Chile Flashcards
What is the most planted grape variety in Chile?
- Cabernet Sauvignon
Major producers on Apalta vineyard / Location
- Central Valley, Rappel Valley, Valle de Colchagua
- Lapostolle, Montes, Las Niñas, Neyen
Who produce Purple Angel & what are the grape varieties?
- Montes, Carmenère (92%) Petit Verdot (8%)
What are the requirements for VIGNO?
- Min 85% Carignan, which must be dry farmed
- head-trained and at least 30 years of age
- The remainder of the blend must be other old vines, head-trained, dry-farmed fruit from Maule
- Min 2 years of aging
Who is producing Seña wines? Where is it located?
- Founded by Errazuriz & Robert Mondavi, now 100% owned by Chadwich, also owner of Errazuriz
- Aconcagua Valley
Which region have a soil similar to Coonawarra in Chile?
- Coquimbo, Limari
What’s the name of the fog in Chile?
- Camanchaca
Who is behind Almaviva project?
- Concha y Toro & Baron Philippe de Rothschild (Central Valley, Maipo)
What is the minimum percentage of a vintage, a varietal and domination of origin for a DO in Chile?
- 75%, but a lot do 85% to follow EU standards for export
What is the minimum alcohol for a DO?
- 11.5% and must be a vitis vinifera
What are the label terms permitted for DO wines?
- Reserva
- Gran Reserva
- Reserva Especial
- Reserva Privada
- Gran Vino
- Selección
- Superior
What is the four-tier system for DO in Chile?
- Viticultural region (region Viticola)
- Subregion
- Zone
- Area
What are the six viticultural regions in Chile?
- Atacama
- Coquimbo
- Aconcagua
- Valle Central
- Sur
- Austral
What are the three new divisions for existing DOs based on proximity to the mountains or the ocean?
- Costa
- Entre Cordilleras
- Andes
What is the most common type of irrigation in Chile?-
- Drip irrigation, introduced in the early 1990s
True of False, ? In Chile, there is more red grapes planted than white.
- True, about 75% of Chile’s planting
What is the crossing of Carmenère?
- Cabernet Franc & Gros Cabernet
What is the synonym of Muscat of Alexandria in Chile?
- Moscatel
Between Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot & Carmenère, which one is usually the last to be harvested ?
- Carmenère, about a months after Merlot and two or three weeks after Cabernet Sauvignon
What is one of the chief reasons why Carmenère disappeared in France after phylloxera?
- Carmenère is a difficult grape to graft, long growing season
Name the sub region of the Aconcagua?
- Aconcagua Valley
- Casablanca Valley
- San Antonio Valley
+ - Valle del Marga-Marga (outside DO subregions)
- Valle del Zapallar (outside DO subregions)
Who are behind the project Aquitania? Where is it located?
- Bruno Prats (Cos d’Estournel) & Paul Pontaillier (Château Margaux)
- Maipo
Where is Panquehue located?
- a zone within Aconcagua Valley
Where Torres first established and in what year?
- 1979
- Curicó
Who was the first winery to produce commercial wine in the Leyda Do?
- Viña Leyda
Who is producing the cuvée Kai? What grape is used?
- Errázuriz, Carmenère grape
What means cabeza?
- head-trained vines
Where do you find Pirque and Puerto Alto?
- Maipo, Central valley
What specific valley is located North of the Tinguiririca river, and in what Region?
- Apalta in Valle de Colchagua (zone), Rapel (subregion)
Lapostolle, Montes, Casa Silva are famous wineries in what region?
- Valle de Colchagua
What is the iconic wine of Lapostolle?
- Clos Apalta
What is the Manso de Velasco plot?
- 100 years old Cabernet Sauvignon vines of Torres in Curico
Who is behind the project Viñedo Chadwick? Where is it located?
- Errázuriz
- Maipo
Name the two DO in the Austral zone
- Valle del Cautin
- Valle de Osorno
Errazuriz is a famous producer in what specific region?
- Aconcagua Valley
Who’s producing Don Melchor? Where is it located?
- Concha y Toro in Maipo
Which vintage between 2016, 2017 and 2018 is considered as the best in Chile?
- 2018, slightly cooler, so deliver freshness and concentration
2016 was rainy and 2017 really warm
What is MOVI referring to?
- It’s an association of small quality-oriented Chilean wineries
What is responsible of the weakening or warming of the Humboldt Current? What are the consequences?
- El Niño, Pacific ocean surface temperatures warm off the coasts of Chile and Peru, devastating fish population and increasing rainfall dramatically
What is the appellation goes from the Husasco River Valley to the Peru Border?
- Atacama
Where are the grapes picked to produce Don Melchor, Almaviva and Vinedo Chadwick?
- Maipo Valley
What is the blend of Alpha M from Montes?
- Cabernet based (80%)
- Cabernet Franc (10%)
- Merlot (5%)
- Petit Verdot (5%)
What are the subregions of Sur (south)?
- Itata
- Bío-Bío
- Malleco
Where can you find the following wineries: Altaïr, Anakena and Clos des Fous?
- Cachapoal
Who is behind the project Casa Real? Where is it located?
- Santa Rita
- Maipo