Portugal Flashcards
What do Feitoria and Rama mean in Portugal?
Between 1758 and 1761 the 335 best vineyards were classified as feitoria and marked with stones. Rama were the lesser vineyards and provided domestic wines.
What does Garrafeira mean?
‘Private Wine Cellar’
Reds - must age for a min of 30 months, incl 12 months in bottle
Whites/ Rosados - min 12 months and at least 6 months in bottle
Most widely planted red casta in Portugal?
Castelão
Grape synonym for Mencia in Portugal?
Jaen
Synonyms for Touriga Nacional?
Bical Tinto
Mortágua Preto
Name other red castas in Portugal?
Aragonez (Tinta Roriz/ Tempranillo)
Touriga Franca
Alfrocheiro
Trincadeira (Tinta Amarela)
Baga
Most widely planted white casta in Portugal?
Fernão Pires/ Mario Gomes in Bairrada
Bucelas main white grape?
Arinto
Main white grape in Alentejano?
Antão Vaz
What is Esgana Cão a synonym for?
Sercial
‘Dog strangler’
What’s the traditional training system called in Vinho Verde DOC?
Enforcado
What does Garrafeira Port refer to?
Pioneered by Niepoort.
Wines that are aged in cask for at least 4 years, maximum 8 years, with an additional minimum 15 years in a glass container.
What does reserva mean on a Portuguese label?
Table wines - Indicated an alcohol content of at least .5% higher than the legal minimum established by the respective DOP or IGP.
Traditional method sparkling wines - reserva means a minimum period of 12 months on the lees prior to degorgement.
What are the subzones of Vinho Verde DOP?
Monção e Melgaço
Lima
Cávado
Basto
Ave
Amarante
Sousa
Baião
Paiva
White grapes Vinho Verde DOP?
Loureiro
Trajadura
Avesso
Pedernã (Arinto)
Alvarinho
Red castas Vinho Verde DOP?
Vinhão
Espadeiro
Borraçal
Alvarelhão
What are the subregions of Trás-os-Montes DOP?
Chaves
Valpaços
Planalto Mirandés
Red grapes of Transmontano VR?
Touriga Nacional
Tinta Roriz
Bastardo/ Trousseau
Touriga Francesa
Trincadeira
White grapes of Transmontano VR?
Fernão Pires
Síria
Viosinho
Gouveio
Malvasia Fina
Rabigato
What are the DOP’s of Duriense VR?
Douro
Porto
Name the two mountain ranges in the Douro Valley?
Marão Mountains
Montemuro Mountains
Name subzones of Douro.
Baixo Corgo (west)
Cima Corgo
Douro Superior
Main white castas in Douro?
Malvasia Fina
Viosinho
Rabigato
Gouveio
Main red castas in Douro?
Touriga Nacional
Touriga Franca
Tinta Roriz
Tinta Cão
Tinta Barroca
Which grape in the Douro is commonly used for fortified wine?
Moscatel Galego
In the Douro, what does reserva mean?
Reserva wines must achieve a min alcohol of 11.5% for white/ rosado and 12% for red.
White reserva wine must be aged for 6 months and red reserva wine must be aged for 1 year.
What does grande reserva mean in Douro?
Reserva wines that score exceptionally well in blind tasting analysis may use the term grande reserva.
What are the terms for sparkling and late harvest wines in Douro?
Espumanto de Douro
Colheita Tardia
Who launched Barca Velha in Douro?
A table wine project started in 1952 by Casa Ferreirinha.
Project launched in Douro Superior near Spanish border.
Name other Port houses that produce table wines.
Niepoort
Quinta do Crasto
Ramos Pinto
What is the DOP of Transmontano VR?
Trás-os-Montes DOP
Province of Beiras is divided in which 4 IGP’s?
Terras do Dão
Terras de Cister
Terras da Beira
Beira Atlântico
Which DOP’s are part of Terras do Dão IGP?
Dão
Lafões
Borders Minho to the north
Which DOP houses in Beira Atlântico IGP?
