Spain Flashcards
What is Vino Tostado?
Sweet wine produced by air dried grapes in Ribeiro DO
Ribeiro DO in Galicia
white/red “toasted, roasted wine”
Grapes and regulation for Vino tosado
White -
Palomino, Treixadura, Loureiro, Godello, Caino Blanco
Red -
Caino, Mencia, Sauson
- minimum 3 months drying the grape
- minimum 350g/l must weight
- Like Tuscan vin santo
Galicia - Ribeiro DO
What are the sub-regions of Rias Baixas DO? (North to South?
- Ribeira do Ulla
- Val de Salnes
- Soutomaior
- O Rosal
- Condado do Tea
Galicia
River of Rias Baixas
Ulla River - Ribeira Ulla
Mino River - O Rosal, Condado do Tea
Verdugo River separating Condado do Tea from Ribeiro DO
What is the river of Cigales DO?
Pisuerga River
What are the req for O’ Rosal sub-zone
must be at least 70% combined Albariño & Loureiro
What is the max barrel size for the maturation of the Crianza / Reserva / Gran Reserva wines?
Spain General, Ribeira del Duero, Rioja?
General&Ribeiro del Duero is 330l
Rioja 225l
What are the DO along the Duero River in Castilla y Leon?
Ribera del Duero
Rueda
Toro
Tierra de Zamora Arribes
North of Arribes
Who founded Vega Sicilia? When?
Don Eloy Lecanda y Chaves in 1864
name some highly regarded villages of Ribeira del Duero?
Peñafel
Arlanda del Duero
San Esteban de Gormaz
Pesquera del Duero
Provinces of Ribeira del Duero
Valladolid
Burgos
Soria
Segovia
Elevation of Ribeira del Duero
700-1000
average 800-850m
Soil of Ribeira del Duero
East - limestone
West - clay
Rest - sand and silt
White and Red grapes of Riberia del Duero
White
min 75% Albillo Mayor
Red
min 75% Tinto del Pais/Tinto Fino plus Garnacha, Malbec, Merlot, Cab Sav, Albillo Mayor
Rosado
min 50% of the red so authorized grapes
Ageing requirement for Ribeira del Duero
Reserva white and red
White
2y min, 6m oak
Red
3y min, 1y oak
Ageing requirement for Ribeira del Duero
Gran Reserva white and red
White
4y min, 6m oak
Red
5y min, 2y oak
Ageing requirement for Ribeira del Duero
Roble/Barrica
min 3months oak in max 600l barrel
Ageing requirement for Ribeira del Duero
Crianza white and red
White
min 1.5y, 6m oak
Red
min 2y, 1y oak
Name producers from Ribeira del Duero
Tinto Pesquera
Pingus
Hacienda Monasteiro
Alion
AALTO
Vega Sicila
Hermanos Perez Pascuas
What are the DO of Galicia?
Rias Baixas - Ribeiro - Ribeira Sacra - Valdeorras - Monterrei
What is the first vintage of Dominio de Pingus? Who’s producing it?
Peter Sisseck - Danish, his childhood nickname, worked at Hacienda Monasteiro compelled by old vines. both wines 100% Tempranillo with 18/14 m old and new oak.
1995 Peter Sisseck La Horra Tempranillo french oak barrel rather than US
Can Rias Baixas DO produce some red wine? Precise the GV
Yes
Caiño Tinto, Espadeiro, Loureira Tinta, Sousón Authorized: Mencía, Brancellao
What is the partnership between Vega Sicilia and Rothschild family?
Macan: Rioja Located in San Millán
Ribeira Sacra rivers
Sil River, Mino River
What is the climate of Rueda DO?
flat highland (700-800m): – long & cold winters – short springs: spring frost – dry & hot summers
Castilla Y Leon
Where would you find Dorado and what is it
Vino de Licor (fortified)- sometimes flor affected
solera system ageion/demijon
Ageing - min. 4 years, including at least 2 years in oak
Min 15% ABV
Grape - Palomino Fino and or Verdejo
Rueda DO in Castilla y Leon
Where would you find Palido and what is it
Biologically aged and fortified wine for a minimum of 3 years in oak
Grape - Palomino Fino and or Verdejo
min 15% abv
Rueda DO in Castilla y Leon
Rueda DO
Blanco:
Principal: Verdejo, Sauvignon Blanc
Authorized: Viura, Palomino Fino, Viognier, Chardonnay
Tinto:
Principal: Tempranillo
Authorized: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Garnacha Tinta, Syrah.
What is the min ageing for Gran Anada sparkling Rueda DO
min 36m lees
What does Gran Vino de Rueda stands for?
min 30 year old Vine, stricter yield
What is the village wine called in Rueda DO
new village wine
min 85% from the village
Valdeorras River, Grape and soil
Sil River
Godello (100% if varietal) but can also have Dona Blanca/Palomino for blending purposes
Soil - slate (roof tiles important business)
What style of wine is Toro DO? GV?
