Duriense

Question 1

Where is Duriense IGP?

Answer 1

• Slender region encompassing eastern Douro River Valley

- South of Transmontano

Question 2

What are the DOPs of Duriense?

Answer 2

Porto DOP

Douro DOP

Question 3

What is portugal’s first demarcated wine region?

Answer 3

Douro DOP

• DOC Established: 1998 (Douro was established as a Região Demarcada in 1982)
• one of first such appellations recognized in Europe
• Unesco World Heritage Site

Question 4

What two mountain ranges does the Douro River carve through?

Answer 4

Marão Mountains
Montemuro Mountains

granite

Question 5

What is the preferred soil type for Port?

Answer 5

schist

Question 6

What is the climate of the Douro Valley?

Answer 6

Continental

• mountains protect from humid Atlantic winds
• gets drier toward Spanish border

Question 7

Three subzones of Douro

Answer 7

Baixo Corgo - most densly planted
Cima Corgo - most vineyard acreage
Douro Superior - most arid, largest, sparsely planted

(West to East)

Question 8

What is produced as Douro DOP vs Porto DOP

Answer 8

Douro DOP - dry table wines, licoroso Moscatel do Douro

Porto DOP - fortified Port

Question 9

What is licoroso

Answer 9

fortified

Question 10

What percentage of wine in Duriense is released as Porto?

Answer 10

~50%

Question 11

Best grapes for red table wine in Douro DOP?

Answer 11

Touriga Nacional
Touriga Franca
Tinta Roriz
Tinta Cão
Tinta Barroca

Question 12

Best grapes for white wines in Douro DOP?

Answer 12

Malvasia Fina
Viosinho
Rabigato
Gouveio

Question 13

What grape is used for fortified Moscatel wines?

May they carry age designations?

Answer 13

• Moscatel Galego

- may have age designation like tawny Port

Question 14

What is required for reserva wines in Douro?

Answer 14

additional 1.0% min alcohol

• reds: 11 –> 12%
• whites: 10.5 –> 11.5%

Whites aged 6 months
reds aged 1 year

Question 15

who must certify all Douro wines?

Answer 15

IVDP

Question 16

What are criteria for grande reserva wines in Douro?

Answer 16

• meet reserve criteria

- score exceptionally well in blind tasting analysis

Question 17

Name for sparkling wines and late harvest wines in Douro? How may they be released?

Answer 17

Espumanto do Douro
Colheita Tardia

Douro DOP

Question 18

What region separates Douro DOP and Oporto?

Answer 18

Minho IGP

Question 19

What was traditional procedure for transporting wines for maturation in Douro?

Answer 19

• use Barco Rabelo ships to transport port casks
• from Pinhão to Vila Nova de Gaia in Oporto
• mature in lodges in Vila Nova de Gaia

Question 20

Until when was it mandated to age and ship from Vila Nova de Gaia? What happened after that?

Answer 20

1986

Once restrictions removed, new small quintas could produce and ship Port and table wines from their premises in Douro

Question 21

Who is responsible for phenomenon of dry Douro table wines?

Answer 21

Larger Port houses

• Ferreira launched Barca Velha in 1952
• -> pioneered style

Question 22

What Port houses are at forefront of table wine revolution?

Answer 22

• Ferreira’s Barca Velha
• Niepoort
• Quinta do Crasto
• Ramos Pino

Question 23

Who owns Ferreira

Answer 23

Sogrape

Question 24

What estate formerly provided fruit for Ferreira’s Barca Velha and has recently emerged as a young cult star of the region?

Answer 24

Quinta do Vale Meão

Question 25

What name does Ferreira produce dry table wine under?

Answer 25

Barca-Velha