portugal Flashcards
Wha’ts the nickname for Port?
Blackstrap
What is the Douro Wine Company??
Companhia Geral dos Vinhos do Alto Douro, to control and oversight to the Port Trade.
What’s the brandy used in the fortication process for port?
Aguardente
What is IVDP?
Douro Port Wine Institute
What is the wines that had undergone the torna viagem(round trip) across the Atlantic?
Vinhos ao Roda
What is the wines that matured on the island?
Vinhos Canteiro
Which one was more expensive? Vinhos ao Roda or Vinhos Canteiro?
Vinhos ao Roda
Name 2 commercial brands of Sweet semi sparkling rose of Portugal.
- Mateus, 2. Lancers
Name the 14 IGPs of Portugal
Minho, Transmontano, Duriense, Terras do Dao, Terras de Cister, Terras da Beira, Beira Atlantico, Tejo, Lisboa, Alentejano, Peninsula de Setubal, Algarve, Terras Madeirenses Acores
What is Vinhos de Mesa?
Table Wine
Wha’ts the min % of grapes grown in the stated region in Portugal?
85%
What’s the minimum aging period for Tinto Garrafeira?
30 months, at least 1 yr in bottle
What’s the minimum aging period for Branco and Rosado Garrafeira?
12 months, at least 6months in bottle
What’s the minimum aging period for tradtional method sparkling in Portugal?
12months on the lees prior to degorgement.
Colheita Seleccionada in Portugal?
1% higher alcohol content
What’s the most widely grown red grape in Portugal?
Castelao - full and tannic
What’s Periquita?
Periquita is one of Portugal’s and the world’s most famous wine brands in 1850. Using Castelao
Who makes Periquita?
Fonseca
What does casta mean?
grape variety
Touriga Nacional is orignated from?
Dao
What’s the synonym of mencia in porgugal?
Jaen
Name 4 Synonym of touriga nacional.
Bical Tinto, Mortagua, Mortagua Preto, Preto Mortagua,
Name Major red grapes in Portugal.
Touriga Nacional, Alfrocheiro, Trincadeira, Baga, Aragonez (Tinta Roriz)
What’s the most cultivated white grape in Portugal?
Fernao Pires (Maria Gomes in Bairrada) - early ripneing aromatic grape
Name Major white grapes in Portugal.
Encruzado, Arinto ,Antao Vaz ,Alvarinho (Albarino)
What’s the synonym of Sercial in mainland?
Esgana Cao
True or False. Sercial and Cercial is the same variety.
FALSE
Name all regions of Portugal north to south
- Minho 2. Transmontano 3. Duriense 4. Terras de Cister 5. Beira Atlantico 6. Terras do Dao 7. Terras da Beira 8. Lisboa 9. Tejo 10. Peninsula de setubal 11. Alentejano 12. Algarve 13. Terras Madeirenses 14. Acores
What’s the traditional vine training system in Vinho Verde?
Enforcado - high offf the ground training system
What does Vinho Verde mean?
Green wine
What is the largest DOP in Portugal?
Minho Vinho Verde
Where’s the city Oporto?
in Minho vinho Verde
What’s the soil type of vinho Verde?
Granite
What’s the main white grape in Vinho Verde?
- Loureiro 2. Trajadura 3. Avesso 4. Pedema (Arinto) 5. Alvarinho
What’s the main red grapes in Vinho Verde?
- Vinhao 2. Espadeiro 3. Borracal 4. Alvarelhao
Name the main region of Alvarinho.
Moncao e Melgaco
Name subzones of Vinho Verde.
Moncao e Melgaco , Lima ,Cavado ,Basto ,Ave ,Amarante ,Sousa ,Baiao ,Paiva
What is French term for slightly sparkling wines. Gain their sparkle from Malo?
petillant
What’s the name of subregion in Transmontano?
Tras-os-Montes
Name 3 subzones of Tras-os-Montes.
- Chaves, 2. Valpacos 3 Planalto Mirandes
What is fortified wine in Portugal?
Vinho Licoroso
What’s the synonym of Trousseau in Portugal?
Bastardo
What are the main grapes of Transmontano?
Full bodied Reds. Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, Bastardo
True or False: Douro and Porto were part of Transmontano.
True. Now, they are part of Duriense
Name 2 DOPs of Duriense.
- Douro 2. Porto
What’s the Portugal’s first demarcated wine region?
Douro
What’s the name of mountain in Douro?
Marao and Montemuro Mountains
What’s the main soil type of Port?
Schist
What’s the climate of Douro Valley?
Continental Climate
Name all 3 subzones of Douro
- Baixo Corgo - the west, highest density plantings, 2. Cima Corgo - highest total vineyard acreage , 3. Douro Superior - the east, largest,
What is Vinho Licoroso (fortified) under Douro DOP?
Moscatel do Douro
Name the most important red grapes in Douro & Porto
- Touriga Nacional 2. Tinta Roriz 2. Tinto Cao 3. Tinta Barroca
Name the most important white grapes in Douro & Porto
- Malvasia Fina 2. Viosinho 3. Rabigato 4. Gouveio
What is Moscatel Galego?
fortified Moscatel wines in Douro
What’s the minimum age requirement for white reserva in Douro?