Tinto
* min. 75% Tinta de Toro or
* min. 85% Garnacha
Blanco:
* Verdejo, Malvasía “Castellana”
* Authorized: Albillo Real, Muscat à Petit Grain
Castilla y Leon - between Tierra del Vino de Zamora and Rueda DO
Where would you find the grape Prieto Picudo?
Leon DO in Castilla y Leon
minimum 70%
Red only
oval shaped, light color, aromatic, high acid
Leon DO location and grapes
Prieto Picudo
min 70% red
Oval shaped, light color, high acidity, aromatic wine
Where in Castilla y Leon would you find galet stones?
Cigales DO between Leon Do and Arlanza DO
galets roules and limestone
Cigales styles of wine and grapes
White Red Rosado, Sparkling, Sweet
White
Verdejo, Sav Blanc, Albillo Mayor, Viura
Red
Tempranillo, Garnacha, Cab Sav, Merlot, Syrah
700-800m elevation
Sparkling wines from Rueda?
Made by traditional method, with 9 mth ageing OTL Verdejo (50% min) + SB & Viura
Rose must contain 50% red grapes
**Gran Anada **- 36m on lees
Mencia synonym
Loureiro Tinto
Jaen (Portugal)
What wine are produced in Arlanza? GV? Where is it located?
Castilla y Leon
**Blanco: **Albillo, Macabeo
**Red/Rosato: **50-100% Tinto del Pais plus
Garnacha, CS, Merot, Petit Verdot, Mencia
Arribes DO?
Castilla y Leon
Along the Portugiese boarder
**white **- min 60% Malvasia Castellana plus Albillo Mayor, Verdejo
**red **- Brunal (full, intense) Juan Garcia (herbal, aromatic)
What is the soil type and rivers and mountains of Ribeira Sacra DO?
Ribeira Sacra DO is similar to Rhone, Mosel, Douro Valley in terms of viticultural challanges
Sil and Minho River
Granatic and slate
Cantabrians Mountain Range
Sub zones of Ribeira Sacra DO
Ribeiras do Sil
Ribeiras do Mino
Amandi
Chantada
Quiroga Bibei
What is SUMMUM
In Ribeira Sacra Do, Galicia a wine that usese min 85% of recommended grapes
White
Albarino, Godello, Treixadura
Red
**90% Mencia ** plus Merenzao, Sauson, Caino Tinto, Tempranillo
What is the river influencing Monterrei DO
Tamega River
Galicia southern DO bordering Portugal
Monterrei DO grapes
Grapes almost like in Valdeorras DO
white - Godello, Dona Blanco, Treixadur
red - Mencia, Bastardo
What are the different estates of Vega Sicilia
- Vega Sicilia: Ribera del Duero
- Pintia: Toro
- Macan: Rioja
- Alion: Ribera del Duero
- Oremus: Tokaj
What are the ageing req for red Rioja?
Crianza: min 2y, 1y oak
Reserva: min 3y, 1y oak, 6m bottle
Gran Reserva - min 5y, 2y oak, 2y bottle
225k barrel
Rioja blanc ageing requirements
Crianza - min 1.5y, 6m oak
Reserva - min 2y, 6m oak
Gran Reserva - min 4y, 6 m oak
Rioja Grapes
**Blanco: **100% authorized white grapes
Viura, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Verdejo, Malvasía, Garnacha Blanca, Tempranillo Blanco, Maturana Blanca, Turruntés
Rosado: min. 25% combined authorized red grapes
**Tinto: ** min. 95% authorized red grapes (if destemmed), min. 85% authorized red grapes (if whole clusters or whole berries are used)
Tempranillo, Garnacha, Mazuelo, Graciano, Maturana Tinta
Tempranillo synonyms
- Toro: Tinto del Toro
- Ribero del Duero: Tinto del Pais
- La Mancha: Cencibel
- Monterrei: Arauxa
- Catalunia: Ull del Llebre
- Protugal: Aragonez, Tinta Roriz, Aramont.
what is the min alcohol content for red Ribera del Duero?
11.5%
What is Xabre
Decomposed granite - small water retention in Galicia, important for rias Baixas
Explain pergola/parral
Training system in Galicia, Rias Baixas DO
Overhead canopy management, that allows for vine to receive more sunshine - greater photosintesis and ripening and provides more aried enviorment to prevent rot. Can cultivate between the vines. Maximize leaf surface and protects from sunburn.
