Greece Flashcards
Name the PDO’s of Greece that produce wines from the Xinomavro grape.
Rapsani
Goumenissa
Amyndeon
Naoussa
What is the dominant red grape variety of Sitia PDO and Dafnes PDO?
Liatiko
Which PDO of Greece is the most recent?
Monemvassia-Malvasia (est. 2010)
Name the only Ionian Island that has three PDO’s. Which are the PDO’s and what grapes are allowed.
Cephalonia
Muscat of Cephalonia PDO from 100% Muscat White, Robola of Cephalonia PDO from 100% Robola Mavrodaphne of Cephalonia from 100% Mavrodaphne
What is the most common red grape found throughout the Aegean.
Mandilaria
When did phylloxera spread to Greece?
1898
What are the grape varieties used in Anchialos PDO?
Roditis (minimum 80%)
Savvatiano
Which region of Greece is home of Verdea traditional wines? What is the main grape used for its production?
Zakynthos Skiadopoulo (minimum 50%)
Name the coolest PDO zone of Greece.
Amyndeon
What is the name of the PDO that is located in Epirus and what is the grape variety used?
Zitsa
Debina
Name the only two PDO’s of Greece that allow the use of international grape varieties.
Mesenikola
Slopes of Meliton
Which Greek winemaker “saved” the Malagousia grape variety from extinction?
Evangelos Gerovassiliou
What is the only Greek PDO to mandate use of a white grape in a red wine? What are the grapes used in this PDO?
Paros
Mandilaria and Monemvassia
What are the permitted grape varieties in Mesenikola PDO?
Black of Mesenikola (70%), Carignan and Syrah (maximum 30%)
Name the PDO of Greece, which is located on the lower slopes of Mount Olympus.
Rapsani
Synonym of the red grape variety Limnio in the island of Lemnos.
Kalabaki
Name at least three synonyms of Mandilaria.
Amorgiano
Kontoura
Mavrokontoura
Mandilari
Very rare white grape variety found in Lakonia and in Kythira island of Greece. Yiannis Vatistas was one of the first producers to select this vine from a field blend and later planted it in a single vineyard near the sea.
Petroulianos
Name the two persons behind the famous Alpha Estate.
Makis Mavridis
Angelos Iatridis
Where can you find Vin Jaune or Sherry-like wines in Greece and what is their name?
Zakyntos
Verdea
Name the extremely rare red grape variety of Western Greece that is mainly found on the island of Lefkada.
Vertzami
Name at least three grape varieties used in the production of Retsina.
Savvatiano
Roditis
Assyrtico
Athiri
When was Goumenissa PDO zone been established and what are the grape requirements?
1979
Xinomavro and Negoska (minimum 20%)
Synonym of Tourkopoula grape.
Roditis Kokkinos
Name the rare white grape variety that is found in Thessaly and Macedonia, that a few producers like Dalamaras, Chryssohoos and Diamantakos showed some interesting wines.
Preknadi (Prekniariko)
Minimum ageing requirements for Greek wines.
Reserve White, Grand Reserve White, Reserve Red, Grand Reserve Red
Reserve White: Minimum 1 year (6 months in barrel and 3 months in the bottle)
Grand Reserve White: Minimum 2 years (1 year in barrel and 6 months in the bottle)
Reserve Red: Minimum 2 years (1 year in barrel and 6 months in the bottle)
Grand Reserve Red: Minimum 4 years (18 months in barrel and 18 months in the bottle)
What are the grape requirements for Rapsani PDO?
Xinomavro, Krassato and Stavroto (equal amounts)
Synonym of Stavroto grape.
Ambelakiotiko Mavro
Maximum allowed yields of Rapsani PDO (hl/ha).
80 hl/ha
What are the altitudes of the Rapsani PDO vineyards?
100m. - 700m.
What is the minimum allowed altitude for the vineyards of Goumenissa PDO?
150m.
Maximum allowed yields of Goumenissa PDO (hl/ha).
80 hl/ha
Maximum allowed yields of Amyndeon PDO (hl/ha).
80 hl/ha
When was the Association of Rural Cooperatives of Amyndeon (E.A.S.) established? When was their winery established?
1945
1959
When was the first attempts made to produce sparkling wines from Xinomavro by E.A.S. in Amyndeon?
1971
What are the altitudes of the Amyndeon PDO vineyards?
520m. - 720m.
What are the main soils found in the Amyndeon PDO?
Sandy gravel and alluvial
Which zone of Naoussa PDO is considered the coldest?
Fyteia (350m.)
Maximum allowed yields of Mesenikola PDO (hl/ha).
96 hl/ha
Maximum allowed yields of Slopes of Meliton PDO (hl/ha).
64 hl/ha for red wines
60 hl/ha for white wines
What are the grape requirements for Slopes of Meliton PDO?
Limnio (minimum 70%), Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc (maximum 30%) for red wines
Athiri (minimum 50%), Roditis (minimum 35%) and Assyrtiko (minimum 15%) for white wines
Maximum allowed yields of Samos PDO Vin Doux wines (hl/ha). What if the wine is labelled as Vin Doux Naturel Grand Cru?
75 hl/ha
40 hl/ha
When was the Association of Winemaking Cooperatives of Samos (E.O.S.S.) established?
1934
What is the minimum allowed pressure for the sparkling wines of Zitsa PDO?
3,5 bar
Maximum allowed yields of Zitsa PDO (hl/ha).
75 hl/ha
Maximum allowed yields of Mantinia PDO (hl/ha).
82,5 hl/ha
What are the grape requirements for Mantinia PDO?
Moschofilero (minimum 85%) and Asproudes (maximum 15%)
Which two grape varieties are used in Lemnos PDO wines?
Muscat of Alexandria
Limnio
Where do we come across the grape Skopelitiko?
Corfu
Popular synonym of Pavlos grape.
Malvasia Bianca Lunga
How many PGI’s are there in Crete? Name them.
6
PGI Crete PGI Kissamos PGI Chania PGI Rethymno PGI Heraklion PGI Lasithi
Name the 2 PGI’s of Zakynthos.
PGI Zakynthos
PGI Verdea Traditional designation of Zakynthos
