Greece Flashcards
Where is Boutari located?
Macedonia
What styles of wine are produced under the Malvasia Sitia and Malvasia Candia PDOs? How long must they be aged?
- Sweet white and vin doux naturel
- Min 2 years in oak
What district surrounds Athens and is the center of production for Retsina in Central Greece?
Attiki
Where is the village of Koutsi?
Nemea- is is the most famous village for Agiorgitiko.
What are the red and white grapes for the Slopes of Meliton PDO?
- Red: Cab Sauv, Cab Franc and Limnio
- White: Assyrtiko, Athiri and Rhoditis
On Samos, Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains produces what types of wines?
- Vin de liqueur
- Vin doux naturel
- Samos Nectar- a naturally sweet version, similar to vin de paille and aged for 3 years
What PDO of Thessalia produces whites only? From what grapes?
Anchialos PDO from Phoditis and Savvatiano
What is Retsina flavored with?
Aleppo pine resin
What are the 2 area PGIs of Thrace?
Avdira and Ismaros
Where is Domaine Porto Carras located?
Slopes of Meliton
What is Limnio?
A red grape that originated on the island of Lemnos. Its importance on the island has diminished. Domaine Porto Carras produces Limnio in the Slopes of Meliton.
What Island of Greece is the farthest East?
Rhodes- located closer to Turkey (Asia Minor)
What are the 4 PDOs of Peloponnese?
- Namea
- Mantinia
- Patras
- Monemvassia-Malvasia
Where is the Namea PDO? What styles of wine are produced and from what grapes?
- Peloponnese
- Dry and sweet
- Exclusively Agiorgitiko
What are the red only PDOs of Crete? What grapes are used?
Archanes- Mandilaria and Kotsifali
Dafnes- Liatiko
What two PDOs are located on the island of Rhodes? What color wines are produced and from what grapes?
- Rhones PDO
- Muscat of Rhodes PDO (rarely encountered)
Red- Mandilaria
White- Athiri
What are the red and white PDOs of Crete?
- Sitia
- Peza
- Candia
What is unique about the Liatiko grape?
- Found only on Crete and a handful of neighboring islands
- One of the most ancient varieties under cultivation
- Ripens in mid-July and delivers a distinctively ‘orange’ wine
What is Samos Nectar?
- Produced from Moscato Aspro (Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains)
- Similar to vin de paille; produced from dried grapes
- Aged for 3 years prior to release
Where is Santorini PDO located?
Santorini Island, part of the Cyclades Islands, North of Crete
What is the only PDO of Epirus?
Zitsa PDO
What are the 3 dessert wine PDOs of the Patras PDO?
- Muscat of Patras PDO
- Muscat of Rio Patras PDO
- Mavrodaphne of Patras PDO
What statement appears on all PDO wine featuring a designation of origin?
‘PDO Wines of Greece’
Where is the Paros PDO located?
Paros Island, part of the Cyclades Islands, north of Crete
What quality levels are below PDO?
- PGI
- ‘Varietal’ wines
- ‘Table’ wines
What styles of wine are produced under the Paros PDO and from what grapes?
- Red- Mandilaria
- White- monemvassia
- Only Greek appellation that mandates a white grape (Monemvassia) in a red blend
What does ‘Palaiomenos se Vareli’ mean on a label? What wines may this be added to?
- It indicated oak aging beyond the required monimums
- Cava, Reserve, and Grand Reserve
Who is to progenitor of Mavropdaphne of Patras?
- Achaia-Claus Estate
- Has a Mavrodaphne solera dating to 1882
Where is Monemvassia-Malvasia located? What style of wine, from what grape? Aging?
- Peloponnese
- Must be 51% Monemvassia (AKA Malvasia)
- Sweet
- Must be aged in an oxidative environment for at least 2 years
What are the four wine producing islands of the Ionian Islands?
- Cephalonia
- Kerkyra (Corfo)
- Lefkada
- Zakynthos
What are the 2 most planted grapes in Central Greece (Sterea Ellada)?
- Savvatiano
- Roditis- the common name for a closely linked family of pink skinned grapes
What PDO includes four villages on the lower slopes of Mt. Olympus?
Rapsani PDO
What two PDOs are on the island of Lemnos? What styles and from what grapes?
- Lemnos PDO
- Muscat of Lemnos PDO
- Dry to sweet
- Muscat
Where is Vinsanto produced in Greece?
- Santorini Island
- it was probably named by the Venetians when they ruled the island in the Middle Ages
- A dried grape wine