limestone soil in Watervale. Red grapes outnumber whites 64%.
Which subregion of the Clare Valley is the warmest and sunniest?
Degree days:
Clare: 1767
Seven Hill: 1891
Polish Hill: 1465
Soil type of Adelaide Hills GI And major grapes
Grey loamy sandy soils. White grapes are 63%, SB, Chardonnay and Pinot Gris.
Soils type and major grapes of Adelaide Plains GI
Red-brown sandy loam over heavy loam and clay. Red grapes are 67%
What is the soil type of the King Valley GI?
Deep red clay loams. Red grapes are about 52% and are Merlot, Cabernet and Pinot. Whites are Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, and Sav Blanc.
Geographic factors in the King Valley GI
Within Northeast Victoria. The King River is here, the Oxley Plains and the Victorian Alps.
Most planted grapes of Rutherglen GI?
This is in Northeastern Victoria. 83% Shiraz, brown muscat, Durif. The whites are Muscadelle, Chardonnay and Marsanne.
Where would you find “Black Dog” soil? What is this?
In Rutherglen GI, this is a fine, sandy loam.
Major grapes of Beechworth GI?
70% red grapes, Cabernet, Pinot, Shiraz and Merlot. White is Chardonnay. The soils here are Ordovician sandstone and shale, also Devonian granite.
What is the soil type of Macedon Ranges GI?
This, mountain soils of granitic loam and deeper loam. Red grapes are 59% here, Pinot, Shiraz and Cabernet. Whites are Chardonnay and Riesling. This GI is within the Port Phillip Zone.
What is the soil type found in Tuniberg?
Calcareous soils- this is a subregion of the Kaiserstuhl which is in Baden. The rest of the area is known for volcanic soils.
What are the top two grapes of Baden?
Pinot Noir and Muller-Thurgau
What is the soil type of the Hermannshole vineyard?
This is the premier vineyard in the Nahe in Niederhausen. The soils are dark slate and limestone and porphyry
Tinta Negra Mole is a natural cross of which two grapes?
Pinot Noir and Grenache- from about 200 years ago.
What is the soil type found in the Cotes des Bars?
Kimmeridgian marl and Portlandian- the same type as Chablis
What is the main grape grown in the Cotes des Bars?
Pinot Noir
Which grape is also known as “Blanc vrai”?
Pinot Blanc in the Aube
Which grape is known as Pressac? Where?
This is a historical name for Malbec in St-Emilion-from Cahors planted the Chateau de Pressac by the new purchaser in 1730.. it became known as the Noir de Pressac- when it was transported by M. Malbec to the Medoc the name changed again.
What is the most widely planted white grape in Bordeaux?
Semillon at 6,260 hectares
Corbeau is a synonym for which grape?
Bonarda, Charbono. This is the French name for the grape, as used in Savoie
What is Samso?
Carignan in Priorat
What are the differences in the soils in the Northern, Central and Southern portions of Brunello di Montalcino?
Northern Zone: Clays of marine origin and galestro
Central: Clayey, sandy sediments
South: limestone and sandstone marls
Alicante Bouchet is a crossing of which two grapes?
Alicante Bouchet is a crossing of Petit Bouschet and Grenache created in France in 1866 by Henri Bouchet. It has a bewildering array of synonyms with potential for confusion, such as Garnacha Tintorera. Despite its name, it is now most heavily grown in the Alentejo region of Portugal.
What are the top grapes grown in Alicante DO?
Alicante Bouchet, Monastrell, Bobal, Moscatel de Alejandra
Wine styles permitted in Utiel-Requena?
Reds and rose from Bobal, also in a doble pasta style. The south-eastern half of the region, aside from qualifying for the Utiel-Requena DO, is also authorized to produce the espumoso (sparkling) Cava, Spain’s answer to Champagne. Typically it is made from Macabeo, Xarel-lo and Parellada, although Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, among other varieties, are now permitted in the Cava blend.
What styles of wine are permitted in Irouleguy?
Still, red, white, rose
Rosesse is which grape in France?
Tibouren in Provence is the same grape
