Greece Mainland Flashcards
Name the regions of mainland Greece. N-S
Thrace Macedonia Epirus Thessalia Central Greece (Sterea Ellada) Peloponnese
Name the PDO of Macedonia.
Amynteo PDO
Goumenissa PDO
Naoussa PDO
Slopes of Meliton PDO
What style of wines are allowed in the Amynteo PDO?
(MACEDONIA) (coolest region in Greece) Sparkling Rose (Trad Meth or Tank) Rose Red (dry) max Fermentation temps: 20/30 degrees Xinomavro
What style of wine is produced in Goumenissa PDO?
(MACEDONIA)
Red (dry)
- Xinomavro plus min 20% Negoska
Training: Goblet or Double Cordon (after 4 yrs of age)
What style of wine is made in the Naoussa PDO?
(MACEDONIA) (1971) (home of Boutari) Dry Red (0-4 g/l) Semi-Dry Red (4.5 - 17.5 g/l) Semi-Sweet Red (17.5-45 g/l) - Xinomavro max So2 : Dry Red: 150 mg/l Semi-Dry Red/Semi-Sweet Red: 200 mg/l max Ferm temp 30 degrees
Where is Domaine Carras?
Slopes of Melition PDO (MACEDONIA) (Single Producer appellation) Dry: W - Roditis, Assyrtiko, plus Athiri R - Cabernet Sauvignon, plus Lemnio and Cabernet Franc
What are the PDO of Peloponnese?
Patras PDO Mavrodaphne of Patras PDO Muscat of Patras PDO Muscat of Rio Patras PDO Monemvasia-Malvasia PDO Nemea PDO Mantinia PDO
Where is the Asprokambos Plateau
Peloponnese
What style of wine is produced in the Mantinia PDO?
(PELOPONNESE)
Dry white and Sparkling
min 85% Moschofilero, plus Asproudes
Where is Thessaloniki?
PGI District of Macedonia
- Domaine Carras
Malagouzia revival
Evangelos Gerovassilion (with Emile Peynaud)
Name 2 blending grapes for Xinomavro and where would you see this?
KRASATO
STAVROTO
Rapsani PDO
(its further south (Mt Olympus) Xino needs to be softened.
What are the PDO of Thessalia?
(Thessa-LEE-ah)
Anchialos PDO (W / D-S) Mesenikola PDO (R-dry) Rapsani PDO (R-dry / Res/G Res)
What style of wine is produced in the Anchialos PDO?
(Thessa-LEE-ah)
White - dry to sweet range
Grapes :
Roditis and Savvatiano grapes from higher-altitude
What type of wine is made in the Mesenikola PDO?
Red:
min 70% Mavro Mesenikola
max 30% combined Syrah and Carignan
Rapsani PDO geographical factors.
Valley of Tempi
PINIOS River
Mount Kissavos
What is the sole PDO of Epirus?
ZITSA
Dry white
Sparkling Dry - sweet
DEBINA grape 100%
What is St George?
Agirogitiko (Nemea / Mantinia)
Peloponnese
What does Mavrodaphne mean?
“Black Laurel”
What wine is used for sacriment in the Greek Orthodox Church?
Mavrodaphne of Patras.
sweet, fortified red
What is the age requirement of Mavrodaphne of Patras?
- Reg - min 1 yr oak barrels of 1,000 liters or less
- “Reserve” min 3yr (inc 2yr cask and 1yr in btl)
- “Vieille Reserve” 5yr (inc 2yr cask and 2yr in btl)
- “Grand Reserve” 7yr (inc 3yr cask and 3yr in btl)
- Non-Vintage blends require a minimum 3 years of aging after the final blend.
- NO chaptalization
- planting density: min400 vines per acre (excluding those vines planted prior to 1993)
- Mavrodaphne and Mavri Korinthiaki,
- Producer - Achaia-Clauss / Hermes / Kourtaki
What is the oldest winery in Greece?
Achaia-Clauss (1861)
- Peloponnese - Patras
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When did Greece gain its independents?
1832
joined the EU in 1981
Where did Greek wine begin?
Crete
Minoan civilization - 2500 BC
When were wooden barrels introduced replacing amphorae?
7th Century
In the 17th century, what was the largest agricultural production for Greece?
Raisins
When, and where was Greeces first Coop founded?
Samos Island
1934
(UWV Samso)
How is Retsina flavoured?
The use of a “tea Bag” process
- Aleppo pine trees (Pinus halepensis)
- 0.15 to 1.0% of the wine’s final volume
What are the Traditional PGI of Greece?
Retsina
Verdea
How many appellations may append their name to Retsina?
15
-Gialtra, Evia, Karystos, Viotia, Thebes, Halkida, Megara, Attica, Pallini, Pikermi, Spata, Mesogia, Markopoulos, Peania, and Koropi
What is Kokkineli?
A rose Retsina
Roditis (R) grape lends color
What are the authorized grapes for Retsina?
Savatiano and Roditis.
Name 6 historical wineries that are shaping Greece.
Boutari Achaia Clauss Kambas Kourtakis Tsantali Domaine Porto Carras
What is the largest mountain range in Greece?
Pindos
What are the oceans that surround Greece?
Aegean (east)
Ionian (west)
Lybian (south)
-also Mediterrainian (s-w of Peloponnese)
What is the main divide of the Greek Islands?
Ionian - - Cephalonia Aegean- - Cyclades (which contains Santorini), - Dodecanese - North Aegean Islands
What is the difference between
Vin naturellement doux wines
and Vin doux wines of Greece?
- Vin naturellement doux - from dried grapes.
- Vin doux - unfermented must is shocked with spirits. sometimes referred to as VdL wines
- Vin doux naturel (VdN) produced when spirits are added to a partly fermented wine
What is Tsipouro?
Greek Grappa - used to fortify natural wines.
What is used for the fortification of the sweet wines of Greece?
Tsipouro (Greek Grappa)
What type of wine in made in the Mesenikola PDO?
(THESSALY)
Red only - min 70% Mavro Mesenikola plus max 3-% Syrah and Carignan
- Carignan MUST be Head Trained (or in Cordon Royal)
- Syrah MUST be head Trained (or in Double Guyot)
What PDO are not dedicated to native grapes?
(In Macedonia:)
Slopes of Meliton (CS/Lemnio?CF)(Roditis/Assy/Athiri)
(In Thessaly;)
Mesenikola (Mavro Mesenikola/syarh/carginan)
What is the only PDO to mandate use of white grapes in a red wine in Greece.
PAROS
(Igean Islands)
Momnevasia with red Maldalaria
