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Rioja Towns

Producers

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  • HARO - La Rioja Alta, Lopez de Heredia, Cvne, Muga, Roda
  • LOGROÑO - Artadi, Marques de Murrieta
  • FUENMAYOR - Bodegas LAN, Finca Lapiedra
  • CENICERO - Marques de Caceres
  • SAN VINCENTE DE LA SONSIERRA - Senorio de San Vincente, Hermanos Peciña
  • BRIONES - Finca Allende
  • LABASTIDA (ALAVESA) - La Granja Nuestra Señora de Remelluri
  • OYON (ALAVESA) - Bodegas el Coto
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Lopez Heredia Wines

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  • RESERVA & GRAN RESERVA vineyards:
    • Tondonia - Bdx Bottle - fruit and structure, usually 75 Tempranillo, rest Maz. and Grac.
    • Bosconia - Burg. Bottle - bigger, warmer, earthier, spend a year less in oak, higher % Tempranillo
    • Tondonia also makes whites, Bosconia does not (Tondonia white is 85% Viura, ages 6 yrs in barrel)
    • Cubillo - Red only, a crianza that has the taste of Tondonia
    • Gravonia - White only, 4 years in barrel, 100% Viura
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What does CVNE stand for?

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Compañía Vinícola del Norte de España

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What is CVNE’s flagship wine?; what is it named for?

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Imperial

  • named for the Imperial Pint, 563mL or 19oz
  • the wine was occasionally bottled in Imperial pints at its inception
  • released as both Reserva and Gran Reserva
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What is the blend on CVNE Imperial?

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  • *Tempranillo, plus Mazuelo, Graciano, Viura**
  • *Originally 2/3 Alta and 1/3 Alavesa; today, it is 100% Rioja Alta**
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What is Viña Real?

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  • Previously a wine produced by CVNE from 2/3 Alavesa and 1/3 Alta, it is now 100% Alavesa, and, as of 2004, its own independent winery
  • blend of Tempranillo, Garnacha, Mazuelo
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What are the white wines of CVNE?

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Monopole: Viura, all stainless steel
Corona: 90% Viura, 10% Malvasia, semi-sweet, partially botrytized, aged in new american oak

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What is Real de Asua?

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  • Superlative bottling from CVNE commemorating the founders of the estate
  • Aged in 100% new french oak
  • 1st vintage 1994; not produced in all vintages
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  • What is Pagos de Viña Real?
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Pagos de Viña Real

  • Prestige cuvée of Viña Real
  • 100% Tempranillo from estate vineyards
  • 100% new french oak
  • 1st vintage 2001
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Pre 1981, how were the wines of Lopez de Heredia labeled in terms of vintage?

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  • They were labeled by time between harvest and bottling
  • e.g. Viña Bosconia 5 Ano.
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What are the vineyards of Lopez de Heredia?

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Viña Tondonia (100ha)
Viña Bosconia (15ha)
Viña Cubillo (60ha)
Viña Zaconia (60ha)

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What is the traditional label for Viña Tondonia Rosado?

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Viña Tondonia Rosado

  • Crianza, although it generallyagesat least10years
  • has been released as Gran Reserva on occasion
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What is the prime directive at Lopez de Heredia?

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Expression of site from year to year, to the extent of taking action to combat the vagaries of vintage in the cellar to preserve the style of each site.

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Lopez de Heredia

Current releases

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  • Tondonia Gran Reserva: 1994 (Rojo y Blanco), 2000 (Rosado)
  • Tondonia Reserva: 2003 (Rojo), 2001 (Blanco)
  • Bosconia Gran Reserva: 1995
  • Bosconia Reserva: 2004
  • Cubillo: 2007
  • Gravonia: 2005
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Who was the founder of Bodegas Muga, and where did they learn to make wine?

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  • Aurora Caño, with her husband Issac Muga in 1932
  • Her father was the cellarmaster at La Rioja Alta
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What is the hallmark of Muga?

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  • A commitment to oak, particularly from the1960’s on
  • *when oak was falling out of fashion**
  • There is also a richness and density to the wines on account of late picking
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Who owns La Rioja Alta?

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There are a number of stockholders, but the bulk of the company belongs to the original 5 families that founded it.

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Where do the names of the La Rioja Alta wines come from?

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Named for vineyards named for founding families:

  • Alberdi
  • Araña
  • Ardanza
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What other wineries does La Rioja Alta SA own?

