Producer profile 3.0 Flashcards
Spain
1
Q
What are the 4 wines of the CVNE?
Precise the only one produce as white?
A
- Viña Real: grapes are sourced from the Rioja Alavesa region
- Imperial: Sourced from the 28 Ha estate in the Rioja Alta region
- Contino: Started as a join project in 1973 - 62 Ha of vine in Rioja Alavesa
- Monopole: 100% Viura grapes / oldest white wine brand in Spain: inaugural vintage: 1915
2
Q
What does mean CVNE?
A
Compañia Vinicola del Norte de España
3
Q
Who’s the producer of the following wine?
Monopole
A
- CVNE
- 100% Viura
- First white wine brand in Spain: first produced in 1915
4
Q
Who’s the producer of the following wine:
Imperial
A
- CVNE
- Grapes sourced from a 28 Ha vineyard within the Rioja Alta sub-region
- Blend of Tempranillo + Graciano, Manuela from low yielding vines
- Aged in American oaks
- First produced on the 1920’s
- Only produced in best vintages
5
Q
Who’s the producer of the following wine:
Contino
A
- CVNE
- First produced in 1973 as a joint project
- 62 Ha estate of the Rioja Alavesa
6
Q
Who’s producing the following wine:
Viña Real
A
- CVNE
- Grapes are sourced from the Rioja Alavesa region
- Established on the 1920’s
- 95% Tempranillo + Graciano
- Aged in a mixture of french and American oaks
7
Q
What are All 4 wines of Lopez de Heredia?
A
- Viña Tondonia
- Viña Bosconia
- Viña Cubillas
- Viña Gravonia
8
Q
When did Bodegas López de Heredia been created?
Where are they based?
A
1877
Haro
9
Q
Who’s produced Viña Tondonia?
A
Bodegas Lopez de Heredia
Based in Haro
10
Q
Who’s the producer of Viña Bosconia?
A
- Bodegas Lopez de Heredia
- 15 Ha based in Tempranillo Mazuelo, Garnacha and Graciano
- Haro
11
Q
Who’s the producer of Viña Cubillo?
A
- Bodegas Lopez de Heredia
- 24 Ha from Viña Cubillas
12
Q
Who is the producer of Viña Gravonia?
Where is it sourced?
A
- Bodegas Lopez de Heredia
- 24 Ha sourced from the Viña Zaconia
- 100% Viura
13
Q
What are the top 3 cuvee of La Rioja Alta
A
- Gran Reserva 890: Tempranillo + Graciano and Mazuelo
- Gran Reserva 904: Mostly Tempranillo + Graciano
- Vina Ardanza: 70-80% Tempranillo + 20-30% Ganarcha from the Rioja Oriental
14
Q
Producer and location of the following wine
Rioja Gran Reserva 890
A
La Rioja Alta
- Haro
- The 890 commemorate to the date of the creation of the initial estate in 1890 by Monsieur Vigier
15
Q
Producer and location of the following wine
Rioja Gran Reserva 904
A
La Rioja Alta
- Haro
- Mostly Tempranillo blended with some Graciano
- Commemorates the 1904 fusion between La Rioja Alta and Ardanza winery
16
Q
Producer and location of the following wine
Viña Ardanza
A
La Rioja Alta
- Tempranilo 70-80% + Garnacha
- Rioja Baja
17
Q
Where is Vega Sicilia located?
A
Ribera del Duero DO
Within the Valladolid wine region
18
Q
Producer and location of the following wine
Único
A
Vega Sicilia
- Ribera del Duero
- Prestige cuvee, base of old Tempranillo vines
- aged for 10 years in large neutral oak prior to bottle
19
Q
Producer and location of the following wine
Valbuena 5°
A
Vega Sicilia
- Ribera del Duero
- Base of Tempranillo plus a small amount of Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon
- wines are aged for 5 years in wooden vat prior bottling
20
Q
What is the last vintage of Valbuena 3°
A
1988
- Ribera del Duero
- Vega Sicilia
21
Q
What is the first vintage of Bodega Alion?
Who’s the producer?
A
Vega Sicilia
1991
22
Q
In what vintages, Vega Sicilia did not produced any Valbuena and Unico either?
