Portugal Deck #2 Flashcards
What are the 4 IGPs of Beiras?
Terras do Dão IGP
Terras do Cister IGP
Terras da Beira IGP
Beira Atlântico IGP
What two DOPs reside within Terras do Dão IGP?
Dão DOP
Lafões DOP
Where is Bairrada DOP?
Within Beira Atlântico IGP
What is the subzone of Beira Atlântico?
Terras do Sicó
What is Távora-Varosa DOP known for? Where is it located?
Sparkling wine production, located within Terras de Cister IGP
Where is Beira Interior DOP?
On the Spanish border, within Terras da Beira IGP
What are the subzones of Beira Interior DOP?
Beira Castelo Rodrigo
Cova da Beira
Pinhel
How does the climate of Bairrada compare to the Dão?
To the west (and therefore closer to the ocean, on the coastal side of the Serra do Caramulo), with a milder, rainier climate
What is the major red grape of Bairrada? What is the required encepagement?
> 50% Baga; plus Touriga Nacional, Camarate, Castelão, Jaen, Alfrocheiro
What soil is best for Baga?
Barros
What soil type is best for Branco wines from Bairrada? What are the major castas?
Sand; Maria Gomes and Arinto
What are the requirements for the label Bairrada Clássico?
Native grapes, and >12.5%abv
What styles are authorized in the Dão? What style dominates production?
Red, white, rosado, espumante are permitted, but reds dominate.
What are the recommended red grapes of the Dão?
Touriga Nacional, Jaen, Touriga Granca, Alfrocheiro, Aragonez, Bastardo, Rufete, Trincadeira, Tinta Cão
What are the recommended white grapes of the Dão?
Encruzado, Bical, Cercial
Are there authorized grapes in the Dão that are not recommended?
YES
Are “experimental” (aka international) grapes permitted in the Dão?
Yes, but at less than 40%.
Dão: Climate, geology, elevation
Bounded by mountains: Serra do Caramulo (west) Montemuro (north) Buçao (East) Serra da Estrela (south east; Portugal's highest mountain range)
Granite plateau with sandy topsoil; schist in SW, lower elevation vineyards
400-700M
What are the 7 subzones of the Dão?
Besteiros Silgueiros Castendo Terras de Senhorim Terras de Azurara Alva Serra da Estrela
What are the requirements for Tinto wines in the Dão?
11%abv; cannot be released before May 15th.
What are the requirements for Tinto Reserva wines in the Dão?
11.5%abv; 24mos aging
What are the requirements for Tinto Garrafeira wines in the Dão?
11.5%abv; 36mos aging (including 12 in bottle)
What are the requirements for Tinto Nobre wines from the Dão?
12% abv; 36mos of aging
What are the requirements for Tinto Nobre Reserva wines in the Dão?
12.5%abv; 42mos aging
What are the requirements for Tinto Nobre Garrafeira wines in the Dão?
12.5% abv; 48mos aging (including 18mos in bottle)
What are the requirements for Branco wines in the Dão?
11%abv
What are the requirements for Branco Reserva wines in the Dão?
11.5% abv; 6mos aging
What are the requirements for Branco Garrafeira wines in the Dão?
11.5% abv; 12mos aging (including 6mos in bottle)
What are the requirements for Branco Nobre wines in the Dão?
11.5% abv; 12 mos aging
What are the requirements for Branco Nobre Reserva in the Dão?
12% abv; 12mos aging
What are the requirements for Branco Nobre Garrafeira in the Dão?
12%abv; 18mos aging (including 9mos in bottle)
What are the varietal requirements for Tinto Nobre wines in the Dão?
> 15% Touriga Nacional, plus Jaen, Rufete, Aragonez, Alfrocheiro
What are the varietal requirements for Branco Nobre wines in the Dão?
> 15% Encruzado, plus Cercial, Bical, Malvasia Fina, Verdelho
What are the major grape varieties in Lafões?
Tinto: 40% Amaral, plus Jaen, Pilongo
Branco: 85% Arinto (min 50%) and Cercial, plus Dona Branca, Sercial, Rabode Ovelha
Until early 2011, a single IGP represented the entire Beiras region, but Portuguese authorities dismantled the expansive zone, dividing its territory among what four new IGPs?
- Terras de Cister
- Terras do Dão
- Terras da Beira
- Beira Atlantico
Dão DOP and Lafões DOP lie within what newly unveiled IGP?
Terras do Dão IGP
- Borders Minho IGP to the north and claims a large swarth of the central, inland territry formerly assigned to Beiras IGP
Bairrada DOP is located within what IGP?
Beira Atlantico IGP
- Coastal IGP with one designated subzone, Terras do Sico
What DOP, within the Terras de Cister IGP, is a center for sparkling wine production?
Távora-Varosa DOP
- Small appellation immediately south of the Douro River and north of Terras do Dão
What IGP means “land of the Cistercians”?
Terras de Cister IGP“land of the Cistercians”
- Reminder of the medieval Church’s influence in spreading the vine
Some of Portugal’s best reds are produced in what DOP?
Dão DOP
- Touriga Nacional signature component of Dão blends