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Flashcards in Chile Deck (30)
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South American country that only consumes 1/3rd of its production

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Chile

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Second largest producer of wine in South America

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Chile

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Chile is free of the Phylloxera root louse due to

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It’s Mediterranean climate and high elevation

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Chile produces more

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Red wine

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Most widely planted grape of Chile

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Cabernet Sauvignon

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Chile’s signature red variety

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Carmenere

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Chile’s Carmenere wine’s qualities that set them apart from other wines from the region

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Dark red fruit & spice with medium tannins

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Chile Wine Law: standard percentage to designate place of origin and grape variety on a wine label

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75%

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Warm area in Chile; typically makes table wine from Pisco

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Coquimbo

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Table wine region north of Santiago, Chile

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Limarí River Valley

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Limarí River Valley grape varieties

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Chardonnay & Syrah

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3,000 acre, red wine producing region north of Santiago

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Aconcagua

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Aconcagua grapes

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Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Carmenere

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Two subregions north west of Santiago

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Casablanca & San Antonio

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San Antonio & Casablanca varietals

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Sauvignon Blanc & Chardonnay

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South of Santiago and home to over 75% of Chile’s vineyards

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Central Valley

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Chile’s Central Valley consists of

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4 large valleys

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Warmest region of the Central Valley of Chile and just outside Santiago

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Maipo

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Maipo varietals

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Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Carmenere

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Rapel Valley consists of which subregions?

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Cachapol & Colchagua

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Rapel’s best grape

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Merlot

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Provides majority of Chile’s Sauvignon Blanc

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Curico

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Curico subregion that sometimes appears on labels

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Lontue

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Southernmost region of the Central Valley and oldest wine region in Chile

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Maule

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Maule historically plants ____ for bulk wine

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Pais

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Most widely planted variety in Maule, recently

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Cabernet Sauvignon

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Less protected by coastal range and much wetter than the rest of Chile’s regions

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Southern Region

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Lower quality grapes of the Southern Region

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Pais & Muscatel

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Subregions of the Southern Region

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Itata & Bio Bio

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New planting a of Itata & Bio Bio

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Riesling, Gewürztraminer, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir