Fortified wine - MA Questions 22.08.20 Flashcards
Name the white and the red grapes used in the wines of Carcavelos.
Whites: Arinto, Ratinho, and Galego Dourado. Reds: Castelão and Preto Martinho (Negra Mole).
What is the minimum ageing in cask for Colheita Port?
Min 7 years.
Who owns the following Single Quintas? Quinta da Foz Quinta do Roêda Quinta do Seixo Quinta do São Luiz
Quinta da Foz – Calem
Quinta do Roêda – Croft
Quinta do Seixo – Ferreira
Quinta do São Luiz – Kopke
What are the communes of production for Moscatel de Setubal?
Setúbal, Palmela, Montijo, Castelo.
What is “lei do terço”?
A decree restricting sales of Port to one-third of a house’s total inventory annually.
Name 3 grapes preferred for white port production.
Gouveio, Malvasia Fina, Viosinho, Rabigato, Esgana Cão, and Folgasão.
Which port house is known to have pioneered rose Port?
Croft.
How are the terraces known on Madeira?
Poios.
What are the three types of companies involved in the Madeira trade?
Production companies; Shipping companies; Partidistas.
What is the percentage required for vintage Madeira if a variety is included on the label?
100%.
What does estágio mean?
Min 90 days of rest for Madeira following the Estufagem process before being transferred to cask for ageing.
What does armazens de calor mean?
Rooms warmed by nearby tanks or steam pipes where the wine is kept for a more delicate variation of the Estufagem process; lower temperatures over a longer period, sometimes up to one year. Madeira Wine Company is chiefly using this technique.
After how many years may Canteiro wines be bottled?
3 years.
What is the minimum ageing for Madeira Frasqueira?
Min 20 years.
What is the minimum ageing for Colheita Madeira?
Min 5 years.
Name the communes of production for Sherry that are not part of the Sherry Triangle.
Chipiona, Rota, Trebujena, Puerto Real, Chiclana de la Frontera, Lebrija.
What is the minimum ageing in solera for Sherry? How about previous 2010?
2 years; 3 years.
What are the minimum average age for VOS and VORS Sherry?
20 years; 30 years.
Explain the difference between Manzanilla and Manzanilla Pasada.
Manzanilla is typically bottled around 3 to 5 years resulting into a fresher style. Manzanilla pasada is a richer Manzanilla where the flor starts to fade usually bottled around 6 to 7 years.
Place the below pagos in the right commune.
Macharnudo Miraflores Carrascal Añina Balbaina Los Tercios
Macharnudo – Jerez Miraflores – Sanlúcar de Barameda Carrascal – Jerez Añina – Jerez Balbaina - El Puerto de Santa María Los Tercios - El Puerto de Santa María
Name two sub-types of Albariza soil.
Tosca de Antehojuelas, Tosca Cerrada, Tosca de Barajuelas, Albariza Parda, Albariza Tajón, Lustrillo.
What are the three stages of quality that the must is divided in Sherry?
Primera yema – free run juice
Segunda yema – press wine
Monsto prensa – poorer quality press wine used for distillation.
What does desfangado mean?
A system of racking in Sherry.
How are the Sherry wines classified following fermentation?
Palo and marked with a slash are wines destined to become Fino or Manzanilla; Gordura, marked with a circle and destined to become Oloroso styles.
What is mitad y mitad?
A mixture of grape spirit and mature sherry used to fortify the young wines in order to avoid shocking.
What is Sobretabla?
Is the intermediary stage of six months to one year for wines that develop under flor. During this time their evolution might be redirected.
What is sancocho? How about arrope?
Vino de color, a combination of boiled, reduced syrup and fresh must reduced to one third used for adjusting the color of Sherry. Arrope is reduced to one fifth.
What is sifone?
A mistelle produced by fortifying the unfermented must of overripe grapes used to adjust color and sweetness in Marsala.
What is the minimum ageing for Marsala Vergine Stravecchio?
Min 10 years.
What is the minimum Residual Sugar for Marsala Dolce?
Min 100 grams/liter.
Which grapes are used to produce Marsala Rubino?
Perricone, Calabrese (Nero d’Avola), Nerello Mascalese with a max 30% of white grapes (Grillo, Catarrato, Inzolia and Damaschino).
What is concia?
The addition of mosto cotto (cooked must); only allowed in ambra style.
If stated on the label, what does the vintage for Marsala refers to?
The year of fortification.
What is the minimum ageing for Rivesaltes Hors d’Age?
Min 5 years.
What is the maximum residual sugar for Banyuls Grand Cru Sec?
Max 54 grams/liter.
What is the minimum residual sugar for Muscat Beaumes de Venise?
Min 100 gr/l (110 prior to 2011).
Name 2 PDOs for Vermouth.
Vermouth de Chambéry, Vermouth di Torino.
What is Rueda Palido?
Fortified wine from Rueda aged biologically for min 3 years in wood.
What is Vimblanc?
Vi de licor from Tarragona made from overripe grapes.
Where would you find the producer Massandra?
Crimea, Ukraine.
