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Western australia Flashcards

1
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Zones of Western Australia

A

South West Australia
Greater Perth
Central Western Australia
West Australian South East Coastal
Eastern Plains, Inland & North of Western Australia

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GIs of greater Perth

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Peel
Perth hills
Swan district (swan valley)

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GIs of South West Australia

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Blackwood valley
Geographe
Great Southern
Manjimup
Margaret River
Pemberton

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4
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GIs of Great Southern

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Albany
Denmark
Franklin River
Mount barker
Porongurup

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5
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First vineyard in WA?

A

1829
Thomas waters
Swan valley

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6
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Australia’s hottest region

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Swan valley

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7
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When were vineyards first planted in Margaret River?

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1966

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8
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Gladstone’s line

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115’ 18” east longitude
Essentially following the whicher range
Eastern edge of Margaret River GI

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9
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First commercial wine in Margaret River

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Vasse Felix
Riesling 1971

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10
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Vasse Felix founder

A

Dr Tom Cullity

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11
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Unofficial sub zones of Margaret River

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Yallingup
Wilyabrup
Wallcliffe
Karridale
Carbunup
Treeton

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12
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Cooling afternoon wind in WA

A

Freemantle doctor

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13
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Producers of Wilyabrup subregion

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Cullen
Moss wood
Vasse Felix
Lenton Brae
Woodlands
Fraser Gallop
Gralyn estate

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14
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Producers of Yallingup

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Deep woods
Cape naturaliste
Windows estate

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15
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Southern section of Carbunup

A

Yelverton shelf
Higher elev than rest of Carbunup (75 vs 20)
Better drainage
Calcareous sandy loam over gravel

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16
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Producers of wallcliffe

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Leeuwin estate
Cape mentelle

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17
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Who makes classic dry white

A

Vasse Felix
Sauv blanc & sémillon
1st vintage 1987

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18
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Most common chard clone in WA

A

Gingin clone
Looser berry structure
Varied berry size

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19
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“Diana Madeline”

A

Cullen
Cabernet Merlot blend

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20
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“Kevin John”

A

Cullen
Chardonnnay

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21
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Art series wines

A

Leeuwin estate
Cabernet
Chardonnay
Shiraz
Riesling

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22
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First great southern sub region planted

A

Mount barker,
Forest hill winery, 1966
An experimental vineyard was planted in 1965)

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23
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Great southern coastal sub regions

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Denmark
Albany

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24
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Great southern inland sub regions

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Frankland river
Mount barker
Porongurup

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25
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Most planted grapes in great southern

A

Shiraz (30%)
Cabernet
Sauv blanc
Chardonnay
Sémillon
Riesling
Pinot noir

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26
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Coolest subregion of great southern

A

Albany

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27
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Sub region of great southern with least plantings

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Albany

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28
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Great southern sub region with most vineyard area

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Frankland river

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29
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Cygne blanc

A

White berried seedling of Cabernet
Discovered by sally mann in 1989 in swan valley

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30
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“Olmo’s Reward”

A

Frankland estate
Frankland River GI
Isolation ridge vineyard
Usually cab franc driven bdx blend
First vintage 1994(?)

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31
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“SmithCullam”

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Frankland Estate
Frankland river GI
Isolation ridge vineyard
Exceptional vintages of Riesling and Shiraz bottled separately

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32
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“Clayface”

A

Dormilona
Margaret River
100% Cabernet
Fermented in amphora 5 months, aged in amphora

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33
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“Alter Weg”

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Frankland estate
Frankland river GI
Riesling done with heavy lees contact and large foudres

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34
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Greater Perth

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Est 2001
~100 ha vineyards
First modern planting in 1974 (peel estate)
Gravel and granite inland, limestone sand and fluvial near coast
Shiraz, Cabernet
Chard, sémillon

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35
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Perth Hills

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Est 1999
~250 ha
Gravelly loams w/ clay and ironstone
First commercial planting 1880
Shiraz
Chenin blanc, verdehlo, chard, sem

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36
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Swan district

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Est 1988
~31 ha planted
First commercial planting 1830
Shiraz, cab
Chenin, verdehlo, chard

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37
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Swan valley

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Est 2003
Limited plantings
Shiraz, cab

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38
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Blackwood valley

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Est 1998
350 ha planted
Shiraz, cab
Sb, sem, chard
First commercial plantings 1976

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39
Q

Géographe

A

Est 1999
1030 ha planted
First planting in 1974
Shiraz, cab
Sem, chard, sb

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40
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Great southern

A

Est 1996
2490 ha planted

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41
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Most difficult vintage for WA in last decade

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2021 lots of rain, increased disease pressure, lack of labor in vineyards

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42
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Who planted first commercial vineyard in Margaret River

A

Vasse Felix
Planted 1966
First harvest 1971

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43
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Kent River flows through which GIs?

