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.
