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Castilla-La Mancha / Levante Flashcards

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Castilla-La Mancha

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  • Castilla-La Mancha
  • Large region, SE of Spanish capital Madrid
  • Capital city is Toledo; Most populous city is Albacete
  • Despite very harsh climate, Castilla-La Mancha produces half of all the wine made in Spain. But, significant proportion goes into the inexpensive mass-produced sector and distillation into brandy.
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Castilla-La Mancha

Climate

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  • btwn 500 - 700 m; Spain at her most extreme
  • Winters are long and cold, summer the heat is grueling, little if any rain falls between May and September
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Castilla-La Mancha

Varieties

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Airen

  • Airen is the most planted, but many producers have broadened their portfolios by planting Tempranillo, Cab Sauv, Garnacha, Alicante Bouschet (Garnacha Tintorera), Monastrell, Syrah, Bobal
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Castilla-La Mancha

DO zones

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8 DOs

  • La Mancha DO, *Europe’s largest officially delimited wine zone
  • Almansa DO
  • Manchuela DO
  • Mentrida DO
  • Mondejar DO
  • Ribera del Jucar DO
  • Ucles DO
  • Valdepenas DO
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La Mancha DO

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La Mancha

  • Largest delimited wine region not only in Spain, but in the whole of Europe
  • More than 500,000 acres (202,350ha) of vineyards
  • Finest vineyards are those with high limestone and chalk content in the sub-soil; these semi-porous stones retain precious moisture and help to even out the vines’ water supply
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La Mancha DO

White varieties

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  • Airen: local favorite, accounting for the bulk of production, ideal for distillation into brandy
  • Most popular: Chardonnay, Viognier, Macabeo, Torrontes, Verdejo
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La Mancha DO

Red varieties

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  • Tempranillo (Cencibel): by far the most popular red-wine variety, often accompanied by Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot
  • Spanish: Graciano, Bobal, Monastrell
  • International: Grenache, Syrah, Petit Verdot
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Almansa DO

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  • Monastrell (Mourvedre): dominant grape variety, regional specialty
  • Garnacha Tintorera (Alicante Bouschet): also widely grown, deep-colored, dark-fruit
  • Others: Cencibel (Tempranillo), Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah
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Almansa DO white varieties?

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Authorized:

  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Verdejo
  • Moscatel de Grano Menudo (Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains)
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Manchuela DO

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  • Red wines dominate
  • Native Bobal grape variety goes into unoaked reds and rosés
  • Cencibel (Tempranillo) produces some of the best barrel-matured wines
  • Monastrell, Garnacha, Cabernet Sauvignon are used in blends
  • Syrah has done extremely well here in recent years; future for varietal wines based on Syrah looks promising
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Manchuela DO

Styles

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  • Blanco
  • Blanco “Fermentado en Barrica”
  • Rosado: min. 85% red varieties
  • Tinto
  • Tinto “Fermentado en Barrica”
  • Vino Espumoso
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Garnacha Tintorera aka

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Alicante Bouschet

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Valencia is ? .
A) a DO
B) an Autonomía
C) the Capital City of said Autonomía
D) All of the above

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D) All of the Above

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The autonomía of Valencia encompasses what DOs?

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  • Valencia DO
  • Alicante DO
  • Utiel-Requena DO
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What is the major product of Valencia DO?

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  • White wines from Merseguera and other indigenous grapes:
    • Macabeo, Malvasia, Moscatel de Alejandria, PX, Planta Fina de Pedralba, Chardonnay
  • Recommended Red: Garnacha, Tempranillo, Monastrell, Tintorera, Cab Sauv, Merlot
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Valencia DO

Main white grape

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Meresguera, fairly neutral

Valencia

  • steeped in Catalan and Moorish tradition
  • Spain’s 3rd largest city
  • better known for oranges and paella (birthplace)
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Fondillón

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  • Oxidative, unfortified dessert wine
  • Overripe Monastrell
  • Aged in solera for 10 years
  • Speciality of Alicante
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Alicante

  • Grapes
  • Styles
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Alicante

