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South Africa Flashcards

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what is the climate of South Africa and what are the cooling influences?

A

hot

cooling influences from the Southern Ocean
Benguela current from antarctic
south easterly summer winds bringing air cooled by the ocean in

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what is a geographical feature of south africa?

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prominent mountain ranges run through the regions offering a range of altitudes, aspect, and soil

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What is the most planted black grape in south africa and what is it used for?

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Cabernet Sauvignon

used for blending with merlot, cab franc, or as a single variety

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4
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a widely planted grape in south africa that gives rich, full bodied reds, high i. alcohol with ripe black fruit, meaty and earthy characters

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syrah

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5
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a black grape planted in south africa that does not do well with the climate is?

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pinot noir

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what is the crossing of Pinotage

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pinot noir

cinsault

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7
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what is a cape blend?

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a pinottage blended with international variety’s

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describe a pinotage vs an old vines pinotage

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a pinottage will be light and fruity with red berrys

an old vines pinotage may be very full bodied with rich spiced berry fruit

when using oak staves it takes on intense coffee and chocolate aromas

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what is south africa’s GI system?

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wine of origin scheme, W.O

then further divided into
regions
districts
and wards

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what regions make up the western cape GI?

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Coastal
cape south coast
breede river valley

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where must estate wines in south africa come from?

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a single vineyard with facilities on the land to do all processing and bottling

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what is south africa’s sustainable agriculture scheme

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integrated production of wine IPW

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what is the most widely planted grape in south africa?

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chenin blanc

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what white grape is 2nd most planted and used for brandy production

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colombard

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this white is widely grown and has a herbaceous character the best examples come from the cool regions showcasing citrus and green fruit

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sauvignon blanc

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16
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what style of chardonnay is being made in south africa?

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exceptional in cooler sites

burgundian, with barrel fermentation and lee’s stirring

17
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what is hanepoot?

A

muscat of alexandria

18
Q

muscat of alexandria is used to produce?

A

late harvest desert wine

19
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high quality white blends coming from swartland are made from?

A

chenin blanc, marsanne, rousanne, viogner

20
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90% of wine comes from western cape where does the rest come from?

A

the very hot and irrigated Orange River in northern cape

21
Q

a wine is able to source the grapes from a wider area than the GI it is located how will this be labelled?

A

with a region or a GI

22
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describe the climate in stellenborsch

A

moderate to warm with rainfall in winter

cooled by winds from false bay that are funnelled by the mountains

23
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which region has developed a reputation for high quality red blends in bordeaux style

A

stellenborsch

24
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what is the climate of paarl

A

warmer, with cooler nights and a wide range of aspects and altitude and soils

25
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which districts most important reds are cab sauv, syrah and pinotage and whites are chenin blanc and chardonnay

A

paarl

26
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what are the wards in the coastal region

A

durbanville

constantia

27
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what are the wards in the cape south coast?

A

hemel en aarde

elim

28
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which wards vineyard are the oldest in the cape, cooled by the cape doctor with a reputation for sauvignon blanc?

A

constantia

29
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what is vin de constance

A

late harvested muscat sweet wine

30
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what district will you find old vine chenin and high quality syrah being dry farmed

A

swartland

31
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what is dry farmed

A

farmed without irrigation

32
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where are premium cape blends both red and white coming from?

A

swartland

33
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which ward is cooled by sea breezes blowing through cape point and has a reputation for sauvignon blanc

A

durbanville

34
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what are the districts of breede river valley?

A

worcester

robertson

35
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what is the worcester district climate and what is the majority of production there?

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hot and dry with irrigation from rivers essential

fertile soils produces chenin and colombard

36
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what makes robertson district different from worcester?

A

cooling influences and outcrops of less fertile soil

producing excellent syrah and chardonnay

37
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hemel-en-aarde in Walker bay is home to south africa’s best?

A

chardonnay’s and pinot noirs

38
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what is elgin district producing?

A

intense fresh sauvignon blancs

pinot noir, chardonnay, syrah

39
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a pungent herbaceous sauvignon blanc is coming from which ward?

A

Elim

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