South Africa Flashcards
What grape is used to make Vin de Constance?
What is this grape called in South Africa?
Muscat Blanc a Petit Grains
Muscat de Frontignan / Muscadel
What is the name of South Africa’s appellation system?
Wine of Origin Scheme (WO)
What is a cultivar?
A synonym of variety (grape) used in South Africa.
South African wines must contain ___% of their stated variety.
85%
South African wines must contain ___% of grapes from their stated vintage.
85%
South African blended wines may list several grapes, if _____ and if each listed grape comprises a minimum ___% of the wine.
Vinification occurred separately
20%
In South Africa, if an area of production appears on the label, ___% of the grapes from which the wine was made must come from the stated area.
100%
Name South Africa’s four types of production areas, in descending order of size.
Geographical Unit
Region
District
Ward
What is Chenin Blanc called in South Africa?
Steen
Name the 6 large geographical areas of South African wine production.
Western Cape Northern Cape Eastern Cape Kwazulu-Natal Limpopo Free State
In which geographical unit does most of South African wine production occur?
Western Cape
Where are the 6 regions of South African wine production?
What are they?
Western Cape
Coastal Region Cape South Coast Breede River Valley Klein Karoo Olifants River Boberg
What is the name of the current that flows North from Antarctica, cooling coastal South Africa?
Benguela Current
How can the climate of South Africa be most easily described?
Essentially Mediterranean, with warm, sunny growing seasons.
What is the name of the notoriously strong southeasterly wind that blows across South Africa’s Western Cape throughout the spring and summer?
What effect(s) does it have?
The Cape Doctor
It inhibits fungal disease and moderates temperature—but also ferociously batters the vines.
