Spain Flashcards
Except Catalunia, which autonomias can produce cava?
Aragón, Basque Country, Extremadura, La Rioja, Navarra, Valencia
There are 3 levels of aging requirement – which are they? And what is the color of the label associate to each of them? Finally, could you give 2 examples with their retail price of the longer aged?
Cava = 9 months min – yellow label
Reserva = 15 months min – green label
Gran Reserva = 30 months min – gold/brown label
Gran Reserva examples
• Gramona Gran Reserva III Lustros - $50
• Raventos I Blanc Gran Reserva De la Finca - $30
• Recaredo Gran Reserva Brut Nature - $35
The DOCa Rioja includes 3 subregions – for each of them, match the correct city, the correct autonomia, the main soil type, the main grape varieties and correct winery Region 1. Rioja Alevesa 2. Rioja Alta 3. Rioja Baja
Soils
- High proportion of alluvial and ferruginous clay, poorer in limestone
- High proportion of clay-limestone, low iron
- Mixed between clay-limestone in higher part, alluvial by the river, and in between higher proportion of ferruginous clay, sandstone clay and marl
City
- Elciego
- Alfaro
- Logrono
Main grape variety
- Almost a Tempranillo monoculture – 79%
- Garnacha dominant
- Tempranillo dominant
Winery
- Marques de Murrieta (Logrono)
- Marques de Riscal (Elciego)
- Palacios Remondo (Alfaro)
Autonomias
- Pais Vasco
- La Rioja
- La Rioja / Navarra
Rioja Alavesa = 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1
Rioja Alta = 2, 3, 3, 3, 1, 2
Rioja Baja = 3, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3
Give the 3 most important white wine DO in volume
- La Mancha – mostly bulk – 480 000 hl
- Rueda – 350 000 hl
- Rias Baixas – 150 000 hl
Rank the 5 sub-regions of Rias Baixas from the largest to the smallest in term of planted vineyards (surface in 2012), and give for each of them their soil type – for which region is it mandatory to blend Albarino and Treixadura is the mention of this sub-region appears on the label?
- Val do Salnes – 2,200 h with 5,418 separate parcels of vines (average size of the parcel = 0.15 ha) – alluvial over granite
- Condado do Tea – 1,100 ha – granite and slate
- O Rosal – 800 ha - alluvial over granite
- Ribeira do Ulla – less than 100 ha
- Soutomaior – less than 100 ha - alluvial over granite
Condado do Tea: min. 70% combined Albariño and Treixadura
Which island of the Canarias is considered regarding its climatology as a desert? What are the cultivation techniques used to grow grapes? What is the main region of production of wines on this island?
Lanzarote. The Lanzarotenos dug more than 10,000 funnel-shaped hollows into the thick layers of picón (coarse volcanic ashes), planted the vines, only one vine per hollow, filled them with soil and poured thick layers of picón over it, as the porous volcanic granules ideally retain the night humidity to feed the plants. In order to protect them from the constant winds and drying out, they built low, semicircular walls around them. This lapilli layer or picón covering the topsoil in the vineyard facilitates the rapid filtration of the rain, avoiding the evaporation of the topsoil and maintaining constant soil temperature (thermo-regulator effect).
There is no phylloxera on the island so everything is ungrafted. All the cultivation and harvest work need to be made by hand.
The main region is the Geria valley.
What are the 4 recommended grapes for Rias Baixas? What % does Albarino represent in term of total planting?
Albarino, Loureiro, Treixadura, Caino Blanca
96%
Which Spanish DO has the highest elevation average in Europe to grow red grapes? What is its classification on the Winkler Scale? What is the most planted variety of that region? In which provincias is this DO located?
Ribera del Duero – I on the Winkler Scale
Tinto Fino – which has very different expressions than Rioja for example, because of this specific meso-climate (summers are short and hot with temperatures ranging from 50 to 60 °F (10 to 15.5 °C) at night to over 100 °F (38 °C) during the day. Rapid daily temperature changes during the growing season facilitate healthy ripening of the grapes by day, and promote preservation of acid while good alcoholic degrees, and thicker skin with more phénols and colors.)
East = Soria – the coolest, highest, most isolated part South = Segovia North = Burgos – the heart of the region, the hottest West = Valladolid
Give a translation for these Spanish terms • Arenas • Arcilla • Franco • Albariza
- Arenas = Sand
- Arcilla = Clay
- Franco = Silt
- Albariza = Chalk
Type of soils of priorat
LLicorella, which is a type of Slate with Quartz
Give for each wine its DOP of production, its producer / owner and the grape varieties • Numanthia • Aalto • Ultreia de Valtuille • Les Manyes
- Numanthia – Toro, LVMH, 100% Tinta del Toro
- Aalto – Ribera del Duero, Mariano García and Javier Zaccagnini, 100% Tinto Fino
- Ultreia de Valtuille – Bierzo, Raul Perez, 100% Mencia
- Les Manyes – Priorat, Terroir al Limit / Dominik Hubert, 100% Garnacha
What are the 3 DO of Murcia?
- Bullas
- Yeclas
- Jumilla
What is the official terminology for a manzanilla “amontillado”? what is the min and max %?
• Manzanilla Passada – 16 to 22%
Who is the oldest DO Pago? The most recent? Where are they located?
Dominio de Valdepusa, 2003, Castilla la Mancha
Chozas Carrascal, 2012, Valenciana (Utiel-Requena)
Give all the DOP, from west to east, that are banked by or through which the Duero River runs – give the type of wines they produce
- Arribes – Blanco, Rosado, Tinto
- Tierra del Vino de Zamora – Blanco, Rosato, Clarete and Tinto
- Toro – Blanco, Rosado, Tinto
- Rueda – Blanco, Varietal Verdejo / Sauvignon, Rosato, Tinto, Espumoso, Rueda Dorado
- Ribera del Duero – Rosato, Tinto
