Galicia

Question 1

What are the DOs of Galicia?

Answer 1

Rías Baixas

Ribeiro

Ribera Sacra

Monterrei

Valdeorras

Question 2

What are the subzones of Rías Baixas?

Answer 2

Ribeiro do Ulla

Val do Salnés

Soutomaior

O Rosal

Condado do Tea

Question 3

What is the minimum amount of Albariño in a wine labelled Val do Salnés?

Answer 3

70%

Question 4

What is the minimum amount of Albariño in a wine labelled Ribeiro do Ulla?

Answer 4

70%

Question 5

What is the minimum amount of Albariño in a wine labelled Rías Baixas Albariño?

Answer 5

100%

Question 6

What are the recommended white and red varieties in Rías Baixas DO?

Answer 6

White:

Albariño

Loureira

Treixadura

Caiño Blanco

Red:

Caiño Tinto

Espadero

Loureira Tinta

Sousón

Question 7

What are the additional requirements for a wine labelled Blanco Barrica in Rías Baixas DO?

Answer 7

ABV rises from 11.0% to 11.5% and it must spend 3months in wood (600L max)

Question 8

What are the minimum alcohol requirements in Rías Baixas DO?

Answer 8

Albariño: 11.3%

Blanco Barrica: 11.5%

All Other Blanco Wines: 11%

Tinto: 10%

Question 9

What styles are made in Ribeiro DO?

Answer 9

Blanco

Tinto

Vino Tostado:

Vino Tostado Blanco

Vino Tostado Tinto

Question 10

What are the additional requirements for Ribeiro DO Vino Tostado?

Answer 10

Min. 6 months in oak or cherry cask and at least 3 months in bottle

Min. must weight of 300 g/l

Drying process for grapes must last a min. of 3 months

Min. residual sugar: 70 g/l

Question 11

What are the recommended grapes in Ribeiro DO?

Answer 11

Blanco: Treixadura

Tinto: Caiño Tinto (also known as Caiño Bravo or Caiño Longo)

Question 12

What are the subzones of Ribera Sacra DO?

Answer 12

Amandi

Chantada

Ribeiras do Miño

Ribeiras do Sil

Quiroga-Bibei

Question 13

Why is it called Ribera Sacra?

Answer 13

Lots of churches and the terraces are Roman in origin

Question 14

What styles are produced in Ribera Sacra DO?

Answer 14

Blanco Súmmum: 100% principal white grapes

Blanco Barrica

Tinto: min. 70% principal red grapes

Tinto Súmmum: min. 85% principal red grapes, min. 60% Mencía (Súmmum may be varietally labeled with a min. 85% Mencía)

Tinto Barrica

Question 15

What are the aging requirements for a Ribera Sacra DO wine to be labelled Barrica?

Answer 15

Blanco Barrica: min. 3 mos in wood (Max 600L)

Tinto Barrica: min. 6 mos in wood (Max 500L)

Question 16

What styles are produced in Monterrei DO?

Answer 16

Blanco: min. 60% recommended white grapes

Dona Branca, Godello, Treixadura

Tinto: min. 60% recommended red grapes

Mencía, Merenzao (Bastardo)

Question 17

What are the required grapes in a wine labelled Rías Baixas DO O Rosal?

Answer 17

Min 70% combined Albariño and Loureira

Question 18

What are the required grapes in a wine labelled Rías Baixas DO Condado do Tea?

Answer 18

Min 70% combined Albariño and Treixadura

Question 19

Describe the soils of Rías Baixas:

Answer 19

Along the coast, it is alluvial over granite (Val do Salnés, Soutomaior, O Rosal)

Alluvial in Ribeiro do Ulla

Granite and slate on the topsoil in Condado do Tea

Question 20

What styles are produced in Valdeorras DO?

Answer 20

Blanco

Rosado

Tinto

Varietal Godello and Mencía (min. 85%)

Valdeorras Superior (Blanco and Tinto): min. 85% recommended varieties