Chile Flashcards
1
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Which is the warmest valley of the Aconcagua Region?
A
Aconcagua Valley
2
Q
The most planted variety of Chile?
A
Cabernet Sauvignon
3
Q
This region surrounds the capitol of Santiago?
A
Maipo Valley
4
Q
The __________ Current provides a cooling effect for many of Chile’s wine regions?
A
Humboldt
5
Q
Which mountain range provides a rain shadow for most of Chile’s winegrowing regions?
A
Coastal Range
6
Q
Who is Chile’s largest exporter of wine?
A
Concha y Toro
7
Q
Where is the Maipo Valley?
A
Central Valley DO
8
Q
Chile is the world’s largest producer of which of the following grapes?
A
Carmenere
9
Q
Which Chilean wine region is famous for old vine Carignan?
A
Maule Valley
10
Q
Colchagua Valley is located in which DO?
A
Central Valley
11
Q
Where is the Leyda Valley located?
A
San Antonio Valley
12
Q
Where is the Leyda Valley located?
A
San Antonio Valley
13
Q
Carmenère is indigenous to which country?
A
France
14
Q
Name Chilean wineries that were founded in the 19th century?
A
Cousino Macul Vina Ochagavia (first, 1851) Santa Rita Concha y Toro Vina errazuriz Vina San Pedro
15
Q
The Valle del Rapel DO region consists of which of the following DO zones?
A
Colchagua Valley
Cachapoal Valley
16
Q
Puente Alto DO is located in?
A
Valle del Maipo DO
17
Q
Montes, Neyen, and Lapostolle all call what DO zone home?
A
Colchagua
18
Q
Who produces “Casa Real?”
A
Santa Rita
19
Q
True or False: The Humboldt Current flows south along the western coast of South America?
A
False; flows north
20
Q
Viñedo Chadwick, Almaviva, and Concha y Toro’s “Don Melchior” are all produced out of what subregion?
A
Maipo Valley
21
Q
Two global synonyms for the Pais grape of Chile?
A
Mission (California) Criolla Chica (Argentina)
22
Q
The three DO subregions of the Sur are the Malleco, Bío-Bío, and ______________ Valleys.
A
Itata (Zona Sur)
23
Q
Wines indicating a DO region in Chile must contain what minimum percentage of a variety to include it on a label? What is common, in line with EU standards?
A
a) 75%
b) 85%
24
Q
Almaviva is a collaboration between which of the following TWO wineries?
A
Barone Phillipe de Rothschild
Concha y Toro
25
Concepción, Chile's 3rd largest city, is surrounded by what Chilean wine region?
Itata Valley
26
What is the most planted grape variety in Limarí Valley?
Chardonnay
27
What is the minimum ABV permitted for any wine in Chile?
11.5%
28
Like Carmenère, _________ has often been misidentified in Chilean vineyards as Sauvignon Blanc.
Friulano
29
The Parron training method in Chile is similar to which of the following?
Pergola
30
Until 1994, Carmenère in Chile was incorrectly categorized as?
Merlot
31
Which Chilean winery modernized production with the introduction of new barriques, pneumatic presses, and temperature-controlled tanks?
Miguel Torres (1950s)
32
Marchigüe, Lolol, and San Fernando are DO areas of?
Colchagua Valley
33
Sagrada Familia, Rauco, Romeral, and Molina are DO areas within?
Curico Valley DO
34
Lo Abarca, Rosario, and Leyda Valley are specifically located in _____.
San Antonio Valley (Aconcagua Region)
35
In which region would you find significant plantings of Cinsault?
Itata Valley
36
Marcelo Papa is a famous winemaker of which winery?
Cocha y Toro (Castello di Diablo is the sub-brand)
37
Which of the following wines placed FIRST and SECOND at the Berling Tasting in 2004?
Vinedo Chadwick
| Sena
38
The Claro, Tutuven, and Loncomilla Valleys are located in?
Maule Valley DO
39
La Sirena, Vicuño, and Paiguano are DO areas in which of the following regions?
Elqui Valley DO
40
The Teno and Lontué Valleys are located in?
