Spain Flashcards
Where is Abona D.O. and what styles of wines are produced here?
Abona is DO in the small semi-desert south of Tenerife Island in the Canary Islands.
Blanco, Tinto, Rosado, Vino de Licor, Vino Espumoso, Vino de Aguja Gasificado, and Vino de Dulce Clásicos are styles produced here.
What is Vino de Licor?
Spanish for Vin de Liqueur or a wine in which alcohol has been added to produce either a Mistela ( addition before fermentation), Vino Dulce Naturale (addition during), or Vino Generoso de Licor (after fermentation)
What is Vino de Aguja Gasificado?
Spanish term for semi-sparkling wine. Produced when must is allowed to ferment slightly before being transferred to a pressurized tank. Fermentation continues there and then wine is bottled under pressure. Wine is bottled with 1-2.5atm of pressure. Literally means “needle wine” and refers to the slight prickly sensation of the light effervescence.
Which white grape covers more acreage than any other in the world?
Airén
What adaptation of Albriño make it suitable to the particularly damp climate of Rias Baixas?
Thick skins which protect against splitting as a result of swelling of the grape following rain.
What are the grape requirements for white Ribera del Duero wine?
Min 75% Albillo Mayor
Where is the Alella DO and what is the principal grape and style here?
Near Barcelona in Catalunya.
Pansa Blanca (Xarel-lo) is the principal grape here and while the old style here was medium-sweet, cask-aged white wines, sparkling wines are most commonly made with Pansa Blanca along with Chardonnay and Chenin Blanc.
In what DOs is the Doble Pasta style produced? What does this style entail?
Mostly in Utiel Requena DO and Alicante DO though also traditionally produced in Jumilla, Yecla, and Manchuela.
Style of dark and concentrated wine produced by running off a proportion of fermenting must after two days and adding more crushed grapes to refill the vat.
The ration of skins to pulp is effectively doubled (hence the name) producing wine with a deep, black color and very high levels of tannin.
In what DO is Fondillón produced? What are the grape and aging requirements for this wine?
Alicante DO
100% Overripe Monastrell grapes
Min 10 years in wood prior to bottling and release.
Where is Almansa DO and what styles of wine are produced here?
Located in the eastern corner of Castilla-La Mancha, bordered by Manchuela to the north, Valencia to the east, and Jumilla and Yecla to the south.
Known for full-bodied sturdy reds from Monastrell and Garnacha Tintorera as well as Syrah. Blanco and Rosado are also produced here.
What are the 5 DOs of Andalucia?
Condado de Huelva DO Montilla-Morilles DO Malaga DO Sierras de Malaga DO Jerez-Xerez-Sherry DO
What are the 4 DOs of Aragon?
Somontano DO
Calatayud DO
Campo de Borja DO
Cariñena DO
What is the DO that was created in 2008 for the land between RIoja and Ribera del Duero located north of Ribera del Duero? Which of these is its climate most similar to?
Arlanza DO
Which DO shares the border with Porto DOP?
Arribes
What are 3 top producers of Rioja located in Basque Country?
Contino Remirez de Ganuza Artadi Contino Marques de Riscal
What are the 3 DOs of Basque Country from West to East?
Arabako Txakolina DO
Bizkaiko Txakolina DO
Getariako Txakolina DO
What is Trousseau known as in Galicia? Portugal?
Merenzao in Galicia; Bastardo in Portugal
What is the name of the river that bisects the Bierzo DO?
Sil
What are the top performing red and white grapes of Bierzo DO? What is the most prized soil types there?
Mencia for red wines and Godello for white wines
Slate and Granite are the prized soil types.
What is Spain’s second-most planted grape and where are most of the plantings of it?
Bobal
Mostly in the SE part of Spain where it is commonly used for the production of bulk wine.
What is the DO of Mustiguillo? What red grape are they known as a top producer of?
Utiel-Requena
Known for high quality Bobal
What are 4 DOs that produce the most Bobal-based red wines?
Utiel-Requena DO
Valencia DO
Manchuela DO
Ribera del Jucar DO
In Rioja, what can often be said about the blend in a wine by looking at the shape of the bottle?
