Greece Flashcards
What two large producers dominate Greek production?
Boutari and Tsantali
What are the two PDO categories of Greek wine?
OPE - for sweet wines, means ‘controlled appellation of origin’
OPAP - means ‘appellation of superior quality’
Reserve on a bottle of Greek PDO quality wine requires how much ageing?
1 year, 6 months barrel, white
2 year, 1 year barrel, red
Grand Reserve on a bottle of Greek PDO quality wine dictates how much ageing?
White 2 years, 1 year barrel
Red 4 years, 18 months barrel
At the IGP level for Greek wines, what quality designation is there?
Cava - requires whites/rose to age for 1 year with 6 months in barrel
reds will go 3 years with 1 year in barrel
What does ‘Palaiomenos se vareli’ on a bottle of Greek wine mean?
it indicates oak ageing beyond the required minimums.
What’s the region of Northern Greece called?
What 4 PDO wines are produced here?
Macedonia
Naoussa
Amynteo
Goumenissa
Slopes of Meliton
What is a wine from Naoussa going to be?
Red Xinomavro
Whats a wine from Amynteo going to be?
Red or rose, Xinomavro
The rose can be still or sparkling, at a variety of sweetness levels
Whats a wine from Goumenissa going to be?
Red Xinomavro, although up to 20% Negoska can be blended. Lighter wine than Naoussa
Whats getting made on the Slopes of Meliton?
Emile Peynaud was here, Domaine Carras.
CS + CF + Limnio for reds
Assyrtiko + Athiri + Roditis for white
What 2 Greek regions lie South of Macedonia?
Epirus on the Western half
Thessalia on the Eastern
What is the only PDO wine in Epirus?
Whats the grape and style?
Zitsa PDO
Debina, white still/sparkling
What are the 3 PDO of Thessalia?
Rapsani
Messenikola
Anchialos
What is the Central Greece region famous for producing?
What is the preferred grape for making it?
Retsina
Savvatiano
In what Greek region will I locate the PDO’s of Nemea, Mantinia, and Patras?
Peloponnese
Whats the grape of Nemea PDO?
Agiorgitiko
Whats the grape of Mantinia PDO?
What color skin is the grape, what color is the wine?
Moschofilero
Red, White
Patras PDO will be what grape and style?
White wine, dry to semi sweet, Roditis
What PDO sweet wines are there on the Peloponnese?
Muscat of Patras, Muscat of Rio Patras
- both are VDN
Mavrodaphne of Patras
- fortified as well, aged min 1 year in barrel but many go for a decade or more.
muscat aspro, white muscat
What is Verdea and where is it made?
An oxidized wine like sherry, made from a blend of native grapes on the island of Zakynthos, Greece.
Located in the Ionian Sea, going towards Puglia
What’re the only PDO level wines off the western coast of Greece?
Cephalonia
dry white from Robola
sweet wines from Mavrodaphne Muscat
What portion of Greek production does Crete account for?
20%
What is the most planted white grape on Crete?
Into what PDO wines does it go?
Vilana
Peza, Sitia, and Candia PDO’S
What three grapes do the red wines of Crete come from?
Liatiko, Kotsifali, Mandilaria
What sea is home to many a Greek island, off the East coast of the mainland?
Aegean Sea
On Santorini, if Assyrtiko has a blending partner, what grapes would they be?
Athiri, Aidani
How are Assyrtiko vines trained on Santorini? Why is this done?
In these “wreaths” close to the ground.
Called the Stefani method, helps protect from fierce winds and captures moisture.
What is the only Greek PDO that requires blending white and red grapes?
What are the 2 grapes?
Paros PDO
Mandilaria (red) and Monemvassia (white). Monemvassia is cofermented with Mandilaria, not unlike a Cote Rotie.
What is Samos Nectar?
A Vin de Paille made on the island of Samos, from Muscat Bl.a.p.g. Ages minimum 3 years.
