Review Deck MRK Flashcards
Age-Designated Sherry Limited to which styles?
Amontillado Palo Cortado Oloroso Pedro Ximénez* (not for vintage)
Aging requirements for Cava? Cava Reserva Gran Reserva Paraje Calificado
Cava - min 9 months Reserva - min 15 months Gran Reserva - min 30 months Paraje Calificado - min 36 months
Blended Sherry - name types, base dry Sherries and their referring sweetening Agents
Dry: Fino/Manzanilla + RCGM Pale Cream: Fino/Manzanilla + RCGM Medium Cream: Amontillado + RCGM, Moscatel, or PX Cream: Oloroso + PX
Blending Requirements in DO Benissalem
Vino Tinto min 30% Manto Negro and max 30% Gorgollassa Vino Blanco min 50% Prensal Blanc / Moll or Moscatel Espumoso min 50% Prensal Blanc / Moll
Characteristics of “Cava de Paraje Calificado”?
vines - min 10 years of age lower yields single vineyard manual harvesting vinified on estate at least 36 months on lees only Brut levels traceability approved by tasting panel
DO Navarro Subzones & dominating grapes?
1 Tierra Estella Tempranillo, Cab Sauv, Chardonnay
2 Valdizarbe Most divers palette of grapes Tempranillo, Granacha Tinta, Cab Sauv, Merlot, Chardonnay, Malvasía Riojana
3 Baja Montaña Tempranillo, Granacha Tinta Best known for its Rosados
4 Ribera Alta Most continental, plantations in high terraces
5 Ribera Baja Warmest sub zone Tempranillo, Granacha Tinta, Viura, Moscatel de Grano Menudo
DOCa Rioja Milestones? Recognition Seal Bottle numbers Aging requirements DOCa Rioja Trustseal
Recognition - 1925 Seal - 1928 Bottle numbers - 1973 Aging requirements - 1979 DOCa Rioja - 1991 Trustseal - 2000
Godello is the dominant white variety in which Galician DO?
DO Valdeorras
Grape-Focused Designations … Aragon DO Calatayud
Calatayud Superior min 85% Garnacha Tinta Vines must be 50 years min yield max 3500kg/ha
Grape-Focused Designations … Castilla y León “Rueda Verdejo”
85% Verdejo
Grape-Focused Designations … Cataluña “Terra Alta Garnatxa Blanca”
100% Garnatxa Blanca
Grape-Focused Designations … Galicia 1 “Rías Baixas Albariño” 2 “Ribeira Sacra Summum” (vino tinto) 3 “Valdeorras Castas Nobles”
1 “Rías Baixas Albariño” - 100% Albariño 2 “Ribeira Sacra Summum” - 85% Preferred Varieties (60% Mencía) 3 “Valdeorras Castas Nobles” - 85% Preferred Varieties
Grape-Focused Designations … Valdeorras Godello
100% Godello
Grape-Focused Designations … Valdeorras Mencia
85% Mencia
How do you call a fermentation technique whereby a portion of the solids remain with the unfiltered wine for 90-180 days?
Sobremadre
How do you call a vino rosado winemaking technige in DO Tierra de León, when whole clusters are added to a vat of fermenting must - creating bouquet of aromatics to the finished wine?
Madreo
How do you call a wine matured in Canary Island pine barrels? What wine styles are possible?
Vino de Tea blank, rosado, tinto
How do you call terraces on which vines are planted?
Costers Rañas
How do you call the intermediate stage in Sherry production - after fortification and prior to entering the aging system?
Sobretable
How do you call the process of drying grapes on straw mats - where is it used?
Soleo / Asoleado Do Montilla-Moriles
How is Tempranillo called in various regions? 1 Ribera del Duero 2 Rioja 3 Toro 4 Cataluña 5 La Mancha/Valdepeñas/Med. Coast
1 Ribera del Duero - Tinto Fino/Tinta del País 2 Rioja - Tempranillo 3 Toro - Tinta de Toro 4 Cataluña - Ull de Llebre 5 La Mancha/Valdepeñas/Med. Coast - Cencibel
How many DO’s & DOQ are located in Cataluña? Name & list special features
12 DO Alella - one of Spains smallest DOs DO Conca de Barberà - best known for its whites DO Costers del Segre - one of the first to introduce int. varieties (considered as most unusual Spanish wines) DO Empordá - Cataluña lowest elevation vineyards DOQ Priorat DO Montsant (6 sub zones) - one of the youngest appellations in Cataluña DO Penedès - one of the oldest & most progressive wine regions DO Pla de Bages - located at merge of two rivers DO Tarragona - oldest in Cataluña DO Terra Alta - some of the highest locations in Cataluña DO Cataluña - flexibility DO Cava - home of sparkling wine in Spain
How many provinces are in Castilla y León?
