D3 Portugal Flashcards
Portugal Features?
NW - Cool and rainy Maritime
Douro - Continental and moderate to warm, elevation and slopes
South - Warm, dry and flat
Training & Trellising?
Often VSP
Some old bush vines in Douro
Vineyard Risks?
General - Grapevine moth, Esca
Coastal - fungal disease and poor fruit-set
Douro - hail and storms
Dao - wildfires
Common Single Varietals?
Bairrada - Baga
Moncao e Melgaco (Vinho Verde) - Alvarinho
Dao - Encruzado
Alentejo Amphora?
Vinho de Talha DOC
PDO Wine?
DOC/DOP
IGP Wine?
Vinho Regional (VR)
Vinho Verde DOC Features?
West - Atlantic
South - Douro (edges just over it)
North - River Minho
East - Peneda Geres National Park (mountains)
Poor granitic soils - lots of fertiliser needed
Vinho Verde Grapes?
Loureiro - mid-ripening, medium(+) acidity, citrus, pear, floral, herbal
Alvarinho - med(+) to high acidity, med(+) body, citrus, peach, tropical
Pederna - Arinto - neutral
Avesso - low acidity, full bodied, citrus, stone fruit
Trajadura - low acidity, apple and peach
Vinhao - red, high acid, deep colour, cherry
Top-end Vinho Verde?
Moncao e Melgaco
100% Alvarinho, min. 11.5% ABV,
From elsewhere must declassify to VR to varietally label
Douro Sub-regions?
Baixo Corgo, Cima Corgo, Douro Superior
Douro Features?
Serra do Marao blocks Atlantic influence
Variety of aspects; reasonable elevation, 450/700/900mm rainfall
Schist bedrock splits vertically - deep roots
Douro Grapes?
Touriga Franca - medium everything except high acid, black and red fruit, floral
Touriga Nacional - high acid, tannin, colour, black fruit, floral e.g. violet/rose
Sousao - High acid
Viosinho - full bodied, lower acid, stone fruit, floral
Rabigato - high acid, citrus and floral
Gouveio (Godello) - med(+) acid, citrus, stone fruit
Moscatel Galego Branco (MBapG) - aromatic
Tannin Extraction in Douro?
Carefully - high tannin grape varieties, so generally cooler fermentations, no stalks, lighter cap management
Dao Features?
Warm, Mediterranean climate Protected all around by mountains Plentiful rainfall but mostly autumn/winter Pine & Eucalyptus - can taste in wines? Reasonable elevation offers cooling Generally VSP
Dao Grapes?
Touriga Nacional - high acid, tannin, colour, black fruit, floral e.g. violet/rose
Tinta Roriz (Tempranillo) - early-ripening, deep colour, med-med(+) tannins, full body, red and black fruit
Jaen (Mencia) - medium acid, raspberry, blackberry
Alfrocheiro - medium everything, red and black fruit
Encruzado - med-med(+) acidity, fuller bodied, lemon, peach, floral, takes oak well
Bairrada Features?
Maritime climate - high rainfall
Traditionally high-trained bush vines, increasingly VSP
Limestone-clay soils for good retention/drainage balance
Bairrada Grape?
Baga - late ripening, high yield, high acid, high tannin, medium body, cranberry, cherry, plum
Not uncommon to add stems or whole bunch ferment
Maria Gomes (Fernhao Pires) - early ripening, high yield, citrus, floral,
Bical - early ripening, peach, tropical
Arinto
Cercial
Alentejo Features?
Hot, Mediterranean
Flat lands and low hills
Moderate rainfall focused on Autumn/Winter
Alentejo Grapes?
Aragonez (Tinta Roriz/Tempranillo) - early-ripening, deep colour, med-med(+) tannins, full body, red and black fruit
Alicante Bouschet - deep colour, high acid and tannins, red and black fruit
Trincadeira - high yield, medium acid and tannins, blackberry and spice
Touriga Nacional - high acid, tannin, colour, black fruit, floral e.g. violet/rose
Syrah
Roupeiro - higher acid, citrus stone fruit, loses fruit quickly
Arinto (Pederna) - high acid
Antao Vaz - drought-tolerant, lower acid
Lisboa Features?
Serra de Montejunto splits into 2 areas - Western Atlantic-influenced, Eastern more protected and suited to fuller bodied wines
Lisboa Grapes?
Eastern side:
Alenquer - Touriga Nacional, Aragonez
Bucelas - Arinto
Peninsula de Setubal Features?
Tejo and Sado rivers
Hot, Mediterranean climate
Mountains in South for cooling elevation
Setubal Grapes?
Palmela DOC - Castelao (Periquita) - full bodied, deep colour, red fruit,
International Varieties