Bairrada DOP
DOP of Terras de Cister IGP?
Távora-Varosa DOP
Famous for sparkling wine production
DOP of Terras da Beira IGP?
Beira Interior DOP
Recommended white grapes for Dão?
Encruzado
Bical
Cercial
Describe topography and soils of Dão.
Sheltered by three mountain ranges, protected from harsh winds of the continental interior, yet insulated from wet, cool maritime weather from the coast.
Soils are granitic. Altitude is in between 400 and 500 metres.
Portugal’s highest mountain?
Serra da Estrela
Recommended red grapes Dão?
Touriga Nacional
Jaen
Touriga Franca
Alfrocheiro
Aragonez
Bastardo
Rufete
Trincadeira
Tinta Cão
Dão Garrafeira means what?
Standard ageing regimen.
Minimum abv is increased to 11.5% (from 11%).
In Dão, when can wines be labelled as reserva?
Whites aged for a min of 6 months.
Reds aged for a min of 2 years.
When can Dão wine be labelled nobre?
Reds-
Min 15% Touriga Nacional and max 85% combined Jaen, Rufete, Alfrocheiro and Aragonez.
Min. 13% alcohol.
Aged for a min of 3 years.
Whites-
Min. 15% Encruzado and max 85% Cercial, Bical, Malvasia Fina and Verdelho.
Min. 12% alcohol.
Aged for a min of 1 year.
Dão Nobre Reserva ageing requirements?
Reds - 42 months
Whites - 1 year
Ageing requirements Dão Nobre Garrafeira?
Reds- 48 months, incl 18 months in bottle
Whites- 18 months, with 9 in the bottle
Main red grape Bairrada DOP?
Baga
In which Bairrada soils does Baga thrive?
In barros/ clay soils
Main white grapes of Bairrada DOP?
Maria Gomes
Arinto
Name the three DOP’s nearest to Lisbon.
Bucelas
Colares
Carcavelos
What does vinho abafado mean in Carcavelos?
The wines are fermented dry, then fortified and sweetened with vinho abafado, a partially fermented must preserved with alcohol.
What’s Arribes’s Brunal called in Portugal?
Alfrocheiro
Name DO’s of Lisboa IGP
Bucelas
Carcavelos
Colares
Arruda
Torres Vedras
Alenquer
Óbidos
Lourinhã
Encostas d’Aire
What is aguardiente?
‘Burning water’ - a type of distilled alcoholic spirit that contains between 29% and 60% alcohol by volume (ABV). Made with oranges, grapes, bananas, barley, rice or beet, potato, etc.
Styles and grapes of Colares DO?
Branco - Malvasia
Tinto - Ramisco
Two soil types in Colares?
Chão de areia - sand - mainly Ramisco
Chão rija - hard soil - Castelão
Style and grapes of Carcavelos DO?
Vinho Licoroso (fortified): Tinto, Branco
Tinto - Castelão and Preto Martinho (Negra Mole)
Branco - Arinto, Ratinho and Galego Dourado
Name the DO’s of Península de Setúbal.
Setúbal
Palmela
Two rivers that form estuaries in Peninsula de Setubal?
Tejo
Sado
What are two distinct areas of Palmela DOP?
Low lying sandy plains - Castelão
Clay-limestone lower slopes of Arrabida Mountains
Styles and grapes in Palmela DOP?
White, rose, red, sparkling and sweet.
Whites are typically blended with a high proportion of Fernão Pires and Arinto.
A minimum of 66.7% Castelão is required for the reds.
Style/ Styles and grapes of Setubal DOP?
Licoroso.
White: min. 67% Moscatel Graúdo (Moscatel de Setubal/ Muscat of Alexandria).
Red: min. 67% Moscatel Galego Roxo.
What does torna viagem refer to?
‘Return trip’ - journey by ship in the tropics
Name 3 geographical features in Peninsula de Setubal.
Tagus River
Sado River
Serra da Arrábida hill range
Name a famous producer of Moscatel in Setubal.
J.M. da Fonseca
Grape synonym of Fernão Pires?
