Castilla Y Leon Flashcards
Ribera del Duero DO was created in this year
1982
This triangle of villages in Ribera del Duero produce the best wine
Roa de Duero
La Horra
Pedrosa De Duero
Who makes domaine Pingus where are the vines from
Peter Sisseck
La Horra (Town)
Old Tinto fino (Tempranillo)
Michel and Dany Rolands project in Toro
Campo Elisio
Numanthia is in this province of Toro
Zamorra
Main producers famous bottlings of Ribera del Duero
Don Eloy Lecanda y Chaves: Vega Sicilia “Unico” (10 years before release)
“Valbuena 5” (5 years before release) and “Alion” (sister wine, shorter time in New French oak)
Pesquera
Domaine Pingus
Aalto (winemaker Mariano Garcia)
Authorized Grape Varieties for Arlanza DO (Castilla y León)
Bianco: Albilla, Viura (Macabeo)
Rosado: 50-100% Tinta del País, plus other red or white authorized grapes
Tinto: 50-100% Tinta del País
Styles of Arribes DO (Castilla Y Leon)
Blanco: min. 60% Malvasía
Rosado: min. 60% principal red varieties, plus other white and/or red varieties
Tinto: min. 60% Juan García, Rufete, and Tempranillo
Mountains running perpendicular to Sistema Central from Castilla y Leon to Valencia
Sistema Iberico
Average elevation of Meseta Central
650 m above sea level
Styles of wine produced in Ribera del Duero DO
Rosado or Clareté (min 50% authorized red varieties)
Tinto: min 75% Tinta del Pais (tempranillo) max 25% Garnacha, 5% Albillo Mayor
Blanco: Min 75% Albillo Mayor
Provinces of Production in Ribera del Duero
Valladolid
Burgos
Soria
Segovia
Styles produced in Toro DO
Blanco: Min 85% Malvasia or min 100% Verdejo
Rosado: min 75% Tinta del Toro or 100% Grenache
Tinto: min 75% tinta del toro (tempranillo)
Tempranillo in Ribera del Duero
Tinta del Pais/Tinto Fino
aging requirements Ribera del Duero
Roble/Barrica: min. 3 months in oak (max. 600 liter capacity)
Crianza:
Blanco/Rosado/Clarete: min. 18 months, including at least 6 months in oak (max. 330 liter capacity)
Tinto: min. 2 years, including at least 1 year in oak (max. 330 liter capacity)
Reserva:
Blanco/Rosado/Clarete: min. 2 years, including at least 6 months in oak (max. 330 liter capacity)
Tinto: min. 3 years, including at least 2 years in oak (max. 330 liter capacity)
Gran Reserva:
Blanco/Rosado/Clarete: min. 4 years, including at least 6 months in oak (max. 330 liter capacity)
Tinto: min. 5 years, including at least 2 years in oak (max. 330 liter capacity)
Main towns of Ribera del Duero
Aranda de Duero
Penafiel
Permitted grapes of Léon DO
Blanco:
Recommended: Verdejo, Albarín Blanco (Not Albariño), Godello
Authorized: Malvasía, Palomino (Palomino is not authorized for new plantings)
Tinto:
Recommended: Prieto Picudo, Mencía
Authorized: Garnacha, Tempranillo
Unico is what? Who makes it
1917, 1918 vintages of Vega Sicilia won acclaim at Barcelona worlds fair
Tinto del país
Cabernet Sauvignon
Merlot
aged a decade in American and French oak
Don Eloy Lecanda Y Chaves (owner)
Domingo Txomin (winemaker)
Gran vino de Rueda vines must be this old
30 years
Where do you find lagares and what are they
Large troughs for footstomping in Porto. serve as primary fermentation vessels
These Bordeaux Varieties are allowed in Ribera del Duero
Malbec, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon
(No cab franc or pv)
How many soil types of Ribera del Duero
32
Mountains that separate Galicia and Castilla Y Leon
Sierra de los Anceres
what winery revitalized Rueda (Castilla Y Leon) planting Sauvignon Blanc
Marques de Riscal
this percentage of Rueda white wines must be Sauvignon Blanc/Verdejo
50%
this Spanish city is closest to Ribeira del Duero
Penafiel (Valladoid provence)
Name of the granite in Slate mountains 1640-3940 feet that qualify for three appellations
Vinos de Madrid and Mentrida in Castilla La Mancha
and Vino de la Tierra de Castilla Y Leon
Sierra de Gredos
Two best Ribera del Duero vintages 2012 to 2017
2016
2015
2014
Pesus (Bodegas Hermanos)
Janus
Maleollus
Cuvées found in this DO
Ribera del Duero
Rueda espumoso must be 75% what?