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  • Lagar de Cervera (Rías Baixas)
  • Aster (Ribera del Duero)
  • Barón de Oña (Rioja)
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What is the alternative name for the Viña Ardanza vineyard?

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Finca La Cuesta (90ha)

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What is the alternative name for the Viña Arana vineyard?

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Finca Las Cuevas (76ha)

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What sales technique was La Rioja Alta a pioneer of?

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  • The special club (essentially a mailing list) called Club de Cosecheros
  • Enabled its members to purchase a cask of wine direct from the winery and have access for visits and dinners
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What is the difference between Gran Reservas 904 and 980?

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  • 904
    • Aged 4 years
    • Named for the year that La Rioja Alta merged with Bodegas Ardañza
    • Current release 2004
  • 890
    • Aged 6-8 years in barrel, plus 6 years in bottle
    • Not made every vintage
    • Named for the year the winery was founded
    • Current release 2001
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What is the difference between Roda I and Roda?; what is their classification?

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  • Roda (previous to 2001 sold as Roda !!)
    • youthful, fresh cherry plots
  • Roda I
    • darker, more mineral, plummy plots
  • ​*Both released as Reserva
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*Roda*: Traditional or Modern?
***Roda*** * **Modern** **- all French oak, 50% new** * **vinified plot by plot (bordelaise model)**
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What is *Cirsion*?
***Cirsion*** ## Footnote **A "concept wine" from *Roda* seeking silkiness and polymerization of tannin in the finished wine**
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How did Artadi begin?; what was the official name?
**Artadi** * **As a cooperative of young growers, named Consecheros Alaveses (all in Rioja Alavesa)** * **Founded by Juan Carlos López de Lacalle** * **Today. it's a private company**
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What is *El Sequé*?
***El Seque*** ## Footnote **Jumilla estate owned by López de Lacalle, Agapito Rico, and Jean-François Gadeau (winemaker at Artadi since the early 2000's)**
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Artadi: Wines
**Vino Joven: fresh, unoaked, carbonic Viñas de Gain: bread and butter, 100% Tempranillo, traditional Orobio: young vine tempranillo, half screwcap, half tank Pagos Viejos: A blend of the 3 old vine vineyards Grandes Añadas: A special blend made only in great vintages. Viña El Pison: López de Lacalle's estate vineyard, planted in 1945, bottled separately.**
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Artadi: Single Vineyard wines
* **El Pison (perennial)** * **EL Carretil** * **La Poza** * **Valdeparaíso** ## Footnote **1st vintage for the final three 2009 - also go into Pagos Viejos**
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Who are the two producers who claim to have been the first to produce wine under Bordelais methods, and when?
**Marqués de Riscal Marqués de Murrieta Early 1860's**
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Who planted the Marqués de Riscal's Cabernet, and when?
* **Jean Pineau of Château Lanessan, hired by the current Marqués, Camilo Hurtado de Amézaga** * **9,000 vines in 1860 (also included some Malbec, Merlot, and Pinot Noir)**
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What is 'Cuvée Médoc'?
**'Cuvée Médoc'** * **Bottling from** **Marqués de Riscal** * **60%+ Cab Sauv** * **Particularly successful in the early 20th century**; \***discontinued in the 1950's** * **1945** **is argued to be one of the greatest wines produced in Spain**
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What is *Barón de Chirel*?
***Barón de Chirel*** * **cuvée started in** **1986** **by** **Marqués de Riscal****, containing****15-20% Cab Sauv**
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Marqués de Riscal: Production
**Marqués de Riscal** * **At this point, over** **3 million bottles annually** **of the basic *Reserva*** * **less of *Gran Reserva* and *Barón de Chirel*** * **220 ha owned by the family, and 985 ha under contract**
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When was Marqués de Caceras founded, and by whom?; what is the structure of the winery?
