Castilla Y Leon Flashcards by Christina Stanley

Ribera del Duero DO was created in this year

1982

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This triangle of villages in Ribera del Duero produce the best wine

Roa de Duero
La Horra
Pedrosa De Duero

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Who makes domaine Pingus where are the vines from

Peter Sisseck
La Horra (Town)
Old Tinto fino (Tempranillo)

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Michel and Dany Rolands project in Toro

Campo Elisio

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Numanthia is in this province of Toro

Zamorra

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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)

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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

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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

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Mountains running perpendicular to Sistema Central from Castilla y Leon to Valencia

Sistema Iberico

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Average elevation of Meseta Central

650 m above sea level

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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

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Provinces of Production in Ribera del Duero

Valladolid
Burgos
Soria
Segovia

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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)

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Tempranillo in Ribera del Duero

Tinta del Pais/Tinto Fino

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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)

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Main towns of Ribera del Duero

Aranda de Duero

Penafiel

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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

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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)

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Gran vino de Rueda vines must be this old

30 years

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Where do you find lagares and what are they

Large troughs for footstomping in Porto. serve as primary fermentation vessels

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These Bordeaux Varieties are allowed in Ribera del Duero

Malbec, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon
(No cab franc or pv)

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How many soil types of Ribera del Duero

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Mountains that separate Galicia and Castilla Y Leon

Sierra de los Anceres

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what winery revitalized Rueda (Castilla Y Leon) planting Sauvignon Blanc

Marques de Riscal

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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