South Australia Flashcards

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What state dominates the country’s wine output

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South Australia

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2
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What state is phylloxera free

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South Australia

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3
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Adelaide Zone

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Super zone with Mount Lofty Ranges Zone, Fleurieu Zone, Barossa Zone. Can be IGT

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4
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South West Australia Zone

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Blackwood Valley, Geographe, Great Southern, Margaret River

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5
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Langhorne Creek GI

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Productive region. 26 producers. Large yields of med bodied reds. Important for Jacob’s Creek

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6
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Barossa soils

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Limestone and Ironstone

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Barossa climate

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Hot, drought risk

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8
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Barossa whites

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Chard, Semillon, some Riesling

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Barossa Shiraz style

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Classic, full-bodied, soft, spicy, develops leather with age

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10
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Barossa producers

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  1. PENFOLDS
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11
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Eden Valley soils

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Poor, quartz based

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12
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Pewsey Vale

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Planted by Joseph Gilbert in 1947

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13
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Eden Valley Riesling style

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Long-lived, juicy lime

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Eden Valley Shiraz style

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Cooler climate, spicier and more elegant than valley floor, finer tannins, lower alcohol

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15
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Clare Valley Producers

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43, most small

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16
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Clare Valley Riesling style

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Dry, lightly browned toast with twists of lime with age

17
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Clare Valley reds style

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Intensely colored, deeply flavored, long-lived, EUCALYPTUS

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Clare Valley grapes

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Almost all producers make Riesling, Shiraz, CS

19
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Adelaide Hills grapes

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SB, Shiraz Chard. Base wines for sparkling

20
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Adelaide Hills Chard Style

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Elegant, high acid, nectarine and lemon

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Adelaide hills producers

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Henschke, The Lane, Nepenthe, Shaw + Smith

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Mount Lofty Ranges Zone

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Clare Valley, Adelaide Hills

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Limestone Coast Zone

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Mount Benson, Robe, Wrattonbully, Coonawarra, Padthaway

24
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Coonawarra soils

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Limestone, TERRA ROSSA

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Terra Rossa
Red-brown loam or clay directly over well drained limestone
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Coonawarra style
Australia's best CS. Ripe red berry, cassis, sweet herb, dried mint
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Coonawarra climate
Cool Mediterranean
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Padthaway soils
Limestone
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Padthaway style
Mid-priced Chard, SB, Shiraz
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Padthaway producers
6 wineries
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Wratonbully
2004 Tapanappa joint venture w/ Brian Croser, Jean-Michel Cazes (Ch Lynch Bages)
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Mount Benson soils
Sand and limestone. Cooler
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Mount Benson style
Greater elegance but less weight and structure
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Feurieu Zone
McLaren Vale, Langhorne Creek, Kangaroo Island Currency Creek, Southern Fleurieu
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McLaren Vale climate
Warm Mediterranean with Maritime influence, considerable mesa-climate variation
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McLaren Vale grapes
Shiraz, CS, Grenache (some dry farmed)
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McLaren Vale Shiraz style
Intense, brooding tannin, high abc, deep blue fruits , iron
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Riverland
59% of S. AUS total crush. 27% of nation's total crush
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Riverland grapes
Chard, Shiraz, CS, Merlot