Central Med: Valencia Flashcards
What is the famous food of Valencia
Paella, Oranges, rice
What is the Parpallo Cave?
Gandia, NE Valencia
20,000BC
Decorated limestone
What was the prehistoric indigenous tribe of Valencia who brought wine
Iberians - brought wine!
Who was the tribe who invaded Valencia before the Romans
Carthagians
Which 2 powers was the treaty of the Ebro in 226BC
Romans and Carthagians
To avoid conflict
Rome took North
Carthagians took South
Did not last!
When was Valencia founded
Romans 138BC
Who rules between the Romans and the Moors
Visigoths
When did Valencia become an independent province under the Crown of Aragon
13c
Name some things that the Moors contributed to Valancia
Oranges Sugar cane Cotton Apricots Almonds Safffron Rice
Fertilizer
Pest control
Grafting
IRRIGATION
Tribunal of Waters
In 1469 which was the most populous city on the Iberian peninsula
Valencia
Wine exports increased
When was the first regulatory board to oversee Valencian wines
16-17c
Which 3 conflicts were notable in Valencia 17-19c
1 Persecution of Jews and Moors
2 War of Spanish Succession
3 Carlist Wars
Valencia replanted after phylloxera with indigenous varieties T or F
Partly true - vineyards in west not affected but coastal replanted with Bobal, Monastrell Tempranillo but also international or never replanted
Which were the 2 last provinces to hold out to Franco
Valencia and Alicante
When was Valencia given autonomous status
1982
When was Valencia given ‘historic nationality’
2006
What is the location of Valencia
N=Catalonia, Aragon
E= Med
S=Murcia
W= Castilla La Mancha
Capital = Valencia
In order of size of Spain’s largest cities, where does Valancia come
3rd
How many provinces does Valencia have
3
Castellon
Valencia
Alicante
What type of climate does Valancia have
Med
Continental inland
Sea breezes
Most rain - autumn and winter
What is the name of the wind originating in N Africa that affects Valencia
Leveche
Spring
warm wind
What is the topography of Valencia
Fertile plain by coast
Eastern portions of
Sistema Iberico (N)
Sistema Betico (S)
What is the highest point of Valencia
Pico Calderon 1838m
What are the 2 main rivers of Valencia
Jucar
Segura
What is the main characteristics of the soils of Valencia
Diverse
Limestone and loamy sand
Which are the red grapes of Valencia
Bobal and Monastrell
What are the white grapes of Valencia
None significant - Moscatel de Valencia?
DO Alicante - Date
1957 EARLY
Much prized historically pre phylloxera
DO Alicante - Wine style
Tinto 68%, Blanco 22% ++
Was much bulk wine
Monastrell (>80% for tintos)
Fondillon
Moscatel of Alexandria
DO Alicante - soils
Limestone and clay
DO - Alicante - climate
Med
250mm dry
DO Alicante - topography
Coastal plain
600m
10,379ha
DO Alicante has a special wine. What is it called and what is it made from?
Fondillon Sweet Protected status as 'traditional' Over-ripe Monastrell grapes 16%abv No fortification 10 yrs in solera to oxidise only 8 wineries
DO Alicante - which is the best area for Moscatel
La Marina
DO Utiel-Requena - Date
1957 Early
Historical status
Working towards UNESCO status for vineyards
Many label as DO Valencia
DO Utiel-Requena - Wine style
TINTO 78% ++
BOBAL - old vines
CAVA
DO Utiel-Requena - soils
Limestone
DO Utiel-Requena -climate
Med
400mm
DO Utiel-Requena -topography
West of Valencia
900m
34,510ha= BIG
DO Utiel-Requena - what is the special method used for vinifying Bobal
Doble pasta
Skins and pulp from rosado added into fermenting Bobal must
=> double maceration
dark, full-bodied Spanish wine produced by running off a proportion of fermenting must after two days and adding more crushed grapes to refill the vat. The ratio of skin to pulp is effectively doubled, producing wines with a deep, black colour and very high levels of tannin.
DO Utiel-Requena - how many wineries looking to get Vinos de Pago status
3 - only ones in Valencia
Terrarazo, Balagues, Vera de Estanas
DO Valencia - OCW
Valencia, Spain’s biggest port and third largest city, also lends its name to an autonomous region and one of five wine denominations (see do) in the Comunidad Valenciana region (see map under spain). The vineyards are well away from the city, inland from the fertile market gardens and paddy fields bordering the Mediterranean. Production of white wine exceeds red. Neutral dry whites are made from the merseguera grape, although the local Moscatel Romano (muscat of alexandria) produces some good, pungent dessert mistelas. monastrell and the dark-fleshed Garnacha Tintorera (alicante bouschet) together produce rather coarse red wines, although the latter can produce some fresh, dry rosé. Five large producers dominate Valencia and the surrounding DOs.
DO Utiel - Requena -OCW
Utiel-Requena, large, workmanlike Spanish wine region producing some sturdy reds, and mostly rosés, in the hills inland from valencia in south-east Spain (see map under spain). Utiel-Requena is the coolest of the five wine regions of the levante and was once famous for its heavy doble pasta reds. Consequently the region is dominated by the sweet, dark bobal grape variety although the tempranillo vine has become important this century, followed by Syrah, Merlot, and Cabernet Sauvignon. Utiel-Requena produces large amounts of grape concentrate.
Bobal - OCW
Bobal — a very important Spanish dark-skinned grape variety which produces deep-coloured red wines and even grape concentrate in south east Spain, substantially but by no means exclusively for bulk wine production. In 2011 its plantings still totalled 67,411 ha/166,505 acres, making it Spain’s second most planted red wine grape after Tempranillo. Its reputation has been growing as producers such as Mustiguillo have managed to fashion velvety reds from high-elevation vineyards in utiel-requena. It retains its acidity better than monastrell, which tends to be grown in slightly warmer, more southerly parts of Spain, and is notably lower in alcohol. It is allowed in four do areas: Utiel-Requena, valencia, manchuela, and ribera del júcar. Drought-resistant, and always grown as unirrigated bush vines, Bobal is extremely sensitive to springtime cold spells. Young vines may ripen unevenly. Although more rustic than the internationally famous Grenache and Monastrell, Bobal wines are fresher, with fine colour, a good dark berry component, and an ability to transmit terroir.
Which DO claims Bobal as indigenous
DO Utiel-Requena
What is the name of the traditional DO Utiel-Requena winemaking process that produces highly extracted tannic wines
Doble pasta
Some DO Utiel-Requena wines can be labelled with a different DO. which one
DO Valencia
Which 2 grapes dominate vinos Tintos in Valencia
Bobal and Monastrell
The soils of Communidad Valencia are dominated by granite and schist. T or F
False - varied
What is the name of the sweet oxidised wine made from Monastrell in DO Valencia
Fondillon
Name the warm Southerly wind which affects the central Med coast
Leveche
Which is the favoured white grape in DO Alicante
Muscat of Alexandria
Many of the regions best red wines are produced from which 2 varieties
Monastrell and Bobal
Bobal is native to which DO
Utiel-Requena
