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Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary Flashcards

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Slovenia appellations

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PDO = ZOP (most of production)
PGI = ZGI (not commonly used)
Namizmo = table wine

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Slovenia’s 3 big regions

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  1. Primorska (Primorje; borders Friuli)
  2. Podravje (NE; most plantings)
  3. Posavje (SE; borders Croatia’s inland)
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Primorska subregions

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  1. Goriska Brda (Collio Goriziano)
  2. Kras (Carso)
  3. Slovenska Istra
  4. Vipava Valley
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Primorska climate

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Mild Mediterranean - similar to Friuli
* Adriatic Sea + Julian Alps
* the rest of Slovenia is generally continental

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Movia

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Goriska Brda (and Collio)
* Rebula, Chard, SB, PN, Cab

Puro: unfined, unfiltered sparkling Rebula

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Goriška Brda

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Primorska, Slovenia
* contiguous with Collio (Goriziano)
* Brda = hills
* Mild Med - moderated by Adriatic Sea, Julian Alps
* Ponca soils - marl with pockets of sandstone and clay
* Rebula… and Chard, Sauv Blanc, Sivi Pinot (PG), Merlot, PN

Movia, Marjan Simcic

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Sivi Pinot

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Pinot Grigio

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Kras

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Primorska, Slovenia
* contiguous with Carso
* like Friuili: ponca soils, Med climate influenced by Julian Alps + Adriatic Sea
** Bura Wind: cold northeasterly
* Karst Plateau: high rocky limestone outcrop
Main grape = Teran (Refosco)
Edi Kante

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Wind that affects Primorska

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Bura (Bora) - cold northeasterly wind off the Adriatic (particularly Kras)

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Teran

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Kras name for Refosco

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Vipava Valley

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Primorska, Slovenia

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Slovenia’s largest region for production?

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Podravje: NE, 9000ha of ~21kha total

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Podravje

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NE Slovenia. Largest production growing region. Continental.
95% of production –> white wine
1. Stajerska Slovenija (Syrian Slovenia)
2. Prekmurje
* Laski Rizling (welsch) is most planted.. workhorse. For quality, Gewurz, Riesling, SB, CH

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Diseci Traminer

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Slovenia for Gewurztraminer

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Renski Rizling, Laski Rizling

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Slovenia for Riesling and Welschriesling

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Slovenian region that borders inland Croatia?

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Posavje

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Posavje

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Borders inland Croatia
* Bizeljsko Sremic: sparkling wine
* Bela Krajin: sweet Rumeni Musckat
* Cviček: tart red/white blend
* continental climate

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Štajerska Slovenija

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“Styrian Slovenia”, Posavje
* cool continental
* Lazki Rizling (Welsch), Šipon (furmint), SB

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Šipon

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Slovenia for Furmint

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Rumeni Muskat

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Rumeni = Muskat
Štajerska Slovenija’s Bela Krajin & Brda Goriska

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Croatia’s main mountain range

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Dinaric Alps - splits Croatia into western/coastal and eastern/inland areas

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Croatia’s main white grapes

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  • Graševina (Welschriesling): Croatia’s most planted grape
  • Malvazija Istarska
  • Pošip: from island of Korčula
  • Grk: Exclusively found on Korčula, this grape creates high-acid, bone-dry whites
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Frankovka

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Croatia for Blaufrankisch

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Croatia’s main red grapes

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  • Teran (Refosco): mainly Istria
  • Babic
  • Plavic Mali (related to Zin)
  • Frankovka
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regions of Continental Croatia?

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Slavonia and the Danube
Croatian Uplands (1/5th of vineyard)

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regions of Coastal Croatia

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Istria: Malvazija, Teran
Kvarner: sparkling wine
Dalmatia: reds dominate; Plavac Mali, Babić, Posip, Grk

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traditional sweet wine of Dalmatia

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Prošek
* dried grape wine from Dalmatia, Croatia
* typically.. Bogdanuša, Maraština, and/or Vugava. Some versions are those + Plavac Mali

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Mátra

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Hungary’s 2nd largest PDO (behind Pannon, ahead of Tokaj)
* 70% of production is white.. Szürkebarát (PG), Olaszrizling (Welsch), Hárslevelű
* Kekfrankos, Turan, Pinot
* Temperate continental, protected by Matra Range
* Volcanic soils

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Villány

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Hungary (Transdanubia)
* southernmost Hungarian region
* Cabernet Franc = flagship variety
BDX’s: Cab Sauv, Franc, Merlot
* sub-Med climate; Ördögkatlan = Devil’s Punchbowl

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Szürkebarát

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“grey monk”
Hungary; Pinot Gris

30
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Hungary’s biggest lake?

