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DO Description Flashcards

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DO Rías Baixas

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Galicia - White Dominante - Albariño
Shallow sand, granite
5 Subzones
Val do Salenas
Soutomaior
Condado do Tea
O Rosal
Ribera do Ulla
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DO Ribeira Sacra

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SE Galicia - Inland - grante
Red WIne Dominate - only 1 in Galicia
On Mino & Sil with monasteries
Romans
Rivoyra Sacrata - “Sacred Riverbank”-1124
5 Subzones - Mencia in all 5
Ribeira Sacra Summum >60%Mencia, >85% pref

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DO Ribeiro

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Oldest DO in Galicia - 90% white
Treixadura
Romans planted
Known for sweet-wines
Pilgrims
on Miño, Aiva, Arnoia Rivers
Best vines on hillsides
Colleiteiros found here (Boutiques-115 total)
<60k liters
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DO Valdeorras

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Eastern most Galicia - Sil River - DO Bierzo border
Slate/Schist
8 subzones
Best for Godello (some aged in barriques)
Espumosos contain >85% Godello
Blancos are varietal Godello
Mencia for Tintos
Valdeorras Castas Nobles >85% pref
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DO Arabako Txakolina/Txakoli de Álava/Chacolí de Álava

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Hondarribi Zuri (w-94%). Hondarribi Beltza
Driest, Smallest
Limestone soils
Espaldera
Riper/Richer, mort Full Body wines
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DO Bizkaiko Txakolina/Txakoli de Bizkaia/ Chacolí de Bizkaia

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Hondarribi Zuri (w-99%), Hondarribi Beltza
Txakoli Wine Associate from here saved it
On the coast, vines planted on low foothills
Clay-loam soils - Parrals
Foehn Winds (September) from Montes Vascos
Light and easy
Largest Producer

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DO Getariako Txakolina/Txakoli de Getaria/ Chacolí de Getaria

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Hondarribi Zuri (w-93%), Hondarribi Beltza
Guipúzcoa- Spain's smallest province
Easternmost
Highest rainfall
Vineyards on coast (Getaria & Zauratz)
Parral
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DO Bierzo

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Home of Mencia (red-83%), Godello
Grante, Slate, Limestone
Castilla León all within León
Much maritime shield by C. Cantábrica
PART OF MESETA
en vaso
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DO Cigales

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Tinta del Pais (Tempranillo), Rosado-64%
Verdejo (>50% for blancos)
Sand, limestone over clay
Largest Producer of ROSADOS - Clarete
Deep cellars
Majuelos
Castilla León on R. Pisuerga
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DO Ribera del Duero

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Tinta Fino/Tina del Pais (Tempranillo) (r-99%)
32 different soils
Cistercian & Benedictine monks underground cellars
Highest average vineyards in EU
Extreme Continental
Between Demanda and Guadarrama mountains
Alejandro Fernández = Tempranillo (Pesquera del Duero)
Longer Age requirements
Castilla y León “River Bank”

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DO Rueda

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Verdejo, SavBlanc (w-99%)
Gravel, limestone
Was all white until reds allowed in 2008
Frost Issues
Rancio - Tierra de Medina
Phylloxera replanted with Palomino - no more allowed

Castilla León - Duero River cuts through

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DO Toro

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Tinta de Toro (Tempranillo) (r-93%)
Sand & clay
Extreme Cont - Harsh winters - Spring Frost
Lowest rainfall
If blended use Garnacha
Best use French oak
Castilla León
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DOCa Rioja – Alavesa

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(r) Tempranillo, Garnacha, Graciano (w) Viura (Macabeo) (r-90%)
Cont with Mari
Calcareous Clay (Chalky) + Limestone
Prized for Age Potential
Southernmost 
Toloño & Cantabria mountains
N & Left bank of Ebro

Pais Vasco - La Rioja

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DOCa Rioja – Alta

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(r) Tempranillo, Garnacha, Graciano (w) Viura (Macabeo) (r-90%)
Most Historic - Wettest
Most Diverse soils - Calcareous/Ferrous Clay, Alluvium
Ebro on N / Demanda & Iberico on S
Oja Valley - highest peaks in region
La Rioja

