Largest/Smallest Flashcards
Spain’s largest region?
Castilla y León
Spain’s highest peak?
Pico Teide (Canaries)
Longest Iberian river?
Tajo River
Spain’s largest river basin?
Duero River
Spain’s longest river?
Ebro River
Spain’s 2nd smallest region?
La Rioja
Oldest demarcated regions in Spain?
Rioja Jerez Malaga Tarragona Priorat Penedes Alicante Valcencia Utiel Valdepañas Cariñena Rueda Ribeiro Manzanilla
Most old vines in Spain?
DO Cariñena
80yrs+ en vaso
Largest city in Pais Vasco?
Bilbao
Wettest area of Spain?
DO Getaria in Guipúzcoa province Pais Vasco
Only red grape grown in Pais Vasco?
Hondarrabi Beltza
Smallest Basque DO?
DO Arabako Txakolina
Driest Basque DO?
DO Arabako Txakolina
Spain’s smallest province?
Guipúzcoa in Pais Vasco
Largest producer of white wine in Pais Vasco?
DO Bizkaiko Txakolina
Oldest demarcated region in Castilla y León?
DO Rueda
How large is Castilla y León as a demarcated region in the EU?
3
First known tribe in Castilla y León?
Vacceo lived in Bergidum (Bierzo)
Castilla y León occupies how much mainland in Spain?
1/5
Unofficial capital of Castilla y León ?
Valladolid
The DO where lone exception where Tempranillo is not an authorized grape in Castilla y León
DO Bierzo
DO with natural border between Castilla y León and Portugal?
DO Arribes
What is the Duero 2nd largest tributary?
Pisuerga River - cuts through Cigales
What covers the entire Castilla y León region?
VT Castilla y León
What is Spain’s 2nd largest appellation by volume?
Ribera del Duero
What is Spain’s largest appellation by volume?
La Rioja
Largest city in Galcia?
Vigo
Southern most DO in Galicia?
DO Monterrei
Eastern most DO in Galicia?
DO Valdeorras
What is the only DO in Galicia that produces more red than white?
DO Ribeira Sacra
Oldest Galician DO?
DO Ribeiro
How many Colleiteiros in Galcia?
115
Best Godello?
DO Valdeorras
Newest subzone in Rías Baixas?
Ribeira do Ulla
3 mountain ranges of Galicia?
S. Eixe
S. Enciña
S. Courel
What is the main style of wine produced in Asturias?
Red wine
Smallest autonomous region in Spain?
Balearic Islands
Second Smallest autonomous region in Spain?
La Rioja
Most populated region?
Andalucia
2nd largest autonomous region?
Andalucia
Oldest city in Western Europe?
Cadíz
Highest peak on mainland Spain?
Pico Mulhacén (Sierra Nevada)
1st Andalucia railway?
Jerez to Santa Maria
Spain’s most populated region?
Andalucía (also 2nd largest)
Highest mountain range on Iberian peninsula?
Sistema Betico
One of the least acidic wines in the world?
Fino Sherry
One of the sweetest wines in the world?
PX Sherry
Highest average elevation wine regions in Europe (760-850m)?
DO Ribero del Duero
Spain’s largest vino blanco producer?
DO Rueda (6% of overall production)
Lowest rainfall in Castilla y Leon
DO Toro
Oldest bodega in Rioja?
Bodegas R Lopez de Heredia Vina Tondonia
Wettest Rioja Subzone?
Rioja Alta
Oldest vineyards in Rioja?
Rioja Alta
Barrio de la Estacion in Haro
Hottest, driest and most arid in Rioja subregions?
Rioja Oriental
Highest subzone in Navarra
Tierra Estella
Northernmost DO in Aragon?
DO Somontano
Also wettest and greenest
Youngest Cataluñan DO?
DO Monsant
What and where is Spain’s largest winery?
Bodegas Torres - DO Penedes
1st region to adopt temperature controls?
DO Penedes
1st organic sparkling wine
Classic Penedès- always a reserva 15m lees
Oldest soils in Cataluña?
Llicorella in Priorat
1st wine region to adopts “Estate Wines”?
Priorat
What is Cataluña’s oldest wine region?
DO Tarragona - 1st CE
1st & 2nd railway
1st Andalucia. Jerez to Santa Maria
2nd Rioja - Longroño to Bilbao
1st DO in Cataluña to introduce French grapes?
DO Costers del Segre - considered some of Spain’s most unusual
Penedes subzone with largest area of production?
Penedes Central
