19 Tempranillo Flashcards
Tempranillo GI
Spain: Rioja, Ribera del Duero, Catalunya
Tempranillo Climate
Moderate
Warm
Typical Tempranillo
5,6,8 (Age)
5 Medium
6 Medium
8 Red fruit (Strawberry, Red cherry)
Black fruit (Black berry, Black plum)
Age = Dried fruit, Mashroom, Leather
When Tempranillo is grown and made to be aged long term, is it usually bottled as a single varietal or blened with other grapes?
Blended with other grapes
What do these grapes add to wines?
Acidity and tannin to help bolster long-term aging.
What is the traditional vessel for aging Tempranillo or Tempranillo-based wines?
Small, new oak barrels
How does oak affect wines?
What flavor characteristics does oak add?
Softening tannins and contributing to body.
Vanilla, Smoke, Cedar
Are the Tempranillos in Rioja DOCa usually bottled as single varietals or blends?
Blends
What do these grapes do to Tempranillo?
Provide extra colour, tannin and acidity.
(Most often blended with Garnacha.)
3 labelling terms for Tempranillo
Joven, Crianza, Reserva, Gran Reserva
What do the terms Crianza, Reserva, and Gran Reserva refer to on a bottle of Rioja?
How long the wine was aged before it is released to the market.
Crianza is the shortest and Grand Reserva is the longest.
What is the term for very youngest style of aged wine in Spain?
Joven
They are not subject to minimum aging requirements.
Describe a Joven red wine from Spain.
・Young
・Fresh
・Fruity
Joven will be even more simple than Crianza.
How does Tempranillo from Ribera del Duero differ from Tempranillo from Rioja?
Fuller with fresh black fruit flavours.
Grapes of what level of quality are used for Gran Reserva wines in Spain?
Only top tier quality
Mediocre or low-quality fruit would fall apart and produce unpleasant, stale wines if subjected to the rigorous, several-year aging process required for Gran Reserva.