  • Blanco: Merseguera, Airen, Macabeo, Moscatel de Alejandria
  • Tinto: Garnacha Tinta, Garnacha Tintorera, Tempranillo, Monastrell
  • Blanco, Rosado, Tinto, Doble Pasta, Rancio, Noble, Fondillón, Moscatel de Alicante (VDL/VD)
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Alicante Noble

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  • Exclusively Recommended Varieties
  • Aged 30 mos in Wood
  • May Not be Fortified
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Utiel-Requena DO

Doble Pasta

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Traditional style of wine made from the Bobal grape

  • Macerated and fermented with double the normal amount of skins and pulp
  • Intensely tannic, concentrated, and darkly colored
  • Also authorized in Alicante
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Utiel-Requena

  • Authorized Grapes?
  • Styles?
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  • W: Planta Nova, Macabeo, Merseguera, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc
    • White grapes may account for a max 15% of vineyard acreage
  • R: Bobal, Tempranillo, Garnacha, Cab Sauv, Merlot, Syrah
  • Blanco, Rosado, Tinto, Superior, Espumoso/Aromaticos, Aguja, VDL, Vendemia Inicial
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vendemia inicial

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Nouveau

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Utiel-Requena Superior

Styles and Varietals

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Utiel-Requena Superior

  • blanco/rosado/tinto: min 85% preferred varieties
  • Blanco: Macabeo, Merseguera, Planta Nova (Tardana), Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Parrellada, Verdejo, Moscatel de grano menudo
  • Tinto: Bobal (rosado), Tempranillo, Garnacha Tinta, Garnacha Tintorera, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah, Pinot Noir, Petit Verdot, Cabernet Franc
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Murcia

3 DOs

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  • Yecla DO
  • Jumilla DO
  • Bullas DO
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Jumilla

Major Grape

Authorized Styles

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  • Monastrell
    • ​Varietal Tinto and Rosado at 85%
    • VDL at 100%
  • Also authorized: Garnacha Tintorera, Cincibel, Cab Sauv, PV, Syrah, Merlot, Garnacha
  • Blanco: Airen, Macabeo, Malvasia, PX, Chard, SB, Moscatel de Grano Menudo
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Bullas

Major Grape

Authorized Styles

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  • Monstrell
    • ​60% for Rosado and Tinto
    • 100% for VDL
    • 65% for Rosado/Tinto Espumoso (9mos on the lees)
  • Airen is recommended for Blanco
  • All other authorized grapes are in line with Jumilla
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Yecla

Recommended Grape

Authorized styles

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  • Monastrell
  • Other authorized red grapes match Jumilla
  • Blanco: Macabeo, Airen, Merseguera, Moscatel de Grano Menudo, Chard, SB
  • Blanco/Rosado/Tinto/Espumoso/VDL
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What is unusual about Yecla’s max planting density and yield?

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  • Separated into Dry-Farmed and Irrigated
    • 1100 vines/ha (dry-farmed) v. 1600 vines/ha (irrigated)
    • 4500 kg/ha v. 9000 kgha for white
    • 4000 kg/ha v. 7000 kg/ha for red (all 70L/100 kg)
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Where is the Levant, and what autonomías make it up?

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  • Eastern coast of Spain
    • From Valencia until it turns west at Andalucia
  • Valencia, Murcia
    • 2 autonomías
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Levant DOs

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  • Valencia DO
  • Utiel-Requena DO
  • Alicante DO
  • Yecla DO
  • Jumilla DO
  • Bullas DO
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La Mancha

RS levels for Seco, Semiseco, Semidulce, Dulce

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La Manch​a

  • Seco: max 4 g/L
  • Semiseco: 4-12g/L
  • Semidulce: 12-45g/L
  • Dulce: 45+ g/L
  • VDN is also min 45g/L
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Largest single demarcated wine region in Europe

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La Mancha DO

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La Mancha

Grapes

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  • Cencibel (Tempranillo)
  • Airén
  • Chard, Gewurztraminer, Macabeo, Moscatel de Grano Menudo, Parellada, PX, Riesling, SB, Torrontes, Verdejo, Viognier
  • Bobal, Cab Franc, Cab Sauv, Garnacha Tinta, Graciano, Malbec, Merlot, Mencia, Monastrell, Moravia Dulce, PV, PN, Syrah
  • In other words: EVERYTHING
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Most planted white grape in the world, by acreage as of 2004

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Airén

  • ONLY planted in southern Spain!
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Where is Mentrida DO?: what are its major grapes?

