Minho/Vinho Verde, Transmontano Flashcards
Where are Minho/Vinho Verde in Portugal?
NW Corner
How are Minho/Vinho Verde related?
Share exact geographical boundaries
- Minho is IGP
- Vinho Verde is DOP
Climate of Minho/Vinho Verde
- cool, rainy
- Atlantic influenced
What vine disease can be a problem due to climate in Minho/Vinho Verde? What traditional method combated this?
Grey rot during damp growing season
- traditional high vine training system
- -> enforcado
what is enforcado?
traditional vine training system in Minho/Vinho Verde
- vines grow up tree trunks, telephone poles, and stakes
- kept vines high, creating overhead canopy
- lessened chance of fungal disease
- other crops grown beneath
Is enforcado still used in Vinho Verde/Minho?
Not really
- displaced by modern trellising systems
- fewer than 10% vines trained this way
What is the largest DOP in Portugal?
Vinho Verde
15% nations total vineyard acreage
Where are Vinho Verde’s limits
From Oporto to the Spanish border (Minho River)
Soil in Vinho Verde
gentle slopes of shallow granitic soil
-steeper terraces further unland
Most planted white grape in Vinho Verde?
Loureiro
-primary component of traditional Vinho Verde blends
Main grapes of Vinho Verde white blends?
Loureiro - primary component
- Trajadura (Treixadura)
- Avesso
- Pedernã (Arinto)
- Alvarinho
How is Alvarinho typically bottled in Portugal
Varietally
-near northern town of Monção, directly across Minho river from Candado do Tea subregion of Rias Baixas
Best subregion for quality Alvarinho?
monção e melgaço
What grapes are used for red and rosato wines in Vinho Verde?
Vinhão (teinturier)
Espadeiro
Borraçal
Alvarelhão
How does slight sparkle (pétillant) get into white and reds of Vinho Verde?
White - generally injected with CO2 before bottling
Red - Malolactic fermentation takes place in bottle
What DOP resides within Minho IGP?
Vinho Verde DOP
Where is Transmontano IGP located?
- East of Minho, along Spanish border
- North of Duriense
What DOP is within Transmontano IGP?
Trás-os-Montes DOP
3 subregions of Trás-os-Montes DOP?
- Chaves
- Valpaços
- Planalto Mirandés
(non-contiguous)
Climate and terrain of Transmontano IGP?
dry, hot, continental
mountainous
Important red grapes of Transmontano IGP
Touriga Nacional Tinta Roriz Bastardo (Trousseau) Touriga Francesa Trincadeira
Most planted white grapes in Transmontano IGP
Fernão Pires Síria Viosinho Gouveio Malvasia Fina Rabigato
What two DOPs were once included in Transmontano IGP? Why did this change?
Douro and Porto DOP
Changed with creation of Duriense IGP in 2006
