Greece Flashcards
When were the Greek wines classified under EU regulations? What are their classifications?
2009
The wines are classified Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) and Protected Geographic Indication (PGI)
What does a PGI designation include? What examples are there in Greece?
Regional Wines and those classified with “Traditional Designation”
Examples are Verdea, and the 15 sub districts of Retsina
What are the three levels of wines in Greece?
Area Wines, which have the most defined origin, usually part of a district.
District Wines, that may come from a whole district.
Regional Wines.
How many wine growing regions are in Greece? How many produce PGI wines?
9
8 produce PGI wines
Which region does not produce PGI wines? What does it produce?
Ionian Islands.
It produces PDO, Area, and District PGI wines.
How many local varieties are there in Greece?
200
What are the top 7 local Greek varieties in production?
Assyrtiko, Athiri, Agiorgitiko, Malagousia, Moscafilero, Roditis, and Xinomavro
What percentage of grapes are from controlled appellation? How many controlled appellations are there?
8-10%
There are 33 controlled appellations
Where is Thrace? What wines does it produce?
Thrace is to the North East and produces PGI wines.
Where is Macedonia PGI?
Macedonia PGI is in the North
What regions is Macedonia PGI subdivided into?
Western, Central, and Eastern Macedonia
What are the PDOs of Western Macedonia PGI?
Amynteo PDO
What variety and styles of wine does Amynteo PDO produce?
Red, rose, and dry to medium dry sparkling rose from Xinomavro
What methods are used to produce sparkling wine in Amynteo PDO?
Thraditional Method or Cuve Close
What is the PGI of Western Macedonia? What famous producers make wine there?
The Florina. Alpha Estate
What are the PDO of Central Macedonia?
Naoussa PDO and Goumenissa PDO
What are the two main PGI of Central Macedonia?
Thessaloniki and Halkidiki
Naoussa PDO produces what kind of wine and from what varietal?
Red wines from Xinomavro
Goumenissa PDO produces what style of wine, and from what varietal?
Light red wines from Xinomavro and 20% Negoska. They must be co fermented, co vinified, and oak aged for 12 months
What are the PGI of Thessaloniki?
Thessaloniki PGI, Slopes of Vertiskos PGI, Epanomi PGI, and Nea Messimvria PGI
What is an important style of wine produced in Thessaloniki? What is the main varietal?
Retsina produced from Assyrtiko
What are the PGsI of Halkidiki?
Sithonia PGI, Halkidiki PGI, and Mount Athos PGI
What is the PDO of Sithonia?
Slopes of Meliton PDO
What are the grape varieties of Sithonia?
Red: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, and Limnio.
White: Assyrtiko, Athiri, Roditis
Where can Domaine Porto Carras be found? What wine does it produce?
Slopes of Meliton PDO. It produces a Syrah under the Sithonia PGI
White types of wine are produced in Halkidiki?
Red, white, and rose
What does Mount Athos mean
Holy Mountain
What styles of wine does Mount Athos produce?
White, red, rose and fortified wines
Does Eastern Macedonia have any PDO?
No
What PGI belong to Eastern Macedonia?
Drama PGI and Agora PGI
Where is Epirus located?
North West
What are the PDOs of Epirus?
Zitsa PDO
What style wine does Zitsa PDO produce? What is the variety?
Sparkling white wine from the Debiana grape
What are the PGI of Epirus?
Epirus, Metsova and Ionnina
What style wines do the PGIs of Epirus produce?
Red, white, rose, semi sparkling, and sparkling wines
What are the grape varieties of Epirus?
Red: Bekari, Vlachiko, Xinomavro
What grapes are used in Metsovo PGI?
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc
Where is Thessaly PGI located?
South of Macedonia
What are the PDOs of Thessaly?
Anchialos, Rapsani, and Messenikola
What style wines does Anchialos produce? What are the grape varieties?
Dry, medium dry, and medium sweet wines from Roditis and Savatiano
What style wine does Rapsani PDO produce? What are the varieties?
Dry reds from Xinomavro, Stavroto, and Krassato
Messenikola PDO produces what type of wine? From what varieties?
Dry red from Mavro Messenikola, Carignan, and Syrah
Where is Central Greece located?
South of Thessaly
What are the regions close to Athens?
