South Island GIs and Sub-Regions Flashcards
What is the Latitude of Marlborough?
-41.50 degrees
What is the Maximum summer time temperature in Marlborough?
75 Degrees Farenheit
What is the average growing season temperature in Marlborough?
59.7 Degrees Farenheit
Climate of Marlborough
Cool nights Long days Dry, long growing season Sunshine Eastern cooling breezes Protective mountains, relief from extreme rain Indian summers and sometimes drought
Grapes of Marlborough
Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir
Styles of wine in Marlborough
Still white and red
Sparkling wine
Soil of Marlborough
Generally composed of sandy, alluvial loam topsoil over gravel, providing excellent drainage and limiting vine vigor. Some sites are more water-retentive, and induce a more herbaceous character in the final wine. Irrigation is widespread.
Geographical features in Marlborough
Richmond Ranges in the West
Wither Hills in the East
Wairu and Awatere River
What mountain range divides Marlborough from Nelson?
Richmond Range
What is the most exported wine of New Zealand?
Montana’s Lindauer Sparkling
Important producers in Marlborough
Cloudy Bay Kim Crawford Yealands Auntsfield Allan Scott Fromm Hunter's Saint Clair Spy Valley Nautilus Estate - pioneer here, great PN
Un-official sub-regions and soil structure of Marlborough.
(N to S)
Wairu Valley - clay and greywhacke
Southern Valleys - clay
Awatere Valley - clay and greywhacke
What is grewhacke?
A type of sandstone/gravel soil
Allan Scott, Fromm, Hunter’s, Saint Clair, and Spy Valley are major producers of what region?
Marlborough
Dog Point is a producer located within which region?
Marlborough
The Wairau Valley is located within which major New Zealand region?
Marlborough
Which region on the South Island produces over half of the entire country’s wine?
Marlborough
Name the major wine regions on the South Island.
Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Central Otago -Currently, these regions are informal; however, new regulations may pave the way for eventual legal recognition of New Zealand's areas of production.
What four grapes compose over 80% of the Nelson region’s vineyard acreage?
Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinot Gris,
Pinot Noir
This GI is New Zealand’s sunniest.
Nelson
Describe the climate of Nelson
Warm days
Cool nights
Rainy
-rainiest on the South Island
Where are the Waimea Plains and the Moutere Hills located?
Nelson, South Island
What is the rainiest region in the South Island?
Nelson
Where are these geographical features located? Tasman Mountains Tasman Bay Golden Bay Richmond Range Waimea River
Nelson, South Island
What is the Northernmost GI of the South Island of New Zealand?
Nelson
Latitude of Waitaki Valley, North Otago
-44.73 degrees latitude
Grapes of Waitaki Valley, North Otago
Pinot Gris, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Riesling, Gewurtzraminer
Pinot Nor
What aromatic grape varieties grow in Nelson
Riesling
Gewurztraminer
Where is the Waitaki River
Waitaki Valley, North Otago
Central Otogo
Describe the climate of Waitaki Valley, North Otogo
Coastal breeze, hot, dry summers, cold winters, long dry autumns, continental extremes, rain shadow
What causes there to be a rain shadow affect in Waitaki Valley, North Otogo and Central Otogo?
Southern Alps
Elements of Waitaki Valley, North Otago
Waitaki River
S Alps
Soil of Waitaki Valley, North Otogo
Waitakian limestone
Greywacke
Schist
What is the latitude of Central Otogo?
-45 degrees latitude
Main grape of Central Otogo
Pinot Gris, Riesling, Chardonnay, Gewurztraminer
Pinot Noir
-most planted
-1,356 ha
What GI of New Zealand is the Southern most in the world?
Central Otogo
Climate of Central Otogo
Semi-Continental -only region in the country to experience a truly continental climate. Frost High Sunshine Short, hot summers Dry -diurnal temperature swings -vineyards planted north facing b/c south facing is too cold
Soil structure of Central Otogo
Glacial soils, windblown loess (silt) formed over successive ages by glaciers
Schist, clay, silt loam, light sand
In what GI do you find all three of the Southern Alps, Lake Wanaka, and Waitaki River?
Central Otogo
Where are these subregions located? Gibbston Wanaka Cromwell Basin Bannockburn Bendigo Alexandra Basin
Central Otogo
What is the sole GI located in Central Otago?
Bannockburn GI
What is the Southern most un-official sub-region of Central Otogo?
Alexandra Basin
Where is Feraud’s 1864 planting located?
Alexandra Basin, Central Otogo
Where are these producers located? Domaine-Thomson Felton Road Rippan Prophet Rock Gibbston Valley Mt Difficulty
Central Otogo
Where are these producers located?