**Marqués de Caceras** * **1960s****, by****Enrique Forner****, w/** **Emile Peynaud as consultant** * **1****st vintage was 1970, blended by Peynaud out of the coop cellars in Cenicero; r****eleased as Crianza in 1973 and immediately made them famous** * **They do not own any vineyards, but instead buy all grapes on a long term contract**
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What made Marqués de Caceras famous?
**Marqués de Caceras** * **Modern, innovative winemaking based around freshness of fruit**
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Marqués de Caceras Production
**Marqués de Caceras** * **10 million bottles out of 2,300ha worth of vines**
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Marqués de Caceras: Wines
**Blanco: Joven, Antea Barrica, Satinela Semidulce (all viura plus malvasia)** * *Rosado: * Crianza, Reserva, Gran Reserva*** **Gaudium: Prestige cuvee, 1st vintage 1994; released in 1996, 2001, 2004**
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What is unique about Bodegas Riojanas?
**Bodegas Riojanas** * **They only work with Estate Vineyards (300ha)**
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Bodegas Riojanas Wines
* **Monte Real** * **Viña Albina Gran Reserva**
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Marqués de Murrieta Foundation
* **1852 by Luciano Murrieta** * **1st of the modern Riojas**
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What is *Finca Ygay*?
***Finca Ygay*** * **Estate vineyard** **of** **Marqués de Murrieta** * **300 ha** **within** **Logroño****, accounting for all production**
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Marqués de Murrieta Wines
* ***Capellanía*** * **100% Viura, 18mos in barrel, current white in production (Castillo Ygay Blanco produced until the 1960's)** * ***Reserva*** * ***Castillo Ygay Reserva Especial*** * **Tempranillo plus Mazuelo**
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Where is Marques de Riscal?
**Marques de Riscal** * **Eltziego, in Alavesa**
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Name three producers from Haro.
* **HARO - La Rioja Alta, Lopez de Heredia, Cvne, Muga, Roda** * LOGROÑO - Artadi, Marques de Murrieta * FUENMAYOR -Bodegas LAN, Finca Lapiedra * CENICERO - Marques de Caceres * SAN VINCENTE DE LA SONSIERRA - Senorio de San Vincente, Hermanos Peciña * BRIONES - Finca Allende * LABASTIDA (ALAVESA) - La Granja Nuestra Señora de Remelluri * OYON (ALAVESA) - Bodegas el Coto
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Name two producres from Logroño.
* HARO - La Rioja Alta, Lopez de Heredia, Cvne, Muga, Roda * **LOGROÑO - Artadi, Marques de Murrieta** * FUENMAYOR -Bodegas LAN, Finca Lapiedra * CENICERO - Marques de Caceres * SAN VINCENTE DE LA SONSIERRA - Senorio de San Vincente, Hermanos Peciña * BRIONES - Finca Allende * LABASTIDA (ALAVESA) - La Granja Nuestra Señora de Remelluri * OYON (ALAVESA) - Bodegas el Coto
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Name two producers from Fuenmayor.
* HARO - La Rioja Alta, Lopez de Heredia, Cvne, Muga, Roda * LOGROÑO - Artadi, Marques de Murrieta * **FUENMAYOR -Bodegas LAN, Finca Lapiedra** * CENICERO - Marques de Caceres * SAN VINCENTE DE LA SONSIERRA - Senorio de San Vincente, Hermanos Peciña * BRIONES - Finca Allende * LABASTIDA (ALAVESA) - La Granja Nuestra Señora de Remelluri * OYON (ALAVESA) - Bodegas el Coto
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Name a producer from Cenicero.
* HARO - La Rioja Alta, Lopez de Heredia, Cvne, Muga, Roda * LOGROÑO - Artadi, Marques de Murrieta * FUENMAYOR -Bodegas LAN, Finca Lapiedra * **CENICERO - Marques de Caceres** * SAN VINCENTE DE LA SONSIERRA - Senorio de San Vincente, Hermanos Peciña * BRIONES - Finca Allende * LABASTIDA (ALAVESA) - La Granja Nuestra Señora de Remelluri * OYON (ALAVESA) - Bodegas el Coto
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Can you name two producers from San Vincente de la Sonsierra?
* HARO - La Rioja Alta, Lopez de Heredia, Cvne, Muga, Roda * LOGROÑO - Artadi, Marques de Murrieta * FUENMAYOR -Bodegas LAN, Finca Lapiedra * CENICERO - Marques de Caceres * **SAN VINCENTE DE LA SONSIERRA - Senorio de San Vincente, Hermanos Peciña** * BRIONES - Finca Allende * LABASTIDA (ALAVESA) - La Granja Nuestra Señora de Remelluri * OYON (ALAVESA) - Bodegas el Coto
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Can you name a producer from Briones?
* HARO - La Rioja Alta, Lopez de Heredia, Cvne, Muga, Roda * LOGROÑO - Artadi, Marques de Murrieta * FUENMAYOR -Bodegas LAN, Finca Lapiedra * CENICERO - Marques de Caceres * SAN VINCENTE DE LA SONSIERRA - Senorio de San Vincente, Hermanos Peciña * **BRIONES - Finca Allende** * LABASTIDA (ALAVESA) - La Granja Nuestra Señora de Remelluri * OYON (ALAVESA) - Bodegas el Coto
