Portugal Flashcards
What are the three climates of Portugal?
Maritime, Mediterranean and Continental
Portugal’s most common red variety is
Castelao
What are three grape varieties are used in Port and also unfortified red wines?
Touriga National, Touriga Franc, Tinta Roriz
What Portugese red variety is extremely tannic?
Baga
The white varieties of Vinho Verde are
Alvarinho and Loureiro
What are the white “noble” grapes of Madeira?
Sercial, Verdelho, Bual, Malvasia (Mamsey)
Vinho Verde produces white, rose and red wines. T or F
True
What are the three subregions of The Douro Valley?
Biaxo Corgo, Cima Corgo, Douro Superior
What are the five preferred grapes for port?
Touriga Nacional Touriga Franca Tinta Roriz (Tempranillo) Tinta Barroca Tinta Cao
What are the predominant grape varieties for white port?
Malvasia Fina
Gouveio
The DOC for Port in the Douro Valley has a unique and complex vineyard ranking system called the
cadastro
Based on the Cadastro system, vineyards are ranked from ____ to _____.
A to F
The beneficio refers to what?
The volume of Port that a vineyard is allowed to produce.
Quinta means
estate or vineyard.
List the styles of Port
Ruby Reserve LBV Tawny Vintage Single Quinta Colheita White Rose
Port is fortified before, during or after the fermentation process?
During
The basic style of Port is
Ruby
What’s the difference between a Vintage Port and a LBV Port
Both are from a single vintage, but LBV is filtered before bottling and ready to be consumed upon release.
What is a Colheita Port?
A single vintage tawny Port aged in cask for at least 7 years.
Which style port if made in both off-dry and sweet styles and served as a aperitif?
White Port
Portugal’s two most famous fortified wines are
Port and Madiera
The term used to describe Madiera’s “cooking” process is
maderization
Vineyards in Madiera are irrigated via
levadas (canals)
What are the two main ways to maderize Madiera wines?
Canteiro Method
Estufagem Process
What is an estufa?
A steel vat
What are cantieros?
Rafters
Which is the least expensive estufagem method? Cuba de calor or armazem de calor?
Cuba de calor
List the classic styles of Madiera from driest to sweetest?
Sercial
Verdelho
Bual
Malmsey
The finest Ports are considered to be from what subregion of the Douro DOC?
Cima Corgo
