Mexico Flashcards
(3 cards)
1
Q
What are the Characteristics of Mexico?
A
- oldest wine producing region in Americas
- 90% of all production is from Guadalupe Valley
- heat from Santa Ana winds
- all varietals grown
- terroir =granite boulders
- soils = red, loamy, clay, rocky granite, Kimmeridgian
- water is scarce
- uses CA label laws
2
Q
What are the wine areas of Guadalupe Valley?
A
- Santo Tomas
- San Vicente
- Ojos Negros
3
Q
What are characteristics of Northern Baja?
A
- 11 in rain/year
- temps range from 55 to 100 degrees seasonally
- the warm, dry, semi-arid climate compares to Napa valley and Rhone valley
- grapes = mixed bag
