Madrid Flashcards
‘Madrid’ could refer to…?
A region, a province, or a city
How many provinces in Comunidad de Madrid?
One
Comunidad de Madrid is bordered by?
N&W: Castilla y León
S&E: Castilla-La Mancha
How does Madrid the city rank among the capitals of Europe:
by population?
by elevation?
3rd most populated (3.2m)
2nd highest after Andorra la Vella
Climate of Comunidad de Madrid?
Continental
What are winter and summer temperatures like in Comunidad de Madrid? Rainfall?
Cold winter (below 0ºC)
Hot summer (exceeds 40ºC)
Low-ish rainfall (500mm)
Comunidad de Madrid is located where, at what elevation?
Central Meseta
High: 600-1,000m
Comunidad de Madrid is bounded by which mountains?
to the north: Sierra de Guadarrama (eastern Sistema Central), part of Sierra de Gredos
Comunidad de Madrid is bounded by which river? Fed by how many tributaries? Are they navigable?
Bonus: name them
Tajo River (down to 430m)
Six tributaries
Not navigable (gorges, waterfalls)
Alberche
Guadarrama
Manzanares
Jarama
Henares
Tajuña
Soils in north and south of Comunidad de Madrid?
N: granitic in forested Sierra de Guadarrama and Sierra de Gredos
S (most of wine region): granite in west; sedimentary alluvium, limestone, loamy-clay in SC&SE
Main grapes in Comunidad de Madrid? Two reds, two whites
R: Tino Fino (Tempranillo), Garnacha Tinta
W: Malvar (Lairén), Albillo (Real)
What climate does the Malvar grape like, in Comunidad de Madrid?
long growing season to ripen
high, cool sites to preserve acidity
Define:
rañas (in Comunidad de Madrid)
alluvium
colluvium
Rañas: terraces
Alluvium: river deposits
Colluvium: slope wash
Main vine training in Comunidad de Madrid?
en vaso (manual harvest)
some EU investment in mechanisable training
Comunidad de Madrid has a unique wine production:
name?
description of method?
grape/colour restrictions?
Sobremadre (with the mother)
Complete the fermentation, leave minimum 25% of solids with the unfiltered wine (sobremadre) for 90-180 days, bottle directly without clarification or filtration; a little carbon dioxide effervescence remains.
Any authorised grape or colour
Name the DOs of Comunidad de Madrid
There is only one:
DO Vinos de Madrid
Name the four subzones of Comunidad de Madrid, with locations relative to the city
SE: Arganda
W: Navalcarnero
further W: San Martín de Valdeiglesias
NE: El Molar
Which subzone of Comunidad de Madrid is the largest?
Arganda
(Before El Molar was created, probably, it was:
56% of vineyard
50% of production
31 municipalities)
Which subzone of Comunidad de Madrid is a flat plain, bisected north-south by the Guadarrama River?
Navalcarnero
(to the west)
Which subzone of Comunidad de Madrid is in the rugged landscape of the Sierra de Gredos mountains?
San Martín de Valdeiglesias
Which subzone of Comunidad de Madrid primarily uses Tinto Fino (Tempranillo) for red wine, instead of Garnacha Tinta like the other three?
Arganda (to the SE)
Which subzone of Comunidad de Madrid primarily uses Albillo (Real) for white wine, instead of Malvar like the other three?
San Martín de Valdeiglesias
(to the further west)
Which subzone of Comunidad de Madrid is wettest? driest?
Wettest: San Martín de Valdeiglesias (to the further west)
Driest: Arganda (to the SE)
In what year did phylloxera reach Madrid? What happened next?
1914
Slow recovery, replanted with Garnacha and Airén for co-operatives and bulk wine
How did Madrid fare in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39)?
Badly. Attacked by Franco’s troops. ‘Siege of Madrid’ was first mass bombing of civilians by Nazi German air forces.
When was DO Vinos de Madrid officially recognised?
1990
