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 DOP of Lisboa IGP produces exclusively Brandy and what is the name of that Brandy?
Lourinhã
Aguardente
Colares DOP is famous for its pre-Phylloxera ungrafted ………………… vines.
Ramisco (planted on chão de areia soil)
Which variety of Madeira accounts for 85% - 90% of the island’s total wine production?
Tinta Negra (Mole) [55% of total plantings]
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?
50%
Wines from Palmela DOP need minimum 66,7 % of which grape variety?
Castelão
Where is Maria Gomes used as a synonym for Fernão Pires?
Bairrada
Which DOP in Lisboa is known for Aguardente?
Lourinha
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 DOPs of Açores 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 Setúbal DOP?
Sweet fortified wines predominantly made from Moscatel (Muscat of Alexandria mainly but there is a tiny portion of Moscatel Roxo) grapes
Name the DOPs of Peninsula de Setúbal.
Palmela
Setúbal
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
In which region of Portugal do we come across tiny amounts of Moscatel Roxo?
Setúbal
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 (Pedernã)
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.
José Maria da Fonseca
Largest DOP of Lisboa IGP.
Encostas d’Aire
Synonym of Periquita.
Castelão
Most southern DOP of Lisboa IGP.
Carcavelos
Most important white grape variety of Bairrada.
Maria Gomes (Fernão 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?
Latadas
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)
Dão synonym for Malvasia Fina.
Assario
First region of Portugal to be demarcated for sparkling wines, in 1989.
Távora-Varosa
Name the permitted white grape varieties of Vinho Verde DOP.
Alvarinho Loureiro Trajadura Arinto (Pederña) Avesso Azal Batoca
Traditional red grape varieties of Dão DOP.
Jaen
Touriga Nacional
Tinta Roriz (Aragonez)
Alfrocheiro
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)