A
- 1963
- 1971
- 1993
23
Q
Who’s the producer and location of the following wine?
Prado Enea
A
Bodegas Muga
- Rioja DOCG - Haro
- Inaugural vintage: 1968
- 80% Tempranillo + Garnacha, Mazuelo, Graciano
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Q
Who’s the producer and location of the following wine:
Torre Muga
A
Bodegas Muga
- Rioja DOCG - Haro
- 75%Tempranillo + Graciano and Mazuelo
- second wine of Prado Enea
25
What is the prestige cuvee of **Tinto Pesquera**?
**Janus**
* Ribera del Duero - *Valladolid*
* *100% Tempranillo*
26
What are the **sisters** winery of Tinto Pesquera?
1. **Condado de Haza**: *AKA Chateau de la Ribera - Ribera del Duero*
2. **Dehesa la Granja**: *Zamora*
3. **El Vinculo**: Castilla La Mancha, since 1999
27
Who's the owner on founders of Pesquera winery?
* *Familiar Fernandez Rivera**
* Ribera del Duero*
28
When did **Domingo de Pingus** establish the first vineyards?
First created in **1995** in **Valladolid** - Ribera del Duero DO
29
# Who’s the producer and location of the following wine:
**Amelia**
**Domingo de Pingus**
* 100% Tempranillo
* **Valladolid** - Ribera del Duero
* 100 years old vines
* **First vintage:** 2003
30
Where Bodegas **Marqués de la Murrieta** located?
Rioja DOCG
Logroño
31
What is the **first white wine** in Spain to received **100 point Parker** - Wine Advocate?
* **Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva Especial 1986 from Marques de Murrieta**
* 20+ years of ageing in American wood
* 97% Viura + Malvasia
32
# Who’s the producer and location of the following wine:
**Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva**
**Marques de Murrieta**
* *Tempranillo + Mazuelo*
* *26 mouth of ageing in wood + 2 years in bottle prior releasing*
33
Name the white wine produced by **Bodegas Marques de Murrieta**?
**Capellanía**
*100% Viura planted in 1945*
34
What was the first estate of Rioja to do **100% Estate bottling** wines
* *Bodegas Remelluri**
* Rioja - Labastida*
35
Where is **Bodegas Remelluri** located?
**Rioja DOCa**
* *Labastida*
* *Established in 1967*
36
Where is Bodegas y Vinedos **Artadi** located?
Rioja DOCa
* Rioja Alavesa - *Laguardia*
* *Established in 1985*
37
Name the person who created the **Bodegas Artadi winery**?
When?
1. Juan Carlos Lopez de Lacalle
2. 1985
38
What was the first winery to **leave the Rioja DOCa** consortium?
When did it happen?
Bodegas Artadi in 2015.
## Footnote
*They felt than Rioja on the label was not valuable anymore for their wines, and did not wanted to be compared with other lower quality wine from the region.*
39
What is the inaugural vintage of **Artadi Grandes Añadas** wine?
**1994**
only produced in exceptional vintages
40
What are the 3 vineyards bottling wine of Bodegas Artadi?
* **La Poza Ballesteros**: 100% Tempranillo - Clay-limestone
* **El Carretil**: clay-limestone over sandstone rock
* **Valdegines:** compacted clay-limestone
## Footnote
*All wine are 100% Tempranillo*
41
What is the prestige wine of **Bodega Numanthia**?
Where is it coming from?
**Termanthia**
* Toro DO
* 140 years old ungrafted vines
* 200% new oak
* **First vintage**: 2000
42
Why is Bodega Numanthia so Particular in Spain?
* They have some of the oldest vine of the country, from a 140 years old ungrafted Tempranillo vine.
* *Produced wine in Toro DO*
43
When was Bodegas Numanthia been created? By who?
Can you precise the current owner?
Established in **1998** by Eguren Family in Toro DO
Since 2008, its runs by **LVMH group**
44
# Producer and location of the following wine:
**Termanthia**
* Prestige cuvee of **Bodega Numantia**
* **First vintage**: 2000
* **DO**: Toro
* Produced from ungrafted 140-yers old **Tempranillo** vines
45
Name some wineries based in Haro?
