MADEIRA WINES

Question 1

Soil of Madeira

Answer 1

Volcanic Soil

Question 2

Name the classic grape varieties used for Madeira wines:

Answer 2

Tinto: Malvasia Candida Roxa, Bastardo, Tinta Negra(Mole)

Branco: Sercial, Verdelho, Boal, Malvasia Fina, Terrantez

Question 3

What is the driest style of Madeira?

Answer 3

Sercial

Question 4

What style of Madeira is off-dry wine?

Answer 4

Verdelho

Question 5

What style of Madeira is medium- sweet and more complex wine?

Answer 5

Bual/Boal

Question 6

What style of Madeira is very sweet made from Malvasia grapes?

Answer 6

Malmsey

Question 7

What does the estufagem or estufa process consists of?

Answer 7

This is where lower quality wines placed in large tanks which have coils inside to heat the wine. It replicates the warming and cooling wine when it was used as ballast on sailing ship voyages which crossed and re-crossed the equator.

• the wine takes pxidative and caramel characters.
• maybe bottled after 12 months.

Question 8

What does Canteiro system consists of?

Answer 8

It’s the process where higher quality wines are put in casks and placed near the roofs of wine storage for aprox. 18months where the heat of the sun heats the wines in more gentle way.

Question 9

Ageing requirement for vinho de estufagem:

Answer 9

12 months

Question 10

Ageing requirements for vinho de canteiro:

Answer 10

2 years in wood, and may not be bottled for 36 months after the final fortification.

Question 11

What does COLHEITA mean?

Ageing requirement:

Answer 11

Single vintage and a single grape.

Aged for a min. 5 years in wood plus 1 year in bottle.

Question 12

What does FRASQUEIRA mean?

Ageing requirement:

Answer 12

Vintage made from 100% of the named varietal.

Aged for 20 years in wood and 2 years in bottle.