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DOCa Rioja – Oriental

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(r)  Garnacha #1, Tempranillo #2 , Graciano (w) Viura (Macabeo) (r-90%)
Alluvial and Ferrous Clay
SE of Logroño
Hottest, Driest - Med Influence
Garnacha most important
La Rioja
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DO Navarra

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Tempranillo, Garnacha, Merlot, CabSav
(R-63%; rosado-25%)
One of Oldest
Pilgrims on Camino de Santiago
Covers 50% of region
5 subzones
Loam, marl and sand
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DO Calatayud

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Aragón
Garnacha (r-91%)
Continental near Moncayo Massif 
High frost risk
650-800m
Gray/Red Slate, Clay, Sand
Old 2nd BCE found wines from Celts
Calatayud Supeior >85% Garnacha, 50 year+ vines, low yielding 
VIñas Viejas - 35yrs+
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DO Campo de Borja

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DO Aragón
Garnacha (r-82%)
50% vine 30-50 years (some from 1890)
Continental with Cierzo influence
NW in Zaragoza - Ebro and Iberico
Brown limestone, clay
More elegant Garnacha
6 COOPS ACCOUNT FOR MOST WINE
Elegant, Floral and fruity
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DO Cariñena

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DO Aragón
Varietal Garnacha (32%) (r-89%), Temp (23%)
One of Oldest (1932)
In Ebro & foothills of S. Ibérico
400-800m
Continental with Cierzo impact
Brown limestone, slate, clay
Most Old vines in Spain (80 years+) en vaso
Añejo - 15% ABV, 2yrs barrel, Oxidated
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DO Somontano

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DO Aragón - 15 authorized grapes
Chardonnay, (r) CabSav, Merlot, Moristel, Parraleta & Alcañon
(r-57%; rosado-19%)
Blancos - varietal, Tinto - blends
Northernmost, wettest, high diurnal, Cierzo impact
Some Med influence
Brown limestone & clay

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DO Cataluña/Catalunya

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Created 1999
(W-49%; r-41%)
Flexibility for all wine makers in Cataluña for flexible winemaking
“Umbrella DO”

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DO Cava

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Macabeo, Xarel.lo, Parellada
PN, G, Monastrell, and Trepat
(Espumoso 100%)
7 Autonomous regions can make
Cataluna, Rioja, Valencia, Aragon, Navarra, Pais Vasco, Extremadura
Cataluña
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DO Empordà

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Garnacha Blanca
(r-58%) Samsó (Cariñena/Mazuelo), Garnacha Tinta (Lledoner)
Tramontana winds
Alluvium, Slate
2 non-contiguous (Alt & Baix)
Once known for Sweet, Fortified pre-phylloxera
Now Garnacha Tinta
Garnacha Emporda - >Garnacha Tinta/Peluda, 2 yrs age
Cataluña

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DO Montsant

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(r) Samsó (Cariñena/Mazuelo), Garnacha Tinta (Garnacha Negra) (r-90%)
Llicorella (Slate), Panal (loam), Saulo (sand)
Cataluña
2000 yrs wine making
Encircles Priorat
Once subzone of DO Tarragona
Siurana and Monsant Rivers
Needs irrigation
6 subzones
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DO Penedès

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Xarel.lo, Ull de Llebre (w-51%)
Limestone, Loam clay
3 subzones (Superior, Central, Maritim)
San Sadurni d’Anoia - center of production

Cataluña

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DOQ Priorat

A 
Garnacha Tinta, Samsó (Cariñena) (r-95%)
12th c AD
S. Monsant Mountains - Framed on all sides protects from Cierzo
Cierzo Dries - creates macroclimate with large diurnal
Costers = steep slopes = hand work
Oldest soils - Llicorella
12 SUBZONES
Cataluña
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DO Terra Alta

A 
Garnacha Blanca, Garnacha Negra, Garnacha Peluda
(R-72%)
Loamy clay, high limestone
Between Ebro and Aragón Rivers
Some of highest elevations
COOPS do MOST PRODUCTION
Bristats = Orange wine 
Terra Alta Garnatxa Blanca
Cataluña
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DO Alicante

