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Southern Spain Flashcards

1
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Name the 6 autonomias of southern Spain.

A
  • Murcia
  • Valencia
  • Castilla-La-Mancha
  • Madrid
  • Extramadura
  • Andalucia
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What is Spain’s 3rd largest city?

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Valencia

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3
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What are the main white grape varietals of Valencia DO?

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Recommended:
Macabeo
Malvasia
Merseguera*
Moscatel de Alejandria
Pedro Ximenez
Planta Fina de Pedralba
Chardonnay
Authorized:
Planta Nova
Tortosi
Verdil
Semillon
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4
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What are the main red grape varietals of Valencia DO?

A 
Recommended:
Garnacha
Tempranillo
Monastrell
Tintorera
Cabernet Sauvignon
Merlot

Authorized:
Bobal
Pinot Noir
Forcayat

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5
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What are the 2 DOs located within the Valencia DO?

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Alicante DO- dessert wines

Utiel-Requena- “Doble Pasta”

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6
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What is “Doble Pasta”?

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  • a traditional style of Utiel-Requena
  • Doble Pasta wines are fermented and macerated with twice the normal amount of grape skins and pulp
  • intense concentration, tannin and color
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7
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What grape is used to make the Utiel-Requena DO red wines?

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Bobal

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8
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What is “Fondillon”?

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  • A dessert style, oxidative dessert wine produced from overripe Monastrell grapes. Aged for a min. 10 years.
  • local specialty of Alicante DO
  • unlike Sherry it is not fortified and does not carry the flavor of wood
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9
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What are the 3 DO zones of Murcia, the southern autonomia in the Levant?

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  • Jumilla DO
  • Yecla DO
  • Bullas DO
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10
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Until when did the sandy soils of Jumilla resist phylloxera?

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Until the 1980s

-nearly 100 years after he bug entered Spain

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11
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What is the main grape of Jumilla, occupying 80% of the region’s vineyards?

A

Monastrell (Mourvedre)

-Garnacha, Petit Verdot, and other grapes may be used for blending

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12
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What is Europe’s largest demarcated region?

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La Mancha DO

-within the Castilla-La Mancha DO

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13
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Whose silhouette adorns the logo of the La Mancha DO Consejor Regulador?

A

Don Quixote

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14
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What are the 2 principle grapes of La Mancha?

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  • Cencibel (Tempranillo)

- Airen

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15
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True of False:

Airen claims more acreage than any other white grape in the world.

A

True

  • Due to its vast tracts of low density plantings in La Mancha
  • typically used for distillation
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16
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What DO is the Marques de Grignon estate located in?

A

Mentrida DO

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17
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What 4 international grape varieties were planted at the Marques de Grignon estate?

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  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Petit Verdot
  • Syrah
  • Merlot
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18
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True or False:

Marques de Grinon adopted the illegal practice of drip irrigation.

A

True

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19
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What estate appellation was Marques de Grignon awarded with in 2003?

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DO Pago Dominio de Valdepusa

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20
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Name 7 DO Pago of La Mancha

A 
Finca Elez-2003
Guijoso-2005
Dehesa del Carrizal-2006
Campode La Guardia-2009
Florentino-2009
Casa La Blanca-2010
Calzadilla-2011
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21
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True or False:

Michel Rolland and his mentor Emile Peynaud are involved with the Marques de Grignon Estate.

A

True

-positioning itself at the top of Spain’s quality ladder

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22
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North of La Mancha, the Mondèjar DO permits wines of all 3 colors from what 4 grapes?

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  • Cencibel
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Macabeo
  • Malvar
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23
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What are the 3 areas of production for the Vinos de Madrid DO?

A

San Martin de Valdeiglesias
Navalcanero
Arganda

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24
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What 4 grapes are widely planted in the Vinos de Madrid DO?

A

Airen
Malvar
Tinto Fino (Tempranillo)
Negra de Madrid (Garnacha)

25
Q

What is Negra de Madrid?

A

Garnacha

26
Q

What is the sole DO zone of the Extramadura autonomia?

A

Ribera del Guadiana DO

27
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What are the 6 subregions of Ribera del Guadiana DO?

A
  • Ribera Alta de Guadiana
  • Ribera Baja de Guadiana
  • Mantanegra
  • Lañamero
  • Montanchez
  • Tierra de Barros*
28
Q

Tierra do Barros encompasses nearly ____% of the Ribera del Guadiana DO?

