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1
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When did Bierzo became a DO?

A

1989

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2
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Climate and altitude in Bierzo

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Continental

450-800m

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Which are the 2 unofficial subzones of Bierzo?

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Bajo Bierzo

Alto Bierzo

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4
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When did the pyramid categories of Bierzo wines established?
Name the categories

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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)
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5
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Name 3 Bierzo producers

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Prada a Tope
Raul Perez
Descendientes de Jose Palacios

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6
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Grapes in Bierzo

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Red: Mencia, Garnacha Tintorera (Alicante Bouschet), Tempranillo
White: Godello, Dona Blanca, Malvasia & Palomino

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What wines did we mostly saw in Rueda before the 1970’s?

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Fortified white wines

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8
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Which river cross in Rueda?

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Duero

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9
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Rueda altitude

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600-700 m

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10
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Rueda soils and climate

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High portion of limestone and gravelly

Extreme continental climate

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11
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Rueda grape varieties

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White wine region
White: Verdejo, S.B., Palomino, Viura, Chardonnay and Viognier
Red: Tempranillo, C.S., Merlot, Syrah amd Garnacha

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12
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What is Palido?

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Is a heritage style of biologicaly aged and fortified Rueda wines

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13
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When did the additional categories were created in Rueda and which are them

A

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

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14
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Who changed the wine scene in Rueda?

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Riojas famous Bodega Marques de Riscal in the 1970s

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15
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Name 3 Ribera del Duero producers

A 
Vega Sicilia
Alion (Vegas Sicilia's holding
Pingus 
Aaltos
Pesquera (Alejandro Fernandez)
Arzuaga Navarro
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16
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When did Vega Sicilia was founded?

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In 1864 from Don Eloy y Chaves

17
Q

Ribera de Duero’s provinces

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(from east to west)
Soria
Segovia
Burgos
Valladolid
18
Q

Ribera del Duero soil types an altitude

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30 types indentified
Limestone on the eastern side
Denser clay on the western part

700-1000 with 800-850 been the average

19
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Ribera del Duero climate

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Extreme continental
Summers swelteringly hot
Winters icy cold

20
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Ribera del Duero aging designation

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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
21
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When did Arlanza DO created?

Wine types

A

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

22
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Where is Cigales and what do we know?

A

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

23
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Where is Tierra de Leon? What do we know?

A

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

24
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What do we know for Toro?

A 
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
25
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What do we know for Tierra del vino de Zamora DO?

A 
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
26
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What do we know for Arribes DO?

A

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

27
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Who is the owner and who the wine maker of Vega Sicilia?

A

Alvarez family since 1982

Xavier Ausas

28
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Who is the owner of Dominio de Pingus?

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Peter Sisseck. Danis winemaker established the winery in 1995

29
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Where is Bodega Numanthia?

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At the location Zamora of Toro
Established in 1998 from the Eguren family
Termanthia is the flagship of the estate
In LVMH since 2008

30
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Where is from Aalto bodegas y Vinedos?

A

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

31
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Where is Bodegas Valduero?

A

Ribera del Duero

Established in 1984 from Gregorio Garcia Viadero

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