Spain Flashcards
Somontano DO is the only region of Spain that grows the variety…
Moristel
Name the three types of soil we come across in Jerez.
Albariza
Barros
Arenas
Which grape variety covers more than 60% of Sierra de Salamanca DO?
Rufete
Where does the Phylloxera Festival take place?
San Sadurni d’Anoia
Spanish and Portuguese term for a fortified wine.
Generoso
Name the only Galician region which is specialising in red wines from the Mencia grape.
Ribeira Sacra
Large earthenware vessel, occasionally used to ferment and store wine in Central and Southern Spain and Southern Chile.
Tinaja
Syrup used for sweetening wine in Spain, especially Sherry, made by boiling down and thus concentrating unfermented grape juice.
Arrope
“Raw” sherry category, whereby unlike mass-market brands, it is only very lightly clarified before being bottle and sold.
En Rama
Rioja synonym for Trousseau.
Maturana Tinta
Famous synonym of Mazuelo.
Carignan
What are the two winds that influence Sherry DO?
Poniente
Levante
Name the municipalities of Ribera del Duero.
Burgos
Soria
Segovia
Valladolid
Which grape variety represents over 80% of the vineyards of Jumilla DO?
Monastrell (Mourvedre)
First two red wine estates in Castile-la-Mancha to receive Denominacion De Pago status.
Finca Elez
Dominio De Valdepusa
Name the five districts of Navarra.
Baja Montana Ribera Alta Ribera Baja Tierra Estrella Valdizarbe
Catalan synonym of Carinena.
Samso
Name the two main white grape varieties used in Toro.
Malvasia
Verdejo
Name of Spanish DO that borders Roussillon.
Emporda
Name the DOs of Andalucia.
Jerez Manzanilla Sanlucar de Barrameda Malaga Sierras de Malaga Montilla-Moriles Condado de Huelva
Binissalem’s dominant red and white grapes.
Manto Negro (red) Moll (white)
Name the principal grape variety of Condado de Huelva DO.
Zalema
Name the DOs of Galicia.
Rias Baixas Ribeiro Ribeira Sacra Monterrei Valdeorras
Maximum permitted yields (kg/ha) for Rioja wines (red and white).
White: 9000 kg/ha
Red: 6500 kg/ha
When did Rioja became the first DOCa?
1991
When was new varieties approved for Rioja, for the first time since 1925?
2007
Name the two latest vintages that have been rated as excellent by the Regulatory Council in Rioja.
2011
2010
Which type of training is the traditional one used in Rioja?
Bush training (Goblet)
Which is the maximum elevation for the vineyards of Rioja?
700 m.
Where is the Consejo Regulator of Rioja based?
Logrono
Name the four distinct categories of classification for the bodegas in Rioja.
Winegrowers
Co-operatives
Wine keepers
Ageing Bodegas (to be classified as such, it must have minimum fifty 225lt. oak casks and 22500lt. of wine in stock)
Rioja Baja acconts for ….% of Rioja’s wine production.
40%
In which region of Spain do we come across, almost exclusively, the grape Parraleta?
Somontano
Legal minimum of criaderas in a solera.
2 (plus a solera)
Special tulip-shaped glass in which Sherry is customarily served in Spain.
Copita
Spanish term for vineyard, used particularly in Jerez and Castilla Y Leon.
Pago
Extremelly rare white variety of Ribera del Duero.
Albillo
What is Fondillon?
Alicante non-fortified wine made from overripe Monastrell grape, with minimum permitted alcohol 16% and minimum allowed ageing 10 years
Smallest subregion of Rias Baixas.
Soutomaior
Name the five subregions of Rias-Baixas DO (from north to south).
Ribeira Do Ulla Val Do Salnes Soutomaior Condado Do tea O Rosal
In which part of Spain do we come across the rare but outstanding white grape Marmajuelo (Bermejuela)?
Canary Islands
Southern Spanish region, producing both fortified and unfortified wines in the style of Sherry.
Montilla-Moriles
When did Rioja achieve DO status? Name the red grape varieties allowed for use.
