Mediterranean Coast Flashcards by dolly chao

What is DOCa called in Catalonia

DOQ

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DO in Catalonia (11)

Catalonia
Cava
Empordà
Pla de Bages
Alella
Penedès
Conca de Barberà
Costers del Segre
Tarragona
Montsant
Terra Alta

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Synonym of carignan in Catalonia

Samsó

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Synonym of Malvasia in Catalonia

Subirat Parent

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Vi de raïms Sobremadurat

vi de licor from overripe grapes

= Vimblanc (?)

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Vino Rancio

Oxidized wine

min. 1yr in oak

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Vino Brisado

Orange wine

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What is Catalunya Vinyero

Grower producer

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Grape varieties permitted for Cava DO and the autonomies and subzones

W: macabeu, parellada, xarel-lo, chardonnay, malvasia

R: garnacha, monastrell, PN, trepat (for rosado only)
-min. 25% red varieties for rosado style

7 autonomies
-País Vasco
-Rioja
-Navarra
-Aragón
-Catalonia
-Valencia
-Extremadura
(95% of Cava production is from Catalonia)

4 zones
-Comtats de Barcelona
-Valle del Ebro
-Viñedos de Almendralejo (Extremadura)
-Zona de Levante (=Cava de Requena)

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Regulation for Cava (since 2021)

Cava: min. 9mth on lees
(12 ton/ha, 150kg/100L)

Cava de Guarda: min. 9mth on lees (10 ton/ha)

Cava de Guarda Superior: min. 18mth on lees; from min.10yo vine and farmed organically; vintage-dated
(10 ton/ha)
-Reserva: min.18mth on lees
-Gran Reserva: min.30mth on lees (dosage brut and below)
-Cava de Paraje: min.36mth on lees, form single vineyard
(8.8 ton/ha)

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Cava foil color

Cava de Guarda - green
Reserva - silver
Gran Reserva - gold
Cava de Paraje - antiqued gold

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What is Elaborador Integral Stamp

Integral producers
-producers who carry out the entire production process themselves
(=RM)

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Who produced the first traditional method sparkling wine in Spain, and when

Codorníu Raventós
1873
(used indigenous grapes)

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2 rivers in Penedès and its subzones

Anoia
Foix

3 subzones
-Alt Penedès: higher elevation -> cool-climate international varieties
-Garraf / Medio Penedès -> tempranillo, Bordeaux varieties
-Baix Penedès -> garnacha, monastrell, samsó

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Classic Penedès

for sparkling wine made from organic grapes (traditional/ancestral method)
-min.15mth on lees

-Reserva 3-15: indicates longer lees aging period of 3-15yr for traditional method
-No Degollat/ No Dejorhat: min.4yrs aging on lees and released without disgorgement for ancestral method

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What is Corpinnat

“Heart of Penedès”
founded in 2015, became a collective EU brand in 2017
-100% organic and sustainable, single-estate and hand-harvested
-min. 90% indigenous varieties
-min. 18mth on lees

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6 delimited area and founding member of Corpinnat

Alt Penedès
Garraf
Baix Penedès
Alt Camp
Anoia
Baix Llobregat

Gramona
Recaredo
Nadal
Torelló
Llopart
Sabaté i Coca

Key grape variety in Empordà

W: garnacha blanca, macabeu, moscatel
R: garnacha, samsó

Key grape variety in Pla de Bages

W: macabeu, picapoll
R: sumoll

Key grape variety in Alella

W: pansa blanca (=xarel-lo), garnacha blanca
R: garnacha

How many subzones in Costers del Segre, which one is the most historic

Raimat
(Codorníu purchased one estate here and brought in technologies)

What is the grape variety used for Vimblanc in Montsant

100% pansa

What is the main mountain, river, and the famous soil in Priorat

Montsant
Siurana
Llicorella: mix of schistose mica and quartzite

Wine style of Priorat

white, red, rosado, VDN, VDL (mistela)
-W: garnacha blanca, macabeu, picapoll, PX, moscatel, xarel-lo, chenin Blanca, viognier
-R: garnacha, samsó, ull de llebre, international varieties

What is Vi de Vila

a category established in 2009 -R only: must hold min.60% garnacha and samsó, or min.50% if only one is present 12 villages -La Morera de Montsant -Escaladei -Poboleda -Torroja del Priorat -La Vilella Alta -La Vilella Baixa -El Lloar -Solanes del Molar -Bellmunt del Priorat -Masos del Falset -Porrera -Gratallops

What is “The 5 Clos”

In 1989, a group of producers based in Gratallops shared same facilities, producing wines under 5 different labels (until 1992) -Clos Mogador (René Barbier) -Clos Dofí (Alvaro Palacios) -Clos Martinet (Mas Martinet) -Clos Erasmus (Daphne Glorian) -Clos de l’Obac (Carlos Pastrana)

What is Vi de Finca

Single vineyard (2002) (independent of Vi de Vinya) -100% from the designated parcel -aging must be done in oak barrels (max.600L) Clos Mogador “Clos Mogador” Celler Vall Llach “Mas de la Rosa” (100% samsó)

What is Velles Vinyes

Old vines -planted before 1945 or at least 75yo (?)

Who produces Les Manyes and what is the grape variety

Terroir Al Límit 100% garnacha peluda

Which village is Famille Torres based at, and their top wines

El Lloar -Mas La Plana: 100% CS (first vintage 1970) -Gran Corona: CS + tempranillo -Mas de la Rosa: garnacha&samsó, Priorat DOQ (first vintage 2016) -Gran Muralles: garnacha/samsó/monastrell, Conca de Barberà -Milmanda: 100% chardonnay, Conca de Barberà

Key grape variety in Terra Alta

W: garnacha Blanca R: garnacha

DOs in Valencia (3)

Valencia Utiel-Requena Alicante

Key grape varieties in Valencia, and its special style

W: merseguera, macabeu, moscatel, malvasia R: garnacha, tempranillo, monastrell, international grapes -Vino de Misa: Sacramental wine

How many subzones in Valencia

4 -Moscatel de Valencia: sweet and fortified wine -Valentino -Clariano -Alto Turia: dry white only (merseguera, macabeu)

Key grape varieties in Utiel-Requena and the special style

W: merseguera, macabeu, chardonnay, SB R: bobal, tempranillo, garnacha -Vendemia Inicial (“initial harvest”): nouveau wine -Bobal con Mención Especifica: 100% bobal (for R, Rosé) -Bobal Alta Expresión: from min.50yo vines

Vino de Pago in Utiel-Requena

4 ELVC -El Terrerazo (by Mustiguillo) -Los Balagueses (by Vegalfaro) -Vera de Estenas -Chozas Carrascal

What is Doble Pasta

a traditional style of wine Wines are macerated and fermented with twice amount of grape skin and pulp, in order to strengthen weaker blends (formerly frequently practiced in Utiel-Requena, Alicante, Yecla and Jumilla)

Key grape varieties in Alicante and its special style

W: moscatel, airén, macabeu, merseguera R: monastrell, garnacha, tempranillo, bobal -Fondillón: an oxidative sweet wine made from 100% overripe monastrell, with solera-style aging (min.10yr aged in wood; max.45g/L RS)

How many subzones in Alicante

8 Vinalopó (Alto,Medio,Baja) La Marina (Alta,Baja)

DOs in Murcia

Yecla Jumilla Bullas

Key grape varieties in Murcia

W: macabeu, airén R: monastrell