9
How many sub zones exist in DO Penedès?
3 Superior Central Maritim
In how far do the aging requirements differ from the traditional way for vinos tintos … … in DOCa Rioja? State details
Different times for: Crianza - 12m Gran Reserva - 24m Bottle aging is added for: Reserva - 6m Gran Reserva - 24m
In how far do the aging requirements differ from the traditional way for vinos blancos and rosados … … in DOCa Rioja? State details
Crianza is 24m instead of 18m … but changed as well to 18m (not testable)
In how far do the aging requirements differ from the traditional way, vinos tintos, blanco or rosado … … in DO Ribera del Duero? State details
Tinto Different times for: Crianza - 12m Gran Reserva - 24m Blanco/Rosado no changes
In how far do the aging requirements differ from the traditional way for vinos tintos … … in DOCa Rioja? State details
Different times for: Crianza - 12m Gran Reserva - 24m Bottle aging is added for: Reserva - 6m Gran Reserva - 24m
In which DOs does Airén thrives best?
DO La Mancha DO Valdepeñas
Name all wine training methods and where are they mostly used?
Parral - Most Used: Green Spain En Vaso - Most Used: Throughout Spain Cordón Trenzado - Most Used: Tenerife Vara y Pulgar - Most Used: Sherry & Rioja
Name DOs utilizing a solera system
DOs Jerez-Xérès-Sherry & Manzanilla-Sanlúcar de Barrameda DO Málaga DO Montilla-Moriles DO Alicante (Fondillón) DO Cava (some use for dosage only)
Name sweet Sherry designations/categories?
Naturally Sweet Sherry (Vinos Dulces Naturales): Moscatel Pedro Ximénez Blended Sherry (Vinos Generosos de Licor): Dry, Pale Cream, Medium Cream, Cream
Name two Special soil types - besides Albarizo - in DO Jerez-Xérès-Sherry or DO Manzanilla-Sanlúcar de Barrameda?
Barros = clay Arenas = sand
Oldest wine growing area of Rías Baixas?
Val do Salnés
Spanish grapes which have found purchase on the international stage… Synonyms … and where are they from? -> 4
Garnacha from Aragón (Grenache) Cariñena from Aragón (Carignan) Monastrell from Valencia (Mourvèdre) Garnacha Blanca from Aragón (Grenache Blanc)
Please complete … DO Txakoli de Álava is the … DO Txakoli de Bizkaia is the … DO Txakoli de Getaria is the …
DO Txakoli de Álava is the … smallest of the DOs DO Txakoli de Bizkaia is the … place where the Txakoli Winemakers’ Association was founded in 1980s DO Txakoli de Getaria is the … rainiest DO
Premium Wine Regions and Their Rivers DO Ribeira Sacra
Miño & Sil Rivers
Premium Wine Regions and Their Rivers DO Ribera del Duero
Duero River
Premium Wine Regions and Their Rivers DOCa Rioja
Ebro River
Premium Wine Regions and Their Rivers Sherry DOs
Guadalquivir & Guadalete Rivers
Primary (NTK) regions incorporating significant use of international grapes?
DO Somontano DO Navarra DO Pla i Llevant DO Binissalem
Sherry - What are the terms for the grape pressing rounds and what is used for what?
primera yema - free run- Finos & Manzanillos - 65% segunda yema - first pneumatic pressing - Olorosso - 23% Mosto prensa - most pressure - distillation - 12%
Process of blending dry and naturally sweet Sherries is called …
Cabeceo
Soils in Cataluña Coastal & Cordillera Prelitoral area?
Coastal: Alluvium, limestone, clay Cordillera Prelitoral: Slate, granite
Spain’s first sparkling wine was created by whom and when?
Josep Raventós i Fatjó (1872)
Spain’s “Wine Celebrities” … … brought which grape variety to international success?
Alejandro Fernandez (1980s) Ribera del Duero Tempranillo
Spain’s “Wine Celebrities” … Rioja and what did they do?