Curico Valley DO
41
The Nahuelbuta Mountains have a strong influence on which of the following regions?
Bio Bio Valley
42
The Peumo DO is located in?
Cachapoal Valley (Carmenere)
43
What is the minimum vine age required for VIGNO wines?
30 years
44
What is the most planted red variety in Itata Valley?
Pais
45
Match the following producers to their home regions:
a) Miguel Torres
b) Vina Falernia
c) Casa Marin
d) Matetic
e) Kingston Family Vineyards
a) Curico Valley
b) Elqui Valley
c) Lo Abarca (San Antonio Valley)
d) Rosario (San Antonio Valley)
e) Casablanca
46
Match the following wineries to their founder(s):
a) Los Vascos
b) Casa Lapostolle
c) Sena
d) Almaviva
a) Lafite-Rotschild
b) Gran Marnier
c) Robert Mondavi & Vina Errazuriz
d) Baron Phillipe de Rothschild & Concha y Toro
47
This country in South America exports more wine to the US than any other?
Chile
48
The first of the South American countries to be planted to wine vines?
Peru
49
Most Peruvian vineyards were converted to this type of production in the 1700's?
Brandy (Pisco)
50
What is "chicha?"
A cooked, partially fermented beverage in Chile
51
Chile first modern winery?
a) Vina Ochagavia
52
What is MOVI? Name two members?
a) Movimiento de Vinateros Independientes; a collective of 12 small scale wineries formed in 2009 with the intention of crafting quality-driven wines on a more human scale
b) Garage Wine Co.
Kingston Family Vineyards
53
These three wineries are responsible for 85% of domestic consumption in Chile?
Concha y Toro
Santa Rita
San Pedro (and associated brands)
54
Was Chile ever affected by phylloxera?
No
55
Vina Acquitana is a collaboration of these two Bordeaux chateau?
Cos d'Estournel
| Chateau Margaux
56
This French mainstay came to the Maipo Valley in 1991?
William Fevre
57
Two other Burgundian producers consulting in Chile?
Louis-Michel Liger-Belair
| Jacques Prieur
58
Chile stretches between these lines of latitude?
17deg and 53deg
59
The five geographic sectors of Chile? Which is home to most of Chilean viticulture?
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a) Norte Grande
Norte Chico
Zona Central
Zone Sur
Zona Austral
b) Zona Central
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60
How many administrative regions is Chile divided into?
15
61
Zona Central comprises these four administrative region's where the majority of Chilean wine is produced?
Valparaiso
Santiago
O'Higgins
Maule
62
Zona Sur includes three wine producing regions?
Bio Bio
Araucania
Los Lagos
63
Describe the climate type for the three following zones:
a) Norte Chico
b) Zona Central
c) Zona Sur
a) Arid, desert-like
b) Warm, Mediterranean
c) Cool, rainy, maritime
64
This year saw the advent of the Chilean DO system?
1994
65
Chilean viticulture is divided amongst there three longitudinal columns? Their common soil types?
a) Coast - granite
b) Entre Cordillera - clay, loam, alluvial gravels
c) Andes - limestone, volcanic
66
The four tiers of DOs according to 1994 wine law in Chile?
Viticultual Region
Sub Region
Zone
Area
67
The six regions of Chilean viticulture?
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Atacama
Coquimbo
Aconcagua
Valle Central
Valle Sur
Valle Austral
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68
In 2012, __________ and ____________ were added as official viticultural regions?
Atacama
| Austral
69
In order for a wine to be labeled "Costa" or "Andes" etc., a minimum of ______ of the fruit must come from that sector?
85%
70
Name, in order, the four most planted red and two most planted white grapes of Chile?
a) Cabernet, Merlot, Carmenere, Syrah
| b) Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay
71
It was only in 1994 that Chilean "___________" was correctly identified as Carmenere?
Merlot
72
What was the primary reason Carmenere disappeared from France?
Carmenere is incredibly difficult to graft; phylloxera required grafting to American rootstocks hence it was phased out
73
The parentage of Carmenere?
Cabernet Franc
| Gros Cabernet
74
Carmenere is typically harvested before or after Cabernet Sauvignon in Chile?