A

80%

29
Q

True or False:

Jamon Serrano and Jamon Iberico are fram the region of Ribera del Guiadiana.

A

True

30
Q

Who is the only producer of Cava in southwestern Spain?

A

Bodegas Inviosa

-a longstanding and key proponent of the wines of Tierra do Barros in the Ribera del Guadiana DO

31
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Name the 6 DO zones of Andalucia.

A
  • Malaga
  • Sierras de Malaga
  • Montilla-Moriles
  • Condado de Huelva
  • Jerez-Xeres-Sherry
  • Mananilla Sanlucar de Barrameda
32
Q

Who transformed Andalucia,or Al-Andalus into a hub of Mediterranean trade?

A

The Moors

-conquest of 711

33
Q

What was the city of Jerez de la Frontera known as in Arabic?

A

“Sherish”

-key to the prosecuted case in more recent times contesting the British use of the term Sherry.

34
Q

What is “sack”?

A

What the wines of Jerez were known as by English speakers.

35
Q

What 3 British firms arrived in the 17th and 18th centuries to found Bodegas?

A

Osbourne
Garvey
John Harvey (Now Domecq)

36
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What 2 things in the late 1800s curtailed the sherry industry?

A
  • the arrival of phylloxera in 1894

- the rise in production of “sherry” styles in Europe

37
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In what year did Jerez attain DO status?

A

1933

38
Q

What are the 2 DO zones for Sherry production?

A

Jeres-Xerez-Sherry

Manzanilla-Sanlucar de Barrameda

39
Q

What 3 towns form the “golden triangle” of sherry production?

A

Jeres de la Frontera
Sanlucar de Barrameda
El Puerto de Santa Maria

40
Q

Name 3 Authorized grapes for sherry production in order of importance.

A
  • Palomino
  • Pedro Ximenez
  • Moscatel
41
Q

What is Listan?

A

Palomino

42
Q

What type of soil does Listan thrive in?

A

the white “albariza” soils of the region

-chalk

43
Q

What type of soil is in the lower lying vineyards of Jerez?

A

“barros”

-clay

44
Q

What are the sandy soils of the coastal vineyards called?

A

“arenas”

-suitable for the Moscatel grape

45
Q

To what style of Sherry did Montilla-Morilles DO lend its name?

A

“amontiallado”

-although it is barred from using the term on its labels in other EU countries

46
Q

What is the main grape of the Montilla-Morilles DO?

A

Pedro Ximenez (PX)

47
Q

What type of wines are produced in the Montilla-Morilles DO?

A

wine in the style of sherry-fino, oloroso, amontillado- are produced in fortified and unfortified versions

48
Q

What DO is directly south of Montillo-Morilles?

A

the coastal Malaga DO

49
Q

True or False:
Malaga suffers from lowered international interest in both fortified and sweet wines which are the specialties of the zone

A

True

50
Q

What are the 2 principle grapes of Malaga DO?

A

Moscatel

Pedro Ximenez

51
Q

What is the ‘soleo’ process?

A
  • grapes are dried for a period of up to 20 days on esparto grass mats prior to fermentation
  • classicin Malaga
52
Q

What are the 5 age categories for Malaga?

A
  • Malaga Palido: max. 6 mos. oak aging
  • Malaga: 6-24 mos. oak aging
  • Malaga Noble:2-3 years
  • Malaga Añejo: 3-5 years
  • Malaga Transañejo: min. 5 years
53
Q

What are the table wines of Malaga released under?

A

Sierras de Malaga DO

54
Q

What 5 DO zones of the Canary Islands cover an entire island?

A
  • La Palma DO
  • El Hierro DO
  • Gran Canaria DO
  • La Gomera DO
  • Lanzarote DO
55
Q

The other 5 DOs of the Canary Islands that do not cover an entire island are located on the island of_______.

A

Tenerife

56
Q

True or False:

Phylloxera never reached the Canary Islands.

A

True

57
Q

What are the 4 main red grapes of the Canary Islands?

A

Listan Negro
Negramoll (Tinta Negra)
Malvasia Rosada
Listan Preto (Misson)

58
Q

Name the 5 main white grapes of the Canary Islands.

A 
Malvasia
Gual
Forastera Blanca
Moscatel
Listan Blanco (Palomino)

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