Ebro River Valley- ARAGON

Question 1

What size is Aragón with in Spain?

Answer 1

4th Largest

Question 2

What are the provinces in Aragón?

Answer 2

Huesca, Zaragoza and Teruel

Question 3

What is the Capital city of Aragón?

Answer 3

Zaragoza

Question 4

What is the climate in Aragón?

Answer 4

Continental

Question 5

What are the two significant mountains in Aragón?

Answer 5

Pirineos and Sistéma Ibérico

Question 6

What is the most important river in Aragón?

Answer 6

Ebro River

Question 7

What is the dominant grape?

Answer 7

Garnacha tinta

Question 8

In what DO is Garnacha NOT dominant?

Answer 8

DO Somontano

Question 9

The majority of Aragón’s wines are trained with what system?

Answer 9

en vaso

Question 10

What is the dominant grape in DO Calatayud?

Answer 10

Garnacha tinta

Question 11

What are the soils of DO Calatayud?

Answer 11

Gray and red slate, clay and sand

Question 12

Where is DO Calatayud’s located?

Answer 12

Near the foothills of Moncayo Massif (Sistema Iberico)

Question 13

Viñas Viejas labeling in DO Calatayud must be how old?

Answer 13

35 y/o

Question 14

How old must Calatayud superior vines be?

Answer 14

50 y/o

Question 15

What is the climate in DO Calatayud?

Answer 15

Continental with Mediterranean influence

Question 16

Where is DO Campo de Borja located?

Answer 16

Located in the Northwestern part of Zaragoza between Ebro River and Sistema Iberico

Question 17

How are vines trained in DO Campo de Borja?

Answer 17

en vaso

Question 18

What is the dominant grape in DO Campo de Borja?

Answer 18

Garnacha Tinta

Question 19

What one of Spain’s oldest designated wine regions in Aragon?

Answer 19

Cariñena

Question 20

What is the climate in Cariñena?

Answer 20

Continental

Question 21

Which DO in Aragon can produce DO Cava?

Answer 21

Cariñena

Campo de Borja

Question 22

What is the most planted grape in DO Cariñena?

Answer 22

Garnacha Tinta

Question 23

Describe what an Añejo is?

Answer 23

A vino tinto from Cariñena with >15% ABV, oxidatively aged for over 24 months

Question 24

Requirements to label vino tinto as Añejo in Cariñena

Answer 24

ABV >15%, intensely oxidative method, min. 24 months in barrel

Question 25

How are vines trained in DO Somontano?

Answer 25

Espaldera

Question 26

What is the climate in Somontano?

Answer 26

Continental climate with Mediterranean influences

Question 27

Which is Aragon's Northernmost wine region and Aragón’s wettest and greenest?

Answer 27

Somontano

Question 28

Where is Somontano located?

Answer 28

Situated in the Pirineos foothills

Question 29

In which Aragón DO does six cooperatives account for the majority of wine produced?

Answer 29

DO Campo de Borja

Question 30

Name the two significant mountain ranges flanking Aragón.

Answer 30

Pirineos and Sistema Iberico

Question 31

Which grape variety accounts for 62% of plantings in DO Calatayud?

Answer 31

Garnacha Tinta

Question 32

Which Aragón DO is a stronghold for international varieties?

Answer 32

Somontano

Question 33

How many Carlist Wars were fought?

Answer 33

3

Question 34

Which Aragón DO is one of Spain's oldest demarcated wine regions?

Answer 34

DO Cariñena

Question 35

What two types of soil dominate the DOs of Aragón?

Answer 35

Limestone and clay

Question 36

What is the term for DO Calatayud wines with 85% Garnacha from low yielding vines of at least 50 years old?

Answer 36

Calatayud Superior

Question 37

Aragón's climate is primarily what?

Answer 37

Continental

Question 38

Which Aragón DO has more old vines than anywhere else in Spain?

Answer 38

Cariñena

Question 39

The majority of Aragón's vines use what training method?

Answer 39

en vaso

Question 40

What are three threats to Aragón's growing season?

Answer 40

Cierzo wind, frost, hail