Portugal Flashcards
IGP
DOP
Indicação Geográfica Protegida
85% from stated region
Denominação de Origem Protegida
Vinho Verde DOP
location, climate
grapes
vinification
location, climate: North-western coast, maritime
grapes:
loureiro, trajadura, and alvarinho
vinification: effervescence due to injection of CO2 before bottling
Douro DOP
location, 3 climates, regions soil grape vinification
location, climate: directly inland from Vinho Verde
Baixo Corgo: coolest
Cima Corgo: mildest, most vineyards.
Douro Superior: hottest
soil: Schist (top vineyards)
grapes: Touriga Nacional and many local varieties
vinification: powerful, dry, ripe, reds
Bairrada
location
soil
grape
vinification
location: mid-country, slightly inland from western coast, mediterranean.
soil
grape: red - Baga (like tanned, intense, tannic, peppery), Castelão and Rufete
White - Fernao Pires and Bical - borrado de moscãos. “fly-shit”
vinification: rich wines, underdog to Dão
Dão DOC
(one of the oldest wine-growing regions)
location
soil
grape
location: slightly north of country’s center, on a large plateau, shielded by mountain ranges of Serra da Estrela, Serra do Caramulo and Serra da Nave.
soil: granite
grape: 20% of the production must be from Touriga Nacional, blended with Tinta Roriz, Jaen, Alfrocheiro Preto and Encruzado, and other local varietals.
Whites: primarily en cruzado
Dão Garrafeira
alc/aging laws
Red: 13% alcohol and 2 years oak aging
White: 12%, 6 months oak aging
Alentejo DOC
the experimental part!
location
3 wine styles
location: south-east Portugal, south of Tejo River
Wine Styles
Tinto Alentejo: Full-bodied red wines that are typically blends made with Aragonês (Tempranillo), Trincadeira, Castelão, Alfrocheiro and Alicante Bouschet.
Branco Alentejo: Light-bodied and Full-bodied white wines made with Arinto (fuller in style), Antão Vaz (fuller in style), Roupeiro and Fernão Pires (an aromatic white variety).
Alentejano (IGP/Vinho Regional): Full-bodied red and white wines from a larger encompassing region that may include non-indigenous grape varieties (Viognier and Syrah are growing in popularity here).
Setúbal
wine
The region of Setúbal is famous for a fantastic rich, deep gold colored dessert wine called Moscatel de Setúbal
Colares
it beat Phylloxera!
location
soil
vinification
grape
location: south-west coast, two miles inland from ocean.
soil: chão de areia topsoils here, and heavy chão rijo
Vinification: vines must grow on the sand, propped up by wooden splints
grape: Red wines - 75% of production, primarily Ramisco, aged ten years before being marketed. Average 12.5%
White wines, grown from Malvasia de Colares, aged 5 years