After
75
This DO is where more than one third of Chilean Cabernet is planted?
Colchogua DO
76
What type of training is "parron?"
Pergola training
77
Name three grapes from which Chilean Pisco is distilled from?
Moscatel (Muscat of Alexandria)
Moscatel Rosado
Pedro Ximenez
78
This DO in Cachapoal may be the single best location for Carmenere?
Peumo
79
Name two of Chile's top single varietal Carmenere-based wines?
Vina Errazuriz "Kai"
| Concha y Toro "Carmin de Peumo"
80
What are Chilean "Pipenos" made from?
Pais Grape (often frizzante)
81
The ingredients of a traditional Pisco Sour? How does the Chilean recipe differ from the Peruvian recipe?
a) Pisco (brandy from Pais grapes), lemon juice, egg white, simple syrup
b) omit the egg
82
The three growing areas of the Coquimbo region?
Elqui Valley
Limari Valley
Choapa Valley
83
The Valle de Elqui is home these three subregions?
La Serena
Vicuna
Paiguano
84
This valley features the highest growing regions in all of Chile?
Elqui Valley
85
The benchmark example of Chilean Syrah from Elqui?
Vina Falernia "Alta Tierra"
86
This white grape shows promise in La Serena?
Sauvignon Blanc
87
The Valle de Limari's specialty for white wine?
Chardonnay
88
The least planted DO of Coquimbo?
Valle de Choapa DO
89
The corresponding administrative region to the Aconcagua Region?
Valparaiso
90
The Aconcagua encompasses these three sub-regions?
San Antonio Valley
Casablanca Valley
Aconcagua Valley
91
The highest peak in Chile?
Mt Aconcagua (Aconcagua, Valparaiso)
92
The Aconcagua Valley's most significant producer?
Vina Errazuriz
93
Vina Errazuriz partnered with ___________ to make _________, a Bordeaux-style blend in the mid 90's.
a) Robert Mondavi
| b) Sena
94
The 2004 Berlin Tasting pitted these two Chilean wines against these two first-growths?
a) Vinedos Chadwick, Sena
| b) Lafite, Margaux
95
Casablanca's climate falls where on the Winkler scale? IN which sector does all of Casablanca fall?
a) Region I
| b) Costa
96
The two most successful white grapes of Casablanca?
Chardonnay
| Pinot Noir
97
Valle de San Antonio DO's one official subzone? Two unofficial subzones of the region?
a) Valle de Leyda
| b) Lo Abarca, Rosario
98
The first producer to plant in Lo Abarca?
Casa Marin
99
The sole producer of Rosario? Their signature red?
a) Matetic
| b) Syrah
100
The Central Valley includes these four signigicant growing regions?
Maipo Valley
Rapel Valley
Curico Valley
Maule Valley
101
The warmest region of the Central Valley?
Rapel Valley
102
Santiago is surrounded to the east by the?
Maipo Valley
103
These two important areas are classified as Maipo Andes?
Puento Alto
| Pirque
104
____________ is king in the Maipo Valley?
Cabernet Sauvignon
105
Puento Alto is home to these three superstar producers?
Almaviva
Vinedos Chadwick
Don Melchor
106
The Valle del Rapel is divided amongst these two DOs?
Colchagua DO
| Cachapoal DO
107
Name four key players in the Colchagua Valley DO.
Lapostolle
Montes
Los Vascos
Neyen
108
Old vine Carignan is a specialty of this DO?
Maule Valley DO (Maule Region)
109
This organization is vying for Chile's first DOC?
VIGNO
110
Itata DI is most planted to?
Pais
111
The two DOs of the Bio-Bio administrative region?
Itata Valley DO
| Bio-Bio Valley DO
112
60yr old examples of these vines are not uncommon in Itata?
Moscatel de Alejandria (Muscat of Alexandria)
Cinsault
Pais
113
The Bio-Bio Valley specializes in?
Chardonnay
Sauvignon Blanc
Pinot Noir
114
Valle de Malleco DO is found in which region?
Zona Sur
115
The two southernmost DOs of Chilean viticulture? Producing?
a) Valle de Osorno DO, Valle de Cautin DO
| b) Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Noir
