Duero Valley Flashcards
Famous plateau in Castilla y Leon region
Meseta Plateau
DOs in Castilla y Leon (9)
Bierzo
Léon
Arlanza
Ribera del Duero
Cigales
Rueda
Toro
Tierra del Vino de Zamora
Arribes
Wine style of Bierzo, and key producer
white, red, rosado
W: doña branca, godello, palomino, malvasia riogana
R: mencía, garnacha, merenzao
Descendientes de José Palacios (by Alvaro Palacio and nephew Ricardo)
What is the village wine category in Bierzo and when was it established
Vino de Region
Vino de Villa: village
Vino de Paraje: a designated parcel
-Vino de Viña Clasificada: cru wine
-Gran Vino de Viña clasificada: grand cru wine
2017
Key variety in Léon
W: verdejo, albarín blanco, godello
R: prieto picudo, mencía, tempranillo
Key variety in Arlanza
W: albillo mayor, viura
R, Rosé: 50% tempranillo + garnacha, Bordeaux varieties
Wine style of Ribera del Duero, and name 4 key producers
white (since 2019), red, rosado
W: 75% albillo mayor
R: 75% tinta del país + garnacha, Bordeaux varieties
(usually use French and American oak; higher new oak)
Vega Sicilia, Pingus, Aalto, Tinto Pesquera
Wines of Tempos Vega Sicilia
Unico (1915 by Domingo Txomin, tempranillo + small percentage of CS/merlot)
Unico Reserva Especial (MV blend)
Valbuena (3/5)(from younger vines)
Alion (100% tempranillo)
Pintia (Toro, 100% temprnillo)
Macán (Rioja, joint project with Benjamin de Rothschild)
Tokaj-Oremus
Wines of Dominio Pingus and its winemaker
Pingus (1995)
Flor de Pingus (second wine, 1996)
PSI (joint project with old-vine tempranillo, 2007)
Peter Sisseck
Wine style of Rueda, and key producer
white, red, rosado, espumoso, vino de licor
W: verdejo, SB, palomino, viura, chardonnay
R: tempranillo, garnacha, international varieties
Espumoso: min.9 months on lees
-Gran Añada: 36 month on lees
Vino de Licor: fortified wine from verdejo and palomino
-Pádilo (“pale”): biologically aged 3yrs in barrel
-Dorado (“golden”): rancio-style, aged 2yr in barrel, 4yr in total
Bodegas Belondrade y Lurton
The first DO in Castilla y Leon
Rueda (1980)
Wine style of Toro, and key producer
white, red, rosado
W: verdejo, malvasia castellana, albillo real
R: 75% tinta de toro / 85% garnacha
(Aging requirement is for R only)
Numanthia-Termes
(top cuvée Termanthia)
Key variety in Tierra del Vino de Zamora
W: malvasia castellana, verdejo, moscatel de grano menudo
R: tempranillo (75% for R, 60% for Rosado) + garnacha, CS
Key variety in Arribes
W: 60% malvasia castellana + verdejo, albillo mayor/real
R: bruñal (=alfrocheiro), juan garcía, rufete, tempranillo
Requirements for Gran Vino de Rueda
min.30 yo vine
Vino de Pago in Castilla y Leon
3
ArUDp
Abadía-Retuerta
Urueña
Dehesa-Peñalba
