Western Australia Flashcards
What is Australia’s hottest GI?
Swan Valley GI
What are the zones of Western Australia?
Central Western Australia GI Eastern Plains, Inland and North of Western Australia Greater Perth South West Australia West Australian South East Coastal
Regions of Greater Perth
Peel GI
Perth Hills GI
Swan District GI
What are the GIs of South West Australia GI?
Blackwood Valley GI Geographe GI Great Southern GI Manjimup GI Margaret River GI Pemberton GI
What are the subregions of Great Southern GI?
Albany Denmark Porongurup Mount Barker Frankland River
What bodies of water surround Margaret River GI?
Geographe Bay
Indian Ocean
Southern Ocean
Where is Gladstone’s Line? What is Gladstone’s Line?
Line of longitude 115º 18’ E
Eastern border of Margaret River, follows the Whicher Range
How were the boundaries of the unofficial subzones of Margaret River GI defined?
By the drainage directions of the rivers and creeks, which correspond to air flow direction.
What are the unofficial subzones of Margaret River GI?
Yallingup Wilyabrup Wallcliffe Karridale Carbunup Treeton
Who are the “first five” of Margaret River GI?
Vasse Felix Cullen Leeuwin Estate Moss Wood Cape Mentelle
Which “first five” producers are in Wilyabrup?
Vasse Felix
Cullen
Mosswood
Which “first five” producers are in Wallcliffe?
Leeuwin Estate
Cape Mentelle
What are the “Houghton” selections?
Cabernet clones brought from South Africa to Margaret River by Thomas Waters
Margaret River climate
Warm Mediterranean with maritime influence. Dry summers, rainy winters, slightly warmer than Medoc and Coonawarra.
What is Margaret River GI’s “Golden Triangle”?
Trio of producers of Wallcliffe: Leeuwin Estate, Cape Mentelle, Voyager Estate. Coined by James Halliday. Top Chard producers
