Mainly Portugal - MA Questions 23.01.21

Question 1

Which DOC in Lisboa is highly regarded for sparkling wine production?

Answer 1

Óbidos DOC.

Question 2

What are the minimum ageing requirements for Colares DOP wines?

Answer 2

Branco: 6 months in wood and 3 months in bottle; Tinto: 18 months in wood and 6 months in bottle.

Question 3

What does “reserva” indicate on a traditional method sparkling wine in Portugal?

Answer 3

Minimium 12 months on lees prior to disgorgement.

Question 4

What is the most important white grape in Alentejano?

Answer 4

Antão Vaz.

Question 5

Who owns Quinta do Roêda?

Answer 5

Croft. *Fladgate’s (parent company)

Question 6

Name 3 white grapes used in Douro.

Answer 6

Malvasia Fina, Viosinho, Rabigato, Guveio.

Question 7

What is the synonym for Arinto in Vinho Verde?

Answer 7

Pedernã.

Question 8

Where is Beira Interior? What are its sub-regions?

Answer 8

Terras da Beira IGP. Beira Castelo Rodrigo, Cova da Beira and Pinhel.

Question 9

Which DOC in Lisboa is known to produce grapes used for aguardente?

Answer 9

Lourinhã DOC, being located right on the coast is very cool and windy making fully ripening the grapes difficult.

Question 10

Who owns the single quintas Quinta do Agua Alta and Quinta do Gricha?

Answer 10

Churchill’s.

Question 11

What does the term “garrafeira” mean?

Answer 11

Private cellar label indicating a minimum period of ageing before release. Tinto Garrafeira - min 30 months (12 in bottle); Branco and Rosado Garrafeira - min 12 months (6 in bottle).

Question 12

What is the minimum ageing requirement for Biscoitos Licoroso?

Answer 12

24 months.

Question 13

Which mountain range protects Alenquer from the coastal strong winds, making it a little warmer and less windy than the rest of DOCs in Lisboa?

Answer 13

Serra de Montejunto.

Question 14

Name 3 grapes used for rosado and red wines in Vinho Verde.

Answer 14

Vinhao, Espadeiro, Boraccal, Alvarelhao.

Question 15

What is Capela da Quinta do Vesuvio?

Answer 15

A limited production, premium Vintage Port Bottling from Quinta do Vesuvio produced only in exceptional vintages. As of now only 2007 and 2011 have been produced.

Question 16

What are the sub-regions of Dão?

Answer 16

Serra da Estrella, Alva, Besteiros, Castendo, Silgueiros, Terras de Azurara, Terras de Senhorim.

Question 17

What is the ageing requirement for Dao nobre reserva white?

Answer 17

12 months.

Question 18

What is the minimum ageing requirement for Colheita Tawny?

Answer 18

Min 7 years.

Question 19

What is the minimum alcohol for “Bairrada Branco Classico”?

Answer 19

12%.

Question 20

What is the grape used in Bucelas DOP?

Answer 20

Min 75% Arinto.

Question 21

What is the minimum ageing requirement for Moscatel do Douro?

Answer 21

18 months.

Question 22

What is the ageing requirement for LBV Port?

Answer 22

Minimum 4 years in cask; it must be bottled before 31st December of the 6th year following the harvest.

Question 23

What are the aging requirements for Trás-os-Montes espumante Grande Reserva or Reserva Velha?

Answer 23

Min 3 years on lees.

Question 24

Where can you find Santarem and Tomar?

Answer 24

Sub-regions of DoTejo.

Question 25

Where can you find Borba?

Answer 25

Sub-region in Alentejo.

Question 26

What is Herdade?

Answer 26

A designation which is used for an estate in the Southern regions of Portugal.

Question 27

What does the term “reserva” indicate on still Portuguese wines?

Answer 27

min 0.5% abv higher than the DOP stipulates.

Question 28

Which designation may be used additionally for an estate in Alentejo?

Answer 28

Monte.

Question 29

What are the DOPs of Acores? What style of wine do they produce?

Answer 29

Pico, Biscoitos and Graciosa. All three produce Branco, Espumante and Licoroso styles from min 80% combined Verdelho, Arinto dos Açores, Terrantez do Pico.

Question 30

What are the main white grapes of Algarve DOP?

Answer 30

Arinto and Siria.

Question 31

Name 2 VDN appellations in Southern Rhone.

Answer 31

Rasteau and Muscat Beaumes de Venise.

Question 32

Which producer introduced the traditional method for sparkling wine in Spain?

Answer 32

Jose Raventos of Codorniu.

Question 33

When did Brunello di Montalcino become a DOCG?

Answer 33

1980.

Question 34

Where is Coteaux de Die AOP? What style of wine does it produce?

Answer 34

Northern Rhone. White from 100% Clairette.

Question 35

What is the grape in Anjou-Coteaux de la Loire AOP?

Answer 35

100% Chenin Blanc.

Question 36

How much of Marsanne/Roussanne is allowed in Saint-Joseph red?

Answer 36

max 10% combined.

Question 37

Which variety thrives in Medio-Penedes?

Answer 37

Ull de Llebre (Tempranillo).

Question 38

What is Bardolino Chiaretto?

Answer 38

Rose wine produced from same grapes as Bardolino DOC. (Corvina, Rondinella, Molinara etc.)

Question 39

Who is producing the wine called Blancaneaux, where and from which grapes?

Answer 39

Inglenook in Rutherford, Napa Valley. Made from Viognier, Roussanne, and Marsanne.

Question 40

What are the sub-regions of Adelaide Hills?

Answer 40

Lenswood, Picadilly Valley.