Victoria Flashcards
Zones of Victoria
Northwest Victoria
Western Victoria
Central Victoria
Port Phillip
North East Victoria
Gippsland
Australia’s most important wine are in the 1800s
Victoria
Main grapes of Murray Darling and Swan Hill GIs
North West Victoria Zone
Big Rivers Zone (shared)
Chardonnay/Shiraz
Where is Tahbilk located
Nagambie lakes subregion of Goulburn Valley in Central Victoria
When were Tahbilk’s flagship Syrah vines planted
1860
Where are the oldest Marsanne vines in Australia and possibly the world
Tahbilk
Goulburn Valley GI Central Victoria Zone
1927
GIs of central Victoria Zone
Bendigo GI
Goulburn Valley GI
Heathcote GI
upper Goulburn GI
Strathbogie Ranges GI
gIs of North East Victoria Zone
Alpine valleys GI
Beechworth GI
Glenrowan GI
king valley GI
Rutherglen GI
GI regions of northwest Victoria Zone
Murray Darling GI
Swan Hill GI
both shared with New South Wales State and Big Rivers Zone
Australia’s oldest wine region
Yarra Valley
what year was Domaine Chandon founded in Australia
1987
“Topaque” from Rutherglen GI (North East Victoria Zone) is made from this grape
Muscadelle
members of the muscat of Rutherglen Network distinguish their wines with this mark
Stylized “R” logo on label
main soil type of Heathcote GI in Centro Victoria zone
Greenstone (Cambrian era alkaline volcanic soil rich in copper or calcium era alkaline volcanic soil rich in copper or calcium)
where can “black dog” soil be found (fine sandy loam)
Victoria State
North East Victoria zone
Rutherglen G.I.
hottest zone: north west Victoria central Victoria or North East Victoria
North West Victoria
Muscat of Rutherglen quality classifications
Muscat: Base classification. The wines should be a younger style showing fresh fruit characters and integration of spirit. 3-5 years
Classic: A maturing style exhibiting raisined fruit flavour, cask aged flavour and the beginnings of rancio character. The palate shows balanced lusciousness, richness on the mid-palate from cask ageing and some concentrated characters. 6-10 years
Grand: A mature style exhibiting aged fruit flavour, rich cask aged character and rancio character. The palate shows balanced lusciousness, rich mid-palate from cask ageing, concentrated flavours from ageing and rancio flavours. 11-19 years
Rare: A rancio style showing all the flavours of prolonged cask ageing – lusciousness, extreme rancio and concentration. 20+ years
Gippsland zone to the east of Port Phillip is coastal and known for this variety
Pinot Noir
Central Victoria Zone encompasses these GIs and is known for these varietals
Red grapes, particularly Shiraz, thrive in the Bendigo, Heathcote, and Goulburn Valley GIs.
This soil type of Rutherglen is preferred for fortified styles
“Rutherglen” loam (preferred for fortified styles)
“Black Dog” fine sandy loam is the other soil type
Dominant winery of King Valley GI (North East Victoria Zone)
Brown Brothers of Malawa
Sparkling wine “Patricia”
(Pinot noir and Chardonnay from The Whitlands High Plateau)
Dal Zotto (Prosecco pioneer)
De Bortoli (Based out of Riverina)
This GI in North Eastern Victoria is still plagued by phylloxera
Alpine Valleys GI
(Victorian Alps Wine Company is a major Producer: Gapsted Label)
Producers of Beechwood GI (North East Victoria)
Chardonnay from Giaconda
Castagna (Shiraz and Viognier)
Sorrenberg (Gamay)
Western Victoria “Great Western” producers
Grampians GI: Seppelt and Bests
Pyrenees GI: Taltarni and Dalwhinnie
Henty: Seppelt (Called the region “Drumbourg”
First vines planted in Victoria
1838
This producer popularized Sparkling Burgundy in Australia
Victorian Producer Great Western
First European settlement in Victoria (convict)
1803
What year was the British Colony of Victoria founded
1851
Where was gold first discovered in Victoria
Ballarat
Bendigo
in the 1860s, this region was the most prodigious in all Australia
Geelong (West of Melbourne and Southeast of Gold fields of Ballarat)
Between 1860-1875, Australia exported 145,600 cases of wine to Britain annually. Most of it was from here
Victoria
What was Geelong’s “death by extinction?”
Victorian government ordered every vine in Geelong uprooted after Phylloxera hit
This region usurped Geelong as the Southern Hemisphere’s largest wine region by the time Phylloxera struck its vineyards in 1899
Rutherglen
When did Phylloxera hit Bendigo
1893
Not a vine remained
When did Phylloxera hit Yarra Valley
Much later
2006
Though in 1930s, the vines were grubbed up anyway to make room for pastureland
These factors affected development of Victorian wine industry in 20th century
Only Rutherglen fared even remotely well
temperance movement
World Wars and shortage of manpower
Economic Depression
Competition from South Australia with removal of interstate trade barriers
What year was Idyll Vineyard planted in Geelong
1966
as of 2013, there are _ wineries in Victoria and _ GI regions
775 Wineries
21 GI regions
This river marks the state of Victoria’s border with NSW
Murray
The Southernmost extremity of the Great Dividing range is at this GI
Grampians GI
(Western Victoria)
Australia’s most densely populated State
Victoria
Second and third most planted red grapes of Yarra Valley
Shiraz
Cabernet Sauvignon
more restrained styles, french oak
Winemaker for DeBortoli
Steve Webber
Top regions for Chardonnay in Australia
Yarra Valley
Margaret River
When did Phylloxera hit Heathcote and Bendigo in Central Victoria Zone?
1891
1893
(Both red wine producing GIs)
Heathcote GI in Central Victoria has become known for this style of wine
Full bodied Shiraz