Chile Areas Flashcards

1
Q

Chile’s Región Vitícola from North to South

A
Atacama
Coquimbo
Aconcagua
Valle Central (Central Valley)
Sur (Southern Regions)
Austral
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2
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Atacama: Subregions

A

Copiapo

Huasco

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3
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Coquimbo: Subregions

A

Elqui
Limari
Choapa

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4
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Aconcagua: Sub-regions

A

Aconcagua
Casablanca
San Antonio

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5
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San Antonio: Zones

A

Leyda

Lo Abarco, Rosario, Malvilla

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6
Q

Central Valley: Subregions

A

Maipo
Rapel
Curico
Maule

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7
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Rapel: Zones

A

Cachapoal

Colchagua

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8
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Curico: Zones

A

Teno

Lontue

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9
Q

Maule: Zones

A

Claro
Loncomilla
Tutuven

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10
Q

Sur: Subregions

A

Itata
Bio Bio
Malleco

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11
Q

Austral: Subregions

A

Cautin

Osorno

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12
Q

Which area of Maule was a major site for vineyard acreage in the 1800’s? In what GD and zone is it located?

A

Cauquenes
Entre Cordilleras
Tutuven

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13
Q

What is the single most important DO area for Carmenère? Where is it located, and what GD does it belong to?

A

Peumo
Cachapoal
Entre Cordilleras

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14
Q

Where is La Serena? What GD does it fall under?

A

Elqui Valley

Costa

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15
Q

What and where are the highest viticultural areas in Chile? How high are they?

A

Vicuña and Paiguano
Elqui, Andes
500M-2000M

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16
Q

What is the Costa designated area in Limari?

A

Ovalle

17
Q

What two areas of Aconcagua are outside the subregions?

A

Marga Marga
Zapallar
Both Costa

18
Q

In what area does the Aconcagua make a sharp hairpin turn, cutting off coastal air from the rest of the valley?

A

Quillota (Costa)

19
Q

What three areas make up the square sided amphitheater in the east of Aconcagua?

A

Santa Maria
San Esteban
Calle Larga
All Andes, between San Felipe and Los Andes.

20
Q

Where is Panquehue?

A

Aconcagua, Entre Cordilleras

21
Q

Which subregion of Aconcagua is designated a GD area in its entirety?

A

Casablanca

22
Q

Which three areas of Maipo are on the border of or within Santiago?

A
Santiago
Pirque
Buin
Puente Alto
All Andes
23
Q

What are the two most important areas of the Maipo Entre Cordilleras?

A

Isla de Maipo (De Martino)

Alhué

24
Q

What are the Costa areas of Colchagua?

A

Lolol
Paredones
Pumanque

25
Q

What are the Andes areas of Colchagua?

A

Chimbarongo

San Fernando

26
Q

Which two DO’s of Colchagua expanded most significantly in the 1990’s and 2000’s? Which producers were responsible?

A

Lolol (Costa)
Marchigüe (Entre Cordilleras)
Viña Santa Cruz
Montes

27
Q

Which producers are venturing up in to the Andes foothills in Colchagua, taking advantage of the basalt terraces and cool winds?

A

Siegel and Koyle (owned by the Undurraga family), planting in Los Lingues

28
Q

What is the viticultural area of Malleco, and what is it named for?

A

Traigúen, named for the only town of significance.