adv spain laws - WSET advanced spain wine laws

Question 1

Name the current hierarchy in decreasing order

Answer 1

DOC or DOCa, DO Pago, Do, VdlT, Vino de Mesa

Question 2

Explain DOC or DOCa

Answer 2

Denominación de Origen Calificada. At the present there are two : Rioja and Priorat.

Question 3

Explain DO

Answer 3

Denominación de Origen Like French AOCwines, now 60. should be wines of mininum quality, specifications covering grape, varieties and location, in a style of more than local interest.

Question 4

Explain DO Pago

Answer 4

Denominación de Origen - Pago new category, applies to outstanding single estates, in places outside DO system, that use only their own grapes.

Question 5

Explain VdlT

Answer 5

Vino de la Tierra, equivalent of French Vin de Pays, exist 40, only 2 significant : Vino de la Tierra de Castilla and Vino de la Tierra de Castilla y León

Question 6

What is the Consejo Regulador

Answer 6

A controlling body, issues the back-labels for every bottle of DO and DOC. Guaranteeing the classification of the wine, region of origin, how long the wine has been aged may be noted.

Question 7

Explain Vino Joven

Answer 7

May or may not have spent time in cask, bottled year after vintage, for immediate release.

Question 8

Explain Crianza

Answer 8

red : at least two years old, and aged min. 6 months in small oak casks. White and rosé must be at least one year old.

Question 9

Explain Reserva

Answer 9

Wines from selected vats of better vintages. reds : at least 3 years old, and aged min. 1 year in small oak casks. White and rosé must be at least two years old of which min 6 months in cask.

Question 10

Explain Gran Reserva

Answer 10

Produced only in exceptional vintages red : at least 5 years old, and aged 2 years in small oak casks. White and rosé must be at least 4 years old of which min 6 months in oak. White and rosé Reserva and Gran Reserva are very rare