Castilla Y Leon Flashcards
When did Bierzo became a DO?
1989
Climate and altitude in Bierzo
Continental
450-800m
Which are the 2 unofficial subzones of Bierzo?
Bajo Bierzo
Alto Bierzo
When did the pyramid categories of Bierzo wines established?
Name the categories
2017 From bottom to top Vino de la Region (Bierzo) Vino de Villa (village wine) Vino de Paraje (specific parcels) Vino de vina clasificada (cru wines Gran vino de Vina clasificada (grand cru)
Name 3 Bierzo producers
Prada a Tope
Raul Perez
Descendientes de Jose Palacios
Grapes in Bierzo
Red: Mencia, Garnacha Tintorera (Alicante Bouschet), Tempranillo
White: Godello, Dona Blanca, Malvasia & Palomino
What wines did we mostly saw in Rueda before the 1970’s?
Fortified white wines
Which river cross in Rueda?
Duero
Rueda altitude
600-700 m
Rueda soils and climate
High portion of limestone and gravelly
Extreme continental climate
Rueda grape varieties
White wine region
White: Verdejo, S.B., Palomino, Viura, Chardonnay and Viognier
Red: Tempranillo, C.S., Merlot, Syrah amd Garnacha
What is Palido?
Is a heritage style of biologicaly aged and fortified Rueda wines
When did the additional categories were created in Rueda and which are them
2019
Gran vino de Rueda: vines at least 30 years old
Vino de Pueblo: a village wine classification where 85% of grapes must be harvested for nearly 70 permitted municipalities
Who changed the wine scene in Rueda?
Riojas famous Bodega Marques de Riscal in the 1970s
Name 3 Ribera del Duero producers
Vega Sicilia Alion (Vegas Sicilia's holding Pingus Aaltos Pesquera (Alejandro Fernandez) Arzuaga Navarro
When did Vega Sicilia was founded?
In 1864 from Don Eloy y Chaves
Ribera de Duero’s provinces
(from east to west) Soria Segovia Burgos Valladolid
Ribera del Duero soil types an altitude
30 types indentified
Limestone on the eastern side
Denser clay on the western part
700-1000 with 800-850 been the average
Ribera del Duero climate
Extreme continental
Summers swelteringly hot
Winters icy cold
Ribera del Duero aging designation
Red. White
Crianza:
min 2 years(at least 1oak)/ min 18month(6 m)
Reserva:
Min 3 years (1 oak) / min 2 years (6 months)
Gran Reserva
Min 5 years (2 years oak)/ min 4 years (6 months
- Oak casjs must have a max capacity of 330 litres
When did Arlanza DO created?
Wine types
North of Ribera del Duero, it was created in 2007
Mostly white wines
White: albillo Mayor and Macabeo
Red: Tempranillo, Garnacha, Mencia, C.S., Merlot and Petit Verdot
Where is Cigales and what do we know?
On the west of Ribera del Duero
700-800 m altitude
Mostly rosados and claretes
Soils limestone with galets roules
Grapes
White: Verdejo, Sauvignon blanc, Albillo Mayor and Viura
Red: Tempranillo (most planted) Garnacha, C.S., Merlot, Syrah
Where is Tierra de Leon? What do we know?
Between Cigales and Bierzo
800-900 m altitude
Soils: brownish alluvial terraces with limestone
Indigenous red grape Prieto Picudo (70% of plantings)
Other grapes
White: Verdejo, Albarin Blanco, Godello Malvasia Castellana and Palomino
Red: Mencia, Garnacha and Tempranillo
What do we know for Toro?
We saw investments from the 1990s Cool continental climate 620-840 m altitude Soils: red clay non sand 60% of the vines are ungrafted 85% of plantings Tinta de Toro
What do we know for Tierra del vino de Zamora DO?
On the west and around Toro. 750 altitude (average) Alluvial soils Grapes Red: Tempranillo, C.S. and Garnacha White: Malvasia Castellana, Verdejo Albillo Mayor, Palomino and Godello
What do we know for Arribes DO?
Northeast Portuguese border
Subzone of the Douro for Port and dry wine.
550-830 m
Soils: mix of sandy quartz and granite as slate
Grapes
Red: Brunal, Juan Garcia, Tempranillo, Rufete, Garnacha, Mencia
White: Malvasia Castellana, Verdejo, Albillo Real
Who is the owner and who the wine maker of Vega Sicilia?
Alvarez family since 1982
Xavier Ausas
Who is the owner of Dominio de Pingus?
Peter Sisseck. Danis winemaker established the winery in 1995
Where is Bodega Numanthia?
At the location Zamora of Toro
Established in 1998 from the Eguren family
Termanthia is the flagship of the estate
In LVMH since 2008
Where is from Aalto bodegas y Vinedos?
From Valladolid Ribera del Duero
Established in 1999 from Mariano Garcia ( Vega Sicilia wine maker 1968-1998) and Javier Zaccagnini
Aaltos PS is the flagship of the winery
Where is Bodegas Valduero?
Ribera del Duero
Established in 1984 from Gregorio Garcia Viadero