Maria Gomes
What’s the DO within Tejo IGP?
DoTejo DOP
Styles in DoTejo DO?
Branco
Tinto
Rosado
Espumante
Licoroso
Main white grape in DoTejo DO?
Fernão Pires
Main red grape in DoTejo DO?
Castelão
Where could I find Portalegre?
In Alentejo DOP within Alentejano IGP
What’s the DO of Alentejano IGP?
Alentejo DOP
Most prominent grape of Alentejo DOP?
The red casta Trincadeira
What are Quercus suber?
Cork trees
Where are cork trees widely planted?
In Alentejano IGP.
Communes of production in Setubal and Palmela DOP’s?
Setubal
Palmela
Montijo
Castelo (a village in the commune of Sesimbra)
Subzones of DoTejo DOP?
Almeirim
Cartaxo
Chamusca
Coruche
Santarém
Tomar
What are the DOP zones of Algarve?
Lagos
Lagoa
Portimão
Tavira
What are the prominent red castas in Algarve?
Castelão
Tinta Negra Mole
What are the traditional white castas in Algarve?
Arinto
Síria
What are the DOP zones of the Açores?
Pico
Graciosa
Terceira
Biscoitos on Island of Terceira
Describe the fortified wines of Pico DOP.
They must achieve a minimum of 16% abv after fortification and are aged for a minimum two years in barrel.
Which varietals are authorized for production in Pico, Biscoitos and Graciosa?
Verdelho
Arinto
Terrantez
Name the two DO’s of IGP Terras Madeirenses.
Madeira
Madeirense
Where are the unfortified wines made in Terras Madeirenses?
Madeirense DO.
Name the two islands of Terras Madeirenses IGP.
Madeira
Porto Santo
What is Arinto known for in Vinho Verde?
Pedernã
Grape synonym for Boal?
Malvasia Fina
Name prominent tributaries of Douro.
Pinhão
Tua
Roncão
Gontelho
Corgo
What is quinta?
A wine farm in Douro where grapes are grown and vinified.
Main viticultural hazards in Douro?
Rain during fruit set
Drought
Erosion
Who produces Charme in Douro?
Niepoort
Red and white grapes Lisboa IGP?
Red - Caladoc, Castelão, Syrah, Aragonês
White - Fernão Pires
Name a famous producer in Bairrada.
Luís Pato.
Describe Baga as a wine style in Bairrada.
High acids and high tannins.
Sometimes compared to Nebbiolo from Piemonte.
Wine styles of Bairrada?
Vinho Branco I Rosado I Tinto
Espumante
Licoroso
Grapes for Bairrada Tinto?
Alfrocheiro
Aragonez
Baga
Bastardo
Castelão
Etc.
Main white grapes Bairrada?
Arinto (Pedernã)
Bical
Cercial
Main soil type in Dão?
Granite
Capital of Dão?
Viseu
Dão sits in between two mountains. Name the two mountains.
Serra do Caramulo shields the region from the Atlantic and the Serra da Estrela protects it in the southeast.
True or false - the wines from both Bairrada and Dão are characterised by real structure and freshness.
True
Where could I find Quinta dos Roques/ Quinta das Maias, Quinta da Pellada/ Quinta de Saes and Casa da Passarella?
In Dão.
Name 3 producers in Alentejo.
Co-op CARMIM in Reguengos
Esporão
São Miguel
Which region produces Talha wine?
Alentejo.
Wines fermented and aged in a large clay pot of the same name.
Main white grapes Alentejo?
Antão Vaz (tropical fruit scented)
Roupeiro
Arinto
Main red grapes of Alentejo?
Aragonês
Trincadeira
Alicante Bouschet
Four main sub’s of Alentejo?
Borba
Redondo
Reguengos
Vidigueira
Centre for sparkling wine production in Portugal?
Bairrada
Name a principal producer in Alentejo?
Esporão
Subzones of Dao?
Alva
Besteiros
Castendo
Serra da Estrela
Silgueiros
Terras da Azurara
Terras de Senhorím
