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Portugal Flashcards

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what are classification in Portugal?

A
  1. Table wines
    - Vinho de Mesa
    - Vinho de mesa regional
  2. QWPSR
    - Indicao de Proviencia Regulamentada
    - Denominacao de Origen Controlata
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what is main production ?

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red for production, white for local consumption

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what are 6 wine regions in Portugal

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  1. Vinho Verde
  2. Douro
  3. Bairrada
  4. Algarve
  5. Dao
  6. Madiera
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Vinho Verde

  • soil conditions
  • climate
  • wine quality
  • grape
A
  • fertile, granite soils
  • maritime climate, lots of rain
  • high in acid, mineraly , fizz, sweetness
  • Alvarino
  • fizz is result of malo-lacti ferm bottled before complete
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Duoro

  • mainly produces
  • benefit of over cropping
  • climate
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  • 2/3 table wines, 1/3 ports
  • provides high acid
  • continental
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Dao

  • geo significance
  • wines
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  • best table wines made here
  • surrounded by mountains
  • pinot style wines made from Tinta Pinheira grapes
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Barraida
home to…
-climate?
-varietals?

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  • home of Mateus and Caves Alianca
    -similar climate to Dao, colder winters, longer summers
    many grape varietals seen no where else
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Algrave
-geo features?
climate?
-varietals?

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  • has altitude from mountains on spanish border
  • never to hot or cold, good rainfall
  • mostly local grapes but also syrah, chard, cab sav and voignier
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Madeira

  • same latitude as
  • known for what wine?
  • how is it made??
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  • casablanca
  • fortified
  • cheap heat treated during storage, sugar caramelize to add rich flavours or added artificially
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what is Estufagem

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  • making of madiera = “ baking process”
  • wines spend min of 3 months is Estufagem–> more expensive wines = colder and longer
  • effect of this process is to caramelise sugars and promotes oxidation
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what is the production process of more expensive Madiera?

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  • aged in barrels for 5.10 or 15 years at 35C

- single varietal : usually Sercial, Verdelho, Bual and Malmsey

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12
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what region is Port from?

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  • Douro
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what is port?

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  • fort wine, add brandy to kill fermentation but keep sugars
  • 20% alcohol
  • mainly for British
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14
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major port city

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Oporto

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15
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what other country besides Britain consumes port? What is port taken as?

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  • France- takes a aperitif (stimulate appeitite)

- other countires use as digestif (doesnt work )to pair with cheese and desert

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16
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what port would you decant and why? How? How do you serve?

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vintage and LBV b/c of sediment

  • stand upright for day- 1 week before opening
  • serving temp same as red wine
  • vessel in ISO glass
17
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what are teh key grapes used for port?

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Tinta Roriz, Touriga Nacional, Touriga Francesca, Tinta Cao, Tinta Barroca, Sousao, Malvasia (white)

18
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topography of Duoro

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  • steep grades 60%, schist on top of granite
19
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describe fortification of port

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  1. sugar in must converted to 6-9% alcohol, must is run off and fortified
    2, 77% spirit added one part spirit : 4 parts wine
  2. spirit kills yeast while sugar retained in wine
20
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what are 3 types of port?

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  1. white
  2. ruby
  3. tawny
21
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describe white port

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made from white grapes, golden in colour, dry to sweet. (label tells you) Oak, sold at 2-3 years

22
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describe ruby port

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young non-vintage ports. Full bodied, oak ages. Sold at three years

23
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describe tawny port

A

cheapest, a blend of white and ruby. Expensive ones only develop with lots of aging is cask.

24
Q

what does LBV stand for and mean?

A

late bottle vintage

is port from a specific year but it wasn’t declared. Aged 4-6 yrs. in cask

25
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describe vintage port

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longest lives wines produced. Typically from best vineyards in best years only. Decided after two years in bottle. Do not reach peak until at least 20 yrs. Throws a heavy sediment.

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