Regions New Zealand

Question 1

Climate

Answer 1

Maritime

Question 2

Weather Issues

Answer 2

Rainfall
Excessive growth
Interfering with ripening

Question 3

Growing conditions and results

Answer 3

Long sunshine hours
cool nights from seabreeze
Long growing season
Hi sugar / flavor ripeness retained acid

Question 4

Sauvignon Blanc All/ North Island / South
Flavor
methods

Answer 4

All: Pungent aroma, elderflower, passion fruit, hi acid
North: warmer tropical
South: cooler higher acid, green bell pepper, passionfruit
Inert vessel, cool ferment
some use oak

Question 5

Chardonnay
Flavor

Answer 5

concentrated citrus, tropical fruit
toast and sweet spice from new French oak

Question 6

Riesling, Gewurztraminer, Pinot Gris
Growing conditions
Styles

Answer 6

Dry autumn, cool nights enable aromatic development
dry to sweet
off dry popular

Question 7

Pinot Noir
Rank
Regions
Style (tannin, texture, alcohol)

Answer 7

2

Mostly south island select north
Vibrant fruit, fine ripe tannin, soft texture high alcohol

Question 8

Merlot
Rank

Answer 8

2

Question 9

Cabernet Sauvginon
Uses
Regions

Answer 9

Blending to make blend
Adds tannin and cassis
North island for ripening

Question 10

Syrah
Style

Answer 10

Cooler style like Rhone

Question 11

Auckland
Weather
Issues
Grapes
Noteable region

Answer 11

warm / wet
Fungal
Chardonnay Merlot Syrah
Waheke Island for reds

Question 12

Gisborne
Vineyard location
Rainfall level
Weather during growing season
Grapes

Answer 12

East coast on plain
High
Warm and long days
Chardonnay, full body Pinot Gris, hi q Gewurztraminer

Question 13

Hawkes Bay
Vineyard location
Rank
Weather feature
Influences
Noteable area
Grapes

Answer 13

East coast on plain
#2
Warmest of all regions, long sunshine hours
Soil, altitude, aspects diverse
Gimblett Gravels - well drained heat absorbing
Cabernet, Merlot, Syrah, blends

Question 14

Wairarapa
Vineyard location
Noteable area / grapes / weather / body / flavor

Answer 14

Southern tip of north island
Martinborough
Pinot Noir
Summer temp hi but wide diurnal
Medium-full body, dark plum, spice

Question 15

Marlborough
Rank
Vineyard locations
Grapes
Styles

Answer 15

1

Wairau (largest) Awatere
Sauvignon Blanc #1, chardonnay, pinot noir, Riesling Pinot Gris
Still and sparkling

Question 16

Wairau
Climate
Geo influences

Answer 16

Long sunny days, wide diurnal
Aspects and altitudes in southern valleys

Question 17

Awatere
Climate versus Wairau
Wine style versus Wairau

Answer 17

Drier, cooler, windier
S Blanc higher acid, herbaceous, lack tropical fruit

Question 18

Nelson
Location re: Wairau
Climate re: Marlborough
Grapes

Answer 18

NW
Cooler / wetter
Sauv Blanc, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir

Question 19

Canterbury
Vineyard locations
Influences
Grapes
noteable in region

Answer 19

Plain west of Christchurch, Waipara Valley in North
Plain exposed to cooling Pacific and warm north easterly
Waipara warmed by north easterly winds, hills protect from ocean cooling
Sauv Blanc, Pinot Noir
Waipara - Riesling

Question 20

Central Otaga
Location
Viineyard geo influences
Climate
Weather issue
Growing season weather
Sunlight effect
Primary Grape / body, flavor, intensity
Other grapes

Answer 20

Inland in foothills of Southern alps
Altitudes aspects soils
Continental
Frost
Warm high diurnal
Bright sunlight -> high alcohol
Pinot noir, full body, concentrated red fruit
Pinot Gris, Riesling, Chardonnay