Castilla-La Mancha, Extremadura, Madrid

Question 1

Mancheula DO
Styles
Main grape
Where is it located?

Answer 1

Blanco, Rosado, Tinto, Vino Espumoso
Bobal is the chief grape

• north of Almansa in the Castella-La Mancha region.
• Manchuela DO bridges the Levant and La Mancha.

Question 2

What are the subzones of Vinos de Madrid DO (3)?

Grapes used?

Answer 2

Only DO appellation for wine produced in Madrid

• San Martín de Valdeiglesias
• Navalcarnero
• Arganda

**Airen, Malvasia, Tinto Fino, and Nedra de Madrid (Garnacha) are widely planted in the appellation; most of the wines are consumed within the city itself.

Question 3

What is the sole DO of Extremadura autonomia?

Subregions?

Answer 3

Ribera del Guadiana DO
Larger DO contains 6 subregions:

—Ribera Alta de Guadiana
—Ribera Baja de Guadiana
—Matanegra
—Cañamero
—Montánchez
—the superior Tierra de Barros (encompasses nearly 80% of the DO, is the home of Bodegas Inviosa, only producer of Cava in southwestern Spain.

Question 4

What bodega is the only producer of Cava in southwestern Spain?
Where are the located?

Answer 4

Tierra de Barros (encompasses nearly 80% of the Ribera del Guadianoa DO in Extremadura), is home of Bodegas Inviosa, only producer of Cava in southwestern Spain.

Question 5

What is Europe’s largest single demarcated wine region?

Answer 5

La Mancha DO.

Question 6

What are the two principal grapes of La Mancha DO?

Answer 6

Cencibel (Tempranillo) and Airen.

Question 7

Mancheula DO
Styles?
Main grape?
Where is it located?

Answer 7

Blanco, Rosado, Tinto, Vino Espumoso
-Bobal is the chief grape

• North of Almansa in the Castella-La Mancha region.
• border of Castilla-La Mancha and Valencia
• Manchuela DO bridges the Levant and La Mancha.

Question 8

Almansa DO
Styles?
Main grape?
Where is it located?

Answer 8

Blanco, Rosado, Tinto

• Garnacha Tintorera grape, a teinturier characterized by red-pigmented juice; Spanish synonym for the red-fleshed Alicante Bouschet
• South of Mancheula DO (border of Castilla-La Mancha and Valencia)

Question 9

What is the main grape of Almansa DO?

Answer 9

Garnacha Tintorera grape, a teinturier characterized by red-pigmented juice.

Spanish synonym for the red-fleshed Alicante Bouschet

Question 10

What are the main grapes of Valdepeñas DO–“the valley of rocks”?

Answer 10

Airén for white
Cencibel for red

-Surrounded by La Mancha, Valdepeñas benefits from a higher concentration of chalk bedrock, which provides better retention of water in the arid environmen

Question 11

What is sobremadre?

Answer 11

Traditional wines produced by long maceration (skin contact for up to 180 days). Style found in Vinos de Madrid DO.

Question 12

What autonomias make up the southern portion of Spain?

Answer 12

• -Murcia
• -Valencia (both comprise the Levant region on the eastern coast
• -Castilla-La Mancha, the southern portion of the central Meseta
• -Madrid, the capital city
• -Extremadura in southwestern Spain
• -Andalucía on the southern coast.