1925
Tempranillo / Garnacha / Graciano / Mazuelo / Maturana Tinta
When did Priorat became the second DOCa (DOQ) of Spain?
2009
Most important and largest subzone of Vinos de Madrid DO.
Arganda (del Rey)
Sanlucar de Barrameda’s equivalent to Amontillado.
Manzanilla Olorosa or Manzanilla Pasada
Old Spanish term for Table Wines.
Vino de Mesa
Main grape variety used in Bullas DO.
Monastrell
What is the minimum % of Albarino that goes into a bottle labeled Val do Salnes or Ribeira do Ulla?
70% minimum
What is Malvasia de Sitges?
Sweet passito wine produced in Penedes
What is the synonym for Mission on the Canary Islands?
Listan Prieto
Ribera del Júcar DO was a sub-zone to which region until 2005?
La Mancha
What is Macabeo known as in Rioja?
Viura
What ring-shaped DO surrounds Priorat?
Montsant
What is Europe’s largest single demarcated wine region?
La Mancha DO
What red grapes are authorized for Cava production?
Pinot Noir
Monastrell
Garnacha Tinta
Trepat (for rosé use only)
Where does Jerez get most of it’s Pedro Ximénez?
Montilla-Moriles
it has dispensation to import PX must from here to compensate for the declining acreage in Jerez
What is the principal grape of Montilla-Moriles?
Pedro Ximénez
Where is DO Pago Finca Élez? When was it promoted?
La Mancha
2003
What is the Rioja Crianza ageing requirement?
Red - 2 years (1 year in oak)
White - 2 years (6 months in oak)
Where is the Pla i Llevant DO? What are the two main varieties?
The Balearic Islands
Manto Negro and Moll (Prensa Blanc)
What is the varietal minimum % for Rías Baixas O Rosal?
Minimum 70% Albariño and Loureira combined
What is the minimum % of Albariño from Rías Baixas Val do Salnés or Ribeira do Ulla?
Minimum 70% Albariño
What DO resisted phylloxera until the 1980s?
Jumilla, sandy soils (nearly 100 yrs after the louse hit Spain)
What does “noble” mean on a Spanish label?
18 months ageing in cask of less than 600 L or bottle
What five iconic producers are located in Haro?
López de Heredia La Rioja Alta Bodegas Muga Bodegas Roda CVNE
Where is the Binissalem Mallorca DO? What are the main varieties?
The Balearic Islands
Manto Negro and Moll (Prensa Blanc)
What village did Rene Barbier originally plant vines in Priorat?
Gratallops
Name Galicia’s easternmost region.
Valdeorras DO
Who is the only producer of Cava in southwestern Spain?
Bodegas Inviosa
Ribera del Jucar DO was a subzone of which region until 2005?
La Mancha DO
What is the main grape and the required % of Tierra del Vino de Zamora DO red?
Minimum 75% Tempranillo
Name the three main red grapes of Rias Baixas.
Caino
Espadeiro
Mencia
What soil characterizes the best sites of Priorat?
Llicorella
Name Spain’s largest autonomia.
Castilla y Leon
What DO was a subregion of Tarragona until 2002?
Montsant DO
What soil is principally suited for Moscatel in Jerez?
Arenas
Where is Finca Allende producer located?
Briones, Rioja Alta
What kind of mats are the grapes dried on in Malaga?
Esparto grass mats
What are the principal grapes of La Mancha DO?
Airen
Cencibel (Tempranillo)
Where is DO Pago Calzadilla?
La Mancha (promoted in 2011)
When did Sherry receive DO status?
1933
What DO’s traditional style is dople pasta?
Utiel-Requena DO
Name the four iconic Rioja producers that got started in the latter half of the 19th century.
Lopez de Heredia
CVNE (Compana Vinicola del Norte de Espana)
La Rioja Alta
Berceo
What two Bordeaux trained winemakers helped introduce new techniques in the 1850’s in Rioja?
Marques de Riscal
Marques de Murrieta
When did Ribera del Duero receive DO status?
1982 (there were only 9 wineries at the time)
What is Palomino known as in Jerez?
Listan
What is the minimum % for Toro DO red?