Marqués de Murrieta & Marqués de Riscal modernizing Riojas wine industry by bringing in knowledge about new wine techniques 19th C
Spain’s “Wine Celebrities” … Vega Sicilia? (Ribera del Duero)
Eloy Lecanda y Chaves (1864) Ribera del Duero bringing in international varieties (Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Malbec)
Sparkling Wines in Spain & their most prestigious Appellation? 1 DO Cava 2 DO Penedès 3 DOCa Rioja
1 Cava de Paraje Calificado 2 Clàssic Penedès 3 Espumoso de Calidad de Rioja
Special Aging designation in DO Calatayud?
Besides Crianza, Reserva & Gran Reserva DO can label as “Añejo” min. 15% produced oxidatively spent min 24 months in barrel
Special designation for wines in DO Empordá?
Garnacha de Empordá Vino tinto min 90% Garnacha Tinto and/or Peluda min aging for 24 months
Special feature of …Cataluña DO Alella
one of Spains smallest DOs
Special feature of …Cataluña DO Cataluña
created to receive the most flexibility
Special feature of …Cataluña DO Cava
home of sparkling wine in Spain
Special feature of …Cataluña DO Conca de Barberà
best known for its whites
Special feature of …Cataluña DO Costers del Segre
one of the first to introduce int. varieties (considered as most unusual Spanish wines)
Special feature of …Cataluña DO Empordá
Cataluña lowest elevation vineyards
Special feature of …Cataluña DO Montsant
one of the youngest appellations in Cataluña (6 sub zones)
Special feature of …Cataluña DO Penedès
one of the oldest & most progressive wine regions
Special feature of …Cataluña DO Pla de Bages
located at merge of two rivers
Special feature of …Cataluña DO Tarragona
oldest DO in Cataluña
Special feature of …Cataluña DO Terra Alta
some of the highest locations in Cataluña
Special Wine designations… … sweet fortified white wine from Galicia, historically important, from sun-dried grapes?
Tostado do Ribeiro
Sweetness levels allowed of Sparkling Wines in … 1 DO Cava 2 DO Penedès 3 DOCa Rioja
1 lower levels - all sweetness levels Paraje Calificado - Brut levels only 2 Not specified 3 Brut levels only
The Sistema Central runs along which borders of two autonomous regions?
along the S border fo Castilla y León along the N border of Extremadura
Typicities at Balearic Islands in regards of: Location Climate Soil Type Grape varieties
Location: Mediterranean Sea Climate: Mediterranean Soil Type: Limestone Grape varieties: Indigenous & Int’l
Typicities at Canary Islands in regards of: Location Climate Soil Type Grape varieties
Location: Atlantic Ocean Climate: Subtropical Soil Type: Volcanic Grape varieties: Indigenous
Unique Soil Types… … decomposed granitic sands in DO Montsant
Sauló
Unique Soil Types… … sandy topsoil atop of clay subsoil in DO Montilla-Moriles
Ruedos
Unique Soil Types… Decomposed slate/shale; copper-colored; shallow; low organic content Where?
Llicorella Montsant & Priorat
Unique Soil Types… High chalk content (30-80%) mixed with limestone, sand, and clay Where? Synonym?
Albariza Sherry region Montilla & Moriles (albero)
Unique Soil Types… limestone-rich silty-loam in DO Montsant?
Panal
Unique Soil Types… Reddish clay often mixed with limestone gravel or stones Where?
Call Vermel Mallorca / Pla i Llevant
Unique Soil Types… Small, porous, volcanic pebbles which blanket the topsoil Where? Synonym?
Lapilli Picón Lanzarote
Unique Winemaking Methods/Wines … A vino dulce from Alicante made from overripe Monastrell grapes
Fondillón
Unique Winemaking Methods/Wines … Red and white grapes are co-fermented and vinified as a vino tinto
Clarete (DO Cigales) / Aloque (DO Valdepeñas)
Unique Winemaking Methods/Wines … Skins and pulp of Bobal vino rosado are added to fermenting Bobal must
Doble Pasta
Unique Winemaking Methods/Wines … “Orange” wines from Cataluña (vino blanco is vinified with skin contact)
Brisats Terra Alta
Vinyard Classification in … DOCa Rioja
Viñedos Singulares Vinos de Municipio Vinos de Zona Genérico
Vinyard Classification in … DOQ Priorat
“Els Noms de la Terra” Gran Vinya Classificada Vinya Classificada Vi de Paratge Vi de Vila DOQ Priorat