Richer, Garnacha-based wines are usually bottled in Burgundy bottles.
Tempranillo-based wines meant for more long-term aging are often bottled in Bordeaux bottles.
What is the top red grape of Murcia? What are the three DOs of this autonomia?
Monastrell
Yecla DO
Jumilla DO
Bullas DO
What is the main red grape of Calatayud DO? What river flows through here?
Grenache; Jalon
What are the DOs of the Canary Islands from West to East?
El Hierro DO La Palma DO La Gomera DO Ycoden-Daute-Isora DO Abona DO Valle de la Orotava DO Valle de Guímar DO Tacorante Acentejo DO Gran Canaria DO Lanzarote DO
What are the 5 DOs of Tenerife?
Ycoden-Daute-Isora DO Valle de la Orotava DO Tacoronte-Acentejo DO Valle de Guímar DO Abona DO
What is the DO of Vino de Tea? What is it?
La Palma DO; wine that is made red or rosé in style from mostly Tinta Negra that is aged in Canary Pine (Tea) barrels giving the wine a resinous flavor.
What is Mazuelo?
Synonym for Carignan in Spain
What are the 8 Vino de Pagos of Castilla-La Mancha?
Dominio de Valdepusa Finca Élez Guijoso Dehesa del Carrizal Pago Florentino Campo de la Guardia Casa del Blanco Pago Calzadilla
What is the synonym for Tempranillo in Castilla-La Mancha?
Cencibel
What are the 8 DO of Castilla-La Mancha?
Almansa DO La Mancha DO Manchuela DO Méntrida DO Mondéjar DO Ribera del Jucar DO Uclés DO Valdepeñas DO
Marqués de Griñon is associated with what Vino de Pago?
Dominio de Valdepusa
Which mountain range influences the climate of Ribera del Duero DO?
Cordillera Cantabria
What is the synonym for Tempranillo in Castilla y Léon?
Tinta del País
Tinto Fino
Tinto Aragonés
Tinta de Toro
Cigales DO specializes in what style of rosé?
Rosado
What are the DOs of Castilla y Léon from west to east?
Arribes DO Bierzo DO Tierra del Vino de Zamora DO Tierra de Léon Toro DO Rueda DO Cigales DO Ribera del Duero DO Arlanza DO
What is Tempranillo called in Catlunya?
Ull de Llebre
What are the 10 DOs of Catalunya?
Alella DO Emporda DO Conca de Barbera DO Costers del Segre DO Montsant DO Penedes DO Pla de Bages DO Priorat DO Terra Alta DO Tarragona DO
What is the birthplace of Cava and who is considered the father of this style? When was this?
Sant Sadurni d’Anoia; José Raventos in the 1870s
What are the two largest Cava firms?
Freixenet
Codorníu
What is the main white grape of Cava? What are the others?
Macabeo usually makes up around 50% of the blend; Xarel-lo, Parelada are the other indigenous whites.
For what styles of Cava is the grape Trepat authorized?
Only rosé
What are the 9 grapes permitted for the production of Cava?
5 White: Macabeo Xarel-lo Parellada Chardonnay Malvazia
4 Red: Garnacha Monastrell Pinot Noir Trepat
What are the aging requirements for the 4 different levels of quality for Cava DO wines?
Cava: min 9 months on lees
Cava Reserva: min 15 months on lees
Cava Gran Reserva: min 30 months on lees
Cava de Paraje: min 36 months on lees
What is the max press yield for Cava wine?
100L per 150kg of grapes
What is the max yield of Cava vs Cava de Paraje?
12 tons/ha for Cava
8.8 tons/ha for Cava de Paraje
What are 5 requirements for Cava de Paraje?
Must be vintage dated
Must be Brut, Extra Brut, Brut Nature
Min 36 months on lees prior to disgorgement
No Acidification
Vines must be a minimum age of 10 years old.
What is the minimum vine age for Cava DO?
min 10 years
What is the Spanish synonym for Gobelet?
En Vaso / En Vas
Where is Cigales DO and what style is traditionally produced here?
