Laws and Regulations Flashcards
Three winds that affects Spain winegrowing conditions
Poniente (cold)
Levante (from the east funnel through Gibraltar; warm and humid)
Leveche (from Sahara; hot and dry)
Which country is nested within Spanish Pyrénées mountain
Andorra
The water body on the north and south
Bay of Biscay (north)
Strait of Gibraltar (south)
6 major rivers in Spain
Miño (Galicia)
Duero (Castilla y Leon)
Ebro (Rioja)
Tagus (Madrid)
Guadiana (Extremadura)
Guadalquivir (Andalucía)
17 autonomies
Galicia
Asturias (No DO)
Cantabria (No DO)
Castilla y Leon
País Vasco
Rioja
Navarra
Aragón
Catalonia
Madrid
Castilla La Mancha
Valencia
Murcia
Andalucia
Extremadura
Canary Islands
Balearic Islands
Spanish wine hierarchy
Vino de Mesa (VdM)
Vino de la Tierra (VdlT) = PGI
Vino Calidad con Indicacíon Geografica (VCIG) =PDO
Denominacíon de Origen (DO)
Denominacíon de Origen Calificada (DOCa)
-Rioja (1991), Priorat (2009)
What is Vino de Pago
A single-estate appellation (2003)
-must be estate-bottled
-estate must be in production for min.10yr before applying for VP
Aging terminologies for PDO wines
Crianza
Reserva
Gran Reserva
Javen: minimal or no oak
Noble: 18 months in oak or btl
Añejo: 2yr in oak or btl
Viejo: 3yr in oak (must show oxidative characters)
The most planted white and red grape varieties in Spain
airén
Tempranillo
Synonym of muscat à petits grains
moscatel de grano menudo
Synonym of tempranillo
Tinta del País / Tinto Fino (Duero)
Tinta de Toro (Toro)
Cencible (La Mancha)
Ull de Llebre (Catalonia)
Aragonez / Tinta Roriz (Portugal)
Synonym of garnacha tintorera, and its crossing
alicante bouschet
(teinturier)
garnacha + petit bouschet
Synonym of macabeo
Viura (Rioja)
Macabeu (Catalonia)
Synonym of Trousseau in Galicia
Merenzao
Synonym of cariñena
Mazuelo (Rioja)
Samsó (Catalonia)
Synonym of trousseau in Spain
merenzao (Galicia)
maturana tinta (Rioja)
tintilla (Canary Islands)
