portugal Flashcards
Indicate aging requirements for red and white garrafeira?
Red: min aged 30 months(12 in bottle)
white/rose: min aged 12 months (6 in bottle)
Which is the only portwine family to produce Vintage port Garrafeira?
Nieport
What is a Vintage port Garrafeira?
Port wine that after the normal oak aging will mature in demijohns glass for at least 8 years
what does Reserva on a table wine indicates?
min 0,5% alcohol higher than DOP regulation
What does Reserva on a traditional method sparkling wine means?
min 12 months on the lees
Most widely planted red grape in Portugal?
Castelao
Name two sinonymous for Touriga Nacional?
Bical Tinto, Mortagua Preto
Most widely planted white varieties?
Fernao Pires (known as Maria Gomez in Bairrada)
What is the difference between Minho and Vinho Verde?
Minho is IGP, Vinho verde is DOP
They share exact same bounderies
What is the difference between the 2 dop Douro and Porto?
Porto: produce fortiefed wines from the douro valley
Douro: produce table wines, sparkling and rarely moscatel de Douro(fortified)
Douro White Reserva and Red Reserva requirements?
White: 11.5 % abv with 6 months min aging
Red: 12% abv with 12 months min aging
In 2011 the province of Beiras has been divided in 4 IGPs, name it?
Terras do Dao, Terras de Cister, Terras de Beira, Beira Atlantico
Name all the DOPs in the Beiras province?
Dao, Lafoes, Bairrada , Tavora Varoja, Beira Interior
DAO aging requirements for Reds and White Nobre?
white: 1 year min aging with 11.5% min abv
red: 3 years min aging with 12% min abv
DAO aging requirements for Reds and White Nobre Garrafeira?
red: 4 years min aging( 18 months bottle)
white: 18 months (9months bottle)
