Portugal Flashcards
Name the two methods used for the production of Madeira wines.
Canteiro System
Estufagem Process
Name the three subregions of Douro (from west to east).
Baixo Corgo
Cima or Alto Corgo
Douro Superior
What was the name of Lisboa IGP until quite recently?
Estremadura
Which DOC of Lisboa IGP produces exclusively Brandy and what is the name of that Brandy?
Lourina / Aguardente
Colares DOC is famous for its pre-Phylloxera ungrafted ………………… vines.
Ramisco (planted on Chao de Areia soil)
Which variety of Madeira accounts for 86% of total grapes produced on the island?
Tinta Negra Mole
How long a Vintage or Frasqueira Madeira must be matured before its release?
20 years in wood and 2 years in the bottle
What is the minimum percentage of Baga needed for Bairrada Classico?
85%
Wines from Palmela need minimum 67 % of which grape variety?
Castelao
Where is Maria Gomes used as a synonym for Fernão Pires?
Bairrada
Which DOC in Lisboa is known for Aguardente?
Lourina
Which Portuguese Island has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2004?
Pico Island
Which sub-region of Douro produces 2/3 of the Douro wines?
Cima Corgo
Name the three DOC’s of Acores IGP.
Graciosa (still white wines)
Pico (fortified white wines)
Biscoitos (fortified white wines)
Most northerly subzone of Alentejo DOC that produces some of the best wines of the region.
Portalegre
What type of wine is produced in Setubal DOC?
Sweet fortified wines predominantly made from Moscatel (Muscat of Alexandria mainly but there is a tiny portion of Moscatel Roxo) grapes
Name the DOC’s of Peninsula de Setubal.
Palmela
Setubal
Portuguese name for the Jura red grape Trousseau.
Bastardo
What is the name that has been associated with the special fermentation vats (autovinification) designed to extract, without electricity, maximum colour and tannins even in short fermentation periods? The system was devised in Algeria but is now commonly used to make port.
Ducellier
Portuguese word meaning “crop” or “harvest” and, by extension, “vintage”.
Colheita
What are the terraces in Madeira known as?
Poios
Smallest subregion of Rias Baixas.
Soutomaior
In which region of Portugal do we come across tiny amounts of Moscatel Roxo?
Setubal
What is Enforcado?
Traditional vine training system of Vinho Verde DOP and Minho IGP, nowadays only 10% of vines are grown this way
Star white grape of Bucelas DOP that must comprise 75% of the blend.
Arinto
Name the family of port wine shippers whose group of companies include W. J. Graham, Warre, Dow, Quinta do Vesuvio, Smith Woodhouse and Cockburn.
Symingtons
Largest and most important producer in Setubal.
Jose Maria da Fonseca
Largest DOC of Lisboa IGP.
Encostas De Aire
Synonym of Periquita.
Castelao
Most southern DOC of Lisboa IGP.
Carcavelos
Most important white grape variety of Bairrada.
Maria Gomes (Fernao Pires)
In France it is known as Ugni Blanc, in Italy as Trebbiano Toscano, what is its rare Portuguese name?
Talia (Thalia)
Madeira wines can be produced in Madeira island and which other?
Porto Santo
Minimum time required for the Estufagem process to be completed.
90 days
What is the name of the low trellises found in Madeira?
Latada
Portuguese for bottled.
Engarrafado
What is Camara de Lobos (or Cama de Lobos)?
Term occasionally found on bottles of ancient Madeira, and refers to a wine district west of the capital Funchal which was associated with noble vine varieties and fine wine
Portugal’s largest wine producer, whose success is founded on Mateus Rose. They own Ferreira, Sandeman, Offley, Ferreira Barca Velha and several foreign estates like Bodegas LAN.
Sogrape (Guedes Family)
Dao synonym for Malvasia Fina.
Assario
Most important white grape variety of Bairrada.
Maria Gomes (Fernao Pires)
First region of Portugal to be demarcated for sparkling wines, in 1989.
Tavora-Varosa
Name the permitted white grape varieties of Vinho Verde DOC.
Alvarinho Loureiro Trajadura Arinto Avesso Azal Batoca
Traditional red grape varieties of Dao DOC.
Jaen
Baga
Bastardo
Tinta Pinheira
Which Malvasia is known by the name Bual (Boal) in Madeira?
Malvasia Fina
Since when Vinho Verde DOP extends to sparkling wine and by which method are they made?
1999 Traditional Method (9 months bottle age)
Which grape variety is used for the production of white wines in Colares?
Malvasia
Sugar readings in a Bual, range between …. and …. *Beaume.
2,5 / 3,5
Sugar readings in a Malmsey, range between …. and …. *Beaume.
3,5 / 6,5
What is the preferred soil type for Port production?
Schist
What two DOP’s are located within Douriense IGP?
Douro and Porto
What two DOP’s are located within the Terras do Dao IGP?
Dao and Lafoes
What is Colheita Tardia?
Late Harvest wines of Portugal
What is Portugal’s largest DOP?
Vinho Verde (15% of total vineyard acreage)
What ships were traditionally used to transport port casks in from Pinhao downriver to Villa Nova de Gaia?
Barco Rabelo
Most planted variety of Vinho Verde.
Loureiro
Where are the finest examples of Arinto produced?
Bucelas
Name the three subregions of Tras-os-Montes.
Chaves
Valpaços
Planalto Mirandês
Synonym of Aragonez.
Tempranillo
Synonym of Jaen.
Mencia
What is enforcado?
Traditional vine training method in Vinho Verde
Castelao plantings in Colares are on what soils?
Chao Rija
What three DOPs near Lisbon are slowly disappearing due to the expanding urban population?
Bucelas
Colares
Carcavelos
What important subregion of Vinho Verde is producing quality Alvarinho?
Monção e Melgaço
The Terras Madeirenses IGP covers what two inhabited isles of the Madeira archipelago?
Madeira
Porto Santo
Portugal’s first demarcated region.
Douro DOP
Peninsula de Setubal was formerly known as …?
Terras do Sado
