Mudgee GI

Question 1

What are the Three GIs of the Central Ranges Zone?

Answer 1

Mudgee GI
Orange GI
Cowra GI

Question 2

Central ranges zone’s oldest producing region

Answer 2

Mudgee GI

Question 3

First Chardonnay in Australia, cultivated

Answer 3

Craigmoor, in Mudgee. Est 1858

Question 4

This winemaker produced a Mudgee Chardonnay in the same year as Tyrell’s Vat 47, but didn’t bottle it?

Answer 4

Pieter Van Gent (Craigmoor)

Question 5

This employee of Craigmoor wines founded Mudgee wines in the 1960s, releasing Chard prior to Craigmoor and Tyrells

Answer 5

Alf Kurtz

Question 6

What is the river that separates Mudgee and Orange?

Answer 6

Macquarie River

Question 7

Where did Craigmoor’s Chardonnay cuttings originate? (Mudgee GI)

Answer 7

Kaluna Vineyard (Sydney)
Planted with Kirkton cuttings from James Busby

Question 8

Altitude of Mudgee GI?

Answer 8

450-1,100m above sea level (400-500m higher than Hunter)

Question 9

How is Mudgee GI different climactically from Hunter GI?

Answer 9

Drier, greater diurnal shift due to altitude. later budbreak.

Question 10

Most planted white and Red grapes of Mudgee GI?

Answer 10

Red: 73% (Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot)

White: Chardonnay, Pinot Girs, Semillon

Question 11

Soil of Mudgee GI?

Answer 11

Brown Sandy Loam

Question 12

Producers of Mudgee GI?

Answer 12

Montrose
Simon Gilbert Wines

Question 13

Mudgee GI est?

Answer 13

2000

Question 14

Where is Mudgee in Relation to Hunter Valley GI?

Answer 14

Just South