WA Flashcards
What is the hottest GI in Australia?
Swan Valley in Greater Perth
What is the most famous GI in Western Australia, and what is it known for?
Margaret River
Red Bordeaux-style blends, white Bordeaux-style blends, and Chardonnay
What are the zones of Western Australia?
Greater Perth Central Western Australia South West Australia West Australian South East Coastal Eastern Plains
What are the 3 regions of Greater Perth?
Swan District
Perth Hills
Peel
What is the subregion of Swan District?
Swan Valley
When were the first vineyards planted in Western Australia, and where? What are two of the oldest wineries?
1829, Planted by Thomas Waters in Swan Valley
Houghton (1836), and Sandalford (1840)
What are the 6 regions of South West Australia?
Geographe Margaret River Blackwood Valley Manjimup Pemberton Great Southern
What are the 5 subregions of Great Southern?
Frankland River Mount Barker Porongurup Albany Denmark (clockwise from top left)
What major European wine region can Margaret River be compared to?
Bordeaux
What longitudinal parallel does Gladstones line follow? What natural feature runs along it?
115º 18’E
Whicher Range
When did John Gladstones proposed subzones for Margaret River? What were the divisions based on?
1999
Catalogued by drainage direction of the various rivers and creeks, which also corresponds to the direction of airflow. Soils were not a consideration.
What are the unofficial subzones of Margaret River?
(north to south) Yallingup, Carbunup Wilyabrup, Treeton Wallcliffe Karridale
How are the “first five” producers distributed amongst the subzones?
Wilyabrup: Vasse Felix, Cullen, Moss Wood
Wallcliffe: Leeuwin Estate, Cape Mentelle
What is the Gingin clone?
The chardonnay clone popular in Margaret River, known elsewhere as Mendoza. Prone to millerandage.
What was the first winery in Margaret River, and what was the inaugural vintage and wine?
Vasse Felix, founded by Dr. Tom Cullity
1971 Riesling
First red was 1972 Cabernet Sauvignon-Malbec