South America Expert Flashcards
Parents of Carmenère?
Gros Cabernet
Cabernet Franc
Min % of grape required for Chilean wine varietal labeling?
min 75%
Sweetness levels for Chilean wine?
Seco: max 4g/L
Semi-Seco/Demi-Sec: 4-12g/L
Semi Dulce/Moelleux 12-45g/L
Dulce/Doux: min 45g/L
3 Dos of Aconcagua?
San Antonio Valley DO
Casablanca Valley DO
Aconcagua Valley DO
DO subregion (zone) of San Antonio DO?
Leyda DO
Marcelo Papa makes wine for who?
Concha y Toro
Top two wines at the 2004 Berlin tasting?
Viñedos Chadwick
Seña
What is the min abv for any wine in Chile?
11.5%
Where are the Talinay Hills?
Limarí Valley
Where are the Nahuelbuta Mountains?
Bío Bío Valley
Where do Altair and Anakena produce wine?
Cachapoal Valley
Most planted grape variety in Limarí Valley?
Chardonnay
Almaviva is a joint venture between who? Where is it?
Concha y Toro
Baron Philipe de Rothschild
Puente Alto (Maipo)
DO of Santa Rita? Top wine?
Maipo Valley DO
Casa Real
DO of Errazuriz? Top wines?
Don Maximiano (Aconcagua Valley)
Seña (Aconcagua Valley)
BDX blend
What is the name of the morning mist from the Pacific Ocean that affect the climate of Chile’s Central Valley?
Camanchaca
Name of the strong cool Arctic current that affects Chile wine country?
Humboldt
Which of the following are based on Carmenère?
Seña Errazuriz "Kai" Concha y Toro "Carmin del Peumo" Montes "Purple Angel" Montes "Alpha M"
Montes “Purple Angel”
Errazuriz “Kai”
Concha y Toro “Carmin del Peumo”
The Claro, Tutuven, and Loncomilla Valleys are located where?
Maule Valley
La Sirena, Vicuño, and Paiguano are DO areas where?
Elquí Valley
Carmenère was incorrectly identified as this grape? Until when?
Merlot
Until 1994
What is the most planted red variety in Itata?
País
The Teno and Lontué Valleys are located in which Valley?
Curicó Valley
What are the 3 DOs of Maule?
Claro Valley DO
Loncomilla Valley DO
Tutuven Valley DO
What are the 2 DOs of Curicó Valley?
Teno Valley DO
Lontué Valley DO
What is VIGNO? What is it short for?
Organization that exists for the purpose of preserving old vine Carignan in Maule Valley?
Vigno is short for Vignadores de Carignan
What is the min vine age for VIGNO wines?
min 30 years
Where is Casa Lapostolle? Who owns it?
Apalta (Colchagua)
Gran Marnier owns it.
Who makes “Manso de Velasco”? Where is it? Grape?
Miguel Torres
Curicó Valley
Single-vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon
Chilean term for “old vines”?
Viejas viñas
Chilean term for “old vines”?
Viejas viñas
What are the partnerships for the following wines?
Almaviva
Seña
Almaviva:
Baron Philipe de Rothschild and Concha y Toro
Seña:
Robert Mondavi and Errazuriz
Coolest vintages in Chile from 2011-2015?
2011
2013
Coolest vintages in Chile from 2011-2015?
2011
2013
Molina, Romeral, and Sagrada Familia are all DO areas where?
Curicó Valley
Where is Casa Marín?
Lo Abaraca in the San Antonio Valley
Sub zone of Matetic?
Rosario in San Antonio Valley
Where are Kingston Family Vineyards located?
Casablanca Valley
When was Chile’s DO system introduced? Established?
1994 (introduced)
1995 (established)
What are the 3 DOs of the Sur from North to South?
Itata Valley DO
Bío Bío Valley DO
Melleco Valley DO
Concepción, Chile’s third largest city is closest to what DO?
Itata Valley
What are 3 wineries of Chile founded in the 19th century?
Cousiño Macul
Concha y Toro
Santa Rita
Chilean DO directly across Andes from Mendoza?
Maipo Valley DO
