Victoria Flashcards
Zones of Victoria
North West Victoria, Western Victoria, Central Victoria, Port Phillip, North East Victoria, Gippsland
Regions and subregions of Western Victoria Zone
Henty, Grampians, Great Western (subregion of Grampians), Pyrenees
Regions and subregions of the North West Victoria Zone
Murray Darling and Swan Hill, both shared with New South Wales
Regions and subregions of Central Victoria Zone
Bendigo, Heathcote, Goulburn Valley, Nagambie Lakes (a subregion of Goulburn Valley), Strathbogie, Upper Goulburn
Regions and subregions of Port Phillip Zone
Macedon Ranges, Sunbury, Geelong, Yarra Valley, Mornington Peninsula
Regions and subregions of Gippsland Zone
none
Regions and subregions of North East Victoria
Glenrowan, Rutherglen, King Valley, Beechworth, Alpine Valleys
Port Phillip Zone climate, cities, geography
Along the coast in southern Victoria. Vineyards surround Port Phillip Bay. Cool maritime climate, Cities: Melbourne, Geelong
Yarra Valley location, grapes, soil
Region in Port Phillip Zone, Victoria. Directly NE of Melbourne. Victoria’s oldest wine region. PN, Chard, CS, Shiraz (often co-fermented w/ Viognier and called Syrah), Sparkling. grey-brown sandy loam and fertile red basalt-derived volcanic soils
Yarra Valley producers
Home to boutique wineries and newer larger houses as well. Mount Mary, Australian Domaine Chandon, de Bortoli, Yarra Yarra, Yering Station, Yarra Yering, Luke Lambert
Mornington Peninsula location, grapes
Region in the Port Phillip Zone, Victoria. South of Melbourne, enclosing the Port Phillip Bay. One of Australia’s coolest and most maritime climates. Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, Chard
Mornington Peninsula producers
Main Ridge Estate, Kooyong, Paringa Estate
Geelong
Region in the Port Phliip Zone, Victoria. Across the Port Phillip Bay SW of Melbourne. PN
Geelong producers
Bannockburn, By Farr
Sunbury
Region in the Port Phliip Zone, Victoria. NW of Melbourne
Macedon Ranges
Region in the Port Phliip Zone, Victoria. North of Sunbury, south of Bendigo and Heathcote.Higher elevation, coolest Australian region on the mainland. PN, Chard, Shiraz, Sparkling
Macedon Ranges producers
Bindi
Murray Darling
Region shared between Victoria and New South Wales (North West Victoria Zone) along the Murray R. Char adn Shiraz, commercial production, hot, continental, heavily irrigated
Swan Hill
Region shared between Victoria and New South Wales (North West Victoria Zone) along the Murray R. Char adn Shiraz, commercial production, hot, continental, heavily irrigated
Henty
Region in the Western Victoria Zone. Neighboring Mount Gambier, in South Australia. Cooler, coastal. PN, Chard Riesling
Grampians
Region in the Western Victoria Zone, between Henty and Pyrenees at the western edge of the Great Dividing Range, higher elevation. Shiraz, CS, PN, Riesling. One subregion: Great Western.
Pyrenees
Region in the Western Victoria Zone, Between Grampians and Bendigo. CS, Shiraz
Bendigo
Region in the Central Victoria Zone. Ravaged by Phylloxera in the late 1800’s. Dry, warm, continental. Red grapes: Shiraz, CS, Merlot
Heathcote
Region in the Central Victoria Zone. Ravaged by Phylloxera in the late 1800’s. Dry, warm, continental. Red grapes: Shiraz, CS, Merlot
Heathcote producers
Jasper Hill (Shiraz), Domaine Terlato & M Chapoutier
Goulburn Valley
Region in the Central Victoria Zone. Warm, inland, continental. Red grapes: Shiraz, CS. One subregion: Nagambie Lakes
Nagambie Lakes
Subregion of Goulburn Valley in Central Victoria Zone. Home to Tahbilk, one of the only producers to survive and continue winemaking through Phylloxera. Acclaimed Shiraz from a plot of ungrafted vines in sandy soils planted pre phylloxera in 1860. Also home to some of the oldest Marsanne vines in the world.
Strathbogie
Region in the Central Victoria Zone between Goulburn Valley and Upper Goulburn. In the Dividing Range, higher elevation. PN, Chard
Upper Goulburn
Region in the Central Victoria Zone. In the Dividing Range, higher elevation. PN, Chard
Glenrowan
Region in the North East Victoria Zone. produces similar styles of fortified wines and dry reds as Rutherglen
King Valley
Region in the North East Victoria Zone, Higher elevation in the Dividing Range, slightly cooler. Merlot, CS, PN, Chard, SB
Beechworth
Region in the North East Victoria Zone. Higher elevation in the Dividing range, slightly cooler. Red grapes: CS, PN, Shiraz, Merlot
Alpine Valleys
Region in the North East Victoria Zone. Higher elevation in the Dividing range, slightly cooler. Merlot, PN, Chard, SB, PG
Rutherglen
Region in the North East Victoria Zone. Hot, Continental, Murray R. forms northern border. Famous for “stickies” sweet, fortified Muscat, also produce red table wines: Shiraz, Durif (PS). The gold rush town wine industry flourished before phylloxera w/ red table wines, turned to bulk sweet fortified after the Great Depression.
The Muscat of Rutherglen Network
a producers’ syndicate established in 1995, has developed a voluntary and self-regulating four-tier classification system for the Muscat wines based on taste profile, similar to the undefined designations of Tawny Port. Tiers w/ increasing age and rancio character: Rutherglen Muscat, Classic, Grand, Rare (should taste min 20yo)
Rutherglen Muscat Production
Brown Muscat (Muscat Frontignan, Muscat Rouge a Petite Grains) dries on the vine during the passillerage process, short fermentation on the skins, then pressed and fortified w/ grape spirit at 1:4 ratio (a la port), aged in old cask for years, w/ evaporation concentrating the sugars. Some producers use a solera system
Rutherglen Muscat Producers
Campbell’s, Chambers, All Saints
Rutherglen Topaque
Formerly Tokay before EU trade agreements. Fortified Muscadelle (probably the only fortified version of this Bordeaux and W France grape in the world). Treated similarly to Rutherglen Muscat: passillerage, fortification and aging w/ same categories (Classic, Grand, etc), results in a paler wine as it is white, w/ 30-40 g/l less sugar, less intensity more acidity, basic styles can be served chilled as an apertif
Apera
Australia’s new term for Sherry style wines after the EU 2010 trade agreement
Gippsland
Zone in Victoria with no regions. 3 unofficial: South, east, west
Gippsland producers
Bass Philip (South)
Great Western
Subregion of the Grampains Region in the South West Victoria Zone.
Grampian’s producers
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