A

Frankland river
Denmark

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44
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Name of vineyard soils in Margaret River

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Ironstone gravel

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45
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Town of Margaret River located in which subregion?

A

Wallcliffe

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46
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Latitude of MR?

A

33.5

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47
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Cape mentelle founder

A

David Hohnen

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48
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Vasse Felix founder

A

Dr tom cullity

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49
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Xanadu founder

A

Dr john langan

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50
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Frankland estate founder

A

Judi cullam & Barrie smith

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51
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Moss wood founder

A

Sandra & bill Pannell

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52
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Subregion of MR which applied for official recognition in 2019

A

Wilyabrup

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53
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Scotsdale valley in which GI?

A

Denmark

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54
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Forest hill vineyard GI?

A

Mount barker
Great southern

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55
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West cape Howe wines GI?

A

Mount barker
Great southern

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56
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Plantagenet GI?

A

Mount Barker
Great southern

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57
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Oldest vineyard in great southern

A

Forest hill vineyard, planted 1965

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58
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Who owns/ farms isolation ridge vnyrd

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Frankland estate
Frankland river
Great southern

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59
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Well known consulting wine maker in great southern, porongurup?

A

Robert Diletti
Owns castle rock estate in porongurup

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60
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“Most important winery in great southern” according to James Halliday

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West cape Howe wines
Farms ~320 ha of vineyard
Sells lots of fruit
Custom crush center
Bought out constellation in great southern

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61
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First WA wine to wine Jimmy Watson Trophy

A

Cape Mentelle dry Claret 1982 (in 1983, repeated in 1984)

62
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Jimmy Watson Trophy Winners from WA

A

Cape Mentelle Dry Red Claret 1982 (1983)
Cape Mentelle Dry Red Claret 1983 (1984)
Flametree Wine Cabernet/Merlot 2007 (in 2008)
Harvey River Bridge Estate Cabernet 2009 (in 2010)
Deep Woods Estate Cabernet 2014 ( in 2016)
Xanadu Cabernet 2016 (in 2018)

63
Q

Picardy owner

A

Bill pannell
Pemberton, chard and Pinot focused

64
Q

1st Vintage of Houghton’s Jack Mann Cabernet

65
Q

Vineyard Sourcing for Houghton’s Jack Mann

A

Justin Vineyard, Franklin River, Great Southern

66
Q

Vintage character MR: 2020

A

Dry winter, warm season, early harvest, bigger richer styles

67
Q

Vintage Character MR: 2021

A

Cool, several large rain events during growing, leaner, and lighter styles

68
Q

First planting, vintage of moss wood

A

Planted in 1969
First vintage in 1973 (Cabernet)

69
Q

Albariño in WA?

A

Sittelli estate in swan valley

70
Q

Gruner veltliner in WA?

A

Castle Rock estate in porongurup

71
Q

Coffee rock

A

Laterite soils with lots of iron and aluminum
Sittella vineyards
Golden mile in southern swan valley “Brigadoon “

72
Q

Three hills vineyard

A

Happy winery
30 varieties over 30 ha
Kerridale, MR
Planted 1994

73
Q

Langton vineyard

A

West Cape Howe wines
Mount barker, great southern
Planted 1978

74
Q

Leston vineyard

A

Howard park wines
Wilyabrup, Margaret river

75
Q

Moss wood sold in?

A

1985
Clare and Keith mugford

76
Q

Winery of eastern plains inland and north of Western Australia

A

Across the lake
Lake grace, north of Albany
Cellar door in Denmark

77
Q

Winery of west Australian south eastern coast

A

Dalyup river estate (near espérance)
Shiraz, BdB

78
Q

Larry cherubino wineries

A

Hardy’s tintara
Houghton
Int’l experience in NZ, IT, RSa, USA

79
Q

Xanadu winery

80
Q

Howard park wines

81
Q

Ashbrook estate

82
Q

Forest hill vineyard

83
Q

Cape mentelle

84
Q

Frankland estate

85
Q

Happs winery

86
Q

Alkoomi

87
Q

Corymbia

88
Q

Walsh and sons

89
Q

Walsh and sons

90
Q

Vino Volta

91
Q

Vasse Felix

92
Q

Snake and herring

93
Q

Fishbone wines

94
Q

Boodjidup valley

A

Within wallcliffe, MR
Auspicious area for vineyards
Leeuwin, voyager estate, Xanadu Steven’s road

95
Q

Justin Vineyard

A

Planted in early 1970’s by Justin Roche
Frankland River, Great Southern
BDX varieties
Houghton’s Jack Mann, etc

96
Q

Mount Barrow Vineyard

A

Mount Barker
planted in 2005
owned by Howard Park Wines
Pinot, Chard, Meunier, gewurz, riesling

97
Q

Abercrombie Vineyard

A

Mount Barker
planted in 1975
BDX vars
purchased by Howard Park wines 2014

98
Q

What Noongar season is it now?

