Greece & the Eastern Mediterranean_revised-Apr-2013 Flashcards
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Retsina
Aromatized wine flavored with Aleppo pine resin
One of two Traditional Appellations incorporated into PGI category
PDO Wines of Greece
Label language that will appear on bottles featuring a designation of origin
Topikos Inos
Vin de Pays in Greece
Aging designations for PDO wines
Reserve: 1 year for whites, 2 years for reds
Grand Reserve: 2 years for whites, 4 years for reds
PGI wines in Greece
Level below PDO category
Varietal: vintage & variety on label
Table: NO stated vintage or variety
Divided into regional, district & area levels
Palaiomenos se Vareli
Label language permitted on Cava, Reserve & Grand Reserve wines to indicate aging beyond minimum requirements
Cava on Greek label
Aging term for PGI wines from Greece that indicates min. 6 mos. in oak for white/rosé wine, 1 year for red wine
Verdea
Oxidative white wine produced on island of Zakynthos in Ionian Sea
One of two Traditional Appellations incorporated into PGI category
Regional PGIs of Greece
roughly northeast to southwest
9 Thrace Macedonia Thessaly Epirus Central Greece (Sterea Ellada) Ionian Islands Peloponnese Aegean Islands Crete
Thrace
PGI Regional Wines: Thrace
PGI District Wines: Evros
PGI Area Wines: Avdira, Ismaros
PDOs of Macedonia
4 Amynteo Goumenissa Naoussa Slopes of Meliton
Amynteo
PDO of Macedonia
Red, rosé, sparkling rosé
100% Xinomavro
Goumenissa
PDO of Macedonia
Dry red wine
Xinomavro-based
Naoussa
PDO of Macedonia
Red, dry to med-sweet
100% Xinomavro
Home to Boutari
Plagies Melitona
AKA Slopes of Meliton
PDO for dry white and red blends
Districts of Thessaly
2
Karditsa
Magnissia
PDOs of Thessaly
3
Rapsani
Messenikola
Anchialos
Rapsani
PDO of Thassalia for dry red wine
1/3 each Xinomavro, Stavroto, Krasato
Messenikola
PDO of Thessalia
Anchialos
PDO of Thessalia for dry white based on Rhoditis
Zitsa
PDO of Epirius for 100% Debina (white)
Still, semi- & fully-sparkling
PDOs of Ionian Islands
All on Cephalonia
Robola PDO - for dry white (100% Robola)
Mavrodaphne of Cephalonia PDO - for sweet red (100% Mavrodaphne)
Muscat of Cephalonia PDO - for sweet white, VDN, Grand Cru (100% Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains)
Sterea Ellada
AKA Central Greece
Most of country’s Retsina production here, centered around Attica
PDOs on Peloponnese
4 Nemea Mantinia Patras Muscat of Rio Patras
Nemea
PDO of Peloponnese
Dry & sweet reds of 100% Agiorgitkio
AKA “Blood of Hercules”
Mantinia
PDO of Peloponnese
Whites from Moschofilero
Patra
PDO of Peloponnese
Whites from 100% Rhoditis
Muscat of Patra
PDO of Peloponnese
Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains
May be VDN or naturally sweet
Red Greek grape varieties
Agiorgitkio: “St. George’s grape”, soft, fruity, Nemea
Xinomavro: “sour black”, rich, tannic, Noussa
Mandilaria: AKA Amorgiano, tannic, Rhodes & Crete
Mavrodaphne: used mostly for dessert wines, Peloponnese & Ionian Islands
Kotsifali: light in color, Crete
White Greek grape varieties
Assyrtiko: similar to Riesling, native to Santorini Athiri: low acid Debina: high acid, good for sparkling, Zitsa Lagorthi: slopes of Peloponnese Malagousia: Moschofilero: pink-gray skin, Mantinia Robola: smoky, mineral, Cephalonia Roditis: Savatiano: Retsina
PDOs of Aegean Islands
Santorini Paros Samos Lemnos Rhodes 4 on Crete
PDOs of Crete
Archanes Dafnes Peza Sitia Candia Malvasia Candia Malvasia Sitia
Lemnos
PDO of Aegean Islands
Dry wines of Muscat
Also PDI Muscat of Lemnos for sweet
Samos
PDO for Muscat à Petits Grains
Aegean Islands
Rhodes
PDO of Aegean Islands
Reds from Mandilaria
Whites from Athiri
Plagies
Greek synonym for “Côtes”
Paros
PDO in Aegean Islands
Malvasia Paros DOP
Reds from Mandilaria (red) & Monemvassia (white)
Santorini
PDO in Aegean Islands
Whites from Assyrtiko, Athiri, Aidani
Also vinsanto from same
Stefani
Method of basket training vines used on islands (Santorini) to protect against wind
Kritikos
Crete
Archanes
PDO of Crete
6 sub-zones
Red only of Mandilaria & Kotsifali
Dafnes
PDO of Crete
Reds of Liatiko grape
Sitia
PDO of Crete
Whites from Vilana
Reds from Liatiko
Peza
PDO of Crete
Whites from Vilana
Reds from Kotsifali & Mandilaria
Tsipouro
Greek pomace spirit sometimes flavored with aniseed
First appellation of Greece
Noussa (1971)