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CMS - ADVANCED SOMMELIER – CHILE EXAM 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM
COMPLETEQUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
Quiz What is the Chilean name for Mission?
Ans: Pais
Quiz Name 3 Torrontes clones.
Ans: Torrontés Riojano, Torrontés Mendocino and Torrontés Sanjuanino,
Quiz Chile's Sauvignon Blanc was actually
Ans: Sauvignon Vert/ Friulano
Quiz Chile's Merlot turned out to be
Ans: Carmenère
Quiz From north to south, Chile's regional Denominations of Origin (DOs) are
Ans: Atacama, Coquimbo, Aconcagua, the Valle Central (Central Valley), Sur (the
Southern Regions) & Austral
Quiz Climate of Chile
Ans: Moderating maritime influence, Chile's climate varies enormously from the
northern to southern latitudes.
The northernmost regions of Atacama and Coquimbo are dry and desert-like.
Central Valley to the south of Santiago, where the proximity of the Andes cools
nighttime temperatures, and along the coast, where the cold, maritime Humboldt
Current cools
, Southernmost areas of viticulture, rainfall is higher and the overall growing season is
cooler and shorter.
Quiz Chilean wine law
Ans: Established in 1995, instituted the 75% rule: vintage, varietal, and
denomination of origin must, if listed on the bottle, comprise a minimum 75% of the
blend. Only permitted varietals may be used, and hybrid grapes are forbidden.
Chilean law requires all wines to show a minimum alcohol content of 11.5%.
Quiz Wines labeled "Reserva" and "Reserva Especial" criteria are..
Ans: Must have a minimum 12% abv, and wines labeled "Reserva Privada" and
"Gran Reserva" require a minimum 12.5% abv. In addition, "Reserva Especial" and
"Gran Reserva" wines spend mandatory time in oak.
Quiz Name all the subregion of Coquimbo
Ans: Elqui - Syrah
Limari - Chardonnay & Pinot Noir
Choapa - Mixtures of Varietal
Quiz What is the major production of Atacama?
Ans: Pisco distillation
Quiz Name the River in Aconcagua DO?
Ans: Aconcagua
Quiz Name the highest mountain in America?
Ans: Aconcagua
Quiz Where is Panquehue located?
Ans: Aconcagua Valley. Panquehue, home to Errázuriz, one of Chile's most
prominent estates and winemaking families, experiences a more moderate climate.
Quiz When was the judgement of Paris?
Ans: 1976 2006
Quiz When is the Berlin tasting?
Ans: 2004
Quiz What happened at the Berlin Tasting?
Revision Examination Tests
“Come all for this Greatness”
... 100% Correct Ans ...
CMS - ADVANCED SOMMELIER – CHILE EXAM 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM
COMPLETEQUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
Quiz What is the Chilean name for Mission?
Ans: Pais
Quiz Name 3 Torrontes clones.
Ans: Torrontés Riojano, Torrontés Mendocino and Torrontés Sanjuanino,
Quiz Chile's Sauvignon Blanc was actually
Ans: Sauvignon Vert/ Friulano
Quiz Chile's Merlot turned out to be
Ans: Carmenère
Quiz From north to south, Chile's regional Denominations of Origin (DOs) are
Ans: Atacama, Coquimbo, Aconcagua, the Valle Central (Central Valley), Sur (the
Southern Regions) & Austral
Quiz Climate of Chile
Ans: Moderating maritime influence, Chile's climate varies enormously from the
northern to southern latitudes.
The northernmost regions of Atacama and Coquimbo are dry and desert-like.
Central Valley to the south of Santiago, where the proximity of the Andes cools
nighttime temperatures, and along the coast, where the cold, maritime Humboldt
Current cools
, Southernmost areas of viticulture, rainfall is higher and the overall growing season is
cooler and shorter.
Quiz Chilean wine law
Ans: Established in 1995, instituted the 75% rule: vintage, varietal, and
denomination of origin must, if listed on the bottle, comprise a minimum 75% of the
blend. Only permitted varietals may be used, and hybrid grapes are forbidden.
Chilean law requires all wines to show a minimum alcohol content of 11.5%.
Quiz Wines labeled "Reserva" and "Reserva Especial" criteria are..
Ans: Must have a minimum 12% abv, and wines labeled "Reserva Privada" and
"Gran Reserva" require a minimum 12.5% abv. In addition, "Reserva Especial" and
"Gran Reserva" wines spend mandatory time in oak.
Quiz Name all the subregion of Coquimbo
Ans: Elqui - Syrah
Limari - Chardonnay & Pinot Noir
Choapa - Mixtures of Varietal
Quiz What is the major production of Atacama?
Ans: Pisco distillation
Quiz Name the River in Aconcagua DO?
Ans: Aconcagua
Quiz Name the highest mountain in America?
Ans: Aconcagua
Quiz Where is Panquehue located?
Ans: Aconcagua Valley. Panquehue, home to Errázuriz, one of Chile's most
prominent estates and winemaking families, experiences a more moderate climate.
Quiz When was the judgement of Paris?
Ans: 1976 2006
Quiz When is the Berlin tasting?
Ans: 2004
Quiz What happened at the Berlin Tasting?
