Canary Islands Flashcards
What is the southernmost Autonomía in Spain?
The Canary Islands
What is the only main wine producing island in the Canary Islands to not contain a DO?
Fuerteventura
What island in the Canary Islands contains the most DO’s?
Tenerife
What is the overall DO encompacing the Canary Islands?
La Islas Canarias DO
Name five Canary Islands.
Tenerife
El Hierro
La Palma
La Gomera
Gran Canaria
Fuerteventura
What is Palomino Fino known as in the Canary Islands?
Listán Blanco
What is Madeira’s Bual grape known as in the Canary Islands?
Gual
Name three varietals of Malvasia grown in the Canary Islands?
Malvasia - Malvasia di Lipari
Malvasia Rosada - pinks skinned mutation of Malvasia
Malvasia Volcánica - known as Malvasia Lanzarote.
(Malvasia di Lipari X Marmajeulo)
What is another name for Marmejeulo in the Canary Islands?
Bermejeula
What is Portugal’s Alfroncheiro known as in the Canary Islands?
Baboso Negro
What is the most planted red and white grapes of the Canary Islands?
Listán Blanco (Palomino Fino)
Listán Negro
What is Spain’s tallest peak?
Mount Teide - in the middle of Tenerife Island in the Canary Islands.
Name the DO’s on the island of Tenerife?
Tacoronte-Acentejo DO
Valle de Güímar DO
Abona DO
Ycoden Daute-Isora DO
Valle de la Ortava DO
What is the Trenzado training methode and where would you typically find it?
Braiding vines for up to 10 meters, raising the cordons at regular intervals with a small stick.
On the isalnd of Tenerife
What is a Hoyos? And where whould you find it?
A deep pit in which the a single vine is planted in the Volcanic soils of the Island of Lanzarote.
What is the soil type on the island of Lanzarote?
Ceniza - black, sandy substance derived from the ash and lava of a six-year erruption from the 1730’s
What is the difference between Hoyos and Zanjas?
Hoyos are round, deep pits grapes are planted in on the island of Lanzarote, while Zanjas are a series of trenches protected by rows of stone mounds.
What is the westernmost island in the Canary Islands?
El Hierro
What are the three subzones of La Palma DO?
Fuencaliente
Hoyo de Mazo
Norte de la Palma
What Canary Island is known for the Vino de Tea style?
La Palma DO. A rancio style wine aged in 500L casks,
What indigenous grape is the island of La Gomera known for?
Forastera Blanca
What is Listán Blanco known as on the island of Gran Canaria?
Negro Común
Which appellation on Tenerife contains Mount Teide?
Tacoronte-Acentejo DO
What appellation on Tenerife would you likely see the Trenzado vine training method?
Valle de la Orotava DO