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Moscatel de Alejandria, Monastrell (r-68%)
La Marina - Moscatel Alejandrīa -
Vinalopó - Monastrell
Once big bulk wine producers
Fondillión - Sweet Unfortified, Overripe Monastrell 16%+ ABV, Highly O2, 10 years in solera
Valencia

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DO Utiel-Requena

A 
Bobal (r-78%)
Limestone (red/brown topsoil)
Named after 2 towns
Doble Paste = double maceration 
50% vines over 40yrs
CAN DO CAVA IN THIS DO
Can label up to 30% DO Valencia
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DO Bullas

A 
Monastrell (r-79%)
Southern and Westernmost in Murcia
Newest, some of highest elevations
Limestone
Tintos and Rosados >60% Monastrell
HQ lightest in Murcia
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DO Jumilla (Murcia/Castilla-La Mancha)

A 
Monastrell (r-92%)
40% Murcia / 60% La Mancha
70% made near Jumilla town
Oldest wine region in Murcia
French makers came during phylloxera
Was bulk wine in 1980s
"Tinto Monastrell" >80% Monastrell
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DO Yecla

A 
Monastrell (92%)
Smallest in Murcia
On Antiplano
Exports 95% of wine
Has small and COOP wineries
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DO La Mancha

A 
Airén, Cencibel (r-75%)
LARGEST WINE GROWING IN THE WORLD
4/5 Provinces
71% dedicated to Airen most distilled
Simple table wine or brandy base
Mostly red simple wines made 
Limestone and chalk
Castilla La Mancha
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DO Manchuela

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Bobal (60%; rosado-30%)
LImestone with clay topsoil
Levante winds give some Med influence Slows ripening
Broke off from DO La Mancha 1982
Shed bulk wine status
Jucar and Cabriel rivers Frame DO
Neighbors Utiel-Requena both use Doble Paste
Has higher ABV than UT
Castilla La Mancha
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DO Valdepeñas

A 
Airén, Cencibel (r-83%)
Aloque-Clarete 
Traditional - were blended
Today - coferment
"Valley of Stones"
Most significant growing area in Castilla La Mancha
Jabalon River cuts through
Sierra Morena blocks any Med influence
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VP Dominio de Valdepusa

A 
Syrah, CabSav, Petite Verdot (r-100%)
In Montes de Toledo 490m
Carlos Falcó - Marquis de Griñón on if 1st VP
Uses Iberian Oak (Quercus LLex)
Started with CabSav
NO TEMPRANILLO
4/5 are varietals
Clay on limestone
Castilla la Mancha
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VP Finca Élez

A

(w) Chardonnay, (r) CabSav, Merlot, Tempranillo, Syrah (r-95%)
Sierra de Alcaraz
Manuel Manzaneque - owner
INTERNATIONAL VARIETIES
Personally brought from Bordeaux and Rhone
CELEBRATED FOR CHARDONNAY
Castilla la Mancha

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DO Vinos de Madrid

A

Malvar (Lairén), Albillo (Real), (r) Tinto Fino, Garnacha (r-68%)
Sobremadre - 25% solids 90-180 days - effervescent
4 subzones
Arganda, El Molar, San Martin, Navalcarnero
En vaso & “Rañas” - terraced plantings

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DO Ribera del Guadiana

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(w) Cayetana Blanca (Pardina), (r) Tempranillo/Cencibel (r-93%)
"Banks of the Guadiana"
Historic area around Mérida
6 Subzones
Clay, Limestone
Extremadura
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DO Jerez-Xérès-Sherry

A

Palomino Fino, PX, Moscatel de Alejandría
(Generoso-100%)
9 towns - MARCO DE JEREZ
FINO Is the least acidity wine in the world
Zona Production - all areas even with barros, arenas
Jerez Superior - Albariza vineyards
Zona de Crianza - only place sherry made
Andalucía
Albariza, Barros, Arenas

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DO Málaga

A 
(w) PX, Moscatel de Málaga (Alejandria), (r) Romé 100% SWEET WINES
Limestone
Once 2nd largest region 17-19th C
Fortified or not
Pajarete - Sweet, O2, 2yrs oak
5 Subzones
Andalucía
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DO Manzanilla-Sanlúcar de Barrameda

A

Palomino Fino, PX, Moscatel de Alejandría (Generoso-100%)

