Atlantic Coast Flashcards
5 DO in Galicia
Rías Baixas
Ribeiro
Ribeira Sacra
Valdoerras
Monterrei
Wine style of Rías Baixas, and name of the soil
white, red
-W: albariño (100% for varietal bottling), loureira, treixadura, caíño blanco, godello
-R: caíño tinto, espadeiro, loureira tinta, sousón (=vinhão), brancellao (=alvarelhão)
Xabre: decomposed granite
Subzone of Rías Baixas (5)
Ribeira do Ulla (youngest subzone)
Val do Salnés (largest, coldest and wettest)
Soutomaior (smallest)
O Rosal: 70% albariño/loureira
Condado do Tea (warmest and driest): 70% albariño/treixadura
Aging requirement for Blanco Barrica
min. 3month in barrel (max.600L)
Key variety and wine style in Ribeiro
W: treixadura
R: caíño tinto, mencía
Vino Tostado (W,R)
-wine made from dried grapes (min.3 months)
-fermented and aged in oak min. 6months + 3 month in btl
-min.120g/L RS
2 main rivers in Ribeira Sacra
Miño
Sil
Key variety and wine style in Ribeira Sacra
W: albariño, treixadura, godello, doña branca
R: mencía (min.70%), merenzao, sousón, brancellao
Súmmum: a labelling term for blend (W,R)
Subzones in Ribeira Sacra (5)
AC 2riverbank Qb
Amandi (most prominent)
Chantada
Ribeiras do Miño
Ribeiras do Sil
Quiroga-Bibei
Key variety in Valdeorras
W: godello (100% for varietal bottling), treixadura, doña branca
R: mencía (85% for varietal bottling), merenzao
(only godello and mencía can be varietal botttling)
Vino Tostado (less prominent then those in Ribeiro)
Key variety and subzone in Monterrei
W: doña branca, godello, treixadura
R: mencía, merenzao
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Valle de Monterrei
Ladera de Monterrei
In which autonomia do you find Canga VCIG
Asturias
Wine style of País Vasco
white, red, rosado
W: ondarrabi zuri + international varieties
R: ondarrabi beltza
Ojo de Gallo: rosado, min.50% ondarrabi beltza + zuri
3 DO in País Vasco
Getabiako Txakolina (most historic)
Bizkaiko Txakolina
Arabako Txakolina (youngest and smallest, most inland)
