Central Mediterranean Coast/Valencia & Murcia

Question 1

Name the warm southerly wind which affects the central Mediterranean coast.

Answer 1

Leveche

Question 2

The soils of Comunidad Valencia are dominated by granite and schist. True or False?

Answer 2

FALSE (they are varied)

Question 3

Which two grapes dominate vinos tintos in Valencia?

Answer 3

Monastrell
Bobal

Question 4

What is the name of the naturally sweet wine made from overripe Monastrell grapes in DO Alicante?

Answer 4

Fondillón

Question 5

What is the dominant white grape in DO Alicante?

Answer 5

Moscatel de Alejandría

Question 6

Bobal is indigenous to which Denominación de Origen?

Answer 6

DO Utiel-Requena

Valencia

Question 7

Some DO Utiel-Requena wines can be labeled with a different DO. Which DO is it?

Answer 7

DO Valencia

Question 8

What is the name of the traditional DO Utiel-Requena winemaking process that produces highly-extracted, tannic wines?

Answer 8

Doble pasta

Valencia

Question 9

Which DO in Murcia was mostly spared from phylloxera due to its soils?

Answer 9

DO Jumilla

Murcia (Cast. La Mancha)

Question 10

What is the term used in Murcia to refer to “ungrafted grapevines?”

Answer 10

Pie Franco
(particularly seen in Jumilla)

Valencia

Question 11

Murcia gets plenty of rain due to its proximity to the Mediterranean. True or False?

Answer 11

FALSE (it averages only 12-14 in/300-350 mm annually)

Question 12

More than 30% of Murcia lies at elevations higher than 1,969 ft/600 m. True or False?

Answer 12

TRUE

Question 13

What soil type dominates the vineyards of DO Jumilla and DO Yecla?

Answer 13

Limestone

Murcia

Question 14

Which red grape variety is dominant in Murcia?

Answer 14

Monastrell

Question 15

What is the principal wine style in DO Bullas?

Answer 15

Tinto

Murcia

Question 16

Which DO is shared between Murcia and Castilla-La Mancha?

Answer 16

DO Jumilla

Question 17

Which is the smallest DO in Murcia?

Answer 17

DO Yecla

Question 18

What percentage of DO Yecla’s production is exported?

Answer 18

Nearly 95%

Question 19

DO Bullas does not allow the production of white wine. True or False?

Answer 19

FALSE

Question 20

What is the southernmost and westernmost DO in Murcia?

Answer 20

Bullas DO

Question 21

What is the newest DO of Murcia?

Answer 21

Bullas DO

Question 22

What are the DOs of Murcia?

Answer 22

Bullas
Yecla
Jumilla

Question 23

What are the DOs of Valencia?

Answer 23

Alicante
Utiel-Requena
(Valencia)

Question 24

What are the three provinces of Valencia?

Answer 24

Castellon
Valencia
Alicante

Question 25

What is the min. ABV of Fondillon?

Answer 25

16% (cannot be fortified)

Question 26

What is the min. time in solera for Fondillon?

Answer 26

10 Years (Oxidized)

Question 27

In what DO is Fondillon produced?

Answer 27

Alicante DO

Question 28

Red wines of Alicante DO are a min. of what grape?

Answer 28

75% Monastrell

Question 29

What subzone of the Alicante DO is known for Moscatel de Alejandria?

Answer 29

La Marina

Question 30

What is the spanish "equivalent" to ripasso?

Answer 30

Doble Pasta ## Footnote Utiel-Requena

Question 31

What is the first Vino de Pago in Valencia?

Answer 31

El Terrerazo

Question 32

In what DO will you find the Doble Pasta method?

Answer 32

Utiel-Requena DO of Valencia Commune

Question 33

Tintos & Rosados of Bullas DO are a min. of ____% of _____ grape?

Answer 33

Min. 60% of Monastrell ## Footnote Murcia

Question 34

What is Murcia's oldest region?

Answer 34

Jumilla (Who’s the oldest?)

Question 35

Jumilla is shared by what two AUTO regions?

Answer 35

Castilla La Mancha Murcia

Question 36

What is the grape min. % of a labeled "Tinto Monastrell" in Jumilla?

Answer 36

85%

Question 37

What is the smallest DO in Murcia?

Answer 37

Yecla