eastern europe Flashcards
when was tokaj first legally deliminated
1772
major soil type of tokaj
volcanic loess and clay
what two tokaj vineyards are Great First Growths
Mezes Maly
Szarvas
detail how Tokaj is made
berries gathered in 25 kg puttony
free run juice is kept separate fir Esszencia
Remaining grapes are stomped into a paste and add to gonci (136 litres) full of non-noble rotted grapes
min aging for tokaj aszu
2 years (18 months in barrel)
min alcohol of azsu
9%
edes vs szaras
edes = sweet szaras = dry
describe Tokaji Szamorodni
“as it comes”
mix of aszu and non aszu, oxidative in style, sometimes with flor
The three large wine regions of Hungary
Northern Massif (tokaj and Eger)
Transdanubia (west)
Southern Plains
what was the traditional grape of Eger Bull’s Blood
Kadarka
(now its a blend of at least 4 grapes, BlauFrank
what two PDO’s are allowed to Bikaver on a label
Eger (north)
Szekszard (southern plains)
what is Juhfark
a white hungarian grape seen in Somlo
what is Hungary’s largest PDO
Kunsag (souther, entry level)
what is Hungary’s hottest PDO
Villany (SW, Bordeaux grapes)
what is another name for Kekoporto
Blauer Portugeuiser
what is the legendary vineyard that first gave birth to Tokaji
Oremus by Szepsy Lacko Rakoczi, in 1630
what tokaj grape name translates to linden leaf
harshlevelu
what is Vega Sicilia’s tokaj project
Oremus
two quality levels of Bulgarian wine?
table wine
Quality wine
PDO’s represents less than 1% of wines
in what part of Bulgaria is the Valley of the Roses
Northern tip of the Thracian Lowlands
high elevation, aromatic muscat wines
define Barik
Aged in oak cask less that 500 litre
Bulgarian Reserve vs Special Selection
Reserve = 1 variety, 1 year aging
SS = 1 grape, 2 years aging
what is Hungary’s Kadarka called in Bulgaria
Gamza
name three white grapes from Bulgaria
Red Mizkat
Dimiat
Rkatsiteli
what mountains separate Greece and Bulgaria
Rhodope
Pirin
name 3 Romanian grapes
Fateasca Alba
Fateasca Neagra
Burgund Mare
What are the two categories of Romanian wine
Table Wine -VM -VMS Quality Wines - VIG (PGI) - DOC (PDO
what is the difference between Romanian
DOC-CMD
DOC-CT
DOC -CIB
Full Maturity
Late Harvest
Noble Rot
How long must a Vin de Vinoteca be aged for in Romania
1 year oak
4 years in bottle
what is the traditional grape of sweet Cotnari
Grasa de Cotnari
name three PDOs in Romania
Dealu Mare (SE)
Tarnave (translyvania)
Murfatlar (In Dobrogea on black sea)
what is the Slovenian name for Ribolla Gialla
Rebula (grown in Brda)
what are Slovenian PDO wines
ZOP (zascitena oznaca porekla)
what slovenian territory is beside Croatia
Posavje
what is namizmo vino
slovenian table wine
what are the four subregions of Primorska
Brda
Kras
Slovenska Istra
Vipava Valley
slovenian name for Gewurtz
Diseci traminer
Croatian name for welschriesling
Grasevina
czech name for Blaufrankisch
frankovka
what are the czech names for pGI/PDO wines
CHZO (PGI)
CHOP (PDO)
name 3 Czech PDOs
Znomjo
Blue Mountains
Melnik
Palava
how does the Czeck Republic measure its Pradikat wines
Czeck-Slovak Normalized Must Weight Scale (CNM)
what is the name for Russian sparkling wine
Shampanskoye
define Chacha
Georgian name for grape must/solids that go into Quevri
name 3 Georgian wine regions
Khaheti (80% of all production)
Karti
Racha
where are the PGIs of Codra, Stefan Voda and
Valul lui Trajan
Moldova
what material are georgian quevri lined with
beesswax
timok and srem are wine regions in what country
serbia
the Don river is what country
Russia
mike Grgich produces wines in what croatian pdo
Dingac
Massandra is a producer in what country
Crimea
where would you find the grapes of Kratosia and Vranec
Macedonia
Magarach is a Ukranian cross of what two grapes
Cabernet and Saperavi
where would you find the Timok river
serbia
main indiginous grapes of serbia
projupac
Tamjanika
does serbia make more red or white wine
white
most planted grape in Republic of Macedonia
Vranec