North of Valladolid
Traditional style here is dry still rosé produced from old vine Tinto del Pais (Tempranillo) and Garnacha
Who produces “Milmanda” and “Grans Muralles” and what is the DO?
Miguel Torres
Conca de Barberá DO
Milmanda is a single vineyard barrel fermented Chardonnay.
Grans Muralles is a red blend of Garnacha, Cariñena, and Monastrell with indigenous grapes Garró and Querol
What is the name of Spain’s only appellation of origin for aromatized wine? What is it and where is it produced?
Vino Naranja del Condado de Huelva PGI
Produced within the same geographical boundaries of the Condado de Huelva DO. Vino Naranja is an aromatized wine that uses typically a base of either wine or mistelle produced from the native Zalema grape and fortified with a spirit macerated with dried bitter orange peels at 200g/L concentration for 6 months and then combined with the base and aged for 2 years in oak.
How many styles of wine are produced in Condado de Huelva DO and what are they?
4 Styles: Condado Palido (similar to Fino Sherry)
Condado Viejo (solera-aged rancio style similar to Oloroso Sherry)
Vino Naranja (aromatized wine)
Vino Joven (unfortified table wine)
Who makes up a DO’s Consejo Regulador?
Vine growers, wine producers, and merchants.
What is the top cooperative in Spain?
Martin Codax
What is the traditional glass for serving Sherry?
Copita
What is the Spanish term for “Vintage”?
Cosecha
The DO Costers del Segre is named after what tributary? What river is it a tributary of?
Segre
It is a tributary of the Ebro River
What is the DO of the Raimat vineyard?
Costers del Segre DO
What are the standard aging requirements in Spain for a wine labeled Crianza?
Red wines must be aged a minimum of 24 months including at least 6 months in oak.(330L Capacity)
White wines must be aged a minimum of 18 months with at least 6 months in oak. (330L Capacity)
What are the DOP aging requirements for Noble, Añejo, Viejo?
Noble: Min 18 months in a cask of less than 600L or bottle
Añejo: Min 24 months in a cask of less than 600L or bottle.
Viejo: Min 36 months and demonstrates marked oxidative character.
What does the term “Joven” indicate on a bottle of Spanish wine?
The wine is meant to be enjoyed young while its fresh and fruity. It is likely to have seen little to no aging in oak barrel.
In what year was Rioja granted DOCa status? Priorat?
Rioja in 1991
Priorat in 2002
What was the first DO established and when was this? When did it become DOCa?
Rioja in 1926; became a DOCa in 1991
What is Catalan for DOCa?
DOQ/Denominaciò d’Origen Qualificada
What is the DO of Tanajara and the top performing grape at this estate?
El Hierro DO (Canary Islands)
Baboso Negro/Alfrocheiro Preto
Which DO borders Banyuls at the border?
Empordà DO
What DO is home to Mas Estela, Masia Serra, and Mas Oller?
Empordà DO
What is the single DO of Extremadura?
Ribera del Guadiana DO
Manuel Manzaneque is associated most with what DO Pago? Where is this?
Finca Elez; located within La Mancha
As of 2019 what are the three new geographical indications for wine in Rioja?
Viñedo Singular
Vinos de Municipio
Vinos de Zona
What is the min % of red grapes used in the production of Rioja rosado?
min 25%
What are the min% of authorized red grapes used for the production of Rioja red wines?
Min 95% if destemmed; min 85% if whole-clusters are used.
What is the min abv for Rioja white and red wines for Reserva and Gran Reserva?
Whites require a min 11%
Reds require a min 12%
Is Chaptalization illegal in Rioja DOCa?
Yes!
What are the aging requirements for Rioja Vino Espumoso Calidad? Vino Espumoso Calidad Reserva? Vino Espumoso Calidad Gran Añada?
VEC: min 15 months on lees following tirage prior to disgorgement.
VEC Reserva: min 24 months on lees following tirage prior to disgorgement
VEC Gran Añada: min 36 months on lees following tirage prior to disgorgement
May Rioja Vino Espumoso Calidad Gran Añada be NV?
NO. This must always be from a single vintage.