Principal varieties: Verdejo, Sauvignon Blanc
Authorized varieties: Viura, Palomino Fino, Viognier, Chardonnay
this French winemaker identified Rueda as a candidate for Crisp nonoxidative white wine and advocated planting Sauvignon Blanc in the region
Emile Peynaud
Marques de Riscal and director Francisco Hurtado de Amezaga y Dolagaray enlisted him when they wanted a white wine for their portfolio
first general election after Franco
1977
in 1986 joined EU
Styles of production for Cigales DO
Blanco: min. 50% Verdejo
Rosado/Clarete: min. 50% Tinto del Pais, Garnacha, Verdejo
Tinto: min. 50% Tinto del Pais
Vino Dulce: (Blanco, Rosado and Tinto): min. 50% recommended red and white varietals
Vino Espumoso: min. 50% Tinto del Pais, Verdejo, recommended grapes)
Recommended white grape of Bierzo do
Dona Blanca
Godello
Also authorized: Malvasia, Palomino
What year was Bierzo established
1989
DOs of Castilla Y Leon (9)
Arlanza DO
Arribes DO
Bierzo DO
Cigales DO
Ribera del Duero DO
Rueda DO
Leon DO
Tierra del Vino de Zamora DO
Toro DO
VCIGs of Castilla Y Leon
Sierra de Salamanca
Valles de Benavente
Valtiendas
what year did LVMH acquire Numanthia (Toro)
2008
what is unique about Toros soil
Very sandy 60% of vines unaffected by phylloxera
Abadia Retuerta founded in 1966 is in this town just west of official Ribera del Duero boundary
Founded by Novartis, in Sardon de Duero
West of Ribera del Duero
does the Duero flow East or West
West
What river flows near Bierzo
Sil
Main red grape of Bierzo
Mencia
what year was Decendientes de José Palacios founded and where
1999 Bierzo founded by Alvaro Palacios of Priorat
biodynamic bottling of José Palacios
Corulon
who pushed for quality wine production in Bierzo in the 80s
Jose Luis Prada
Spain’s largest Autonomia
Castilla Y Leon
Sierra de Salamanca in Castilla Y Leon specializes in this red grape
Rufete
This Region in Castilla y Leon is noted for Rosado and Nuevo rosado production
Cigales DO
Producer of Clarete in Castilla Y Leon
Picaro (Ribera del Duero)
Encepagement and assemblage for Ribera del Duero DO (Castilla Y Leon)
Styles Produced:
Blanco: min. 75% Albillo Mayor, also allowed: Alarije (Pirulés), Pirulé, and Chasselas Doré
Rosado or Clarete: min. 50% authorized red varieties
Tinto: min. 95% authorized red grapes with a min. 75% Tinta del País / Tinto Fino
Authorized Grapes:
Recommended: Tinta del País / Tinto Fino (Tempranillo)
Authorized: Garnacha, Malbec, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Albillo Mayor
Aging requirements for Ribera del Duero DO
Roble/Barrica: min. 3 months in oak (max. 600 liter capacity)
Crianza:
Blanco/Rosado/Clarete: min. 18 months, including at least 6 months in oak (max. 330 liter capacity)
Tinto: min. 2 years including at least 1 year in oak (max. 330 liter capacity)
Reserva:
Blanco/Rosado/Clarete: min. 2 years, including at least 6 months in oak (max. 330 liter capacity)
Tinto: min. 3 years, including at least 1 year in oak (max. 330 liter capacity)
Gran Reserva:
Blanco/Rosado/Clarete: min. 4 years including at least 6 months in oak (max. 330 liter capacity)
Tinto: min. 5 years, including at least 2 years in oak (max. 330 liter capacity)
First Vintage of Vega Sicilia (The first Spanish wine to be recognized on the International scene)
1915
What year were top villages labeled on Rueda
2019
Is Verdejo Verdelho?
NO
Verdejo is indigenous to Rueda, its most famous DO
Two styles of Vino de Licor, fortified wines similar to sherry in Rueda
Rueda Pálido (Pale): 100% combined Palomino Fino and/or Verdejo (biologically aged)
Rueda Dorado (Golden): 100% combined Palomino Fino and/or Verdejo
Most consumed white in Spain
Rueda whites
Rueda Blanca must be this % principal white varieties
50%
Verdejo, Sauvignon Blanc
Verdejo espumoso aged 36 mos sur lie may be labeled this:
Gran Anada
First year Rueda Tinto was authorized
2001
Tempranillo, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Garnacha Tinta, Syrah.
