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Green Spain - GuildSomm - Spain Flashcards

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DO quality wine producing Autonomias within “Green Spain”

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Galicia, Pais Vasco (Basque country)

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Climate of Galicia

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cool maritime

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five DOs of Galicia

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Rias Baixas
Ribeiro
Valdorra
Ribeira Sacra
Monterrei
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Five Subzones of Rias Baixas

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Val do Salnés
Ribeira do Dulla
Soutomaior
O Rosal
Condado do Tea
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Cepage requirements for “Rias Baixas Albariño”

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100% Albarino

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Cepage requirements for Rias Baixas Val Do Salnes or Ribeira do Ulla

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min 70% Albariño

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Cepage requirements for Rias Baixas O Rosal or Condado do Tea

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Min 70% Albarino + either Loureira or Treixadura blend

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Red grapes of Rias Baixas

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Mencia, Espadeiro, Caiño

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percentage of vineyard acreage dedicated to Albarino in Rias Baixas

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nearly 90%

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Where is Ribeiro DO?

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Galicia along Miño River, east of Rias Baixas

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dried grape wine of Ribeiro

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Viño Tostado.
Vino Tostado Blanco: Treixadura, Loureiro, Torrontés, Albariño, Godello
Vino Tostado Tinto: Caiño, Ferrón, Brancellao, Mencía, Sousón

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White and Red grapes of Ribeiro Viños Tostada

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Vino Tostado Blanco: Treixadura, Loureiro, Torrontés, Albariño, Godello
Vino Tostado Tinto: Caiño, Ferrón, Brancellao, Mencía, Sousón

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Ribeiro DO grape varieties

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w) Recommended: Treixadura
Authorized: Palomino, Torrontés, Godello, Macabeo, Albillo, Loureira, Albariño
r) Recommended: Caiño Tinto (aka Caiño Bravo/Caiño Longo)
Authorized: Garnacha Tintorera (Alicante Bouschet), Ferrón, Sousón, Tempranillo, Brancellao, Mencía

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Ribeira Sacra is where?

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Northeast of Ribeiro, further inland and upriver, along Miño river to its tributaries.

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Red and White recommended grapes of Ribeira Sacra DO

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w) Treixadura, Godello

r) Mencia

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Galicia’s easternmost zone and its grape varietal

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Valdeorras DO

Godello

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What DO are you likely to find Godello as the major white grape?

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Valdeorras

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Galicia’s southernmost DO

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Viño Tostada regulations : drying, aging, residual sugar

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min. of 3 months drying process for grapes.
min. 6 months in oak or cherry cask and at least 3 months in bottle

Min. must weight of 300 g/l
Min. residual sugar: 70 g/l

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Monterrei major grapes

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w) Recommended: Dona Blanca (Moza Fresca), Godello, Treixadura
Authorized: Albariño, Blanca de Monterrei, Caiño Blanco, Loureira

r)Recommended: Mencía, Merenzao (Bastardo)
Authorized: Caiño Tinto, Sousón, Araúxa (Tempranillo)

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Amandi, Chantadam Quiroga-Bibei are 3 of five subzones of what region? name the other two.

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Ribeira Sacra DO.

+Riberas do Sil, Riberas do Miño

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Three DOs of País Vasco

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Getariako Txakolina
Bizkaiko Txakolina
Arabako Txakolina

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Major red and white grapes of Txakolina

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w) Hondurribi Zuri,

r) Hondurribi Beltza

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“Ojo de Gallo” cepage and meaning

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Txakolina Rosado. Min 50% Hondarribi Beltza, often blended.

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Styles of wine in Pais Vasco

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white
white aged in barrique
red
rosado
late harvest
sparkling
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min alcohol for Txakolina

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Vine training in Rias Baixas DO

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“Parrales”, granite posts with wires to open up canopy and protect from humidity, while maximizing exposure to sun during summer.

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Vinification of Rias Baixas

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Typically stainless steel/neutral vessel, but ‘Blanco Barrica” and Malolactic Fermentation is found as well

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Aging for Rias Baixas Blanco Barrica

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Minimum 3mos in wood, max 600L capacity

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Soil types of Rias Baixas

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Mostly granite and slate near the coast, alluvial and clay moving inland along tributaries.

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Synonym for Arauxa

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Tempranillo

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Synonym for Merenzao

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Synonym for Garnacha Tintorera

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Alicante Bouchet

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Synonym for Izkiriota and Izkiriota Ttippia

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Izkiriota- Gros Manseng

Izkiriota Ttippia- Petit Manseng

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Synonym for Hondarribi Zuri Zerratia

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Petit Corbu

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Minimum alcohol for Rias Baixas Albarino

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Geographical features affecting viticulture in Green Spain

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“Costa Verde” refers to green, lush coast of Atlantic Ocean and Bay of Biscay.

Many rivers and esturaries (rias)

Cantabrian Mountains along the north

Pais Vasco: cantabrian Mountains and Montes Vascos (Pyranees)

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Other red and white grapes found in Pais Vascos, and the regulation on planting.

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Ondarrabi Zuri Zerratia (Petit Courbu), Mune Mahatsa (Folle Blanche), Izkiriota (Gros Manseng), Izkiriota Ttippia (Petit Manseng), Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling, Chardonnay
*secondary white grapes may not account for more than 20% of a producer’s total vineyard acreage

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River that separates Portugal from Spain

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Miño / Minho

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DO Pagos of Green Spain

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Synonym for Mune Mahatsa

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Folle Blanche

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