VIC Flashcards
What two GIs are shared between New South Wales and Victoria?
Murray Darling
Swan Hill
What area of Australia was most ravaged by phylloxera?
Victoria
What is Victoria’s oldest wine region?
Yarra Valley
Where is the Australian Domaine Chandon?
Yarra Valley, Victoria, founded in 1987
What two soil types dominate the Yarra Valley?
Grey-brown sandy clay
Red Volcanic
Lower Yarra v. Upper Yarra
Lower Yarra is northerly, warmer, lower elevation, sandy loam
Upper Yarra is higher elevation, cooler, red basalt
Popular Pinot Noir clones in the Yarra
667, 777, MV6 (Busby vine from Clos de Vougeot)
Yarra: Geographical Features and Major Grapes
Yarra Ranges, Great Dividing Range, Southern Ocean
Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Sauv Blanc
What is the climate of Mornington Peninsula (and by extension, much of the Port Philip area)?
Profoundly maritime, cooled by Antarctic breezes.
Mornington Peninsula: Soils, Major Geographic Features, Major Grapes
Hard yellow duplex, brown duplex, red volcanic, sand
Bass Strait, Port Philip Bay, Western Port Bay
Pinot Noir, Shiraz, Cab Sauv, Chardonnay, Pinot Gris
Which zones of Victoria experience a more continental climate with a large diurnal shift?
North East Victoria
North West Victoria
Central Victoria
Where and what is Moorabool?
The original center for Victorian wine production during the gold rush, and again the current heart of Geelong.
Geelong: Soils, Climate, Geographic Features, Major Grapes
Red brown clay loam
Driest GI in the Port Philip zone, prone to spring frost
Port Philip Bay, Bass Strait
Moorabool, Leigh, Barwon Rivers
Pinot Noir, Shiraz, Cab Sauv, Chard, Riesling, Sauv Blanc
Sunbury: Soils, Geographic Features, Major Grapes
Poor dark soils, sandy loam
Macedon Ranges, Port Philip Bay
Shiraz, Cab Sauv, Chardonnay, Sauv Blanc, Semillon
Macedon Ranges: Soils, Climate, Major Grapes
High elevation (400-600M) granitic loam; deeper loam in valleys Coolest region on the Australian mainland. Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Shiraz, Cab Sauv, Riesling
What is the major grape of Central Victoria?
Shiraz
What Victoria producer boasts old vine Shiraz, along with the oldest Marsanne plantings in Australia? And where are they?
Tahbilk, located in the Nagambie Lakes subregion of Goulburn Valley
What is the major style of North East Victoria?
Fortified sweet wines of muscadelle, originally labeled Tokay.
What term is replacing Tokay, and when?
Topaque; set to take over completely by 2020.
What grape is Rutherglen Brown Muscat made from, and what are the wines like?
Muscat Rouge à Petits Grains.
Rancio in style: rich, sweet, and rasinated.
What does an “R” on the label of Rutherglen Brown Muscat mean?
That the producer is a member of the Muscat of Rutherglen Network, founded in 1995 and the developer of the voluntary four-tier classification system.