Portugal Flashcards
What are the 8 subzones of Alentejo DOP? Which are the top 3 and what is the main soil type there?
Portalegre Borba Redondo Reguengos de Monsaraz Granja-Amareleja Vidigueira Evora Moura
Top 3 are Portalegre, Redondo, and Borba due to their higher elevation and their main soil-type is water-retentive schist.
What are latifúndios?
Large estates that specialize in agriculture
What non vinous product is Alentejo famous for providing nearly half of the world’s supply of?
Cork
What are the top 4 red and white grapes of Alentejo DOP?
Red: Aragonez (Tempranillo), Trincadeira, Alicante Bouschet, Castelão
White: Antão Vaz, Roupeiro, Arinto, Verdelho
What are the 4 DOP in Algarve?
Lagos
Portimão
Lagoa
Tavira
What is Tempranillo called in Northern Portugal? Southern Portugal?
Tinta Roriz (Northern) Aragonez (Southern)
What is the star white grape of Bucelas and what is the minimum percentage that must be present in wines from this DOP? What is it known as in Vinho Verde?
Arinto
Min 75%
Known as Pedernâ in Vinho Verde
What are Armazéms used for?
Portuguese for warehouse, when used in reference to those in Vila Nova de Gaia and Funchal it refers to the low lodges where port and madeira are left to age.
In what appellation would you find the Avesso grape?
Vinho Verde DOP
What is the top red grape of Bairrada?
Baga
What is the knock on Baga?
Ripens late and has a tendency to rot in the damp Atlantic climate of Portugal’s western seaboard.
What is the DOP of Luis Pato? Grape he is the champion of?
Bairrada DOP
Baga
In what DOP is Mateus located?
Bairrada
Bairrada DOP
What is the most prized soil type in Bairrada?
Calcarous-clay soils
What international varietals is Baga most commonly blended with in Bairrada?
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Touriga Nacional, and Pinot Noir
What are the top two white grapes in Bairrada?
Bical and Maria Gomes (Fernão Pires)
Where is the Bussaco Palace Hotel? What is the vineyard it owns and what is the catch behind drinking older vintages of this wine?
Vinha da Mata
Bairrada
You can only drink back vintages of this wine if you dine at the hotel.
What is the Portuguese synonym for Trousseau?
Bastardo
What are the preferred red grapes of Beira Interior DOP and the best soil type?
Touriga Nacional and Alfrocheiro
Granite soils
Beiras Vinho Regional was split into 3 IGP in 2009. What are they?
Beira Atlantico IGP
Terras do Dão IGP
Terras da Beira IGP
In what DOPs would you find the white grape Bical?
Mostly in Bairrada DOP and Dão DOP where it is called Borrado das Moscas (fly droppings)
What is the top performing grape of Biscoitos DOP? How did this island DOP get its name?
Verdelho
The volcanic stones on the island resemble biscuits which is what Biscoitos means.
What styles of wine are produced in Bucelas DOP?
Dry still and sparkling white wines from min 75% Arinto (Perdernã) plus Sercial (Esgana Cão) and Rabo de Olvelha
Along what estuary is the Carcavelos DOP?
Taugus
What style of Port is Carcavelos DOP similar to? How is the production of this different than port?
Similar to Tawny Port due to its oxidative flavor and aroma profile.
It is different due to it usually being fermented to dryness before fortification and sweetness adjustment by the addition of vinho abafado rather than pure grape spirit (aguardente) like that used for port
What is the most-planted red grape in Portugal? Second-most?
Tinta Roriz (Tempranillo) is the most-planted
Castelão is the second-most