Greece Flashcards
What are Greece’s 2 PDO categories
- Controlled Appellation of Origin - AOC/OPE
- Appellation of Superior Quality - AOSQ/OPAP
AOC - is reserved for traditional sweet wine
Reserve and Grand Reserve for aging designations
What Greek PDO wine catergory is used for sweet wine
AOC/OPE
Controlled Appellation of Origin
What does Cava indicate on PGI wines in Greece
Indication of age
“Cava” indicates at least one year of aging for white and rosé PGI wines, and a minimum three years of aging for reds. White and rosé “Cava” wines spend at least six months in oak prior to bottling, and reds are in barrel for at least one year. “Palaiomenos se vareli” may be added to the label of Cava, Reserve, or Grand Reserve wines to indicate oak aging beyond the required minimums.
What category of Greek Wine Laws does Retsina and Verdea fall under
Protected Geographic Indication (PGI) category
What is Verdea and where is it produced in Greece
an oxidative white wine produced on the island of Zakynthos in the Ionian Sea
minimum 50% percent Skiadopoulo
What is Retsina
Retsina is generally produced as a white wine, from Savvatiano grapes (low acid grape) and flavored with the addition of pine resin, rather than stored in resin-sealed casks like in ancient times, from Central Greece (Sterea Ellada)
What region of Greece is known for Retsina production
Central Greece (Sterea Ellada)
No PDO’s in region
Greek PGI wine are divided into 3 zones, list them
Regional, District, Area
What are the 2 categories of Greek wines that do not carry a geographic indication
Varietal and Table
The “Varietal” category comprises table wines that carry a vintage and variety on the label, whereas ordinary “Table” wines cannot; neither Varietal or Table wines may list a geographical indication.
What style of wine is typically produced from the Mavrodaphne grape? Where is production focused?
A. Dry white
B. Sweet, fortified white
C. Dry red
D. Sweet, fortified red
D. Sweet, fortified red
- Mavrodaphne of Cephalonia (Ionian Island), Mavrodaphne of Patras (Peloponnese)
What style of wine is made in Naoussa? What region?
A. Dry white
B. Dry red
C. Sweet white
D. Sweet red
B. dry red from Xinomavro
Macedonia Region PDOs (4)
Naoussa PDO
Amynteo PDO: rosé and sparkling production
Goumenissa PDO: Negoska makes up 20% of blend with Xinomavro
Slopes of Meliton (Plagies Melitona)
Name the producer
Domaine Sigalas
Nemea is the only PDO appellation for dry red wines on the Peloponnese.
A. True
B. False
A. True
Name this producer of Naoussa red, the producer is based in Santorini
Boutari
True or False & Fill in the Blank
Macedonia is home to some of Greece’s best dry reds made from _____ in the PDO’s of Naoussa & Amynteo
True - reds from Xinomavro (acid black), firm & tannic reds
*Amynteo is the only PDO to allow rosé production
Macedonia
(Maak eh dh aw n ee aa)
Domaine Carras is the sole producer and Greece’s only monopole on the Slopes of Meliton PDO in what region
Macedonia
Halkidiki area
Domaine Carras makes Red PDO wines on the estate from blends of Cabernet Sauv, Cab Franc, and the native Limnio; white PDO wines are blends of the Greek varietals Assyrtiko, Athiri, and Rhoditis. Evangelos Gerovassiliou, winemaker, launched Domaine Carras to international acclaim under the guidance of Émile Peynaud (famed French Enologist)
Match the PDO with its approximate location in Greece.
Southern, North Central, Island in Aegean Sea
What are the main grapes of production
A. Naoussa
B. Nemea
C. Santorini
A. Naoussa - North Central - Xinomavro
B. Nemea - Southern - Agiorgitiko
C. Santorini - Island in Aegean Sea - Assyrtiko
What is the only PDO in Epirus? What is the main grape?
A. Zitsa
B. Slopes of Meliton
C. Cephalonia
D. Nemea
A. Zitsa
Dry, semisweet, and sparkling wines are produced from the Debina grape
Slopes of Meliton - Macedonia
Cephalonia - Ionian Island
Nemea - Pelopennesse
Messenikola and Anchialos are PDOs in which region?
A. Peloponnese
B. Macedonia
C. Thessalia
D. Crete
C. Thessalia
- Anchialos: 80% Roditis with 20% Savatiano
- Messenikola: second of Greece’s PDOs to feature international varieties, dry reds out of Mavro Messenikola, with a maximum combined total of 30% Carignan and Syrah
Who produces the wine “Megas Oenos?”
A. Domaine Skouras
B. Domaine Spiropoulos
C. Domaine Porto Carras
D. Domaine Sigalas
A. Domaine Skouras
Which countries does Greece border?
A. Turkey
B. Italy
C. Albania
D. Macedonia
E. Bulgaria
A,C,D,E
Doesn’t border Italy
Santorini is phylloxera-free.
A. True
B. False
A. True
Domaine Skouros and Domaine Spiropoulos are both winemakers based in which region?
