Chile General

Question 1

What climactic influence benefits the coastal areas of Chile?

Answer 1

Humbolt Current

flow north, cools the areas

Question 2

What is the parentage of Carmenere?

Answer 2

Cabernet Franc X Gros cabernet

(inherited both compounds from its parents:
3-isobutyl-2-methoxypyrazine (IBMP) - why its SO green

Usually harvested in MAY (2-3 weeks after Cabernet)

Question 3

Where is the majority of Carmenere planted?

Answer 3

Colchagua (30%)

Question 4

Name 2 top tier wines that are mostly carmenere.

Answer 4

Errázuriz’s “Kai”

Concha y Toro’s “Carmín de Peumo”

Montes “Purple Angel”

Question 5

List the regions of Chile form N-S

Answer 5

Atacama

Coquimbo

Aconcagua

Valle Central

Sur

Austral

Question 6

Name a DO that is entirely “Costa”

Answer 6

Casablanca

Question 7

What 2 regions of the Valparaiso fall under the Aconcagua juristiction?

Answer 7

Marga-Marga

Zapallar.

Question 8

When did Pisco earn its DO status in Chile?

Answer 8

1931

Peru (1991)

Question 9

What grapes are authorized in the production of Pisco?

Answer 9

• Moscatel (Muscat of Alexandria)
• Moscatel Rosado
• Moscatel de Austria (Torrontés Sanjuanino)
• Torontel (Moscatel Amarillo, a progeny of País x Muscat of Alexandria)
• Pedro Jiménez

Question 10

What is the result of the crossing form Pais and Muscat of Alexandria?

Answer 10

Torontel

aka. Moscatel AMARILLO

Question 11

What DO of Coquimbo is the driest?

Answer 11

Elqui Valley
(also northern most)
(Puclaro reservoir)
(Syrah dominate)

Question 12

Where is the highest growing region of Chile?

Answer 12

Vicuña and Paiguano (2200m)

In Elqui Valley of Coquimbo

Question 13

What is the soil type found in the Limari Valley?

Answer 13

Calcareous (red clay on limestone - like Terra Rossa)
(located in Coquimbo)
(Chardonnay dominant)

Question 14

What are the effects of weather in Limari Valley?

Answer 14

Tongoy Bay
Talinay Hills
Camanchaca fogs (cam-en-check-ah)

Question 15

Where is DeMartino located>??

Answer 15

Chop Valley of Coquimbo.

Question 16

Name 3 members of MOVI.

Answer 16

Garage Wine Co.
Kingston Family
Laura Hartwig
Rukumilla

OWM
PS Garcia

Question 17

What is MOVI?

Answer 17

Movimiento de Viñateros Independientes

“an association of small quality-oriented wineries who come together to share a common goal to make wine personally, on a human scale.”

Question 18

majority soil types of Aconcalgua?

Answer 18

schist and slate soils

better for whites

Question 19

What region of Chile is effected the most by the Humbolt Current?

Answer 19

Casablanca

Question 20

What are the 2 main soils of Casablanca?

Answer 20

• Hillsides - reddish clays overlaying quartz-rich granite
  (Pinot Noir)
• Valley Floor - sandy loams

Question 21

What is the DO of San Antonio?

Answer 21

Leyda DO

San Antonio IN Aconcagua

Question 22

What are the sub zones of Leyda?

Answer 22

Leyda DO
unofficial zones of :
- Lo Abarca
- Rosario

Question 23

Where is San Antonio’s most extreme weather region?

Answer 23

Lo Abarca
(Casa Marin is there)

(Rosario - warmest, driest, most inland)

Question 24

What are the Do of the Central Valle of Chile N-S?

Answer 24

Maipo
Rapel
Curico
Maule (warmest region)

Question 25

What are the regions of Coquimbo N-S?

Answer 25

Elqui Limari Choapa

Question 26

What 2 areas are unofficially considered Alto Maipo?

Answer 26

- Puente Alto | - Pirque

Question 27

Name 3 famous wineries located in the Puente Alto.

Answer 27

(Puente Alto - in Maine of Central Valle) - Don Melchor - Viñedo Chadwick - Almaviva

Question 28

Name the 2 zones of the Rapel Valle. N-S

Answer 28

Valle del Cachapoal (catch-a-poal) Warmer- (carmenere) | Valle de Colchagua

Question 29

What 2 rivers feed the Rapel Reservoir?

