Extremadura

Question 1

this mountain range borders south east of the Spanish peninsula

Answer 1

Sistema Peninsula

Question 2

Six Subzones of Ribera del Guadiana DO (Extremadura)

Answer 2

Ribera Alta de Guadiana
Ribera Baja de Guadiana
Matanegra
Canamero
Montanchez
Tierra de Barros (best)

Question 3

This producer in Ribera del Guadiana makes 80% of DO wines and only producer of Cava in Southwest Spain

Answer 3

Bodegas Inviosa

(in Tierra de Barros)

Question 4

Mountain range in south east Spain

Answer 4

Sistema Penibético

(including Sierra Nevada range)

Question 5

Main white and red grapes of Extremadura

Answer 5

Blanco: Alarije, Borba
Tinto: Bobal, Cabernet Sauvignon

Question 6

sole DO of Extremadura

Answer 6

Ribera del Guadiana DO
Named for the Guadiana river

Question 7

jamón serrano and the prohibitively expensive jamón ibérico are from this Autonomia

Answer 7

Extremadura (Ribera del Guadiana)

Question 8

This Subzone of Ribera Del Guadiana encompasses nearly 80% of the DO and is the home of Bodegas Inviosa

Answer 8

Tierra de Barros

only producer of Cava in southwestern Spain.

Question 9

In Spain, Where is the Tagus river (Tajo)
known as Tejo in Portugal

Answer 9

Extremadura

Question 10

Most of Spain’s cork production is here

Answer 10

Extremadura

Question 11

What does Extremadura mean?

Answer 11

“Extreme limit of the land beyond the Duero” (sits south of the Duero river valley)

Question 12

This river cuts through Extremadura

Answer 12

Guadiana River

Question 13

Two highest elevation subzones of Ribera del Guadiana DO and the only two north of the Guadiana River

Answer 13

Montánchez and Canamero

Question 14

Ribera Baja and Ribera Alta subzones of Extremadura line the appellation of Ribera del Guadiana to South of the River: True or False?

Answer 14

True

Question 15

This subzone of Ribera del Guadiana is furthest South

Answer 15

Matanegra

Question 16

Styes of wine produced in Ribera del Guadiana DO
(Extremadura)

Answer 16

Red, White and Rosado

Question 17

Indigenous white grapes of Ribera del Guadiana DO (Extremadura)

Answer 17

Alarije
Eva
Montúa

Question 18

Permitted grapes of Ribera del Guadiana DO

Answer 18

Blanco: Alarije, Borba, Cayetana Blanca, Cigüente, Pardina, Viura, Chardonnay, Montúa (Chelva), Eva (Beba de los Santos), Malvar, Moscatel de Alejandría, Moscatel de grano menudo, Parellada, Perruno, Sauvignon Blanc, Verdejo, Pedro Ximénez
Tinto: Bobal, Cabernet Sauvignon, Garnacha Tinta, Graciano, Garnacha Tintorera, Jaen, Mazuela, Merlot, Monastrell, Pinot Noir, Petit Verdot, Tempranillo, Syrah

Question 19

This designation of Extremadura allows for more experimental practices and grapes outside the ones allowed in Ribera del Guadiana DO

Answer 19

Extremadura Vino de la Tierra