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Lake Balaton
(Badascony is by it)

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Tokaj rivers

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Tisza x Bodrog Rivers

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Tokay Classification

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1700 or 1730 for 1st demarcation by Prince Rákóczy; legally recognized in 1772
* the 1772 classification is the one used today
*1st, 2nd, 3rd rankings for villages/vineyards

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Tokaj climate

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Warm, dry continental
* Zemplen Hills (part of Carpathian Mountains) shelter.. most vineyards on S/SE/SW slopes
* warm air from the Great Hungarian Plain

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Tokaj soils

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volcanics, loess & clay
(from Zemplen Mtns eruptions. Tokaj sits on ~400 extinct volcano)

35
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Tokaj Great First Growths

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MÉZES MÁLY (“honey pot”; Tarcal)
SZARVAS (Tarcal)

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Tokaj oak

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Sessile oak from the Zemplen Hills
* Gönci Barrels: 136L; historically used for fermentation/aging

** Szerednyei barrel: 220L; widely used in the region

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Tokaj grapes (6)

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Furmint, Hárslevelu
* Sàrgamuskotàly (aka Yellow Muscat, MPG), Zéta, Kabar, Koverszolo = allowed, used in small quantities

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Aszú

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Botrytised grapes with high sugar content

(OG definition referred to just desiccated grapes but the term evolved)

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3 Tokaj producers

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  • Royal Tokay Company (Hugh Johnson small investor)
  • Oremus (Vega Sicilia)
  • Disznoko (AXA Millesimes)
  • Kiralyudvar (Anthony Huang aka Huet)
  • Grand Tokaj (Hungarian state)
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Tokaj Renaissance

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Producer’s association est 1995
* promotes sweet and dry wines of Tokaj and upholds the classification

41
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Circle of Mad

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Tokaj growers organization in the village of Mad
* promotes dry styles
* sets strict quality requirements for participation

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Puttony

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Traditional wooden basket for carrying/measuring harvested Tokaj grapes
** Holds ~25kg

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How is Aszú made

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  1. Aszu must settles/ Free run is collected for Esszencia. After, Aszú is trampled into dough/paste
  2. Puttony of Aszú paste is mixed with Gönci barrels of non-Aszú base wine.
    * Aszú puttony to gönci ratio determines sweetness
  3. Ages in barrel for time pending style
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Gönc

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Barrel for Tokaj base wine - 136L

45
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Tokaj aging requirements

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Aszú: release from January 1 of 3rd year after harvest, includes 18 months in barrel

Szamorodni, Máslás and Fordítás: min 6 months in barrel

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Esszencia

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Free run of Aszú must - collected before Aszú is mashed into paste
* min 450gl RS
* 1.2 - 8% ABV
* 1st mention in 1707

47
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L of finished Tokaj to KG of grapes - max production?

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220L per 100kg of Aszú paste/must

48
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When did the Puttonyos categories get nixed?

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2013

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Szamorondi

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“as it comes” Tokaj - the main style historically. Aszú evolved from this style in response to market expectations
* Aszú and non-Aszú grapes in the same bunch used… as is
* min. 6 months in cask
* édes (sweet - min 45gl) or Száras (dry, 9gl)

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Fordítás

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Tokaj ripasso? Refementing wine on pressed paste to get out every bit of usefulness
* min 9% ABV/45 gl RS

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Máslás

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Tokaj base wine refermented with spent lees
* min 45gl RS / 9% ABV

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Late harvest Tokaj

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Késói Szüret
overripe with possibly some botrytis - min 45gl RS

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Min. RS for Tokaj labelled 3, 4 or 5 Puttonyos

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120gl RS

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Min. RS for Tokaj labelled 6 puttonyos

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150 gl RS

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Aszú-Esszencia

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A stepping stone between 6 puttonyos and esszencia
* typically equivalent to 7 or 8 puttonyos
* min 180 gl RS
*abolished as a category with 2013 update

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Bikavér

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  1. Eger: 30 - 50% Kekfrankos, 5 - 50% at least 3 other varieties incl…. Kardaka, Merlot, Cab Sauv, Cab Franc, Kekoporto
  2. Szekzsárd: min. 45% Kekfrankos, 5% Kadarka. Cab Franc, Cab Sauv, Merlot, Kekoporto etc can be blended

aka “Bull’s Blood” rebranded

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Nagy Eged Hill

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Highest point for Hungarian viticulture @ ~500M - Eger

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Eger’s mountain range

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Bükk Mountains

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Szekszard

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Transdanubia, Hungary
* Kekfrankos, Kadarka stonghold
* testa rossa soils… iron-rich red clay

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Pezsgő

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Hungarian sparkling wine
(directly translates to Champagne)

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Tokaj’s 1st Pezsgő

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Királyudvar, 2007

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Tokaj villages with 1st class vineyards

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Tarcal (14)
Tállya (8)
Tokaj (7)
Mád (6)

63
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Olasz

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Hungarian for Italian

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3 main Hungarian regions for red wine production?

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Eger (5500ha)
Villàny (2450ha)
Szekszàrd (2300ha)

65
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Hungarian Oak forests

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Mecsek: S Hungary, surrounds Villány & Skekszard. Quercus Robur, Petrae

Zemplén: best oak; NE in volcanic hills around Tokaj.

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What is Szürkebarát? Name a region where this is the most planted grape.

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Pinot Gris
Mátras - 2nd largest Hungarian region

67
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What is the flagship variety of Villány?

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Cabernet Franc

68
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What is the flagship variety of Szekszárd?

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Kadarka

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What is the flagship variety of Sopron?

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Kékfrankos

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