Answer 29

``` Cachapoal river Tinguiririca river (ting-gee-ree-reeka) ```

Question 30

Who produces “Herencia”

Answer 30

Santa Carolina (Cachapoal / Rapel Valley) (bears the PEUMO DO)

Question 31

Who produces “Carmín de Peumo"?

Answer 31

Concha y Toro (Cachapoal / Rapel Valley) (bears the PEUMO DO)

Question 32

Name 2 wines that label the Peumo DO.

Answer 32

Santa Carolina's "Herencia" | Concha Y Toro "Carmin de Peumo"

Question 33

What does "Apalta" mean?

Answer 33

"earthquake" (Mapuche dialect) (Apalta is in the Santa Cruz DO) (Colchagua)

Question 34

What are the zones of the Curico Valley?

Answer 34

Teno | Lontue

Question 35

What is the only Costa area of the Curico Valley?

Answer 35

Vichuquén (vish-u-qwin)

Question 36

What is Sauvignon Vert known as in Italy?

Answer 36

Friulano

Question 37

Name 2 producers in the Curico Valley.

Answer 37

San Pedro | Torres

Question 38

What are the zones of the Maule Valley N-S?

Answer 38

Claro Loncomilla Tutuven

Question 39

What is the Parron training system for?

Answer 39

"Over head" mostly table grapes | VSP - used for wine grapes

Question 40

What are the coastal soils of the Maule Valley?

Answer 40

Granite and quartz | alluvial along the river

Question 41

What is VIGNO?

Answer 41

Vignadores de Carignan -association to preserve OV Carignan (after the 2010 earthquake) (in the secano interior of western Maule)

Question 42

What is the local name for 'Head Trained' in Chile?

Answer 42

CABEZA | Gobelet

Question 43

What is Cabeza?

Answer 43

Local name for Head trained in Chile. | Gobelet

Question 44

What rules govern VIGNO?

Answer 44

- Vines must be dry-farmed - min 30yrs old - min 65% Carignan (to allow Torres to make Cordillera) - min 2yrs age prior to release (wood etc up to producer) (1 exception -

Question 45

Where are the Nahuelbuta Mountains?

Answer 45

Bio Bio | diminish coastal influence

Question 46

What geological feature diminishes the coastal influence for Bio Bio?

Answer 46

Nahuelbuta Mountains | nah-whell-boot-ah

Question 47

Which DO of Chile surrounds the town of Traigúen?

Answer 47

Malleco

Question 48

What winery is the first to use the new Austral DO on their labels?

Answer 48

Casa Silva (Lake Ranco vineyards) (based in Colchagua)

Question 49

Where are the worlds southern most vineyards?

Answer 49

Lake General Carrera and the Chilean tundra - in the commune of Chile Chico (Undurraga growing grapes at the 46th parallel)

Question 50

Where is Marcelo Papa the winemaker?

Answer 50

Concha Y Toro

Question 51

Where is Francisco Baettig the winemaker?

Answer 51

Errazuriz

Question 52

What Chilean wines placed in the Berlin tasting in 2004?

Answer 52

1. Chadwick 2000 2. Sena 2001 4. Sena 2000 6. Chadwick 2001 9. Don Maximiano 2001

Question 53

What 3 Chilean wines placed in the Berlin Tasting in 2004

Answer 53

Chadwick 2000/2001 Sena 2000/2001 Don Maximiano 2001

Question 54

List the DO of Sur N-S

Answer 54

Itata Bio Bio Malleco

Question 55

The Camanchaca fog effects what DO of Chile?

Answer 55

Limari Valley | most of the coastal regions

Question 56

Regions of Chile

Answer 56

Atacama (Copiopo Vly / Huasco Vly) Coquimbo (Elqui / Lipari / Choapa) Aconcagua (Acongagua/Casablanca/San Antonia) (San Antonia - Leyda / Lo Abarca) Valle Central - Maipo - Rapel: - -- a. Cachapoal - Peumo - -- b. Colchagua - Apalta / /Los Linguas - Curico: Trento / Lontué Vly - Maule: Claro / Loncomilla / Tutuven Sur (Itata / Bio Bio / Malleco) Austral (Valle Cautin / Valle Osorno)