Southern Spain Flashcards
1
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Valencia DOs
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Valencia DO
Utiel-Requen DO
Alicante DO
2
Q
Valencia DO Grapes/Style
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- White: Merseguera
- Red: Monastrell
- Moscatel de Valencia (fortified sweet white from Muscat of Alexandia)
3
Q
Utiel-Requen DO Grapes/Style
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- Bobal grape
- Doble Pasta :maceration/fermented twice the amount of skins
4
Q
Alicante DO Grapes/Style
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- oxidative Monastrell based dessert wine called Fondillón
- aged minimum 10 years
- not fortified/doesn’t carry flavor of wood
5
Q
Murcia DOs
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Jumilla DO
YeclaDO
Bullas DO
6
Q
Jumilla Historical Facts
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-resisted philloera until 1980s [forced replanting/switch to quality grapes
7
Q
Jumilla/Yecla/Bullas/DO Grapes
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-Monastrell based reds/rosado’s mainly
8
Q
Castilla-La Mancha DOs
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La Mancha DO Mentrida DO Almansa DO Machela DO Valdepenas DO Vinos De Madrid DO
9
Q
La Mancha DO Climate/Overview
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- largest DO in Europe
- hot/dry environment
10
Q
La Mancha DO Grapes/Style
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- Airen most planted [much for distillation however]
- Tempranillo (“Cencibel”)
- modern technology + international plantings = great value reds on rise
11
Q
Mentrinda DO Info/Style
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- Marqués de Griñon estate started trend of planting international varieties [and became DO Pago]
- now many DO Pagos chasing this trend / very modern winemaking
12
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Mentrinda Famous DO Pagos
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- DO Pago Dominio de Valdepusa (Marques de Griñon)
- DO Pago Finca Élez
13
Q
Almansa DO Grapes
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-Bobal
14
Q
Machela DO Grapes
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-Garnacha Tintorera (teinturier grape) grape
15
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Valdepenas DO Grapes
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- Airen
- Cencibel(Tempranillo)