A. Macedonia
B. Peloponnese
C. Crete
D. Thessalia
B. Peloponnese
The Peloponnese PDO Nemea covers reds from which grape
A. Xinomavro
B. Mavrodaphne
C. Agiorgitiko
D. Negoska
C. 100% Agiorgitiko (St. George)
softly tannic, black fruit, perfumed
dry and sweet styles
Koutsi is a famous commune of Peloponnese in the ________ PDO, what is the sole grape for production
The nickname “blood of Hercules” (or “blood of the lion”) is sometimes attached to the wines of this PDO, commemorating the first of Hercules’ twelve legendary labors.
Nemea
100% Agiorgitiko
- Psari, Gimnó and Asprókambos other well know communes of production
Match the Peloponnese PDO to the grape
Moschofilero, Roditis, Agiorgitiko
A. Nemea PDO
B. Patras PDO
C. Mantinia PDO
A. Nemea: Agiorgitiko (St. George) - red grape
District PDO: Corinth, Argolis
B. Patras: Roditis - white grape (dry)
District PDO: Achaia
C. Mantinia: Moschofilero - pink skin (white/vin gris production)
District PDO: Arcadia
other PDOs: Mavrodaphne of Patras, Muscat of Patras, Muscat of Rio Patras, Monemvasia-Malvasia PDO
Which is not a dessert PDO of Peloponnese
A. Muscat of Patras
B. Mavrodaphne of Patras
C. Muscat of Limnos
D. Muscat of Rio Patras
E. Monemvasia-Malvasia
C. Muscat of Limnos is made on the Island of Lemnos in the Aegean sea
Where would you find vine trained close to the ground, in the stefani or koulouri shape of baskets or wreaths
Santorini PDO to protect them from the fierce Aegean winds and to collect the little moisture that becomes available as morning dew
Fill in the Blank & True or False
The isle of Samos is located in the _____ Islands and is home to one of the Greeks most famous wines: Muscat of Samos, which received a form of appellation protection as early as 1934.
Aegean
True
Which of these grapes is red (4)
Agiorgitiko
Debina
Mavrodaphne
Malagousia
Moschofilero
Negoska
Robola
Roditis
Savvatiano
Skiadopoulo
Thrapsathiri
Vidiano
Xinomavro
Agiorgitiko (Ah-your-yeek-tee-ko)
Mavrodaphne
Negoska
Xinomavro (ke-see-no-mav-roh)
**Moschofilero is pink skinned
What does Νυχτέρι (Nychteri) represent on a Santorini wine label
These wines must be aged in barrel for at least 3 months
Which is the sole PDO producing Ionian Island off the west coast of Greece. What types of wines in the 3 PDOs
A, Kerkya (Corfu)
B. Lefkada
C. Cephalonia
D. Zakynthos
C. Cephalonia
3 PDO’s
Robola of Cephalonia PDO - dry whites
Mavrodaphne of Cephalonia PDO - fortified sweet reds
Muscat of Cephalonia PDO - sweet whites
The Sitia PDO produces white wine from the Vilana grape and red from the Liatiko grape on this Greek Island
Crete
What is the principal grape variety of Verdea, what island is it located on and where
A. Vlahiko
B. Debina
C. Skiadopoulo
D. Korinthiaki
E. Savvatiano
C. Skiadopoulo
Zakynthos, Ionian Sea
What two Greek PDOs utilize the Liatiko grape for red wines, what region are they located?
A. Candia
B. Sitia
C. Peza
D. Dafnes
E. Archanes
B. Sitia
D. Dafnes
Crete
Both Santorini and Santorini Nychteri must contain what minimum percentage of Assyrtiko?
A. 50%
B. 51%
C. 75%
D. 85%
C. 75%
What region is Rapsani located in and what is the grape of production
Thessaly, slope of Mount Oylmpus
Rapsani is the only PDO to feature Xinomavro outside of Macedonia
What are the 6 wine mainland wine regions of Greece?
What are the two island wine regions of Greece?
Macedonia
Peloponnese
Thessalia
Thrace
Epirus
Sterea Ellada (Central Greece)
Aegean Islands
Ionian Islands
Which PDO Region of Macedonia is known as Greece’s coolest region and home to rosé and sparkling wine production?
Amynteo
Rapsani PDO, Messenikola PDO, Anchialos PDO are the 3 PDOs of what region, what are the styles of wine produced in the regions
Thessalia
Anchialos PDO: Minimum 80% Roditis, maximum 20% Savvatiano (white only)
Messenikola PDO: Minimum 70% Mavro Mesenikola (dry red only)
Rapsani PDO: Dry reds from Xinomavro
Which PDO encompasses four villages on the lower slopes of Mount Olympus? This region is known for being the southern outpost for what grape?
Rapsani
Xinomavro
What does Mavrodaphne mean? What is the name of the PDO region in Peloponnese where it’s blended with Mavri Korinthiaki to produce a sweet fortified red commonly used as an aperitif to temper the briny, salty character of Greek first courses?
“black laurel”
Mavrodaphne of Patras
Which PDO region in Peloponnese is known for its sweet wine aged in an oxidative environment that must contain 51% of Monemvassia?
Monemvassia-Malvasia
Which PDO is known for producing wine from Moscato Aspro in both VDL and VDN styles?
Muscat of Samos PDO
off Turkey’s coast
