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Greece/Cyprus Flashcards

1
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What % of production is white

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70%

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What % is consumed locally

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95%

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Varieties

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More than 300 indigenous grapes

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Appellation laws

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One quality category, PDO. 33. Réserve-2 yrs white/3yrs red. Grande Réserve-3 yrs white, 4 yrs red

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PGI

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  1. Attica, Drama, Peloponnese, Epanmoi, Thívai (Thebes)
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Greek Wine

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Wine without geographical indication

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Kava

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Indicates high quality table wine which is made only in small quantities and has been subject to prolonged aging, akin to Réserve and Grande Réserve but allowed only for PGI wines

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Northern Greece

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Macedonia, Thrace, Náoussa, Goumenissa, Drama Valley

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Macedonia and Thrace

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Noted for red wines

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Náoussa

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Home of Xinomavro. SE lsopes of Mt Vermio. 200-500m. Min 1 yr in oak. Young wine form lighter, sandy soil, ageworthy wine of clay and limestone. Barolo like personality

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Goumenissa

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Macedonian Mtns. High altitude, cool. Phylloxera free soil. Xinomavro blended w Negoska

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Drama Valley

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Landlocked. NE of Thessalonika, IV, Assyrtiko. “Trendsetters”

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Central Greece

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Rapsani, Retsina

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Rapsani

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Foothills of Mt Olympus. Vineyards owned by 12 monasteries and leased to Tsantali wine co. Wind keeps fungal disease minimal. Xinomavro

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Retsina

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Produced throughout Greece, but centered on Attica and Euboea. Resinated white wine from Savatiano, Rhodtis. Max 1000g/hl pine resin added to young wine, removed after 1st racking. Table wine

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Peloponnese Peninsula

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Nemea, Pátras. Greatest number of appellations. Phylloxera free

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Nemea

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Agiorgtiko (red, low acid, plummy, spiced, rich fruit. Most planted in Greece). Med climate. Grapes planted at altitude for cooler conditions. Marl, deep red soil

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Pátras appellations

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  1. Pátras, Rion of Pátras, Mavrodaphne of Pátras, Monemvassia-Malvasia
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Pátras

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Dry white from Roditis

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Rion of Pátras

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Nearly extinct dure to encroachment

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Mavrodaphne of Pátras

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Mavrodaphne grapes may be supplemented by Korinthiaki. Fortified sweet reds (Port like)

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Monemvassia-Malvasia

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Newest, oak aged sweet wine from sun dried Assyrtiko, Monemvassia, Kydonsita

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The Islands

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Cephalonia, Sámos, Santorini, Crete

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Cephalonia

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Powerful dry white from Robola. High, stony land, ungrafted, Robola a vino di sasso (Wine of Stone)

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Sámos

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Muscat Blanc à Petit Grains on steep terraces up to 1000m. Fortified styles. Sámos Nectar, dried grapes w 14% potential abv, 3 yrs cask aging

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Santorini

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High reputation. Assyritiko powerful, retains acid, aromatic.

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Santorini climate

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Extreme winds, arid, mist rising form caldera helps sustain agriculture

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Santorini viti

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Basket shapes for wind protection. Volcanic, phylloxera free/immune soils. Ungrafted vines up to 400 yrs old. 15 hl/ha

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Santorini vini

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Dry and sweet Assyritiko w Athiri/Aidani. Vinsanto-sun dried, oak aged for several years, very expensive

30
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Crete

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Important in terms of volume. Famous in middle ages when known as Candia

31
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Cyprus

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EU membership in 2004.1990s large investments, movement of wineries to cooler mtns. 52 producers.

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Cyprus viti

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S part of island. Never had phylloxera, ungrafted vines under strict quarantine

33
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Cyprus varieties

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Mavro (black), Xynsteri (white)

34
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Commandaria

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Dark, sweet wine specialty - partially dried grapes around 15%. PDO. Oldest named wine in the world still being made today

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Assyrtiko

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3rd most planted white. 1,704 ha

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Savatiano

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Most planted, 11,306 ha in Attica/Central Greece. Low acid. Often blended. Retsina

NEWA - WSET L4 / Unit 3 (Review Decks) (45 decks)

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