Spain Flashcards
Allowable grapes for O Rosal & Contado do Tea
Albarino (min. 70%)
Loureira
Treixadura
5 subzones of Rias Baixas
Val do Salnes Ribeira do Ulla Soutomaior O Rosal Contado do Tea
5 DOs of Galicia
Rias Baixas Ribeiro Valdeorras Ribeira Sacra Monterrei
3 red grapes of Rias Baixas
Caino
Espadeiro
Mencia
5 subs of Ribeira Sacra
Amandi Chantada Quiroga-Bibei Riberas do Sil Riberas do Mino
Name the most southern DO of Galicia
Monterrei
3 principal DO zones of Pais Vasco
Getariako Txakolina
Bizkaiko Txakolina
Arabako Txakolina
White grape of Pais Vasco
Ondarrabi Zuni
Preferred red grape of Pais Vasco
Ondarrabi Beltza
What is Ojo de Gallo?
Rare rosado wines, Bizkaiko Txakolina
3 autonomias of North-Central Spain
Navarra
La Rioja
Aragon
2 mountain ranges dividing Spain and France
Pyrenees
Cantabrian
When did Rioja receive DOC status?
1991, also the first
4 major red grapes of Rioja
Tempranillo Mazuelo (Carignan) Graciano Garnacha *min. 85% of blend, 95% if destemmed
4 major white grapes of Rioja
Viura (Macabeo)
Garnacha Blanca
Malvasia Riojano
Maturana Blanca
3 subzones of Rioja
Rioja Alta
Rioja Alavesa (smallest and northernmost)
Rioja Baja
5 subs of Navarra
Valdizarbe Baja Montana Tierra Estella Ribera Alta Ribera Baja
3 DO Pagos of Navarra
Senorio de Arinzano
Prado Iranche
Bodegas Otazu
4 DOs of Aragon
Campo de Borja
Calatayud
Carinena
Somontano
Name Spain’s largest autonomia
Castilla y Leon
Which 5 DOs of Castilla y Leon lie on the Duero River?
Ribera del Duero Rueda Toro Tierra del Vino Zamora Arribes
Which 4 DOs of Castilla y Leon do not lie on the Duero River?
Arlanza
Cigales
Tierra de Leon
Bierzo
Name the major river of Bierzo
Sil River
Minimum Mencia for Bierzo tinto & rosado wines
Rosado - min. 50%
Tinto - min. 70%