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Can you name a producer from Labastida (Alavesa)?
HARO - La Rioja Alta, Lopez de Heredia, Cvne, Muga, Roda LOGROÑO - Artadi, Marques de Murrieta FUENMAYOR -Bodegas LAN, Finca Lapiedra CENICERO - Marques de Caceres SAN VINCENTE DE LA SONSIERRA - Senorio de San Vincente, Hermanos Peciña BRIONES - Finca Allende **LABASTIDA (ALAVESA) - La Granja Nuestra Señora de Remelluri** OYON (ALAVESA) - Bodegas el Coto
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Can you name a producer from Oyon (Alavesa)?
* HARO - La Rioja Alta, Lopez de Heredia, Cvne, Muga, Roda * LOGROÑO - Artadi, Marques de Murrieta * FUENMAYOR -Bodegas LAN, Finca Lapiedra * CENICERO - Marques de Caceres * SAN VINCENTE DE LA SONSIERRA - Senorio de San Vincente, Hermanos Peciña * BRIONES - Finca Allende * LABASTIDA (ALAVESA) - La Granja Nuestra Señora de Remelluri * **OYON (ALAVESA) - Bodegas el Coto**
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In 2016 which producer left the Rioja DOCa?
**Bodegas Artadi**
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What mountain ranges bracket North Central Spain?
Pyranees (NE) Cantabrias (NW)
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What authonomías comprise North Central Spain?
Rioja, Navarra, Aragón
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What river runs through Rioja?
The Ebro River
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When was Rioja elevated to DOCa?
1991
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What is the varietal makeup of red Rioja?
**min. 85% Tempranillo**, plus Mazuelo, Garnacha, Graciano, and Maturana Tinta (since 2007); 95% if destemmed max 15% Monastel, Cab Sauv, or other "experimental grapes"
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What is the synonym for Mazuelo?
Carignan
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What is the varietal makeup of white Rioja?
Viura, Garnacha Blanca, Malvasía Riojano, Maturana Blanca, Tempranillo Blanca, Turruntés Verdejo, Chardonnay, and Sauvignon Blanc are permitted at max 49% of the blend
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What is the synonym for **Viura**?
**Macabeo**
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**Rosado Rioja** requires what % of red grapes?
**25%**
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Aging requirements for **Crianza (Rioja & Ribera del Duero)**?
**Whites**: 2 years, with 6mos in oak **Reds**: 2 years, with 1yr in oak
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Aging requirements for **Reserva (Rioja & Ribera del Duero)**?
**Whites**: 2 years, with 6mos in oak **Reds**: 3 years, with 1yr in oak
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Aging requirements for **Gran Reserva (Rioja & Ribera del Duero)**?
**Whites**: 4 years, with 6mos in oak **Reds**: 5 years, with 2yrs in oak and 3 in bottle
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What is the main product of **Rioja Alavesa**? Where is it?
The Northernmost zone, in Basque Country (North of the Ebro from Rioja Alta). Produces fresh, vino joven styled wines, often through carbonic maceration.
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What is the soil makeup of Rioja Alta?
Yellow calcareous clay (arcillo-calcareo) in the north Red, iron-rich clay (arcillo-ferroso) south of the Ebro
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What is the soil makeup of **Rioja Alavesa**?
Calcareous clay dominates in Alavesa (and all vineyards between the Cantabrias and the north bank of the Ebro)
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What is the soil makeup of **Rioja Baja**?
Alluvial soils and ferrous clay
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What protects **Rioja** from Atlantic winds?
**Sierra de Cantabria**
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What is the industrial capital of Rioja?
Logroño
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When, and by whom, was French oak introduced into Rioja?
Originally by Marqués de Riscal and Marqués de Murrieta in the 1850's/60's; in the modern period, in the 1970's, by the Marqués de Cáceras
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What size barrel is mandated for the aging of red Rioja wines?
225L (the size of a barrique)
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What is the capital of Rioja Alta?
Haro
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What is the capital of Rioja Baja?
Alfaro
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Where are the highest elevation vineyards in Rioja, and who farms them?
**Labastida**, in the northern end of Rioja Alavesa; they reach 700M. Farmed by **Remelluri**.
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What is the climatic difference between Rioja Alta and Alavesa?
