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Lisboa Flashcards

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Lisboa

9 individual DOPs

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  • Encostas de Aire
  • Lourinhã
  • Óbidos
  • Torres Vedras
  • Alenquer
  • Arruda
  • Bucelas
  • Colares
  • Carcavelos
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DOP that overlaps Alta Estremadura and Estremadura subzones of the northern half of Lisboa IGP

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Encostas de Aire

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Portugal

Region that releases the largest volume of wine

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Lisboa IGP

  • When considering all DOPs within Lisboa IGP collectively
  • Long carried reputation of low quality, dominated by co-operatives and Vinhos de Mesa production
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Two DOP zones in the north of Lisboa that show promise of more than just Vinhos de Mesa production

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  • Encostas de Aire
  • Alenquer
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Lisboa

DOP for aguardente

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Lourinhã

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6
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3 DOPs nearest the capital slowly disappearing due to pressures of urban population

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  • Bucelas
  • Colares
  • Carcavelos
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Bucelas

Main style

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  • Dry white wines
  • Min 75% Arinto
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Bucelas

Min. % of Arinto

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min. 75% Arinto

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Colares

Styles

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Colares

  • Red
  • White
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Colares

Soil

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Sand

  • chão de areia (sand): Ramisco
  • chão rija (hard soil): Castelão
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chao rija

  • Location
  • Most planted grape
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chao rija:

  • Harder soil
  • Further inland, East, in Colares DOP
  • Castelão
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Colares

Type of training

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  • Traditionally planted in trenches; to protect from the salty marine winds
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Colares

Major red grape

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min. 80% Ramisco

(ungrafted)

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Colares

Min. % of Malvasia for white wines

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min. 80% Malvasia

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DOP that has suffered the most due to urban sprawl

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Carcavelos

  • Only 25 ha remain
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Carcavelos DOP

  • Styles
  • Grapes
  • Min abv
  • Max rs
  • Min age
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Carcavelos DOP

  • Vinho Licoroso (fortified) only
  • Tinto: min. 75% comb Castelão, Preto Martinho (Negra Mole)
  • Branco: min. 75% comb Arinto, Ratinho, Galego Dourado
  • Min 15% abv
  • Max 150 g/l rs
  • Min 24 mo wood, 6 mo bottle
17
Q

Wines of Carcavelos are fortified with what?

A

vinho abafado

  • Partially fermented must preserved with alcohol
18
Q

Carcavelos

Vinification

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Carcavelos

  • Wines are fermented dry, then fortified and sweetened w/ vinho abafado
  • vinho abafado - partially fermented must preserved with alcohol
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Carcavelos

Aging requirements

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Carcavelos

  • 2 years barrel, 6 months bottle
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Lisboa

Historic production

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  • Huge production of co-op and Vinhos de Mesa wines
  • Higher quality production is starting to increase in the DOP zones
21
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Lisboa

(Encostas da Aire to Arruda)

Major Grapes

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  • Tinto:
    • Aragonez
    • Baga
    • Castelão
    • Tinta Miúda
    • Touriga Nacional
    • Trincadeira
      • plus
  • Branco:
    • Arinto
    • Ferñano Pires
    • Ratinho
    • Rabo de Ovelha
    • Seara Nova
    • Tamarez
    • Vital
      • plus
22
Q

Encostas da Aire

Styles

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Encostas da Aire

  • Branco
  • Rosado
  • Tinto
  • Medieval de Ourém
23
Q

Encostas da Aire

Subregions

A
  • Alcaobaça (SW)
  • Ourém (NE)
24
Q

Medieval de Ourém

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Medieval de Ourém

  • Style authorized in Encostas da Aire, historic to Ourém:
    • 80% Ferñao Pires + 20% Trincadeira
  • Musts are fermented separately for the first 4-10 days of fermentation, after which the red must (including solids) is added to the white must - the resulting wine is RED
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Óbidos

Styles

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Óbidos

  • Tinto
  • Branco
  • Rosado
  • Espumante
26
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Lourinhã

Style

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Lourinhã

  • Aguardente
  • Min 38% abv
  • Aged 24 months
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Torres Vedras, Alenquer, Arruda

Styles

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Torres Vedra, Alenquer, Arruda

  • Tinto, Branco Only
28
Q

3 DOPs around Lisbon

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  • Bucelas (N)
  • Colares (W, Atlantic Coast)
  • Carcavelos (W, Tejo estuary)
29
Q

Bucelas

  • Styles
  • Grapes
A

Bucelas

  • Still and sparkling white
  • Min 85% Arinto,
    • Plus Sercial, Rabo de Ovelha
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“chão de areia”

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“chão de areia”

  • Sandy soils, planted primarily to Ramisco, western Colares

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