Minimum 75% Tinta de Toro
Who founded Vega Sicilia and when?
Don Eloy Lacanda y Chaves
1864
What is the Rioja Reserva ageing requirements?
Red - 3 years (1 year in oak)
White - 2 years (6 months in cask)
What are the ageing requirements for Cava?
Basic - 9 months on lees
Reserva - 15 months on lees
Gran Reserva - 30 months on lees
Name the styles of wine authorized by the Rueda DO.
White (minimum 50% Verdejo)
Red (dominated by Tempranillo)
Rosado (minimum 50% Tempranillo)
Name two iconic producers that are in Logrono, Rioja Alta.
Marques de Murrieta
Artadi
What is the southernmost DO in Galicia?
Monterrei DO
What is the scientific name of American oak?
Quercus Alba
What is Rueda DO Dorado?
Dry, fortified, oxidized wine
Name the two DOs of the Balearic Islands.
Pla i Llevant
Binissalem
Name the three subzones of Penedes.
Baix-Penedes
Medio-Penedes
Alt-Penedes
What region is Rioja Baja shared with?
Navarra
Name the authorized grapes of Bierzo DO.
Red: Mencia, Garnacha Tintorera
White: Dona Blanca, Godello, Malvasia, Palomino
Where is Dominio de Pingus?
Ribera del Duero
What is the principal variety of Almansa DO?
Monastrell
What variety is perfectly suited for Alt-Penedes?
Parellada
Who introduced stainless steel fermentation in the 1960s to Spain and where?
Miguel Torres
Catalonia
What autonomia of Spain never has had Phylloxera?
Canary Islands
What are the levels of quality for Spain?
Vino de la Tierra (VdIT) Vinos de Calidad con Indicacion Geographica (VCIG) Denominacion de Origen (DO) Denominacion de Origen Calificada (DOCa) Vinos de Pago (DO Pago)
What iconic producer is located in Cenicero, Rioja Alta?
Marques de Caceres
World’s largest sparkling wine producer.
Henkell (has bought Freixenet’s 50,67% shares)
What is Negra de Madrid?
A local synonym for Garnacha in Vinos de Madrid
Where is Pittacum?
Bierzo DO
Where is the DO Pago Bodegas Otazu?
Valdizarbe, Navarra
What is the varietal minimum % for Rías Baixas Condado do Tea?
Minimum 70% Albariño and Treixadura combined
What are the five authorized white varieties for Cava?
Parellada Macabeo (Macabeu) Xarel-lo Chardonnay Subirat Parent (Malvasia)
What grapes may be varietally labeled from the Rueda DO?
Verdejo
Sauvignon Blanc
(both minimum 85%)
When did Rueda receive its DO status?
1980
What DO of Spain is said to be the ancestral home for Mazuelo? What is this grape called in France?
Cariñena
Carignan
What are the three DOs for Txakolina?
Bizkaiko
Arabako
Getariako
What is the synonym for Tempranillo in Penedès?
Ull de Llebre
What white grape is used to produce Txakoli? Red grape? What is the rosado style known as?
White: Ondarrabi Zuri
Red: Ondarrabi Beltza
Ojo de Gallo: rose style
What does Rías Baixas mean?
Low estuaries
What is the synonym for Tempranillo in Castilla-La Mancha?
Cencibel
What symbol is always present on the cork of Cava?
Four-pointed star
What indigenous grapes are mainly used to produce white and red wines in Somonatano?
Alcanon (white)
Parraleta (red)
What is the star white grape of Valdeorras?
Godello
What are the three DOs of Murcia?
Jumilla
Yecla
Bullas
What are the four estate vineyards that Lopez de Heredia produces its wines?
Tondonia
Bosconia
Gravonia
Cubillo
What does Somontano mean?
Beneath the mountain
What are the two main grapes of Malaga?
Moscatel
Pedro Ximenez (PX)
(usually subjected to soleo process for 20 days)
Term for a Sherry stockholder who sells wine to shippers.
Almacenista (marketing term used by Lustau)
Largest Sherry producer.
Gonzalez Byass
