Greece Flashcards
What is the traditional grape of Retsina
Savvatiano
What is Verdea
Oxidative white wine produced on the Ionian island of Zakynthos
What does the term “Cava” indicate on a bottle of Greek wine
For white and rosé: one year of aging including 6 months in oak
Reds: Three years total including one year in oak
Name the Regions of Greece
- Thrace
- Macedonia
- Epirus
- Thessalia
- Central Greece
- Peoponnese
- Ionian Islands
- Aegean Islands
- Crete
What is the greek name for Central Greece
Sterea Ellada
PDO regions of Macedonia
- Amynteo
- Goumenissa
- Naoussa
- Slopes of Meliton (Domaine Carras monopole)
What is the coolest region in greece and the only PDO to allow rosé wine production
Amynteo in Macedonia
Styles range from dry to medium sweet
What is the grape of Naoussa and Amynteo PDO
Xinomavro
Amynteo allows for Red, Rosé and Sparkling Rosé styles but Naoussa is only red.
Both allow for dry to medium sweet styles
(Macedonia)
What grape does Goumenissa PDO allow blended with Xinomavro to produce lighter reds
Negoska, allowed up to 20%
Macedonia
What style of wine is designated to Domaine Carras’s Slopes of Meliton PDO
Whites: Assyrtiko, Athiti and Rhoditis
Reds: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, and Limnio
(Macedonia)
PDO regions of Thessalia
- Rapsani
- Messenikola
- Anchialos
What style of wine is designated to Rapsani PDO
Dry red based on Xinomavro, Stavroto and Krasato
Thessalia
What style of wine is designated to Messenikola PDO
Dry red based on 70% Mavro Messenikola plus Carignan and Syrah
(Thessalia)
What style of wine is designated to Anchialos PDO
Dry white based on Rhoditis plus Savvatiano
Thessalia
PDO region of Epirus
Zitsa
What style of wine is designated to Zitsa PDO
Dry to medium sweet still and sparking white based on 100% Debina
Name the region of Greece that is the center of Retsina production
Attiki, located in Central Greece and surrounding Athens
PDO Regions of Peolponnese
- Nemea
- Mantinia
- Patras
*Sweet wine only PDO’s**
- Monemvassia-Malvasia
- Mavrodaphne of Patras
- Muscat of Petras
- Muscat of Rio Patras
For what grape is St. George a synonym
Agiorgitiko
What style of wine is designated to Nemea PDO
Dry to sweet red based on 100% Agiorgitiko
Peloponnese
What style of wine is designated to Mantinia PDO
Dry still and sparkling white based on 85% moschofilero plus Asproudes
(Peloponnese)
What style of wine is designated to Patras PDO
Dry to medium sweet white based on 100% Roditis
Peloponnese
For what grape is Moschoudi a synonym
Muscat Blanc a Petit Grains
What style of wine is designated to Muscat of Patras and Muscat of Rio Patras
White naturally sweet or VDN style wine based on Muscat blanc a petit grains, known locally as Moschoudi
(Peloponnese)
What style of wine is designated to Mavrodaphne of Patras PDO
Red VDN style wine based on Mavrodaphne with a max 49% Mavri Korinthiaki
(Peloponnese)
What style of wine is designated to Monemvassia-Malvasia PDO
Sweet white produced from sun-dried grapes in VDN or Vin Liastos style. The wines are based on 51% Monemvassia plus Assyrtiko, Asproudes and Kydonitsa
(Peloponnese)
Name the 4 wine-producing Ionian Islands
- Cephalonia
- Kerkyra
- Lefkada
- Zakynthos
PDO Regions of the Ionian Island Cephalonia
- Robola of Cephalonia
- Mavrodaphne of Cephalonia
- Muscat of Cephalonia
These are all 100% Varietal bottlings of the grape that’s in the respective names of the PDO.
Robola is dry and the other two are sweet. Muscat can be VDN
PDO Regions of the Aegean Islands
- Santorini
- Paros
- Rhodes
- Lemnos
- Muscat of Samos
Rhodes and Lemnos also have PDO sweet wine appellations based on Muscat, Paros has one based on Monemvassia with Assyrtiko
What is Nychteri
Dry white wine from Santorini seeing Min. 13.5% abv and min. 3 months in oak
What is Greek Vinsanto
Sweet white wine from Santorini with a min. must weight of 370 g/l after raisination and min 2 years in oak prior to release
What is the grape of Santorini
Assyrtiko at 75% min with Aidani and Athiri
Aegean Island
What style of wine is designated to Paros PDO
Dry White: 100% Monemvassia
Dry Red: 2/3 Mandilaria, 1/3 Monemvassia
(Aegean Island)
What style of wine is designated to Rhodes PDO
Dry to medium sweet white and red
White: 100% Athiri
Red: 100% Mandilaria
(Aegean Island)
What style of wine is designated to Lemnos PDO
Dry to medium sweet white based on Muscat of Alexandria
Aegean Island
What is Crete’s most cultivated white grape
Vilana
What is Stefani
Vine training system seen in Santorini done in the shape of baskets or wreaths to keep the vines low to the ground to protect from winds and help collect minute moisture as morning due
PDO Regions of Crete
- Sitia/ Malvasia Sitia
- Candia/ Malvasia Candia
- Peza
- Dafnes
- Archanes
What style of wine is designated to Sitia PDO
Dry white and dry to sweet red
White: 70% Vilana plus Thrapsathiri
Red: 80% Liatiko plus Madilaria
-Malvasia Sitia is sweet white or VDN style
(Crete)
What style of wine is designated to Peza PDO
Dry white and red based on
White: 100% Vilana
Red: Kotsifali and Madilaria
(Crete)
What style of wine is designated to Dafnes PDO
Dry and sweet red based on 100% Liatiko
Crete
What style of wine is designated to Archanes PDO
Dry red based on Kotsifali and Mandilaria
Crete
What style of wine is designated to Candia PDO
Dry white and red based on
White: 85% Vilana plus Vidiano, Assyrtiko, Thrapsathiri and Aithiri
Red: 70% Kotsifali, 30% Madilaria co-vinified
-Malvasia Candia is sweet white or VDN
(Crete)
What is Samos Nectar
Naturally sweet wine coming from the island of Samos in Greece. The wines are based on Moschato Aspro (Muscat Blanc a Petit Grains) and is similar to vin de paille. The wine is made from dried grapes and aged 3 years before release
What is Tsipouro
Greek pommace spirit also known as Raki