What does mean Barrica in Ribeira Sacra DO?
white: ageing for a min of 3 mth in wood (no more than 600L each) - Red: 6 mth ageing in 600L wood barrels min
Rivers of Ribeiro DO
Galicia region
Mino
Avia
Arnoia
What is Viejo
Vino de la Mesa Min 3y in oak wine must show an marked oxidative character
Additional ageing in spain
What is Añejo?
Vino de la Mesa Min 2y ageing in cask of less 600L or bottle
Additional ageing in spain
What is Araúxa?
Is a synonym or Tempranillo in Monterrei DO
When was created the DO/DOCa system in Spain?
1988
What are the GV req for Ribeira do Ulla & Val do Salnes?
70% combined Albariño, Loureira, Treixadura, Caiña blanca + Torrontes, Godella
When was Ribera del Duero DO established
1982
who’s producing PSI? What is it?
Peter Sisseck in Ribera del Duero Biodynamic farming created with the 2007 vintage
Symbol of Poseidon&Neptun - cooperative project w smaller growers of old vine Tempranillo
What is Joven
Vino de la Mesa
young wine, no minimum oak
What is Noble
minimum 18 month in oak (less than 600l) or bottle aging, Vino de la Mesa
What is the min % of Albarino if is labelled as varietal in Rias Baixas DO?
100% Albarino
What is the second label of Dominio de Pingus?
Flor de Pingus
What is the other name of Garnacha Tintorera?
Alicante Bouschet
What is the newest DO of Spain (2018)? Where is it located?
Cangas DO Asturias Region (Green Spain) red GV: Garnacha, Mencia, Picapoll, Verdejo Negro Wh GV: Albarin Bianco, Albillo
What are the DO of the Aragon autonomia?
- Somontano DO
- Catalayud DO
- Cariñena DO
- Campo de Borja DO
Where is located Somontano DO?
Aragon - Spain
Where is located Carinena DO?
Aragon - Spain
Where is Pago de Aylés located?
Cariñena DO
What is the Cierzo wind? Where would you find it?
In central Spain (Aragon mainly) Dry air from the Pyrenees mountains: cold
What is the synomym of Mazuelo?
Carignan: France - Languedoc Cariñana: Spain - Aragon, Samso: Catalunya
Campo de Borja DO grapes and style
white, rosado, red, fortified Moscatel, late harvest
1. Garnacha
2. Tempranillo
3. Macabeo
White - Macabeo, Garnacha blanca, Sav Blanc, Verdejo, Moscatel Grano Menudo, Moscatel de Alejandria
Ebro River, Manchago Massif
Aragon region - just accross Rioja and Navarra on north
River of Clatayud DO
Jalon River accross Castilla y Leon
Calatayud DO grapes
What is Vinas Viejas
92% Red and Garnacha dominated plus Tempranillo and Syrah
also allows international grapes
Vinas Viejas - old vine, minimum of 35y old
All styles - white, red sparkling, still, deet, fortified
Calatayud Superior
min 85% Garnacha
min 50y old vines
Aragon
River of Carinena
Huerva
Style and grapes of Carinena
All styles but led by red - Garnacha, Tempranillo and Carinena
Somontano DO style and grapes
All styles - white, red, sparkling, fortified, weet
International grapes mostly!
Gewurtztraminer, Riesling, Chardonnay and Cab Sav and Merlot
Bierzo producers
Descendientes de J. Palacios
Raul Perez - Ultreia de Valtuille Godella also Mencia
Bodegas Pittacum - AUREA Mencia
Bierzo Ageing requirements
**Crianza: **standard aging
**Reserva: **standard aging
**Vino de Villa & Vino de Paraje: **100% must be sourced from one of the designated municipalities, or parcels
**Viña Clasificada: **May be added to a single parcel, or collection of parcels within a Vino de Paraje that has been labelled as such for at least 5 years, and has been approved by a tasting panel.
**Gran Viña Clasificada: **Designation for a wine that has been produced as a Viña Clasificada for at least 5 years, and has been approved by a tasting panel.
Bierzo classification tier
- Vino de la Region - Bierzo wine
- Vino de Villa - village wine
- Vino de Paraje - specific parcel
- Vino de Vina Classificada - classified cru
- Gran Vino de Vina Clasificada - Grand Cru
Grapes of Bierzo DO
Red -
Minimum 50% Mencia and
Garnacha Tintorera, Estaldina, Merenzao
**White - **
Godello, dona Blance, Malvasia, Palomino
Descendientes de J. Palacios wines
**Corullon **- 6.5ha from the village, 200 plots
**Moncerbal **- most specific plot of corullon, 2.5ha granite and quartz
Petalos
**Las Lamas **- more clay, south face I liked this the most
**Al Chelo - **NEWes - north facing, reductive against all thr rest south, south west facing vineyards
Faraona - Highest vineyard, 900m, only 0.5ha, NE facing, rich soil
