Rioja Flashcards
Name the subzones of Rioja
Rioja Alta
Rioja Oriental
Rioja Alavesa
Min aging for Rioja reserva Tinto?
Min 3 years
incl. 1 yr in oak
Incl 6 months in BTL
Aging for Rioja gran riserva
Min 60 months
Incl 2 years in oak
Incl 2 years in BTL
Aging requirement for sparkling wine of Rioja
Espumosa calidad= 15 months
Espumosa reserva= 24 months
Espum gran reserva= 36 months
Style of wine produced in Rioja
Vino espumosa calidad
Blanco
Rosado
Tinto
Authorised white grapes in Rioja
Principal: viura/chard/sb/turruntes
2nd: Malvasia/garnacha b/temp b/maturana
Difference between aging Rioja crianza and reserva White.
Both 2 years incl 6 months in oak.
Crianza remain in BTL/oak/stainless steel
Reserva remain in BTL/oak
New name of Rioja Baja?
Rioja oriental
When did Rioja got the DOC a
1991
Who owns the following vineyard
Viña Tondoñia
Viña cubillas
Viña zaconia
Bodegas lópez de Heredia
Is lópez de Heredia a traditionalist or modernist?
Traditionalist.
Ages their wine extensively in old American oak
Where is bodegas Muga located?
Rioja Alta set up in 1932
Where is the Ygay vineyard?
Rioja Alta
Owned by Marquez de Murrieta
what wine style is Rioja DOCa producing?
Vino espumoso Calidad
Blanco
Rosado
Tinto
main grape varietals for Rioja White?
Viura
Chardonnay
SB
Turruntés