Madeira COPY Flashcards

1
Q

How far away from Portugal is Madeira?

A

625 miles

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2
Q

What is “round trip”?

A

Torna viagem

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3
Q

What are the two inhabited islands?

A

Madeira

Porto Santo

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4
Q

What are Madeira’s terraces and what are they made of?

A

Poios

Walls of basal stone

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5
Q

What also grows on Madeira?

A

Banans, sugarcane, passionfruit

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6
Q

How are most vines trained?

A

pergola

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7
Q

What is the name for canals?

A

Levadas

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8
Q

How large is the average growers estate?

A

0.3 hectare

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9
Q

What organization regulates harvesting and production methods?

A

The Wine, Embroidery and Handicraft Institute of Madeira (IVBAM)

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10
Q

How many Madeira production companies are there, and where are most of them based?

A

8

Funchal

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11
Q

How many Madeira production companies export wine?

A

6

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12
Q

What is the largest production company in Madeira? How much export are they responsible for?

A

Vinhos Justino Henriques

Half

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13
Q

When was the Madeira Wine Company formed?

A

1913

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14
Q

What are two famous brands of the Madeira Wine Company?

A

Blandy’s

Cossart Gordon

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15
Q

Who is Madeira’s largest independent producer?

A

Henriques & Henriques

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16
Q

Where are shipping companies usually based?

A

London

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17
Q

A shipper will select ____ from a ____, who will then _____ the wine under the shipper’s ____

A

wines, producer

wine, brand

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18
Q

Who stores Madeira and sells it at maturity?

A

Partidistas

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19
Q

Name the Madeira production companies

A
H.M. Borges
Henriques & Henriques
Madeira Wine Company
Pereira D'Oliveira
Vinhos Barbeito
Vinhos Justino Henriques
Faria & Filhos
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20
Q

What are the principal grapes of Madeira

A

Sercial
Verdelho
Boal
Malmsey

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21
Q

What is a synonym for Sercial?

A

Esgana Cao

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22
Q

What is a synonym for Boal

A

Bual

Malvasia Fina

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23
Q

What is a synonym for Verdelho?

A

Gouveio

24
Q

What is a synonym for Malmsey?

A

Malvasia Candida

Malvasia Branca de Sao Jorge

25
Q

What is Madeira’s “workhorse”? How much of the island’s production is it?

A

Tinta Negra Mole

85%

26
Q

What is the minimum stated variety for Madeira if it’s not Tinta Negra

A

85%

27
Q

When did phylloxera hit Madeira

A

1872

28
Q

What grape was the most planted, before phylloxera?

A

Verdelho

29
Q

Which American hybrid grapes were introduced to Madeira during this time of phylloxera?

Which grapes were not replanted?

A

Cunningham
Jacquet
Isabella

Bastardo
Terrantez

30
Q

What is the order of sweet-to-dry with Madeira grapes?

A

Malmsey
Bual
Verdelho
Sercial

31
Q

Terrantez has similar sweetness to what?

A

Verdelho

32
Q

Which two grapes are harvested last?

A

Sercial

Verdelho

33
Q

Which grapes are fermented on skins?

A

Boal

Malmsey

34
Q

How long does Malvasia ferment prior to fortification?

A

a few hours

35
Q

What is the estufa and what does it do?

A

A stainless steel vat that warms the wine by circulating hot water through serpentine coils inside the tank.

36
Q

What temperature is the wine heated to in the estufa and for how long?

A

113-122 (or 45-50)

at least 3 months

37
Q

What is estagio, and for how long does it take place?

A

rest, 90 days

38
Q

How long are Madeira usually cask aged?

A

At least 2 years

39
Q

How long will Frasquieras Vinhos de Canteiro remain in cask?

A

20+ years

40
Q

What does Sercial often taste like?

A

youthful citrus into almond

41
Q

What is the usual RS of Sercial

A

40-45 g/l

42
Q

What is the grape of Rainwater?

A

Tinta Negra

43
Q

What is the youngest a Rainwater wine can be?

A

3 years

44
Q

What is the sugar profile of Rainwater?

A

Medium dry

45
Q

How are Seleccionado wines aged?

A

In tank

46
Q

What is the primary grape of Selccianado?

A

Tinta Negra

47
Q

What is the minimum age for Reserve?

A

5 years

48
Q

What is the minimum age for Special Reserve?

A

10 years (but below 15)

49
Q

How is Special Reserve heated?

A

By Canteiro

50
Q

What is Canteiro?

A

Aging in casks for at least 2 years in lodge attics.

51
Q

What is the age range of Extra Reserve?

A

15-20 years

52
Q

What is solera?

A

Just as it sounds, fractional blending.

53
Q

What is the maximum % of stock allowed to be used per year in the solera?

A

10%

54
Q

What is the date of the solera bottled?

A

The starting date of the actual Solera

55
Q

What is the min % requirement of Madeira Colheita? How long is minimum aging?

A

85%

5 years

56
Q

What are aging requirements for Frasqueira?

A

Vintage minimum 20 years in cask

57
Q

What rare Madeira undertook an actual ocean journey across the equator?

A

Vinho da Roda/Vinho da Torno/Vinho da Volta