Galicia Flashcards
What are the five DOs of Green Spain?
Rías Baixas, Ribeiro, Riberia Sacra, Valdeorras, Monterrei
What body of water is to the North of Green Spain?
The Bay of Biscay
What route of Catholic Pilgrimage ends at the capital city of Green Spain?
Camino de Santiago
What is the capital city of Galicia?
Santiago de Compostela
Around which river are the majority of the DOs in Galicia located?
The River Miño
What is the main grape in Rías Baixas?
What are the secondary grapes?
Are they red or white?
Albariño. (W)
Loureira, Treixadura, Caiña Blanca (All W)
What are the two main grapes in Ribeiro? Are they red or white?
Treixadura (W)
Caiño Tinto (R)
What is Vino Tostado? Where is it made?
A dried grape wine made in Ribeiro.
What is the most important grape in Ribeira Sacra?
What are the secondary grapes?
Are they red or white?
Mencía. (R)
Godello, Treixadura (Both W)
What is the main grape in Valdeorras?
What is the secondary grape?
Are they red or white?
Godello. (W)
Mencía. (R)
What is the main grapes in Monterreri?
Are they red or white?
Doña Branca, Treixadura, Godello (All W)
Mencía, Merenzao (Both R)
What are other names for Merenzao?
Where is it known by these names?
Trousseau (France Bastardo (Many places) Maturana Tinta (Rioja)
Albariño from Val de Salnés tends to be more what?
Racy (higher acid), and full of salinity.
Albariño from O Rosal tends to be more what?
Ripe, fruity and intensely floral.
Albariño from Condado do Tea tends to be more what?
Rich and fully textured.
What is the traditional vine training system in Rías Baixas? Why?
Pergola, made from local Granite. Because it decreases disease pressure from the damp climate and allows for cultivation of other crops underneath.
True or False:
Wines labeled Rías Baixas Albariño have to be 100% made from that grape.
True
Is barrica aging and malolactic fermentation permitted for Rías Baixas Albariño?
Yes
In addition to Loureira and Treixadura, what other white grape is permitted for blending in Rías Baixas?
Caíña Blanca
In addition to Mencía and Caíño Tinto, what other red grape is permitted in Rías Baixas?
Espadeiro
What are the five sub-zones of Rías Baixas?
Which are the most important?
O Rosal,
Val do Salnés,
Condado do Tea,
Soutomaior,
Ribeira do Ulla
When was the Ribeira Sacra DO established? What is it the classic home for?
1996, Mencía.
Describe the key geographical features (rivers) of Ribeira Sacra, and it’s climate in comparison to other regions in Galicia.
Situated on a “Sacred Bank” the region is further inland, and because of this has a warmer, more continental climate than Rías Baixas and overlooks the Miño and Sil rivers.
In Rías Baixas, if labeled with a northern subzone, what are the four permitted varieties and what percentage must they make up of the wine?
Albariño, Loureiro, Treixadura, or Caiño Blanco must make up 70% of the wine.
What are the five sub regions of Ribeira Sacra?
Amandi, Chantada, Quiroga-Bibei, Riberas do Sil, Riberas do Miño
