Navarra DO

Question 1

DO Pagos of Navarra (4)

SPOB

Answer 1

Senorio de Arinzano (2007)
Prado de Irache (2008)
Otazu (2009)
Bolandín (2022)

Question 2

Subzones of Navarra DO

(5)

Answer 2

Ribera Alta
Ribera Baja
Baja Montana
Tierra Estella
Valdizarbe

Question 3

Styles of Navarra DO

Answer 3

Blanco
Rosado
Tinto
Vino de Licor (Moscatel)

Question 4

“Envejecido en Roble” means this:

(moscatel vino de licor)

Answer 4

Wine must be aged 24 months including 18 months in oak

Question 5

Required method and preferred grape of Rosado de Navarra

Answer 5

Sangrado (Saignée)
Garnacha

Question 6

What does Roble mean in the red wine aging of Navarra

Answer 6

Three months (90 days) in oak max 330L capacity

Question 7

Subzones of Navarra DO (5)

RRBTV

Answer 7

Ribera Alta
Ribera Baja
Baja Montana
Tierra Estrella
Valdizarbe

Question 8

What is the designation vinos de Municipio

Answer 8

Grapes must come exclusively from the municipality

15% from neighbors allowed with 10 year history of working with Vineyard

Question 9

Wine map Navarra

Answer 9

Question 10

What is the dominant flavor of the Navarran liqueur ‘Pacharàn/Patxaran’?

Answer 10

Anise

Question 11

Navarra, today, is known for this

Answer 11

red wine accounts for approximately 60% of the Navarra’s production, with rosado wines representing only 30% of the region’s output (once known for rosado)

Question 12

Navarra’s most prominent white variety

Answer 12

Chardonnay

plantings have spiked in the last two decades

Question 13

White grapes in Navarra account for this % of acreage

Answer 13

7% of vineyard acreage

Question 14

Where is Señorío de Arínzano and Prado Irache? Where is Bodegas Otazu? (Navarra)

Answer 14

Tierra Estella (Señorío de Arínzano and Prado Irache)

Valdizarbe (Bodegas Otazu)

Question 15

Early inhabitants of Navarra

Answer 15

Vascones

Question 16

What is the name of the running of the bulls for San Fermín in Navarra

Answer 16

encierro

Question 17

Pilgrim destination of Navarra

Answer 17

Santiago de Compostela

Question 18

What year did Navarra fall under French Rule?

Answer 18

1791, early days of France’s long revolution

Question 19

The 70s and 80s in Navarra saw plantings of Cabernet, Merlot and Chardonnay at the expense of old vine Garnacha. What did this do for the industry?

Answer 19

Interest accelerated in the region.

Question 20

The 2000s in Navarra replaced the old school rosados with this:

Answer 20

Pale Provencal style rosé

Question 21

These two subzones of Navarra comprise 2/3 of the grapegrowing area

Answer 21

Ribera Alta and Baja

Question 22

What is the defining geological feature of the subzones of Tierra Estrella and Valdizarbe?

Answer 22

Hilly at 560 m elevation

Question 23

Closest city of Valdizarbe (Navarra DO)

Answer 23

Pamplona just to the North

Question 24

This subzone of Navarra DO focuses almost entirely on red wine production

Answer 24

Baja Montana, in the Northeast, focusing on old vine Garnacha vineyards

Question 25

Styles of Production for Navarra DO

Answer 25

Red
White
Rosado
Sweet wine

Question 26

This Moscatel is used for sweet wines of Navarra DO, especially from Ribera Baja

Answer 26

Moscatel de Grano Menudo

Question 27

Rosados of Navarra must be made in this style

Answer 27

Saignée. Direct press is forbidden, as it “reduces complexity

Question 28

Red crianzas of Navarra differ in this aging requirement from the rest of Spain

Answer 28

Aged at least 2 years, with a minimum 9 mos in barrel

Question 29

92% of plantings in Navarra are this

Answer 29

Red Grapes, focus on Grenache 2/3 of plantings

Question 30

minimum age requirement for wines designated Vinas Viejas or “old vines” in Navarra

Answer 30

35 years