Andalucía

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DO Montilla-Moriles

A

PEDRO XIMENEZ (w-54%, Dulces-46%)
S Near Córdoba - 17 towns
3000 years of wine making
Guadajoz and Genil Rivers
Vineyards in Sierra Monilla and Moriles the highest on Albariza (called Albero)
Rest of DO on Ruedos (sand over clay) - more heat and H20 stress
PX legally used to sweeten Sherries in Jerez
Andalucía (hand harvest sundried “soleo”)
PX thrives in this hotter area for max sugars
Thin flor can develop here
Once used tinajas

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DO Binissalem

A 
(w) Prensal Blanc (Moll), (r) Manto Negro 
(r-64%; rosado-18%)
1891 - wiped out by phylloxera
Near S Tramuntana
Shields from Tramontana winds
Manto Negro blended with CabSav and other int grapes
Limestone soils
Islas Baleares-Mallorca
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DO Pla i Llevant

A

CAB SAV & MERLOT - Dominate
Chardonnay and Prensal Blanc
“Plain and East Coast”
Flat land with Call Vermell (limestone on red clay)
Embat sea breeze brings moisture and hints of saline
Islas Baleares-Mallorca

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DO Islas Canarias

A

For regional island wines (w-66%)
Made for branding internationally
All types of wines authorized
Tintos are age eligible Crianza - Gran Reserva

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DO Lanzarote

A 
MALVASIA VOLCANICA/Lanzarote - Dominates
Listan Negro (w-80%)
DO Covers Entire Island
Lapilli soils require "Hoyas" holed and windbreaks "Abrigo"
Volcanic soil is atop limestone
Many wines are reductive (eg sulphur)
Islas Canarias
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DO Tacoronte-Acentejo

A 
Listán Negro (Almuñeo) (r-83%)
NE Tip of Tenerife
LARGEST & OLDEST
Vineyards are on 40% of land
Use Cordon Trenzado (braids) for vines that can be 200 years +
Islas Canarias Tenerife
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DO Valle de la Orotava

A

Listán Blanco de Canarias Listán Negro (Almuñeco) (r-60%)
Historically significant - was 1st port
Vineyards planted south of port on Mt Teide
Cordon Trenzado began here
100yr+ vines

Islas Canarias-Tenerife

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DO Ycoden-Daute-Isora

A

WHITE WINE COUNTRY
Listán Blanco de Canarias, Listán Negro (Almuñeco) (w-78%)
Name from 2 ancient kingdoms
Planted on steep slopes of Mt Teide up to 1,400m
Mechanization impossible
Islas Canarias-Tenerife

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DO Madrid Arganda

A 
Tinto Fino & Malavar
SE Corner
Largest of 4 SZs
50%+ of vineyards and production
31 munies can make wine
Least rainfall
Alluvium, Limestone, Loamy-clay
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DO Madrid Navalcarnero

A 
Garnacha & Malavar
On flat plain, R. Guadarrama bisects
19 Munies can make wine
~1/4 of vines/production
W of Madrid by Guadarrama R
Alluvium & loamy sand
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DO Madrid San Martín de Valdeiglesias

A 
Garnacha Tinta & Albillo
SW Corner
Sierra di Gredos
Rainiest
30% production
9 munies produce
Granite soils on Albeiche River
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DO Madrid El Molar

A 
Garnacha & Malvar
Newest (2019)
N of Madrid
11 Munies can make wine
Granite decomposed slate
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DO Navarra Valdizarbe

A 
N-Central on Camino Santiago
Arga River runs through
Some Maritime
Most Humid
Most diverse grapes
Marl, Loam and Alluvium
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DO Navarra Baja Montaña

A 
Foothill of Pirineos - NE
Borders Aragon
VINOS ROSADOS
Intense Color
Tempranillo, Garnacha Tinta
Marl, Loam, Sand, Limestone
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DO Navarra Ribera Alta

A 
T, Grac, C, Moscatel
Center
Truly Continental
Arga, Ega and Aragon R bisect
High terraces
Loamy-clay, marl, limestone and sand
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DO Navarra Ribera Baja

A 
T, G, Viura, Moscatel
Southernmost
Warmest
Borders Oriental
Loam, Limestone, Marl and Sand

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