South Australia Flashcards
What is the climate of Coonawara GI? What zone is it in?
cool maritime
Limestone Coast zone
What is often thought to be the GI home to the best cabernet in AUS?
Coonawara GI
Top producers of Cabernet in Coonawara
- Majella
- Wynn - “John Riddoch”
- Parker Estate - “First Growth”
What is the name for the well drained red topsoil in Coonawara
terra rossa
What are the main grapes of Padthaway GI? What zone?
Limestone Coast Zone (whale shaped)
Cabernet (on terra rossa)
Riesling
Chardonnay
Name the GIs of Limestone Coast Zone
Coonawara Padthaway Mount Benson Robe Mount Gambier Wrattonbully
Where is the Lower Murray zone in South AUS
North of Limestone coast, on border of Victoria on Murray River
What is the GI of the Lower Murray Zone and what is the area known for
Riverland
- heavy irrigation
- bulk wine
- continental hot climate
What three zones make up the Adelaide Super Zone?
Barossa Zone
Mount Lofty Ranges Zone
Fleurieu Zone
What are the Barossa Zone,Mount Lofty Ranges Zone and Fleurieu Zone collectively known as?
Adelaide Super Zone
What two bodies of water moderate the mediterranean climate of Fleurieu?
Southern Ocean currents
Lake Alexandrina
What is the most important (and warmest) GI in Fleurieu Zone?
McLaren Vale GI
What grapes are the focus of McLaren Vale GI
Cabernet Sauvignon and Rhone varieties GSM
Top wines from McLaren Vale?
D’Arenberg’s “Dead Arm” Shiraz
Yangarra’s “High Sands” Grenache
Drew Noon’s Grenache-based “Eclipse”
Clarendon Hills’ “Astralis” Shiraz (dry farmed)
Who makes Dead Arm
D’Arenberg
Who makes Eclipse
Drew Noon’
Who makes Astralis
Clarendon Hills
What are the GIs of Fleurieu?
Kangaroo Island Southern Fleurieu Currency Creek Langhorne Creek McLaren Vale
What are the GIs of Mount Lofty Ranges Zone?
Adelaide Hills
Adelaide Plains
Clare Valley!
What GI has the subregions Lenswood and Piccadilly Valley?
Adelaide Hills GI
What styles and grapes do well in the cool maritime climate of Adelaide Hills
Sauv Blanc
Chard
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Sparkling wine
Where would one find the most classic and ageworthy Riesling in AUS? Why is the slightly odd?
Clare Valley
It has a warmer continental climate and mostly red grapes, but known for its riesling
Two unofficial subregions of Clare Valley and soil associated with each?
Watervale - limestone
Polish Hill River - broken slate
Top producer in Clare Valley
Grosset