Attica, Viota, and Evia
What wine does Central Greece produce? What are the varieties used?
Retsina/Retinitis Traditional Appellation (TA)
Savatiano, Rhoditis, and Assyrtiko
Where is Peloponnese PGI?
Peloponnese is the southernmost part of the Greek mainland, and includes a few islands
What are the PDO of Peloponnese?
Namea, Mantinia, Monemvasia-Malvasia, Patra, Mavrodaphne of Patra, and Muscat of Patra & Muscat of Rio Patra
What type of wine does Namea PDO produce? What are the varietals?
Red wine exclusively from Agiorgitiko
Mantinia PDO produces what kind of wine? What are the varietals?
White wine with a minimum of 85% Moschofilero, and 15% Asprouodes
Monemvasia-Malvasia PDO produces white style of wine? What are the varietals?
Sweet wine from dried Monemvasia, Assyrtiko, and Kydonista. They are white, sweet, fortified or unfortified
Patra PDO produces what style of wine? What is the varietal?
Semi sweet white wine from Rhoditis
Mavrodaphne of Patra PDO makes what style of wine? With what varietals?
Slightly fortified or unfortified sweet, red wine with a min 15%abv. It is made with the Corinthiaki grape
Muscat of Patra & Muscat of Rio Patra PDO produce what style wine? With what grape?
Dry to sweet, fortified or unfortified white wines produce from Muscat Blanc a Petit Grains. Grand Cru designation is applied to some selected sites from higher altitude.
What districts do the Greek Islands include?
Cephalonia, Lemnos, Samos, Pros, Santorini PDO, and Rhodes PDO
How many PDO does Cephalonia have? What are they?
3
Robola PDO, Muscat of Cephalonia PDO, and Mavrodaphne of Cephalonia PDO
What wine does Robola PDO produce?
Dry whites from the Robola grapes
What wines does Muscat of Cephalonia PDO produce?
A sweet vin de liqueur Muscat wine
What wine does Mavrodaphne of Cephalonia PDO produce?
A sweet red vin de liqueur wine
What wines does Lemnos PDO produce?
Dry to sweet table wine made from Muscat d’Alexandria, or dry, sweet, or fortified red wine from Limnio and Muscat d’Alexandria
Muscat of Lemnos PDO produces what style of wine?
Still, sweet, or fortified white wines made from Muscat d’Alexandria from selected Grand Cru vineyards
What wines does Samos PDO produce?
A sweet white wine made from Muscat Blanc a Petit Grains, in the Vin Doux, Vin de Liqueur, Vin Doux Naturel, or Vin Naturellement Doux styles.
There is also Samos Nectar and Samos Anthemis
Paros PDO produces what style wine? From what variety?
Dry red and white wines. The white wines are from Monemvasia, and the red wines are a blend of Monemvasia and Mandelaria.
What style wine does Malvasia Paros PDO produce? What is the variety?
Sweet white wine from Monemvasia, and can be either Vin Doux Naturel, or naturally sweet wine
What wines does Santorini PDO produce? What varieties can be used?
Vin Santo wines, which are either Vin Doux, Vin Doux Naturel, or Vin Naturellement Doux.
Assyrtiko and Aidini.
Athiri is not permitted in Vin Santo, although it is a variety of Santorini
What style wine does Rhodes PDO produce? What are the varieties?
Still and sparkling red, white and rose wines. Mandelaria is the predominant red grape, and Athiri is the predominant white grape
What style of wine does Muscat if Rhodes produce?
Sweet wines, from Vin Doux, VDN, VDN Grand Cru from selected sites, and Bin Naturellement Doux
Where is Crete located?
Create is the most southerly of all the Islands
How many PDO are well known in Crete? What are they?
6
Sitia, Malvasia Sitia, Malvasia Chandakas-Candia, Peza, Daphnes, and Archanes
What type of wines does Sitia PDO produce? From what grape varietals?
Red wines from Liatiko and Mandilaria, and white wines from Vilana
What type of wine does Malvasia-Sitia and Malvasia Chandakas-Candia PDO produce? From which varieties?
Sweet and fortified wines from Assyrtiko, Athiri, Vidiano, and Thrapsathiri
What wines does Peza PDO produce?
Red and white wines
What types of wine does Dafnes PDO produce?
Red wine
