Portugal Flashcards
DOs of Azores
3
Pico
Biscoitos
Graciosa
The oldest port house
Kopke
1638
Macieira
created in 1885 and is the most consumed brandy in Portugal. It’s based on natural herbal extracts, smothered wine, oak and caramel extracts.
Minimum residual sugar for Port wines
17.5 g
DOPs of Acores
3
Biscoitos
Graciosa
Pico
On which island is Biscoitos DOP located?
Terceira
Colheita
Minimum aging
7 years
Late-Bottled-Vintage (LBV)
Minimum aging in oak
4 years
LBV Envelhicido em garrafa
additionally aged for 3 years in bottle
Garrafeira port
aged in cask for at least 4 years, maximum 8 years
with minimum 15 years of bottle maturing.
Saibro
Madeira decomposed red tufa
Cascalho
Madeira stony soil
Pedra molle
Madeira
an arenaceous soil, of decomposed yellow tufa
Massapes
Madeira
clay resulting from the decomposition of dark tufa
Fladgate Partnership, which owns the brands…
Taylor’s
Croft
Fonseca
Madeira soils
4
- Saibro (decomposed red tufa)
- Cascalho (stony soil)
- Pedra molle (an arenaceous soil, of decomposed yellow tufa)
- Massapes (clay resulting from the decomposition of dark tufa)
DOP Alentejo sub-regions
8
Portalegre
Borba
Évora
Redondo
Reguengos
Granja-Amareleja
Moura
Vidigueira
The only producer of Porto Garrafeira
Niepoort
Castelão
The most common red variety. It is often referred to as Periquita. It’s predominantly planted in the south. Can create wines with complex, herbaceous character or vinified into an easy drinking style.
Trincadeira
Also known as Tinta Amarela, it is difficult to grow, but does will in hot, dry areas like Alentejo and Tejo. Produces with with acidity and notes of blackberry, herbs and pepper.
Fernão Pires
(Also called Maria Gomes) is Portugal’s most widely planted white grape.Found mostly in the South (palmela, Setubal). Made in a variety of styles including still and sparkling.
4 Madeira’s grapes
(all white)
Sercial
Verdleho
Boal (Bual)
Malvasia (Malmsey)
7 Officially recommended white grapes for VV
Alvarinho
Arinto (Pederna)
Avesso
Azal
Batoca
Loureiro
Trajadura
Officially recommended red grapes for VV
8
Vinhao
Amaral (Azal Tinto)
Alvarelhao (Brancelho)
Borracal
Espadeiro
Padeiro
Pedral
Rabo de Anho
White port varieties
Malvasia Fina
gouveio
Port wine production: Cadastro
A unique and complex ranking system that assesses 12 factors, including altitide, yield, and locality, awarding or subtracting points to arrive at a final score.Based on this score vineyards are ranked from A to F. The rankings determine each grower’s beneficio, authorization- the maximum amount of wine that may be fortified that year.
Port history cont’d
when first made in the 1600’s, wine was vinified in quintas (estates) in the upper Duoro Valley. The wine was sent downriver to the City of Oporto via traditional boats known as Barcos rabelos for transport to market.
1800’s history
The center of production shifter across the river to Vila Nova de Gaia, where doxens of lodges were used for storing and aging wine. These are owned by port negociants known as “shippers.” The higher humidity and cooler temps on the coast provide better conditions for aging port with less evaporation.
Port today
Boat trip is replaced by trucking and Nova de Gaia is still center of the Port trade, but many do their own blending and aging at their own controlled facilities in the Duoro valley.
Ruby Port
the simplest of ports, comprising large share of of all port produced. They have a vibrant red color and youthful aromas but lack the longevity and complexity of flavors found in other styles of Port. Aged in large oak casks for about two years before being bottled and ready to drink
Reserve
A blend of premium ruby ports bottled after 4-6 years aging in oak vats, reserve are more like tawny in style.
Late bottled vintage
(LBV) Wine froma single year, matured in a large oak vat for 4-6 years after harvest. Most are filtered before bottling and consumed after release.
Tawny
A veresion of ruby that is aged long enough for it to oxidize and color to turn from red to golden brown, developing richer oxidized flavors. can be aged just a few years
Reserve Tawny
Reflect the true tawny style and are required to age 6 years before bottling.
Vintage
The rarest and most expensie style of port. Most ports are blends from multiple years. Vintage is a single year and is only produced in the best years.
Vintage declarations
Declared by the producer, sometimes in as few as three years out of 10. Must be approved by IVDP (Instituto dos Vinhos do Duoro e Porto. It is is aged in casks but must be bottle dby July 30 of the 3rd year after harvest After bottling, it is cellared for many years before release. Wine may spend decades aging in the bottle. Each one is unique and reflects the growing season of that year.
