Czech Republic & Slovakia Flashcards
Name the 6 main wine regions of Slovakia.
- Malokarpatská (small Carpathian)
- Juznoslvenská (south Slovak)
- Nitrianska (Nitra wine region)
- Stredoslovenska (Centrl slovak wine region)
- Vychodoslovenska (Eastern Slovak wine region)
- Tokajska(Tokaj wine region)
What are the 2 principle regions of the Czech Republic?
Moravia-in the south
Bohemia-in the north
96% of the Czech Republic’s acres under vine are located where?
Moravia
Moravia is north of what Austrian wine region?
Weinviertal
Bohemia is on the same latitude as what German wine region?
Rheingau
Name 6 main grape varietals of the Czech Republic
Muller-Thurgau Frankova (Blaufrankisch) Svatovannecké (St. Laurent) Ryzlink Vlassky (Welschriesling) Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon
What is the legal ripeness system of the Czech Republic?
Quality Wines with Special Attributes
(Akostné vino s Priclastkom
kabinett-TBA and Eiswein
What ripeness scale is used in the Czech Republic and Slovakia?
Czecho-Slovak Normalized Must Weight Scale
NM
How are the degrees of the NM Scale calculated?
degrees are equated to the number of kilogrms of natural sugar in 100 liters of grape juice
What is VOC?
Vina Originalni Certifikace
-voluntary system modeled after the French AOC and Austrian DAC systems
What was the first VOC of the Czech Republic?
VOC Znojmo in 2009
What are the requirements of the VOC designation?
- hand harvesting
- min. must weights
- low max. yields
- defined alcohol levels
VOC Znojmo may be blends or varietal wines of what 3 grape varietals?
Gruner Veltliner
Sauvignon Blanc
Riesling
True or False:
Oak may not be employed in the production of VOV Znojmo wines and cork closure is required.
True
Name the 5 VOCs of Moravia
VOC Znojmo VOC Modre Hory VOC Mikulov VOC Blatnice VOC Palava
