CHILE Flashcards
What are Chili’s grape varieties?
White: Chardonnay, Sauvignon blanc
Red: (75% of plantings)
Cabernet Sauvignon
Merlot, Carmenere ( ling mistaken for Merlot)
What are 6 DO’s in Chile?
Atacama
Coquimbo
Aconcagua
Valley Central
Sur
Astal
What are 2 Aconcagua’s subregions?
Casablanca Valley
San Antonio Valley
Chile’s viticulture is arrived and other South America countries from (a) by way of (b) during mid-sixteenth century.
a. Spain
b. Mexico
Chile’s Climate?
Hot and super dry Atacama Dessert in the north to the very cold southern regions.
The icy Humboldt ocean current brings cool, moist air, and fog to the coastal area.
The Coastal Range mountains blocks the cool, moist air from the Pacific, creating rain shadow. The inland areas between the Coastal Ranges and the Andes have a warm to hot Mediterranean climate.
Chile’s Topography
Major regions are in valleys in foothills, or at cooer elevation.
(a) doesn’t exist in Chile because of it’s strict quarantine laws and geographical isolation.
Phylloxera
Chile’s wine law
Denominación de Origen (DO)
Very similar to the AVA
Minimum 75% must be from the region.
Six regional DO’s in Chile from north to south.
What is rules for labeling grape varieties and vintage?
Only Vitis vinifera (no hybrids)
Must be min 75% of the stated variety
75% of the stated year
San Antonio DO
Aconcagua’s sub region.
west of the Coastal Mountains near the Pacific Ocean.
Cool maritime
Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc
Pinot Noir
Casablanca DO
Aconcagua’s sub region.
west of the Coastal Mountains near the Pacific Ocean.
Cool maritime
Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc
Pinot Noir
Valley Central DO
more than 80% of Chile’s wine production is located in this region.
Warm to hot.
Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenere, Merlot.
What is 4 important Central Valley’s Sub-regions?
Maipo Valley
Curici
Rapel
Maule Valley
What is most famous for in Maipo Valley DO?
Best known for Cabernet Sauvignon.
What makes up most of the vineyard plantings in Chile?
Red grape varieties