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  • Directly SW of Madrid
  • Blanco: Albillo, Macabeo, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Verdejo
  • Tinto: Garnacha, Tempranillo, Cab Sauv, PV, Syrah, Merlot
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2 DOs formerly administered by La Mancha DO

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  • Méntrida DO
  • Almansa DO
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Almansa DO

Major Grape

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  • Monastrell
    • sits just north of Jumilla; demonstrates much Levantine influence
  • Also authorized:
  • Blanco: Chardonnay, SB, Verdujo, Moscatel de Grano Menudo
  • Tinto: Garnacha Tintorera, Tempranillo, Cab Sauv, Syrah, Merlot, PV, Garnacha
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What Castilla-La Mancha DO is a former subzone of La Mancha DO?

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Ribera del Júcar DO

  • est 2003
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Manchuela

Major Grape

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  • Bobal
    • ​​bridges the gap to between La Mancha and Utiel-Requena
  • Also authorized:
    • Blanco: Albillo, Chard, Macabeo, SB, Verdejo Pardillo, Viognier, Moscatel de Grano Menudo
    • Tinto: Cab Sauv, Cencibel, Garnacha, Merlot, Monastrell, Moravia Duce, Moravia Agria, Syrah, Garnacha Tintorera, Malbec, Mazuelo, Graciano, Rojal, PV, Cab Franc, PN
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Valdepeñas is surrounded by La Mancha, with a similar climate and varietal makeup, but received recognition in 1932, forty-plus years before. What makes it a more desirable winegrowing region?

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Chalk bedrock

  • Better water retention
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Valdepeñas

2 subzones

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  • Los Llanos (West)
  • Las Aberturas (North)
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What styles are authorized for Reserva and Gran Reserva in Valdepenas?

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Tinto only

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Uclés DO

Styles

Major focus

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Uclés

  • Red, White, Sparkling, Sweet
  • Major Focus is Reds from Cencibel, Garnacha, Cab Sauv, Merlot, Syrah
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What styles are produced in Mondéjar DO?; from what grapes?

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Mondéjar

  • Red, White, Rosado
  • Cencibel, Cab Sauv
  • Macabéo, Malvar
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Vinos de Madrid DO covers what 3 areas?; what varieties are recommended for each?

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  • San Martín de Valdeiglesias
    • Albillo, Garnacha Tinta
  • Navalcarnero
    • Malvar, Garnacha Tinta
  • Arganda
    • Malvar, Tinto Fino
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Vinos de Madrid DO

Grapes

Major market

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  • Tinto Fino, Negra de Madrid (Garnacha)
  • Airén, Malvar
  • Most of the wine is consumed in Madrid
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sobremadre

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  • Traditional wines produced by long maceration on the skins (up to 180 days for both blanco and tinto)
  • Authorized in Vinos de Madrid
48
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Castilla-La Mancha

8 DOs

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  • La Mancha
  • Valdepeñas
  • Mentrida
  • Almansa
  • Manchuela
  • Ribera del Júcar
  • Mondéjar
  • Vinos de Madrid
  • Uclés
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Valencia

4 Subzones and their styles

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  • Alto Turia
    • ​White only
  • Clariano
    • R / W / Rosé
  • Valentino
    • R / W / Rosé / VdL
  • Moscatel de Valencia
    • Dulce / VdL
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What is unique about Uclés DO?

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  • The law sets Max Yield based on Vine Age
  • Vines may not produce DO wine before 6 years of age
51
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What DO’s of southwestern Spain authorize semisweet and sweet reds?

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  • La Mancha
  • Ribera del Júcar
  • Valdepeñas
  • Almansa
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Manchuela DO

Main white grape

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Macabeo

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