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Main Spanish varieties

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Tempranillo
Garnacha
Cariñena
Monastrell

Viura (Macabeo)
Xarell-lo
Parellada
Verdejo
Albariño

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6 quality level of Spanish wine

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Vino de Espagna ( table wine )

Vino de la tierra ( IGP, table wine from a specific region , min 60% )

Vino de calidad con indication geografica (VCIG, must wait at this level for 5 years to become DO)

Denomination de origin protegita (DO, must wait 10 years to become DOCa)

Denomination de origen calificada (DOCa / DOCQ in Catalan)

Vinos de Pagos (particularly high quality estate wine)

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Spain general Aging requirement for reds

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Joven: no cask aging required

Crianza: min 2 years in total / 6 months in oak

Reserva :min 3 years in total / 1 year in oak

Gran reserva: min 5 years in total 18 months in oak

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Aging requirements for white and rosado

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Joven: no aging required

Crianza: 6 months in oak / 18 months in total

Reserva: 6 months in oak / 2 years in total

Gran reserva: 6 months in oak / 4 years in total

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3 subregions of Rioja

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Rioja Alta / Rioja Alavesa / Rioja Oriental (Baja)

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Rioja is named after what river?

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Oja river

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Climatic influences in Rioja

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Cantabrian Mountains to the northwest / Pyrenees to the north east

RAINSHADOW effect

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Main red grape varieties in Rioja

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Tempranillo
Garnacha
Graziano
Manzuelo (Carineña)
Maturana Tinta (since 2007)
(Must comprise 85% of the blend )

+ Cabernet Sauvignon

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Main white varieties In Rioja

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Viura (Macabeo)
Garnacha Blanca
Malvasia riojano
Maturana Blanca
(Min 50%)

+ Chardonnay, Tempranillo blanco, turruntes, Sauvignon blanc, Verdejo

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Rioja aging requirement (Reds)

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Generico: none or less then 15 months

Crianza: min 2 years ( 1 in oak)

Reserva: min 3 years (1 oak / 6m bottle)

Gran reserva: min 5 years (2 oak / 2 years bottle)

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Rioja aging requirements (White/Rosado)

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Crianza: 1 year ( 6 months in oak)

Reserva: 2 year (6 months in oak)

Gran Reserva: 4 years (6 months oak / 2 years bottle)

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Aging requirement for sparkling in Rioja

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Espumoso de calidad: 2 years on lees

Gran Anada: 3 years on the lees

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Rioja Alavesa

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Smallest / northernmost
Tempranillo
Vino Joven / for early consumption
Carbonic maceration may be employed
High proportion of calcareous clay
Adds freshness to the blend

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Rioja Alta

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Rioja Alta

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Same soils as Alavesa
South-western zone / slightly warmer
Capable of producing classic age worthy red wines
Add acidity to Rioja blends

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Rioja Oriental

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Hottest subregion
Alluvial soils + ferrous clay
Adds alcoholic warmth and extract to Rioja blends

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Navarra

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Adjacent to the northern and eastern border of Rioja
Famous for Rosado (today 30% of production)
Main grape varieties: Garnacha, Tempranillo, Chardonnay
+ Merlot, Pinot Noir, Cab Sauvignon

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Navarra subzones

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Valdizarbe
Baja Montaña
Tierra Estella
Ribera Alta - center
Ribera Baja - south (hot)

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Catalayud DO

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Garnacha dominates

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Cariñena DO

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Ancestral home of Carignan (Manzuelo)

One of Spain long lasting delimited zones (1932)

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Somontano DO

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At the foothills of the Pyrenees
Sandy soils / continental climate
High diurnal shift
Only region where Moristel is grown
Local grapes: Alcalon , Parraleta + Spanish and international varieties

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Rias Baixas

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Extreme northwest / adjacent Portugal
Atlantic coast
Province of Galicia
Lower temperatures = high acid content

Albariño / loureiro / Treixadua / Mencia (red)

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Subzones Rias Baixas

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Val do Salnes
Contado do Tea
O Rosal
Soutomaior
Rebera do Ulla

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Albariño profile

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Stone fruit / citrus / minerality
No malolactic / high acidity
Best drunk young / within 3 years

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Castilla La Mancha

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Hot and dry / central Spain
Quantity rather than quality
Largest DOP in Europe / produce 1/3 of spains production
Airen: most planted grape , mostly used for Brandy and industrial alcohol

Cencibel ( Tempranillo) + cab sav, Merlot, Garnacha, Pinot noir

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Jumilla

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Murcia / between la mancha and Alicante
Monastrell / high alcohol / good quality

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Toro

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Astride river Duero / west of rueda
Mainly reds from Garnacha
Tinta de Toro ( Tempranillo)
Whites: Verdejo / Malvasia

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Ribera del Duero climate/ geography

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700-800m altitude
Duero river valley
Hot summers / cold winters

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Synonym for Tempranillo in Ribera del Duero

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Tinto de Pais / tinto fino

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Main grape varieties in Ribera del Duero

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Tempranillo + garnacha, cab sav, merlot

Albillo mayor

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Aging requirements in Ribera del Duero:

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Crianza: 2 years / 1 year in oak

Reserva: 3 years / 1 year in oak

G reserva: 5 years / 2 years in oak

Roble: 3 months in oak

Joven: less than 3 months in oak

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Ribera del Duero most famous wine

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Vega Sicilia

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Rueda climate / location

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West of Ribera del duero
Similar climate / 730m altitude

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Rueda main variety

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Main region for Verdejo

+ viura , Sauvignon blanc

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Rueda is a DO since…

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1980

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Profile of Verdejo

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Delicate, aromatic, no oxidative style like in the past

37
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Priorat

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2nd DOCa in Spain (DOQ in Catalan)

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Soils of Priorat

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Slate soils = Llicorellia
Black slate + quarzite

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Priorat red varieties + style

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Garnacha + cariñena + (cab sav, Merlot, Syrah, Tempranillo)

Powerful , dark, high alcohol, expensive , high quality

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Quality hierarchy in Priorat:

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Priorat DOQ

Priorat Vi de Villa DOQ / vino de pueblo = village wine category

Priorat vi de paratge DOQ = from 1 of the 459 lieu-dits

Priorat vina classificada DOQ = premier cru / single vineyard

Priorat Gran vina classificada DOQ = grand cru / single vineyards

Old vines = min 75 years

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Penedes location

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Northeast of terragona / Catalan coast

42
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3 district of penedes

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Baix-penedes = garnacha / monastrell (up to 250m)

Medio-penedes = Ull de Lliebre (Tempranillo) (250-500m)

Alt-penedes -= Parellada, Xarell-lo, macabro, Malvasia , Chardonnay (cava)
(500-800m, one of europes highest wine growing regions)

43
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Cava birthplace town

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Sant’ Sadurní d’Anoia

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Cava aging requirement

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NV = 9 months on Lees
Riserva = 12 months on lees
Grab riserva = 30 months on lees

Cava de Paraje Califocado = from a specific place, single estate

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Bierzo main grape variety

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Mencia

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Montsant

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Surrounds Priorat
Mix of granitic sand + large pebbles + slate + calcareous soils
Not as concentrated as Priorat

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