A

Djilba (“Jilba”)
1st spring, august, september
trees start to flower, magpies, kangaroos)

100
Q

Powderbark vineyard

A

Frankland river
Planted in 1998
Purchased in 2015 by Swinney family and Peter Dawson

101
Q

Ellens ridge vineyard

A

Owned by Cullen
Planted 95-97
Chard, sb, sémillon, cs, Merlot, cf

102
Q

Cullen subregion

103
Q

Main soil type in Margaret river

A

Forest grove soils (ironstone gravels, some laterite, over clay)

104
Q

Mungite soils

A

Sandy soil series, maybe mixed with some ironstone gravel

105
Q

Farvie

A

Swinney vineyards
Frankland river
Syrah, Grenache, Mourvèdre

106
Q

Sub region of voyager estate

A

Wallcliffe

107
Q

Ashbrook sub region

108
Q

Cape mentelle sub region

109
Q

Xanadu subregion

A

Wallcliffe

110
Q

Happs subregion

111
Q

Hay shed hill sub region

112
Q

Vino Volta GI

A

Swan district

113
Q

John kosovich GI

A

Swan district

114
Q

Sandalford GI

A

Swan district

115
Q

Sittella GI

A

Swan district

116
Q

Xanadu founder

A

Dr john langan

117
Q

Forest hill subregion

A

Mount barker

118
Q

Alkoomi subregion

A

Frankland river

119
Q

Castle rock subregion

A

Porongurup

120
Q

Wignalls subregion

121
Q

Town of Gingin located in which GI?

A

Swan valley

122
Q

Oldest vineyard plantings in great southern

A

Forest hill vineyards
Mount barker

123
Q

Hazel’s vineyard

A

McHenry Hohnen
Karridale

124
Q

Calgardup-Brook vineyard

A

McHenry Houghton
Karridale

125
Q

Family that bought Houghton vineyards and winery

A

Yukich
In 2019

126
Q

Plantagenet founder

A

Tony smith
1968

127
Q

Plantagenet vineyards

A

Bouverie (68)
Wyjup (71)
Crystal brook (88)
Rocky horror (99)
Rosetta (01)

128
Q

Bouverie vineyard

A

Plantagenet
Mount barker
1968

129
Q

Wyjup vineyard

A

Plantagenet
Mount barker
1971

130
Q

Crystal brook vineyard

A

Plantagenet
Mount barker
1988

131
Q

Rocky horror vineyard

A

Plantagenet
Mount barker
1999

132
Q

Rosetta ineyard

A

Plantagenet
Mount barker
2001

133
Q

Current owners of Vasse Felix

A

Holmes a court family
Purchased in 1987

134
Q

What other winery has the Holmes a Court family owned?

A

Forrest hill vineyard (mount barker)
From 1989 to 1996

135
Q

Famous vintage of forest hill Riesling

A

1975
Made by doreham Mann
9 trophies, 12 gold medals
Most awarded wine in showing history

136
Q

First vintage of forest hills vineyard

A

1972
Cabernet made at Houghton (by jack mann)
Riesling made at Sandalfors (by Doreham Mann)

137
Q

First vintage of Tom Cullity

A

2013
Previously heytesbury Cabernet

138
Q

MR 2019 vintage

A

Cooler
High humidity, lots of work in the vineyards and canopy management
High bird pressure
Lower alc, higher acid

139
Q

MR 2017 vintage

A

Cooler, later vintage than 10 year average
Lighter bodied, higher acid
High yields and heavy vineyard management

140
Q

Assemblage for Tom cullity

A

Cabernet (~75-85)
Malbec (~10-20)
PV

141
Q

What does Wadandi Boodja mean?

A

Land of the saltwater people in

142
Q

Year Houghton’s was founded

143
Q

MR Cabernet clones

A

Houghton clone (s)
SA126

144
Q

MR Cabernet clones

A

Houghton clone (s)
SA126

145
Q

Characteristics of houghton clone

A

Low vigor
Low yields
Small berries
Aromatic intensity and complexity
Fine tannins

146
Q

Who was Bill Jamieson

A

WA horticulturalist
Deep knowledge of great southern soils
Big advocate for planting in that region

147
Q

Supercontinent that shaped souls of WA

A

Gondwanaland

148
Q

Two main soil types of MR

A

Forrest grove
Mungite

149
Q

Parent rock Forrest grove rock

A

Granite and gneiss ironstone

150
Q

Noongar region of MR

151
Q

Noongar region of GS

152
Q

Burnside vineyard

A

Walsh & sons
MR

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