Central Greece & The Peloponnese

Question 1

What is the other name for central Greece?

Answer 1

Sterea Ellada

Question 2

What are the PDOs of Central Greece?

Answer 2

There are none!

Question 3

What are the district PGIs of central Greece?

Answer 3

Attica
Evia
Viotia

Question 4

What are the dominant varietals of Central Greece?

Answer 4

Roditis and Savatiano for the production of retsina

Question 5

What is the second largest Island in Greece?

Answer 5

Evia

Question 6

What red varietal is local to Evia?

Answer 6

Vradiano

Question 7

Where is the producer Papagiannakos located?

Answer 7

Attica PGI

Question 8

List 5 area PGIs for Retsina

Answer 8

Retsina of Attica
Retsina of Evia
Retsina of Thebes
Retsina of Viotia
Retsina of Mesogia

Question 9

What is physically the largest PDO of Greece?

Answer 9

Patras

Question 10

List the PDOs of the Peloponnese

Answer 10

Nemea
Mantinia
Patras
Mavrodaphne of Patras
Muscat of Patras
Muscat of Rio Patras
Monemvasia-Malvasia

Question 11

What is the grape varietal of Nemea?

Answer 11

Wines must be 100% Agiorgitiko (red)

Question 12

What styles of wine are permitted in the Nemea PDO?

Answer 12

Dry red, semi-sweet red, Vin doux and Vin doux naturel

Question 13

What is the primarily varietal of Mantinia PDO? What may be blended with it?

Answer 13

Min 85% Moschofilero, plus Asproudes

Question 14

What styles of wine are permitted in Mantinia PDO?

Answer 14

Dry white or vin gris, and sparkling white from brut nature to doux from a minimum 85% Moschofilero

Question 15

What it the grape varietal of Patras PDO?

Answer 15

Must be 100% Roditis

Question 16

What styles of wine are permitted in the Patras PDO?

Answer 16

Dry, semi-dry, and semi-sweet white wine

Question 17

What kind of Muscat is used in the Muscat of Patras PDO?

Answer 17

Moschato Aspro = Muscat a petits grains

Question 18

What gulf separates the Peloponnese from the mainland?

Answer 18

The Gulf of Corinth

Question 19

What are the PDOs for sweet wine in the Peloponnese?

Answer 19

Muscat of Patras
Muscat of Rio Patras
Mavrodaphne of Patras
Monemvasia-Malvasia

Question 20

What is Agiorgitiko called the “Blood of Hercules”?

Answer 20

It supposedly have Hercules the strength to defeat the Nemean Lion

Question 21

What famous wine blends Agiorgitiko with Cabernet Sauvignon?

Answer 21

Megas Oenos from Skouras - it take the area PGI of Peloponnese

Question 22

What area of the Peloponnese does Nemea lie in?

Answer 22

The North East corner in the Corinth district

Question 23

In what important “cru” of Nemea is Gaia located in?

Answer 23

Koutsi

Question 24

What is the capital of the Peloponnese?

Answer 24

Tripoli

Question 25

Where is the Mantinia PDO located?

Answer 25

Just North if Tripoli in the central Peloponnese

Question 26

Where do the Patras PDOs lie?

Answer 26

In the district PGI of Achaia on the Northern coast of the Peloponnese along the gulf of Corinth

Question 27

What may Mavrodaphne be blended with in the Mavrodaphne of Patras PDO?

Answer 27

Corinthiaki (max 49%)

Question 28

What was the first winery to make a Mavrodaphne of Patras wine? What was the wine modelled after?

Answer 28

Achaia Clauss Port

Question 29

What styles are permitted for Mavrodaphne of Patras?

Answer 29

Always fortified Fortification can happen prior to fermentation or during fermentation - VdL or VdN

Question 30

What is the minimum oak aging requirement for Mavrodaphne of Patras? What is required for reserve? Vielle reserve?

Answer 30

1 year 3 years in total, 2yrs in cask and 1yr in bottle 5 years, 2yrs in cask and 2yrs in bottle

Question 31

How do Muscat of Patras and Muscat of Rio Patras differ?

Answer 31

MoP is warmer and on clay based soils giving a richer wine MoRP is closer to the coast and gives a more floral high toned wine

Question 32

How may Muscat of Patras and Muscat of Rio Patras be made?

Answer 32

Vin Doux Naturel (fortified during fermentation) Vin de Liqueur (fortified before fermentation) Vin Liastos (vinifying dried fruit)

Question 33

Where in the Peloponnese would you find Italian varietals such as Refosco and Ribolla Gialla planted?

Answer 33

Ilia in the South West of the Achaia district- home to Domaine Mercouri

Question 34

Where in Monemvasia-Malvasia?

Answer 34

Laconia in the south of the Peloponnese around the Port town of Malvasia

Question 35

What additional varietals may be blended to make Monemvasia-Malvasia?

Answer 35

Assyrtico, Asproudes, and Kydonista (max 49%)

Question 36

How is Monemvasia-Malvasia made?

Answer 36

Vin Liastos - the grapes must be dried and fortification is optional