Greece Flashcards
Aging requirement for Reserve in Greece?
White: min 1 year, 6 months in barrel, 3 months in bottle
Red: min 2 years, 1 year in barrel, 6 months in bottle
Aging requirement for Grande Reserve in Greece?
White: min 2 years, 1 year in barrel, 6 months in bottle
Red: min 4 years, 18 months in barrel, 18 months in bottle
What does Cava means in Greece PGI?
White/Rose: min 1 year, 6 months in barrel
Red: min 3 years, 1 year in barrel
What are the regions in Greece main island?
Macedonia, Epirus, Peloponnese, Thessalia, Thrace, Central Greece (Sterea Ellada)
What is the coolest region in Greece?
Amynteo PDO.
What is the monopole PDO?
Slopes of Meliton (Plagues Melitona) by Domaine Carras
What does Palaiomenos se vareli means?
Indicate oak aging beyond the required minimums
What is Retsina?
White wine from Savatino in resin-sealed cask (traditional)/flavoured with pine resin (modern)
3 dessert wine PDO linked to Patras PDO?
Muscat of Patras & Muscat of Rio Patras: Naturally sweet or VDN from Muscat Blanc a Petit Grains
Mavrodaphne of Patras: Sweet fortified red from Mavrodaphne & Mavri Korinthiaki. Min 1 year in barrel
What is Monemvassia-Malvasia PDO?
Sweet wine made from min. 51% Monemvassia, 2 years in oxidative environment. First vintage 2010, first release 2012.
What are the 4 wine producing Ionian Island?
Cephalonia (includes Robola of Cephalonia PDO), Kerkyra (Corfu), Lefkada, Zakynthos.
What is the training method of Santorini?
Kouloura, Kladeftiko
What is Samos Nectar?
Naturally sweet wine made from Muscat Blanc a Petit Grains (Moscato Aspro). Aged min 3 years.
Where is Retsina PGI?
Central Greece.
PGI District Retsina: Attiki (Attica), Evia, Viotia
PGI Area Retsina: Karystos, Megara, Mesogeia, Markopoulo, Koropi, Pallini, Peanea, Pikermi, Spata, Ritsona, Thebes (Thiva), Yaltra, Chalkis
What is Verdea PGI?
Produced in Zakynthos, Ionian Island.
Oxidative-style white wine
Main Varieties: Min. 50% Skiadopoulo, plus Pavlos, Robola, Goustolidi, Avgoustiatis (up to 34 varieties are planted on the island of Zakynthos)
What are the PDOs under Macedonia?
Amynteo, Naoussa, Goumenissa, Slopes of Meliton
What style can be produced in Amynteo, grapes used?
100% Xinomavro.
Rose (dry, sparkling dry, sparkling semi-sweet), red
RS level:
Dry red/rose: 0-4g/l
Sparkling rose: 17-32g/l (extra-sec)
Sparkling rose semi-sweet: 32-50g/l (demi-sec)
Style of Goumenissa, grapes used?
Dry red. Min 20% Negoska, remaining Xinomavro
Style of Naoussa, grape used?
100% Xinomavro.
Red (dry, semi-dry, semi-sweet)
RS level
Dry: 0-4g/l
Semi-dry: 4.5-17.5g/l
Semi-sweet: 17.5-45g/l
Style of Slopes of Meliton PDO?
Monopole appellation of Domaine Carras.
White PDO: Assyrtiko, Athiri
Red PDO: Cab Sauv, Lemnio
PDO within Thessalia?
Anchiolos, Messenikola, Rapsani
Style of Rapsani?
Only red. Xinomavro plus Krassato & Stavroto
Style of Messenikola?
Only red. Min 70% Mavro Messenikola, plus Syrah & Carignan
Style of Anchialos?
Only white. Dry (0-4g/l), semi-dry (4.5-17.5g/l), semi-sweet (17.5-45g/l).
Min 80% Roditis, plus Savvatiano
PDO within Epirus, what style?
Zitsa PDO. Only white from 100% Debina.
Dry (max RS 4g/l), Sparkling dry (RS 17-32g/l), Sparkling semi-dry (RS 32-50g/l)
PDO within Peloponnese?
Mantinia, Nemea, Patras, Mavrodaphne of Patras, Muscat of Patras, Muscat of Rio Patras, Monemvasia-Malvasia
Describe Nemea PDO.
100% Agiorgitiko.
Dry, off-dry, VDL, VDN, Vin Santo.
Communes:
Korinthia: Nemea, Aidonia, Ancient Nemea, Ancient Kleones, Galatas, Daphne, Kastraki, Koutsi, Leonti, Petri, Bozika, Titani, Asprokambos, Kefalari and Psari
Argolida: Malandreni, Gymno
Style of Mantinia?
Only white. Min 85% Moschofilero, plus Asproudes.
Dry (or vin gris/skin contact), sparkling.
Style of Patras?
100% Roditis.
Dry, semi-dry, semi-sweet.
What are the wine producing regions of Ionian Island?
Kerkyra (Corfu), Lefkada, Zakynthos, Cephalonia PDO (Dry: Robola of Cephalonia, Sweet: Mavrodaphne of Cephalonia, Muscat of Cephalonia)
What are the PDOs in Crete?
Archanes, Candia, Daphnes, Malvasia Candia, Malvasia Sitia, Peza, Sitia
Style of Archanes?
Dry red.
Kotsifali and Mandilaria
Style of Candia
Dry red - 70% Kotsifali, 30% Mandilaria
Dry white - min 85% Vilana, plus Vidiano, Assyrtiko, Thrapsathiri, Athiri
Style of Daphnes
100% Liatiko
Dry red, VDN (Grand Cru), VDL, Sun Dried (Vin Liastos)
Style of Malvasia Candia & Malvasia Sitia?
VDN, Natural sweet.
Max 15% Muscat Blanc a Petit Grains & Malvasia di Candia Aromatico, plus Assyrtiko, Athiri, Vidiano, Thrapsathiri, Vidiano (as white)
Style of Peza?
Dry white - 100% Vilana
Dry red - Kotsifali & Mandilaria
Style of Sitia?
Dry white - min 70% Vilana, Thrapsathiri
Red (dry) - min 80% Liatiko, Mandilaria
Sweet red (VDN, VDL, sun-dried) - 100% Liatiko
Which is the only PDO that mandates co-fermentaion?
Paros PDO.
White - 100% Monemvassia
Red - min 35% Mandilaria with Monemvassia
What is the name of the wind in Santorini?
Meltimi - Northerly dry wind