Single quinta
Made from the specific grapes of one vineyard and may be vintage or nonvintage. sometimes produced in years that wewre not good enough for a vintage year for their entire estate (controversial). Requires the same handling as other vintage ports.
Examples: Dow’s Quinta do Bomfim and Taylor’s Quinta de Terra Feita
Colheita
A single-vintage tawny port. Wine must remian in cask for at least 7 years, but in practice spends a lot more time in cask before bottling.
White
Much less common than red styles, it is made form Malvasia Fina, Gouveio and Rabigato (plus more) made in both off dry and sweet versions and often served as an aperetiff.
The first rose port
Croft introduced a rose port called Croft pink in 2008. Intended to appeal to a new generation of wine makers. After popularity, others followed suit.
Madeira
An island located 400 miles off the coast of Morocco, is home to the second of Portugal’s classic fortified wines.<br></br><img></img>
History and process
Island of Madeira was an important resupply point for ships en route to the Far East or the Americas. Ships took aboard local wines which were fortified so they wouldn’t spoil on the voyage. The time spent in the stiffing hot cargo hold of the ship sailing through the tropics did something to the wine that improved the quality, resulting in caramelized, nutty flavors. Maderization was used to describe this process.
Madeira DOC
wines may be oroduced on Madeira as well as Porto Santo (27 miles northeast of Madeira) Unfortified tble wines are also made on the isalnd and labeled as Madeirense DOC or Terras madeirenses VR
Madeirense DOC
table wine made on madeira or Porto Santo
Terras Madeirenses VR
Table wine made on madeira or Porto Santo
Geography and climate
A small volcanic island with its highest point 6000 ft above sea level. Vines are planted on steep, terraced slopes. It sits in subtropical lat, with minimal temperature variation. 75% of rainfall comes in autumn and winter months.
levadas
a systems of canals that are used to irrigate the vineyards of madeira, which dates back to the fifteenth century.
Noble grape varieties and planting (lowest to highest elevation)
malvasia (Malmsey)
Boal close to sea level
Up the mountain: Verdelho
1/2 up mountain: Sercial
Tinta Negra Mole
The most widely planted variety on the island, and can take on characteristics of noble varieties at the same elevations.
Madeira Wine production
both dry and sweet styles so it is fortified either during or after fermentation.
Dry styles
Made with noble: sercial, verdelho, or Tinta Negra mole are fortified after fermentation.
Sweet styles
Made form Boal, malvasia or Tinta Negra mole, are fortified during fermentation, which halts the process while wine is still sweet.
methods of maderizing: Canteiro method
to simulate the sunbaked conditions of long ago: Wine is placed in an uncooled warehouse rafters subject to high temps for a minimum of two years. Evaporation occur sand the remaining wine becomes more concentrated. these are considered of finest quality. Bottled at minimum of three years, but many are in cask for 20 or more.
Estufagem Method
Undergoes a process of cuba de color. Wine is left in a stainless steel vat known as an estufa. Hot water is circulated through a coil in the tank for three months heating the wine to 113 or 122 F. After this, the wine rests in estufa for min 90 days. It is then transferred to a cask for aging. this is the least expensive aging method in terms of cost and time required.
Armazen de calor
Another estufagem method, invoves leaving wine in vats in a large room that is heated by steam to over 120 for 6-12 months. Used mostly by the madeira wine company, it uses longer time and lower temps than estufagem method and is considered an intermediate of the time required and cost.
Sercial
Extra dry or dry, highyl acidic, excelletn as an aperitiff
Verdelho
off-dry or medium fry, honeyed, somewhat smoky character.
Boal
Sweet, raisiny, medium rich, aromactic
Malmsey
Very sweet, somewhat soft, very rich
Labeling issues with the EU
Varietal names only allowed if the bottle contained 85% of that varietal, which is not the case for madeira, so these styles are not seen anymore. It is now sold under a proprietary name or simply as madeira.
Rainwater
3+
A traditional name for an off dry blend with a golden or semi-golden color, must be at least three years old.
Reserve
Madeira
5+
Indicates a wine that is at least 5 but no more than 10 years old
Special reserve
Indicates a wine that is at least 10 years old but not more than 15
Extra Reserve
Madeira
15+
At least 15 but not more than 20 years old.
Age indications
Allows for wines that are 20, 30 or 40 years old (representing the youngest wine in the blend)
Colheita
Madeira
5+
Produced forma single vintage (85% min) and aged 5 years before bottling
Frasquiera
20+
Vintage madeira, cask aged for a minimum of 20 years. A minimum of 85% of the wine must be from the stated vintage, which allows for some “topping up” of the wine with younger wines throughout the aging process.
Bairrada DOC geography and Climate
located within Beira Atlanatico VR just inland from the coast. has a cool maritime climate. They make white, rose, red and sparkling wine with the majority being red.<br></br><img></img>
Baga Grape
Known for being high in acid and hihgly tannic, forms the basis Bairrada DOC red wines. Other red grapes, and some international reds are being grown as well.
