Galicia.Vasco

Question 1

What are the DOs of Galicia?

Answer 1

Rias Baixas
Ribeiro
Ribeira Sacra
Valdeorras
Monterrei

Question 2

What are the major grapes of Rias Baixas?

Answer 2

White: Albariño, plus Loureiro, Treixadura, Caiña Blanca
Red: Caiño Tinto, Espadeiro, Loureira Tinta, Sousón

Question 3

What styles are authorized in Rias Baixas?

Answer 3

Albariño
Blanco
Blanco Barrica (3mos in wood, max 600L)
Blanco with Subzone
Tinto
Espumoso

Question 4

What are the varietal requirements for blanco wines with subzone designation?

Answer 4

Val do Salnés/Ribeira do Ulla: min. 70% Albariño
O Rosal: min. 70% combined Albariño and Loureira
Condado do Tea: min. 70% combined Albariño and Treixadura

Question 5

What % of grapes are required for varietal albariño?

Answer 5

100.00%

Question 6

What are the five subzones of Rias Baixas?

Answer 6

Ribeira do Ulla
Val do Salnés
Soutomaior
Condado do Tea
O Rosal

Question 7

Rias Baixas: Soils by Subzone

Answer 7

Val do Salnés, O Rosal, Soutomaior: alluvial over granite
Condado do Tea: granite and slate with granite subsoil
Ribeira do Ulla: alluvials

Question 8

What are the major grapes of Ribeiro DO?

Answer 8

Treixadura and Caiño

Question 9

Ribeira Sacra DO is known for what grapes?

Answer 9

Mencia, Treixadura, Godello

Question 10

What are the subzones of Ribeira Sacra?

Answer 10

Chantada
Riberas do Miño
Amandi
Riberas do Sil
Quiroga-Bibei

Question 11

What styles are produced in Valdeorras? What is it best known for?

Answer 11

White: Godello, Dona Branca
Red: Mencía, Merenzao, Sousón, Brancellao
Rosado
Varietal Godello and Mencía
Wines labeled Valdeorras Superior are min. 85% recommended varieties

Best known for whites of Godello.

Question 12

Minimum aging for Crianza in Valdeorras

Answer 12

2 years of aging
12mos in wood for red
6mos in wood for white

Question 13

Valdeorras: Soil types

Answer 13

Slate, Granite
Calcareous clay, argillo-ferrous
alluvials

Question 14

What are the three DOs of País Vasco?

Answer 14

Bizkaiko
Getariako
Arabako

Question 15

What are the grapes of País Vasco?

Answer 15

Ondarribi Zuri (95% of acreage)
Ondarribi Beltza

Question 16

What is txakoli rosé known as?

Answer 16

Ojo de Gallo

Min. 50% Ondarribi Beltza

Question 17

What are rías?

Answer 17

Small inlets (fjord-like) in Rías Baixas.

Question 18

Moscatel de Grano Menudo is…

Answer 18

Muscat Blanc à Petit Grains

Question 19

What does Roble indicate in Campo de Borja?

Answer 19

Aged in oak (max 600L) for:
45 days for whites
90 days for reds

Question 20

What does Blanco Barrica indicate on a bottle of wine from Galicia?

Answer 20

White wine aged in oak (max 600L) for 3 months

Question 21

What is Vino Tostado, and where is it found?

Answer 21

Wine of dried grapes (Terixadura, Loureiro, or Caiño, Ferrón, plus, plus) from Ribeiro.

Aged at least 6mos in oak or cherry wood.
Dried for a min. 3 months, with a minimum must weight of 300g/L, and RS of 70 g/L.

Question 22

Where would you find a wine labeled Súmmum, and what does that imply?

Answer 22

Ribeira Sacra DO.

For reds:
min. 85% principal red grapes, including min. 60% Mencía (Mencía, Merenzao, Brancellao, Sousón, Caiño Tinto, Tempranillo)
May be varietally labeled Mencía at min. 85%

For whites:
100% principal white grapes (Albariño, Godello, Treixadura, Loureira, Torrontés, Dona Branca)

Question 23

What are the two subzones of Monterrei?

Answer 23

Valle de Monterrei

Ladera de Monterrei