Alavesa is directly protected by the Sierra Cantabria from Atlantic winds; it is slightly warmer, and more affected by the Mediterranean. The area from Alavesa to Sonsierra, while politically Rioja Alta, has more in common climatically with the rest of Alavesa.
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Major bodegas in Haro
Lopez de Heredia La Rioja Alta CVNE Muga Roda
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Major bodegas in Cenicero
Marques de Caceres Bodegas Riojanas Santa Daria (coop)
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Where is Marques de Murrieta?
Logroño
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Logroño is generally known as an industrial capital and not a hub for viticultue. What significant vineyard is the exception to this rule?
Finca Ygay (Marques de Murrieta)
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What are the permitted training methods of Rioja?
Cordon (single or double) En Vaso Vara y Pulgar Double Guyot (permitted for whites, excpet Viura, Malvasía, and Garnacha Blanca)
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Is chaptalization permitted in Rioja?
No
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Aging requirements for *Crianza* - Rioja & Ribera del Duero
*Crianza* - Rioja & Ribera del Duero * **Whites: 2 yrs, 6 mo oak** * **Reds: 2 yrs, 1 yr oak**
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Aging requirements for *Reserva* - Rioja & Ribera del Duero
*Reserva* - Rioja & Ribera del Duero * **Whites: 2 yrs, 6 mo oak** * **Reds: 3 yrs, 1 yr oak**
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Aging requirements for *Gran Reserva* - Rioja & Ribera del Duero
*Gran Reserva* - Rioja & Ribera del Duero * **Whites: 4 yrs, 6 mo oak** * **Reds: 5 yrs - 2 yrs oak, 3 yrs bottle**
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What is the soil makeup of **Rioja Alta**?
* **Yellow calcareous clay** (arcillo-calcareo) **in the north** * **Red, iron-rich clay** (arcillo-ferroso) **south of the Ebro**
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What is the soil makeup of **Rioja Alavesa**?
**Calcareous clay dominates in Alavesa (and all vineyards between the Cantabrias and the north bank of the Ebro)**
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What is the soil make up of **Rioja Oriental**?
**Alluvial soils and ferrous clay**
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What protects **Rioja** from Atlantic winds?
**Sierra de Cantabria**
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When, and by whom, was French oak introduced into Rioja?
* **Originally by Marqués de Riscal and Marqués de Murrieta in the 1850's/60's** * **In the modern period, in the 1970's, by the Marqués de Cáceras**
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What size barrel is mandated for the aging of red Rioja wines?
**225L (the size of a barrique)**
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What is the capital of **Rioja Alta**?
**Haro**
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What is the capital of **Rioja Baja**?
**Alfaro**
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What is the climatic difference between Rioja Alta and Alavesa?
* **Alavesa is directly protected by the Sierra Cantabria from Atlantic winds; it is slightly warmer, and more affected by the Mediterranean** * **The area from Alavesa to Sonsierra, while politically Rioja Alta, has more in common climatically with the rest of Alavesa**
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Major bodegas in Haro
* **Lopez de Heredia** * **La Rioja Alta** * **CVNE** * **Muga** * **Roda**
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Major bodegas in Cenicero
* **Marques de Caceres** * **Bodegas Riojanas** * **Santa Daria (coop)**
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Where is **Marques de Murrieta**?
**Logroño**
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Logroño is generally known as an industrial capital and not a hub for viticultue. What significant vineyard is the exception to this rule?
**Finca Ygay** (Marques de Murrieta)
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What are the permitted training methods of Rioja?
* **Cordon** (single or double) * **En Vaso** * **Vara y Pulgar** * **Double Guyot** (permitted for whites, excpet Viura, Malvasía, and Garnacha Blanca)
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Where in Rioja are ferrous clay soils commonly found?
**Rioja Baja**
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**Campo de Borja: Roble**
* **Aged in oak (max 600L)** * **Reds: 90 days** * **Whites: 45 days**

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