Bairrada Sparkling Wine
Made with traditional method. Minimum 9 months aging, Made with the Maria Gomes (Ferrnao Pires) grape (accounts for most white production
Dão geography and climate
Located between the sea and the mountains. Compared to Bairrada, it is located further inland, surrounded by mountains and has a continental climate.<br></br><img></img>
Dão production
Produces white, red, and rose and sparkling wines, but focuses on complex, full bodied red blends.
Dão red varieties
Alfrocheiro
Tinta roriz
Jaen
Touriga Nacional
regulations require 15% Touriga Nacional, many are composed of 50%.
Dâo white varietals
Encruzado and bical
Lisboa
West and north of Lisbon, Lisboa VR produces a lot of Portugal’s regional wine. Whites are crisp and fresh based on Arinto. Reds are fruit forward with a good value to quality ratio.<br></br><img></img>
Lisboa reds
Bastardo
Trincadeira
Ramisco
but international varieties exist too.
Colares DOC
Located next to famous surfing beach of Guincho, is is a small DOC known for vineyards planted in the sand and protected from the ocean winds by windbreaks from sand dunes and wooden fences. high acid reds and white made from ramisco (red) and malvasia (whites)
Tejo
Region formerly known as Ribatejano is a significant producer of Regional wine and an even more significant producer of of Vinho de portugal. covering the same area as the Ribatejo province. Flat, fertile area spans both sides of the Tejo River. 55,000 acres under vine<br></br><img></img>
Tejo DOC
A small portion of the VR, produces red, white sparkling and licoroso (fortified) wines from a wide range of approved grape varieties. Castelao and Trincadeira are the leading red varieties. Fernao Pires is the leading white.
Peninsula de Setubal
protected from the sea by Arrabida Mountain Range and comprises the DOCs of Setubal and Palmela<br></br><img></img>
Palmela
Regarded for its vin doux natural, produced from muscat of Alexandria grape, and when made form 85% muscat, is labeled as Moscatel de Setubal.
Palmela DOc
Mainly red and based on Castelao grape., which thrives in the area’s dandy soils.
Grapes of Alentejo
Aragonex (tempranillo), Trincadeira, Alicante bouschet, with new plantings of CS, Sryah.
Algarve VR
Southernmost region on mainland, it has a number of climates depeding on proximity to the coast. Four DOCs:
lagos
Portimao
Lagoa
Tavira
Grapes are similar to those of Alentejo<br></br><img></img>
The Azores
a chain of nine islands 1,000 miles off the west coast of Portugal. Collectively, the islands are covered by the Azores VR, but three isalnds have their own DOCs. Biscoitos, Graciosa and Pico. Madeirs ia bout 700 miles Southeast of Pico. Majority of wine is white, based on verdelho, Arinto (Pederna) or Terrantez varieties.<br></br><img></img>
What are the soils in the Douro? Which one is prefered?
Granite and Schist. Schist is preferred
What are the four AOPs of the Algarve from West to East: Lag, Lag Port and Tavel
Lagos, Portimão, Lagoa, and Tavira
This region releases a larger volume of wine than any other in Portugal?
Lisboa
True or False: The Dão DOP is located within the larger Duriense IGP?
False
Alvarinho, Trajadura, and Loureiro grapes commonly encountered in which DOP?
Vinho Verde
Which of the following types of appellation has been eliminated in Portugal?
DOP
• IGP
• DOC
• IPR
• IG
IPR
What is the preferred soil type for Port?
Schist
Which is a Portuguese synonym for the Tempranillo grape?
Aragonez
True or False: Baga is usually the dominant white varietal in the traditional wines of Bairrada?
False
What is a casta?
A grape variety
What is the most planted red grape in DoTejo?
Castelão
How long must a red Dão Nobre Garrafeira wine be aged prior to release?
48 months (including a minimum 18 months in bottle)
Where is Alta Estremadura?
Lisboa
Ramisco, planted on its own rootstock, is the dominant red grape in the____DOP?
Colares
True or False: Muscatel must comprise a minimum 67% of wines labeled “Moscatel de Setúbal”?
True
What is Enforcado?
A traditional pergola training system used in Vinho Verde
True or False: White, red, rosado, and sparkling wines may be released as Douro DOP?
True
What is the minimum combined percentage of Castelão and Preto Martinho required for Carcavelos DOP wines?
0.75
Place the following IGP zones in order from north to south.
Algarve
Transmontano
Duriense
Terras do Dão
Tejo Tejo
Transmontano
Duriense
Terras do Dão
Tejo Tejo
Algarve
Which of the following is not a subregion of Alentejo?
Portalegre
• Évora
• Borba
• Granja Amareleja
• Encostas de Aire
Encostas de Aire