Portugal Flashcards
What did the treaty of Methuen in 1703 to for Portuguese wines?
(England) Gave preferential tax treatment over wines from France
What are the wine classifications in Portugal?
Vinho de Mesa, Vinho Regional (VR), Indicação de Proveniencia Regulamentada (IPR), Denomincação de Origem Controlada (DOC)
Garrafeira classification
lengthy ageing and generally high quality. Needs to be vintage dated, have 0.5% more alcohol than min requirement, reds: aged 2 years in oak followed by 1 year in bottle, whites: aged one year in oak followed by 6 mo in bottle. May be single vineyard or a blend, not restriction on grape varieties unless from a demarcated region (RD). Does not apply only to DOC wines
Vinho Verde DOC region
in Minho, N. Portugal – they make white, rose and sparkling
Vinho Verde DOC vine training
Pergola-trianing vines (ramadas or latadas) – retain high malic acid content
Vinho Verde wine style
Bottled young with partical malolactic fermentation in the bottle, high acid, residual CO2, sugar added for export
9 Vinho Verde Subregions
Monção e Melgaço, Lima, Cavado, Basto, Ave, Sousa, Amarante, Baiao, Paiva
Grapes of Vinho Verde
Alvarinho, Trajadura (Treixadura), Loureiro, Avesso, Paderna
Duero DOC is the same zone as what?
Same demarcated zone as Porto DOC
What year did Duero become DOC for whites and reds
1982
How many grapes are allowed in Duero, what are the main ones
40+ varieties, Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca, Touriga Franca
Does Port need to be aged in Oporto?
No, can be estate aged now
climate/soils of Dão DOC
Mediterranean climate, sheltered by 3 mountain ranged. Terraced vineyards on granite slopes
Grapes/wine production in Dao DOC?
90% red (higher eastern zone) min 20% Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, Alfrocheiro Preto 10% white (lower, western zone), Encruzado
Dao Nobre
special designation, longer ageing requirements and higher potential alcohol
what are the soils like in Bairrada DOC?
heavy clay based soils (Bairrada from barro meaning clay)
What is the red grape from DOC Bairrada? Ageing requirments? What kind of wines do they produce?
Red wines must contain min 50% Baga grape (often 100%), matured for min. 18 mo in cask and 6 month in bottle – vines are trained low to produce age worthy high tannin, high acid wines
Where is over half of Portugals sparkling produced?
Bairrada DOC
What is the white grape from Bairrada DOC?
Maria Gomes
What red wine comes from Colares DOC?
Ramisco – tannic and acidic when young
Where are vineyards grown in Colares DOC?
In trenches and sand dunes near Lisbon
What is special about the vines in Colares DOC?
They are ungrafted (phylloxera free) and propogated by layering
Who makes the wines in Colares DOC and how are they aged?
All wines made by one cooperative and sold to one of three merchants for ageing. Min 2 years in oak.
What white wine comes from Bucelas?
Arinto grape (75%) - traditionally sold aged, now lighter styles bring produced
What kind of soils are in Bucelas?
Chalky-clay soils in the hilly terrain north is Lisbon
8 Subzones of Alentejo DOC
Borba, Evora, Granja-Amarela, Moura, Portalegre, Redondo, Reguegos, Vidigueira
Main grapes of Alentejo?
R: Aragones (Tempranillo) and Castelao Frances (Periquita) w: Arinto, Antao Vaz, Roupeiro + int’l varieties
Estremadura DOC’s
Alenquer, Arruda, Obidos, Torre Vedras – bulk blending wines
Ribatejo DOC
rich alluvial banks of River Tagus, mainly whites from Maria Gomes, some red from Periquita
4 DO districts of Algarve DOC
Lagos, Portimão, Lagoa, Tavira – average whites and reds
Rias Baixas Albarino – tasting note
without barrel ageing or malolactic fermentation. Plae straw, greenish hue, slight residual gas in youth. Ripe citrus, meyer lemon, white peach, yellow and white flowers, bubblegum, slight beer yeast. Dry, med body, med+acid, med alc
Tempranillo tasting note
med-/med ruby. Sweet /tart red fruit, significant oxidation/brett for Gran Reserva styles, tobacco, dill, sweet & sour sauce, baked earth, clay, compost, low to moderate use of oak (new/old/america/french of combo)
What is Tempranillo called in Alentajo DOC?
Aragones
