Greece Flashcards
What’s added to retsina?
Allepo Resin
What does Reserve mean on a Greek bottle?
W: At Least 1 yr total 6m barrel 1m bottle
R: At Least 2 yr total 1 yr barrel 6 m bottle
What does Grand Reserve mean on a greek bottle?
W: 2 yr 1 yr barrel 6 m bottle
R: 4 yr 18 m barrel 18 m bottle
What is verdea?
What is it classified as/under?
oxidized white from Zakynthos in Ionian Sea
PGI Verdea is under Ionian Island appellation Zakynthos
How are the PGIs in Greece organized?
Region
District
Area
What does “Cava” mean on a Greek label?
1 year of aging 6 of them in oak for white/rose PGI wines
3 years for red 1 of them in oak
What does “Palaiomenos se vareli” mean on Greel label?
Oak aging beyond the min requirement
List PDOs of Thrace
Ain’t any
List PDOs of Macedonia
Amyneo
Goumenissa
Naoussa
Slopes of Melilton
What are the grapes allowed in Naoussa and Amynteo?
Xinomavro
Meaning “Acid Black”
Firmly tannic
What are the red grapes of Goumenissa?
Xinomavro lightened up with Negoska (at least 20%)
Where can one find a lot of Boutari?
Naoussa
What is Greece’s coolest region?
Amynteo
Produces a range of roses
Dry to semi sweet and sparkling as well
Where is Domain Carras located?
What’s cool about it?
Slopes of Meliton (Plagies Melitona)
The sole producer on this island
Reds are a Cab sauv, Franc, and Limnio blend
Whites a Assyrtiko, Athiri, Rhoditis
Who started Domain Carras and what’re they up to?
Evangelos Gerovassiliou with Emile Peynaud
What Macedonian grape was brought back from extinction by whom and where is it now being made?
Malagousia by Evangelos Gerovassiliou’s new winery in Thessaliniki PGI in Macedonia
What/where is boutari?
One of two largest producers located in Naoussa
Where is Mnt. Olympus?
Rapsani PDO in Thessalia
South of Macedonia
Southernmost spot for Xinomavro
PDOs of Thessalia
Rapsani
Messenikola
Anchialos
What is a common blend in Rapsani?
Xinomavro (softer in this warm climat) with
Mandatory to be blended with Krasato and Stavroto (lighter grapes)
Common blend in Anchialos?
Only allows whites
Roditis and Savvatiano grapes
High altitude
What are the PDOs of Epirus?
Zitsa
Uses Debina grape
Dry-semisweet-Sparkling
What is Sterea Ellada?
Central Greece
Produces a lot of Retsina
Which region surrounds Athens?
Attiki
Retsina specialty
Which grape is most commonly used in Retsina?
Savvatiano
What’s up with Roditis?
It’s a common name for a family of grapes with pink skins
What are the PDOs of Sterea Ellada?
Nonezooo