6 months
What’s the minimum age requirement for red reserva in Douro?
1 yr
What’s the rule for gran reserva wine in Douro?
gotta be reserva criteria with super high score from blind tasting analysis.
What is Espumanto do Douro?
Sparkling wines (Douro)
What is late harvest wines in Douro?
Colheita Tardia
Until 1986, All Port wines were required by law to be aged and shipped from ________________________.
Vila Nova de Gaia
What’s the most famous Douro Table wine?
Barca Velha by Ferreira
Name 4 DOPs formely Beiras.
- Terras da Beira 2. Terras de Cister 3. Terras do Dao 4. Beira Atlantico
Name the DOP of Beira.
Beira Interior DOP
Name 3 Subzones of Beira Interior.
- Beira Castelo Rodrigo 2. Cova da Beira 3. Pinhel
Name 2 DOP in Terras do Dao.
- Dao DOP 2. Lafoes DOP
Name all subzones of Dao DOP.
- Alva 2. Besteiros 3. Castendo 4. Serra da Estrela 5. Silgueiros 6. Terras da Azurara 7. Terras de Senhorim
What’s the min variety requirements for Nobre Tinto wines in Dao?
Min 85% combined Touriga Nacional(15%) Alfrocheiro, Aragonez, Jaen, Rufete
What’s the min variety requirements for Nobre Branco wines in Dao?
min 85% combined Encruzado (min. 15%), Bical, Cercial, Malvasia Fina, Verdelho
What’s the principal soils in Dao?
Granite
What’s the DOP in Terras de Cister?
Tavora-Varosa DOP
What’s the main style of the wine in Tavora Varosa?
Vinho Espumante
minimum aging period for tinto reserva in Dao
24 months
minimum aging period for tinto garrafeira in Dao
36mont including 12months in bottle
minimum aging period for tinto nobre in Dao
36months
minimum aging period for tinto nobre reserva in Dao
42months
minimum aging period for tinto nobre garrafeira in Dao
48months including 18months in the bottle
minimum aging period for branco in dao?
none
minimum aging period for branco reserva in dao?
6 months
minimum aging period for branco Garrafeira in dao?
12months including 6months in the bottle
minimum aging period for branco nobre in dao?
12months
minimum aging period for branco nobre reserva in dao?
12months
minimum aging period for branco nobre garrafeira in dao?
18months including 9 months in the bottle
what’s the highest mountain range in Dao?
Serra da Estrela
What’s the min ABV % of garrafeira in Dao?
11.50%
Where is Bairrada DOP?
Beira Atlantico
What is the main red grape in Bairrada?
Baga
Name all main red grapes of Bairrada.
- Baga, must be 50% min, 85% combined 2. Alfrocheiro 3. Camarate 4. Touriga Nacional 5. Castelao 6. Jaen
Name all DOPs of Lisboa from north to south
- Encostas d’Aire 2. Obidos 3. Lourinha 4. Torres Vedras 5. Alenquer 6. Arruda 7. Bucelas 8. Colares 9. Carvavelos
What’s the authorized garpes in Bucelas?
min 75% Arinto, plus Sercial and Rabo de Ovelha
What’s the soil type in Chao de Areia? and where is it? What’s the primary grape?
Sand soil, in Colares, Ramisco is the primary grape
What’s the soil type in chao rija? where is chao rija? primary grape?
hard soil, colares, Castelao
What’s the primary grape in Colares?
Ramisco for chao de areia ,Castelao for chao rija
Which DOP is right next to Lisbon?
Carcavelos DOP
What’s the primary grapes in Carvavelos?
75% min of Castelao 75% min of arinto
Name 2 DOPs of Peninsula de Setubal.
- Palmela 2. Setubal
What’s the climate of Peninsula de setubal?
Mediterranean
What are the authorized varieties in Palmela?
min 66.7% Castelao, Aragonez, Bastardo, Alicante-Bouschet
What is Aragonez?
Tinta Roriz
What is Tinta Roriz?
Tempranillo
Name 2 areas of Palmela.
- Palmela Plains (Sandy soil) 2. Arrabida Hills (Limestone)
What is torna viagem?
Round trip. Term used to describe the trip Madeira used to make.
What’s the authorized verieties of vinhos licoroso in Peninsula de setubal?
67% Moscatel de setubal
What is Moscatel de Setubal?
Muscat de Alexandria
Name one producer from Peninsula de Setubal.
J.M da Fonseca
What’s the river next to Tejo and Alentejano?
Tagus or Tejo River
What is a DOP of Tejo?
DoTejo
What is the former name of DoTejo?
Ribatejo
What are the predominant red grapes in DoTejo?
Castelao
What is the predominant white grape in DoTejo?
Fernao Pires
Name all subzones of DoTejo.
- Almeirim 2. Cartaxo 3. Chamusca 4. Coruche 5. Santarem 6. Tomar
Where is the mountains in Alentejo?
Sao Marmede Mountains
What’s the most prominent grape in Alentejo?
Trincadeira
What is cork oak in Portugal?
Quercus Suber
Which region has largest Quercus Suber?
Alentejo
What’s the southermost region in Portugal?
Algarve
Name 4 DOP zones of Algarve
- Largos 2. Lagoa 3. Portimao 4. Tavira