Andalucía / Extremadura Flashcards
What is the principal grape of Montilla-Moriles DO?
Pedro Ximénez (PX)
soleo process
- Grapes dried for a period of up to 20 days on esparto grass mats prior to fermentation
- Málaga DO, Moscatel, PX
Málaga
5 Aging Categories
- Málaga Pálido - max. 6 months oak
- Málaga - 6 to 24 months
- Málaga Noble - 2 to 3 years
- Málaga Añejo - 3 to 5 years
- Málaga Transañejo - min. 5 years
Table wines from Málaga are released as what?
Sierras de Málaga DO
Málaga Pálido
Aging Requirements
Málaga Pálido - max. 6 months oak
Málaga
Aging Requirements
6 to 24 months
Málaga Noble
Aging Requirements
2 to 3 years
Málaga Añejo
Aging Requirements
3 to 5 years
Málaga Transañejo
Aging Requirements
min. 5 years
What are the principal grapes of Málaga DO?
Moscatel, PX
- naturally sweet wines (soleo process or simply overripe grapes) and fortified sweet wines
- fortified wines undergo solera aging in American oak
How are table wines from Málaga released?; which subzone is authorized?
- Sierras de Málaga DO
- Serranía de Ronda
Where is Condado de Huelva?; what are the authorized styles and grapes?
- NW of Jerez, along the Atlantic Coast
- Blanco / Joven / Tradicional
- Condado Palido: generoso, solera, biological aging
- Condado Viejo: generoso, solera, oxidative aging
- Vino Generoso de Licor: generoso licor (pale dry, cream, pale cream, medium)
- Grapes: Zalema, plus Palomino Fino, Listan V, PX, Garrido Fino, Moscatel de Alejandria
Aging for Condado de Huelva fortified wines?
- Palido / Viejo: 3 years in wood
- Generoso de Licor: 2 years in wood
DOs of Andalucia
- Jerez-Xérès-Sherry DO
- Manzanilla-Sanlúcar de Barrameda DO
- Montilla-Moriles DO
- Condado de Huelva DO
- Málaga DO
- Sierras de Málaga DO
Canary Islands
Red Grapes
- Listán Negro
- Negramoll (Tinta Negra)
- Malvasía Rosada
- Listán Prieto
Canary Islands
White Grapes
- Malvasía
- Gual
- Forastera Blanca
- Moscatel
- Listán Blanco
Listán Blanco
Synonym
Palomino
Spanish synonym for the mission grape
Listán Prieto
Sole DO of Extremadura
Ribera del Guadiana
5 DOs on Tenerife
- Ycoden-Daute-Isora
- Valle de la Orotava
- Tacoronte-Acentejo
- Valle de Güímar
- Abona
5 island DOs of the Canaries
- El Hierro
- La Palma
- La Gomera
- Gran Canaria
- Lanzarote
Which region of Spain remains phylloxera free?
The Canary Islands
Where must wines be aged for Jerez-Xérès-Sherry DO?; for Manzanilla Sanlúcar de Barrameda?
- Jerez de la Frontera, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, El Puerto de Santa Maria
- Sanlúcar de Barrameda
- Wines aged in other villages do not qualify for the DO
What is Vino Dulce Clásico?; in which DO’s is it authorized?
- Produced from sunned Moscatel or Malvasia; min. 45 g/L RS
- Abona (Tenerife)
- Valle de Güímar (Tenerife)
- El Hierro (El Hierro)
- Gran Canaria (Gran Canaria)
- Lanzarote (Lanzarote)
Largest Canary Island DO by acreage
Lanzarote (Lanzarote): 1963 ha
What is the smallest Canary Island DO by acreage?
La Gomera (La Gomera): 121 ha
La Palma
Subzones
- Hoyo del Mazo
- Fuencaliente
- Norte de la Palma
Vino de Tea
- Traditional wine of Norte de la Palma
- Red, White, or Rosado
- Aged max. 6 mos in Canario Pine wood
2 DOs for sherry
- Jerez-Xérès-Sherry DO
- Manzanilla-Sanlúcar de Barrameda DO
Only producer of Cava in southern Spain
Where are they located?
- Bodegas Inviosa
- Tierra de Barros
When was the Jerez Consejo Regulador founded?
1933
Ribera del Guadiana
Subregions
- Montánchez
- Cañamero
- Ribera Alta de Guadiana
- Ribera Baja de Guadiana
- Tierra de Barros
- Matanegra
Montila-Moriles
Subzone
- Montila-Moriles Superior
- Higher concentrations of Albariza
arrope
- Mix of boiled grape syrup and fresh grape must, reduced to 20% its original volume
- Adds color and sweetness
What are the subzones of Malaga?
SW, moving clockwise
- Manilva
- Serrania de Ronda
- Norte
- Axarquía
- Montes de Málaga
