Czech Republic and Slovakia Flashcards
Slovakia and the Czech Republic, the two independent entities that once formed___, are not major wine producing countries, yet both newly democratic countries are attempting to elevate quality and production.
Czechoslovakia
Slovakia is divided into what 6 main wine regions spanning its entire southern border?
- Malokarpatská (the Small Carpathian Wine Region)
- Južnoslovenská (South Slovak wine region)
- Nitrianska (Nitra wine region)
- Stredoslovenská (Central Slovak wine region)
- Východoslovenská (Eastern Slovak wine region)
- Tokajská (Tokaj wine region)
Tokajská is contiguous with __ in ___ , and the two regions share a common winemaking tradition
Tokaj in Hungary
After the admittance of both countries into the EU in the early 2000s, the Slovakian producers agreed to abide by what
Hungary’s system of quality controls
The “_ ___” category, no longer permitted in Hungary, would be eliminated in Slovakia as well
“2 Puttonyos”
Slovakian producers were still required to label their Tokaj wines under the less iconic moniker of “____.”
Tokajská
In 2010, pressure from winemakers finally led the Slovakian government to register what?
The simpler and more evocative “Tokaj” as a formal appellation name. How the Hungarians will respond, and whether Slovakian wines will retain the name in the future, is unclear.
The Czech Republic has what 2 principal regions?
- Moravia in the south
2. Bohemia in the north
96% of the Republic’s acres under vine are located where?
In Moravia
Moravia is just north of what?
Austria’s Weinviertel
Bohemia is located on the same latitude as what?
the Rheingau in Germany
Many international and Germanic varietals are common in the Czech Republic, including what?
Müller-Thurgau, Frankovka (Blaufränkisch), Svatovavnnecké (St. Laurent), Ryzlink Vlassky (Welschriesling), Chard, and CS
Both countries rely on a legal ripeness system adapted from what?
the German model
Quality Wines with Special Attributes (Akostné vino s Prívlastkom) resemble what?
German Prädikatswein, with an accompanying scale of Kabinett through Trockenbeerenauslese and Eiswein.
Instead of the Oechsle scale, both countries use what?
the Czecho-Slovak Normalized Must Weight Scale (NM), which equates its degrees to the number of kilograms of natural sugar in 100 liters of grape juice
In 2009, what made its debut in the Czech Republic?
VOC Znojmo
Producers in Znojmo used the French AOC and Austrian DAC systems as models for what?
their voluntary VOC (Vína Originální Certifikace) concept
Where is Znojmo located?
It is a subregion of Moravia
In order to display the VOC designation on the neck of the bottle, a producer must abide by what?
certain criteria, including hand-harvesting, minimum must weights, low maximum yields and defined alcohol levels.
VOC Znojmo wines may be blends or varietal wines, but only what qualifys for the designation?
Grüner Veltliner, Sauvignon Blanc, and Riesling
___ may not be employed in the production of VOC Znojmo wines, and a __ closure is required.
Oak, cork
Elsewhere in Moravia, producers have established what?
VOC Modré Hory and VOC Mikulov
As the new appellation concept evolves in the Czech Republic, it is intended to what?
complement, rather than replace, the existing Germanic system
