South America Flashcards
Who makes Seña? Why is this bottle special? Cost?
Eduardo Chadwick (Errazuriz) and Robert Mondavi, 1995.
Owned wholly by Chadwick since 2005.
Bordeaux Blend
Aconcagua Valley
$100 cost
What is Viñedo Chadwick? Cost?
Cabernet Sauvignon from Maipo Valley
$367 on wine searcher
What is Chile’s largest producer? What is their flagship wine? Cost?
Concha y Toro
Don Melchor (Cab Sauv, Puente Alto, Maipo)
$140 on wine searcher
What is Almaviva? Grapes? Cost?
A joint project between Baron Philippe de Rothschild and Concha y Toro (think Opus One in Chile). Cabernet Sauvignon base, Puente Alto, Maipo.
$170 wine searcher
Name two high end Carmenere bottlings in Chile. Cost?
Errázuriz “Kai” (Aconcagua)
$99 wine searcher
Concha y Toro “Carmín de Peumo” (Rapel)
$225 wine searcher
Name five wines originating in the Alto Maipo. Grapes and Cost?
Don Melchor (Concha y Toro)
Almaviva
Viñedo Chadwick (Errazuriz)
Antiyal (Alvaro Espinosa, Carmenere, Cab Sauv, Syrah)
Casa Real (Santa Rita) - CS $90 on wine searcher
Top producers in Maipo bc of prox. to Santiago?
Concha y Toro
Santa Rita
Cousiño Macul
Where is Apalta? Top wines, grapes and cost?
Apalta, Colchagua Valley, Rapel, Valle Central
Casa Lapostolle’s “Clos Apalta” - Primarily Carmenère (45-65%) and Cabernet Sauvignon (20-30%), with some Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and/or Petit Verdot.
$150 on wine searcher
Viña Montes “Alpha M” Cab Sauv dominant BDX blend.
$97 on wine searcher
What high profile varietal Camernère is sourced from Colchagua Valley? Cost?
Purple Angel - Viña Montes
$99 on wine searcher
Colchagua Valley, Rapel, Valle Central
Who collaborates on Aristos?
Louis-Michel Liger-Belair and Pedro Parra
Where is Aristos located? Wines? Cost?
Valley Cachapoal, Rapel Valley, Valle Central
Cabernet Sauvignon Baron $75 on wine searcher
Chardonnay Duqueza $85 on wine searcher
Cabernet Sauvignon Duque $97
Which three wineries account for 85% of domestic consumption in Chile?
Concha y Toro
Santa Rita
San Pedro
Overall, the Chilean wine industry is top-heavy, and the largest producers create and control market perceptions of Chile worldwide.
Who owns Los Vascos? Where are they located?
Domaine Barons de Rothschild-Lafite (1988)
Valle de Colchagua DO
Who created Viña Aquitania? Where do they produce wine?
Bruno Prats (Cos d’Estournel) and Paul Pontarlier (Margaux)
Valle del Maipo DO, Valle del Malleco DO
Which Chablisienne producer has a Chilean outpost?
William Fevre
Where does Casa Silva make wine? Name a wine from them.
Valle de Colchagua DO, Austral DO
Casa Silva Microterroir de los Lingues Carmenere $45 on wine searcher
Name 3 major producers in Colchagua.
Casa Silva
Lapostolle/Clos Apalta
Los Vascos
3 producers from Cúrico
San Pedro (mostly bulk wine)
Miguel Torres Chile (specifically the Manso de Velasco plot, 100yo Cabernet Sauvignon)
Viña Escheverría
Currently, Curicó is largely given to bulk plantings.
Name a producer from Itata.
A Los Viñateros Bravos
-Cinsault
-Pais
What is VIGNO, and what requirements surround it?
VIGNO is the brand trademarked by the Vignadores de Carignan in western Maule.
Restricted to a delimited area
Dry-farmed
Minimum 30 years vine age (may be grafted)
Aged 2 years before release
Minimum 65% Carignan
Name 3 producers of VIGNO.
Miguel Torres
Garage Wine Company
Bravado Wines
Name a leading producer for Torrontés in Cafayate. Where is Cafayete?
Susana Balboa
Cafayate, Salta, North Region, Argentina
Name 3 producers based in Cafayete, Salta.
Susana Balbo - Crios
Etchart - Michel Rolland (BDX)
Yacochuya - new Etchart project
What producer makes single vineyard wines that see over a year in 100% new barrels? Where is this producer located?
Achaval-Ferrer
Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza
What style is Cheval des Andes? Where is it made? Cost?
Blend - Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon, sometimes featuring a small percentage of Petit Verdot or Merlot.
Cheval Blanc and Terrazas de los Andes Collab (LVMH)
Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza
$98 on wine searcher
Name 3 producers from Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza.
Achaval-Ferrer
Bodega Catena Zapata
Cheval des Andes
Bressia
Who makes wine in San Rafael DOC? What quality? What grape? Cost?
Valentin
Base quality
Chenin Blanc
Who spearheaded Bodegas Chacra? Where is it? What grape? Cost?
Tenuta San Guido
Rio Negro
Chardonnay Pinot Noir
Chardonnay:
Chacra: $107 (wine searcher)
Manique: $60 wine searcher
Pinot Noir:
‘Treinta y Dos 32’: $126 wine searcher
‘Cincuenta y Cinco 55’ $60 wine searcher
What is Paul Hobbs’s Argentina project?
Viña Cobos
Who collaborates on Altos Las Hormigas?
Alberto Antonini and Pedro Parra
Who was the first to plant vineyards in Mendoza, and when?
Catena, 1902
Who is the most widely exported producer in Cafayate? What prominent french winemaker consults on a project there (and what is it called)?
Susana Balbo (the Crios wines).
Michel Rolland; Etchart (Pernod Ricard)
3 producers from Maipú.
Zuccardi
Trapiche (Peñaflor)
Lopez (largest winery in Argentina)
3 producers from the Uco Valley.
DiamAndes
Clos de la Siete
O. Fournier Argentina
Name four major wineries owned by Argentinian families
Catena
Luigi Bosca
Zuccardi
Peñaflor
Where is Chandon Argentina?
In Lujan de Cuyo; grapes come from Uco
Who created Clos de la Siete, and what is it?
Michel Rolland
A single property made up of seven previously individual wineries in the Uco (Tunuyan)
Who owns Colomé? Outside of Mendoza, where do they farm vines?
Hess Group
Salta
Who owns Colomé? Outside of Mendoza, where do they farm vines?
Susana Balboa
La Posta is an extension of what estate?
Catena Zepata
Who owns Terrazas de los Andes?
LVMH
Who produces Altura Maxima? Cost?
Colomé
Malbec
3100m
Salta, Argentina
$150 wine searcher
Who produces Estiba Reservada? Cost?
Catena Zapata
Cab Sauv, Merlot, Malbec, from Agrelo, Mendoza
First vintage 2001, current vintage 2009
$710 on wine searcher
What are the wines of Achaval Ferrer?
Cab Sauv and Malbec
Single Vineyards: Finca Mirador, Finca Bella Vista, Finca Altamira
Prestige Blend: Quimera (chosen vine by vine before harvest)
Single vineyyards are Malbec around $110 on wine searcher
Quimera is Bordeaux Blend $40
What is the blend for Nicolas Catena Zapata? Where is it from? Cost?
Cab Sauv + Malbec
Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza
$100