* CVNE
* Bodegas Muga
* Vina Tondonia
* Ramon Bilbao
* Bodega Paternina
* Bodega Roeda
* Bodega la Rioja Alta
46
What are the vintages blended for the lastest released of **Vega Sicilia Unico Reserva Especial 2019 edition**?
* 2009
* 2007
* 2006
47
Can you mention blended vintage of the previous releasing of **Vega Sicilia Unico Reserva Especia**l?
* **2019 release:** 06, 07, 09
* **2018 release:** 05, 06, 07
* **2017 release:** 03, 04, 06
* **2016 release:** 96, 98, 02
48
Where is **Bodegas Roda** Located?
What are their flagship wines?
Rioja Alta
* **RODA I:** 100% Tempranillo - Reserva wine only
* **RODA:** Mostly Tempranillo + Graciano / Garnacha
* **Cirsion**: 100% Tempranillo from hand selected Bunches
49
# Producer, location and first vintage of the following:
RODA I
* **Bodegas Roda**
* Rioja Alta
* 100% Tempranillo
* released as **Reserva** only
* **First Vintage**: 1992
50
# Name the producer, first vintage and location of the following wine:
**RODA**
* **Bodegas Roda**
* Rioja Alta
* Mostly **Tempranillo** + Graciano and Garnacha
* **First vintage**: 1992
* *This wine was called RODA II between 1992 and 2001*
51
# Name the producer, location and first vintage of the following:
**Cirsion**
* **Bodegas Roda**
* Rioja Alta
* **First vintage**: 1998
* **100% Tempranillo** from selected / hand-harvested bunches
52
Who created the **AALTO Bodegas y Viñedos**?
Where is the winery located?
* **Mariano Garcia**: *Head winemaker of Vega Sicilia from 1968 to 1998*
* **Javier Zaccagnini***: Head do Spain's Consejo Regulador*
* **Ribiera del Duero DO -** Valladolid
53
Who was the head winemaker of **Vega Sicilia from 1968 to 1998?**
What project did he created then?
**Mariano Garcia**
## Footnote
_AALTO Bodegas y Viñedos_ is its new project: *He wants to created a world class Tempranillo from the Ribera del Duero terroir*
54
What is the prestige cuvee of **AALTO** Bodegas y Viñedos?
* **AALTO PS**
* **100% Tempranillo** from 60-100 years old vines
* **Ribera del Duero DO** - Valladolid
* Only produced in exceptional vintages
55
Where is Bodegas Faustino located?
Oyón
Rioja Alavesa
## Footnote
*Know as th largest exporter winery for Reserva and Gran Reserva wines n Rioja.*
56
# Location and prestige cuvee of the following:
**Bodegas Marqués de Riscal**
**Rioja Alavesa** - Elciego
* Founded in **1858**
* **Holding vineyard**: 500 Ha
* **Controled vineyard:** over 900 Ha
* **Prestige cuvee**: Baron de Chirel - 1986 *only produced in exceptional vintages*
57
What is the prestige cuvee of **Bodegas Marqués de Riscal**
Baron de Chirel
* Based in **Rioja Alavesa**
* 80-100 years old vine of **Tempranillo and Cabernet Sauvignon**
* *Only produced in exceptional vintages*
58
# Location and prestige cuvee of the following:
Finca Allende
**Rioja Alta** - Briones
* **Aurus**: Tempranillo based + Graciano
* **First vintage:** 1996
* **Calvario**: Tempranillo + Graciano
* **First vintage**: 1999
*Focus in terroir wine and single parcel bottling*
59
# Producer and first vintage of the following:
**Aurus**
**Finca Allende**
* Rioja Alta
* **80 years old vine** of : 85% **Tempranillo** + Graciano
* Single parcel of clay/loam soil
* **Inaugural vintage**: 1996
60
# Producer and first vintage of the following:
**Calvario**
**Finca Allende**
* Rioja Alta
* **Tempranillo + Graciano** vines planted in 1945
* Single **south-eastern facing** slope vineyard
* **First vintage**: 1999