Pegasus Bay
Bellhill
Mt. Beautiful
Canterbury
Where are these producers located?
Yealands
Auntsfield
Marlborough
Grapes of Canterbury
Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling, Pinot Gris, Chardonnay
Pinot Noir
True or False.
Canterbury struggles with organic viticulture.
False
It is easy in Canterbury
Cool, long dry summers
Constant winds
What are the two winds that blow through Canterbury?
Hot, dry, nor’westerly
Cooler wind from the south
What is the Capital of the South Island?
Christchurch
Soil structure of the Canterbury
Cantebury Plains: silty loam over gravel
Waipara River: gravelly soil
Eastern Waipara Region: limestone derived clay
Elements of Canterbury
Waipara River
Canterbury Plains
Teviotdale Hills
S Alps
GIs of Canterbury GI
North Canterbury GI
Waipara Valley/Waipara GI
Where is the Waipara River located?
Canterbury
Where are the Teviotdale Hills located?
Canterbury: protects Waipara from east winds
What two features protect Canterbury?
Southern Alps
Teviotdale Hills
Waipara Valley/Waipara GI is an official sub-region of what GI?
Canterbury, South Island
What is Canterbury’s un-official sub-region?
Canterbury Plains
Where can you find greywacke soils in Cantebury?
North Canterbury
How would you describe the style of Bell Hill and Pyramid Valley?
Burgundian
Where is Bell Hill and Pyramid Valley located?
Waipara Valley, Northern Cantebury
Ivan Donaldson founded what winery and where?
Pegasus Bay, Waipara Valley, Cantebury
Name the major wine regions on the South Island from North to South.
Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Central Otogo -Currently, these regions are informal; however, new regulations may pave the way for eventual legal recognition of New Zealand's areas of production.
Upper Moutere is located within which region?
Nelson
Neudorf, Greenhough estate and Seifried are prominent producers in which region in the South Island?
Nelson
Which Champagne producer forged a partnership with Montana to produce premium sparkling wines in Marlborough?
Deutz
-Deutz, formerly known as Deutz & Geldermann, is a Champagne producer based in the Ay region of Champagne
What is now considered New Zealand’s fastest growing wine region due in large part to the success of its northern subregion Waipara Valley?
Canterbury
What is the name of the bay that the Canterbury region surrounds?
Pegasus Bay
Major geographical features of Canterbury.
Waimakariri River
Waipara River
Puketeraki Range
Where is Bannockburn GI located?
Central Otogo
What region is known for having the highest altitude in New Zealand?
Central Otogo
What are the 8 GIs on the South Island of New Zealand? (not counting South Island GI or NZ GI)
Nelson GI Marlborough GI Canterbury GI Waipara GI (within Canberbury) North Canterbury GI Waitaki Valley GI Central Otago GI Bannockburn GI
As of February 2019, what are the 22 GIs of New Zealand?
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New Zealand GI
North Island GI:
Northland GI
Auckland GI
-Matakana GI
-Kumeu GI
-Waiheke Island GI
Gisborne GI
Hawke’s Bay/Hawkes Bay GI
-Central Hawke’s Bay GI
Wairarapa GI
-Gladstone GI
-Martinborough GI
South Island GI
Nelson GI
Marlborough GI
Canterbury GI
-North Canterbury GI
-Waipara Valley/Waipara GI
Waitaki North Otago/Waitaki Valley GI
Central Otago GI
-Bannockburn GI
What are the sub-regions of Central Otago?
Wanaka (cool and wet)
Bendigo (warmest, north facing slopes)
Gibbston (highest in elevation, latest to ripen)
Cromwell Basin (low-lying terraces)
Bannockburn GI (warm and dry)
Alexandra (most extreme temperature and diurnal shifts)
Where was viticulture first introduced in Canterbury?
Banks Peninsula
Where are the greatest concentration of vineyards in Canterbury today?
Waipara
Where is Waitaki Valley?
Between Canterbury and Central Otago.
Greywacke/schist soils.
Pinot Noir dominant.
Who makes the F Series in Marlborough?
Framingham
Where will you find the Clayvin Vineyard? Who makes wine from here?
Marlborough
Fromm
Who owns the oldest Malbec vineyards in New Zealand?
FROMM
Who makes Te Koko? From Where?
Cloudy Bay
Marlborough
Who makes Pelorus? What is it?
Cloudy Bay
Traditional Method Sparkling from PN and Chard
Who is one of NZ leaders in Sparkling wine?
Quartz Reef
Central Otago
This winery accounts for approximately one-fourth of the total output of white wine in Central Otago.
Amisfield
This winery accounts for approximately one-fourth of the total output of white wine in Central Otago.
Amisfield
