Lisboa.Setubal

Question 1

What are the subzones of Northern Lisboa IGP? What DOP do they overlap?

Answer 1

Alta Estremadura & Estremadura

Encostas da Aire DOP

Question 2

What is Lisboa historically known for?

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Major Grapes of Lisboa (Encostas da Aire to Arruda)

Answer 3

Tinto: Aragonez, Baga, Castelão, Tinta Miúda, Touriga Nacional, Trincadeira, plus
Branco: Arinto, Fernão Pires, Ratinho, Rabo de Ovelha, Seara Nova, Tamarez, Vital, plus

Question 4

Styles Authorized in Encostas da Aire

Answer 4

Branco, Rosado, Tinto, Medieval de Ourém

Question 5

What are the subregions of Encostas da Aire?

Answer 5

Alcobaça

Ourém

Question 6

What is Medieval de Ourém?

Answer 6

A style authorized in Encostas da Aire, historic to Ourém:
80% Fernão Pires + 20% Trincadeira. The 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 restulting wine is red.

Question 7

Authorized styles in Óbidos

Answer 7

Tinto, Branco, Rosado, Espumante

Question 8

What is the product of Lourinhã?

Answer 8

Aguardente, min 38% abv, aged for 24mos

Question 9

Authorized styles in Alenquer, Torres Vedras, Arruda

Answer 9

Tinto, Branco Only

Question 10

What are the three DOPs around Lisbon?

Answer 10

Bucelas (north)
Colares (west, Atlantic Coast)
Carcavelos (west, Tejo estuary)

Question 11

What is the product of Bucelas?

Answer 11

Dry and sparkling white

min. 75% Arinto, plus Sercial, Rabo de Ovelha

Question 12

What is unique about the soils of Colares?

Answer 12

Mostly sand until you get further inland; therefore, most of the vines in Colares are ungrafted.

Question 13

Colares: Encepagement, assemblage, aging

Answer 13

Encepagement:
Tinto: min. 80% Ramisco in chão de areia (sand), min. 80% Castelão in chão rija
Branco: min. 80% Malvasia

Assemblage: 90% Ramisco (everywhere) for red, plus
Branco is as per encepagement

Aging
Tinto: 21mos; 18 in wood, 3 in bottle
Branco: 9mos; 6 in wood, 3 in bottle

Question 14

What is the other major soil type of Colares, other than sand? What grape varietal is grown there?

Answer 14

Chao Rija, a harder soil type; vineyards planted on Chao Rija may be planted to up to min. 80% Castelão (but to label as Colares DOP, Ramisco must make up 90% of the blend).

Question 15

What is the smallest DOP in Lisboa (due largely to urban sprawl)?

Answer 15

Carcavelos

Question 16

What are the major grapes of Carcavelos?

Answer 16

Reds: min. 75% Castelão and Preto Martinho
Whites: Arinto, Galego Dourado, Ratinho

Question 17

What style are the wines of Carcavelos?

Answer 17

Fortified.
Wines are fermented dry, fortified with vinho abafado, and aged for at least two years, plus six months in bottle.
Max RS 150g/L

Question 18

What is vinho abafado?

Answer 18

Essentially mistelle: partially fermented must preserved with alcohol.

Question 19

What are the DOPs of Lisboa?

Answer 19

Encostas de Aire
Óbidos
Lourinhã
Alenquer
Torres Vedras
Arruda
Bucelas
Colares
Carcavelos

Question 20

What is the climate of Península de Setúbal IGP? What areas does it include?

Answer 20

Mediterranean; framed by the Tagus and Sado estuaries, and the Atlantic.

Question 21

What are the two DOPs of Península de Setúbal IGP?

Answer 21

Palmela

Setúbal

Question 22

Palmela DOP encompasses two main soil types: what are they?

Answer 22

Sand on the plains

Clay-limestone on the foothills of the Arrabida Mountains

Question 23

What is the encépagement of Palmela DOP?

Answer 23

Reds: min. 66.7% Castelão
Whites: Fernão Pires and Arinto
Many international varietals are also authorized

Question 24

What are the styles of Palmela DOP?

Answer 24

Red, White, Rosado, Frisante, Espumante, Licoroso

Question 25

What style are the wines of Setúbal DOP?

Answer 25

Vinhos Licoroso; like Madeira, some barrels historically underwent the torna viagem process.

Question 26

What colors/grapes are produced in Setúbal DOP?

Answer 26

Red and White, of min. 67% Moscatel de Setúbal or Moscatel Roxo.
If one variety comprises min. 85% of the blend, it may be varietally labeled.

Question 27

What is the process for the wines of Setúbal DOP?

Answer 27

Fermentation and fortification, followed by long skin-contact maceration of up to six months. The wine is then aged for up to five years (min. 18mos) in large wooden cask before bottling.

Question 28

What is the minimum RS for Setúbal wine?

Answer 28

280g/L at max 20 years old

340g/L at min. 20 years old

Question 29

What labeling designations are permitted for Moscatel de Setúbal?

Answer 29

10, 20, 30, 40+ years old

Superior: 5+ years old

Question 30

Who is the major producer of Setúbal DOP?

Answer 30

JM da Fonseca

Question 31

What is Moscatel de Setúbal?

Answer 31

Muscat of Alexandria

Question 32

What DOP in Portugal remains phylloxera-free, and why?

Answer 32

Colares; sandy soil.