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D3 Portugal Flashcards

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Portugal Features?

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NW - Cool and rainy Maritime
Douro - Continental and moderate to warm, elevation and slopes
South - Warm, dry and flat

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Training & Trellising?

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Often VSP

Some old bush vines in Douro

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Vineyard Risks?

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General - Grapevine moth, Esca
Coastal - fungal disease and poor fruit-set
Douro - hail and storms
Dao - wildfires

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Common Single Varietals?

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Bairrada - Baga
Moncao e Melgaco (Vinho Verde) - Alvarinho
Dao - Encruzado

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Alentejo Amphora?

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Vinho de Talha DOC

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PDO Wine?

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DOC/DOP

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IGP Wine?

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Vinho Regional (VR)

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Vinho Verde DOC Features?

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West - Atlantic
South - Douro (edges just over it)
North - River Minho
East - Peneda Geres National Park (mountains)

Poor granitic soils - lots of fertiliser needed

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Vinho Verde Grapes?

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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

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Top-end Vinho Verde?

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Moncao e Melgaco
100% Alvarinho, min. 11.5% ABV,
From elsewhere must declassify to VR to varietally label

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Douro Sub-regions?

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Baixo Corgo, Cima Corgo, Douro Superior

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Douro Features?

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Serra do Marao blocks Atlantic influence
Variety of aspects; reasonable elevation, 450/700/900mm rainfall
Schist bedrock splits vertically - deep roots

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Douro Grapes?

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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

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Tannin Extraction in Douro?

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Carefully - high tannin grape varieties, so generally cooler fermentations, no stalks, lighter cap management

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Dao Features?

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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
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Dao Grapes?

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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

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Bairrada Features?

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Maritime climate - high rainfall
Traditionally high-trained bush vines, increasingly VSP
Limestone-clay soils for good retention/drainage balance

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Bairrada Grape?

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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

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Alentejo Features?

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Hot, Mediterranean
Flat lands and low hills
Moderate rainfall focused on Autumn/Winter

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Alentejo Grapes?

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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

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Lisboa Features?

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Serra de Montejunto splits into 2 areas - Western Atlantic-influenced, Eastern more protected and suited to fuller bodied wines

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Lisboa Grapes?

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Eastern side:
Alenquer - Touriga Nacional, Aragonez
Bucelas - Arinto

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Peninsula de Setubal Features?

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Tejo and Sado rivers
Hot, Mediterranean climate
Mountains in South for cooling elevation

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Setubal Grapes?

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Palmela DOC - Castelao (Periquita) - full bodied, deep colour, red fruit,
International Varieties

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