Duero Valley

Question 1

Toro climate/topography

Answer 1

600-750m. Extreme climate

Question 2

Toro soils

Answer 2

Dry, stony

Question 3

Toro varieties

Answer 3

Tinta de Toro (local variant of Tempranillo)

Question 4

Toro style

Answer 4

Can easily ripen to 16% abv, max no 15%. Traditionally bulk wines

Question 5

Toro quality producers

Answer 5

Vega Sicilia’s Pintia, Mauro’s San Román, Michel Rolland’s Campo Elíso, Telmos Rodríguez Pa La Jara, Jaques Lurton’s El Albar, Quinta Quietud

Question 6

Ribera del Duero stats

Answer 6

Largest DO in Castilla y León. 21,500 ha of vineyards (1/3 of Rioja)

Question 7

Ribera del Duero climate/topography

Answer 7

700-850m. Short growing season, extreme continental

Question 8

Alejando Fernández

Answer 8

Key role in development of RdD with the 1980s release of Pesquera

Question 9

RdD varieties

Answer 9

Tinto Finto (also called Tinta del Pais), local Tempranillo variant. Whites from Albillo (low acid, full body, aromatic). Rosé from Garnacha. CS, Merlot, Malbec allowed

Question 10

RdD producers

Answer 10

VS, Pesquera, Dominio de Pingus, Haceinda Monasterio

Question 11

Rueda stats

Answer 11

Spain’s leading white wine region. Returning from post-phylloxera planting of palomino

Question 12

Rueda soils/topography

Answer 12

Limestone, may cellars built under the town during the middle ages

Question 13

Rueda style

Answer 13

Blends of Viura and Verdejo (min 50%)

Question 14

Rueda Superior

Answer 14

Min 80% Verdejo

Question 15

Rueda reds

Answer 15

Rare, typical styles of Tempranillo

Question 16

Rueda producer

Answer 16

Marqués de Riscal, also introuduced SB to region

Question 17

VdiT Castilla y León

Answer 17

Largest of the 17 autonomous regions. 880-1,000m. Harsh climate, frost. Poor land, Duero River natural water source. Cigales for rosé