After phylloxera, much of Rueda was planted to this grape
Palomino Fino
Bierzo developed a Village wine category in 2017:
Vino de la Région: (Bierzo)
Vino de Villa (Village)
Vino de Paraje (Parcel, like a lieu dit)
Vino de Vina Classificada (Classified Cru)
Grand Vino de Vina Classificada (Grand Cru)
Two general unofficial zones of Bierzo
Alto Bierzo (quartz and slate) preferred*
Baja Bierzo (deeper, clay and alluvial soils)
Bierzo is shielded from the Atlantic by this mountain range
Sierra de los Anceres
Winery of Jose Luis Prada in Bierzo
Prada a Tope
These DOs of Castilla Y Leon were added in 2007
Arlanza, Arribes, Leon and Tierra del Vino de Zamora
Castilla Y Leon is higher elevation than Castilla La Mancha: T/F?
True. Castilla Y Leon is higher elevation, and separated from Castilla La Mancha by the Sistema Central
Vega Sicilia was founded in this year
1864
First Vintage of Peter Sisseck’s Pingus (Ribera del Duero)
1995
What year did Alejandro Fernandez establish Tinto Pesquera?
1972
Climate of Ribera del Duero
Extreme continental
Where is the majority of limestone concentrated in Ribera del Duero
Western side, also significant clay
Middle is more sandy/silty
Ribera Del Duero Reds must be this % Tinto Fino/Tinto del Pais
75%
Only white grape allowed in Ribera del Duero
Albillo Mayor (White wines must be 75%)
White wine was allowed to carry the label Ribero del Duero in this year
2019
Clarete and Rosado of Ribera del Duero must be this % Recommended varieties
50%
River of Arlanza DO
Arlanza, moves to the Arlanzón, then the Pisuerga, then Duero
Soil of Arlanza DO
Sandy
Cigales DO is on this river
Pisuerga
Cigales DO Soil has a significant amount of limestone, as well as galets (or roules) and historically important for these styles of wines
Clarete and Rosado
What are “Luceras?”
Tall air vents that light the underground winery facilities in Cigales DO
In this year, Tierra de Leon DO became known as Leon
2019
White and red grapes of Leon
Blanco:
Min 50% Verdejo, Albarín Blanco (Not Albariño), Godello
Tinto and Rosado:
Min 60% Prieto Picudo, Mencía
Vega Sicilia established this project in Toro DO in the 1980s
Pintia
Toro DO is adjacent to Rueda DO, and overlap in this town
Villafranca de Duero
Vine training in Toro DO
Bush training, widely spaced
Synonym for tempranillo in Toro DO
Tinto del Toro, has the monniker “Bulls Blood”
Red wines of Toro are this:
75% Tinta de Toro or min. 85% Garnacha
White wines of Toro are this
Recommended: Verdejo, Malvasía “Castellana”
Authorized: Albillo Real, Muscat à Petit Grain
Tierra del Vino de Zamora DO forms an L shape around this DO, touching Rueda at the Eastern edge
Toro
Average elevation of Tierra del Vino de Zamora DO (Castilla Y Leon)
750 meters
Permitted grapes of Tierra del Vino de Zamora DO
Blanco:
Recommended: 60% of: Malvasia, Moscatel de Grano Menudo, Verdejo
Authorized: Albillo, Palomino, Godello
Tinto:
Recommended: (75% Tempranillo)
Authorized: Garnacha, Cabernet Sauvignon
Clarete of Tierra del Vino de Zamora must be this % Tempranillo
Rosado must be this % Tempranillo
30% (Clarete)
60% (Rosado)
Arribes DO follows the path of this river along the northeastern Porugese border
Duero
Arribes DO is partially opposite this region in Portugal
Duoro Superior
Soil of Arribes DO
Sandy quartz, granite and slate bvvv
Star grapes of Arribes DO
Brunal and Juan García
Las Lamas and Moncerbal are two single vineyards famous for Mencía where?
Bierzo DO (NorthWestern Castilla Y Leon)
The best vineyards in Bierzo DO are composed of what soil?
Slate
What year did Bierzo allow for village labeling on bottles?
2017
Sierra de Salamanca VCIG (Furthest South in Castilla Y Leon) Specializes in this grape
Rufete
Styles permitted in Arribes DO
Blanco: min. 60% Malvasía
Rosado and Tinto:
min. 60% Juan García, Rufete, and Tempranillo
Brunal or Alfrochiero is the unique grape to the region
Styles of Tierra del Vino de Zamora DO
Blanco: min. 60% Malvasia, Moscatel de Grano Menudo, Verdejo
Clarete: min. 30% Tempranillo plus other varieties (max. 40% authorized varieties)
Rosado: min. 60% Tempranillo
Tinto: min. 75% Tempranillo
