Spain Flashcards
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Somontano DO is the only region of Spain that grows the variety…
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Moristel
2
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Name the three types of soil we come across in Jerez.
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Albariza
Barros
Arenas
3
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Which grape variety covers more than 60% of Sierra de Salamanca DO?
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Rufete
4
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Where does the Phylloxera Festival take place?
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San Sadurni d’Anoia
5
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Spanish and Portuguese term for a fortified wine.
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Generoso
6
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Name the only Galician region which is specialising in red wines from the Mencia grape.
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Ribeira Sacra
7
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Large earthenware vessel, occasionally used to ferment and store wine in Central and Southern Spain and Southern Chile.
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Tinaja
8
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Syrup used for sweetening wine in Spain, especially Sherry, made by boiling down and thus concentrating unfermented grape juice.
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Arrope
9
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“Raw” sherry category, whereby unlike mass-market brands, it is only very lightly clarified before being bottled and sold.
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En Rama
10
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Rioja synonym for Trousseau.
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Maturana Tinta
11
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Famous synonym of Mazuelo.
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Carignan
12
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What are the two winds that influence Sherry DO?
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Poniente
Levante
13
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Name the municipalities of Ribera del Duero.
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Burgos
Soria
Segovia
Valladolid
14
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Which grape variety represents over 80% of the vineyards of Jumilla DO?
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Monastrell
15
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First two red wine estates in Castile-la-Mancha to receive Denominacion De Pago status.
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Finca Elez
Dominio De Valdepusa
16
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Name the five districts of Navarra (from north to south).
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Tierra Estrella Valdizarbe Baja Montana Ribera Alta Ribera Baja
17
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Catalan synonym of Carinena.
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Samso
18
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Name the two main white grape varieties used in Toro.
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Malvasia
Verdejo
19
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Name of Spanish DO that borders Roussillon.
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Emporda
20
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Name the DOs of Andalucia.
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Jerez Manzanilla Sanlucar de Barrameda Malaga Sierras de Malaga Montilla-Moriles Condado de Huelva
21
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Binissalem’s dominant red and white grapes.
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Manto Negro (red) Moll (white)
22
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Name the principal grape variety of Condado de Huelva DO.
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Zalema
23
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Name the DOs of Galicia.
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Rias Baixas Ribeiro Ribeira Sacra Monterrei Valdeorras
24
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Maximum permitted yields (kg/ha) for Rioja wines (red and white).
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White: 9000 kg/ha
Red: 6500 kg/ha
25
When did Rioja became the first DOCa?
1991
26
When was new varieties approved for Rioja, for the first time since 1925?
2007
27
Name the two latest vintages that have been rated as excellent by the Regulatory Council in Rioja.
2011
| 2010
28
Which type of training is the traditional one used in Rioja?
Bush training (Goblet)
29
Which is the maximum elevation for the vineyards of Rioja?
700 m.
30
Where is the Consejo Regulator of Rioja based?
Logrono
31
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)
32
Rioja Oriental (formerly Baja) accounts for ....% of Rioja's wine production.
40%
33
In which region of Spain do we come across, almost exclusively, the grape Parraleta?
Somontano
34
Legal minimum of criaderas in a solera.
2 (plus a solera)
35
Special tulip-shaped glass in which Sherry is customarily served in Spain.
Copita
36
Spanish term for vineyard, used particularly in Jerez and Castilla Y Leon.
Pago
37
Extremelly rare white variety of Ribera del Duero.
Albillo
38
What is Fondillon?
Alicante non-fortified wine made from overripe Monastrell grape, with minimum permitted alcohol 16% and minimum allowed ageing 10 years
39
Smallest subregion of Rias Baixas.
Soutomaior
40
Name the five subregions of Rias-Baixas DO (from north to south).
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Ribeira Do Ulla
Val Do Salnes
Soutomaior
Condado Do tea
O Rosal
```
41
In which part of Spain do we come across the rare but outstanding white grape Marmajuelo (Bermejuela)?
Canary Islands
42
Southern Spanish region, producing both fortified and unfortified wines in the style of Sherry.
Montilla-Moriles
43
When did Rioja achieve DO status? Name the red grape varieties allowed for use.
1925
| Tempranillo / Garnacha / Graciano / Mazuelo / Maturana Tinta
44
When did Priorat became the second DOCa (DOQ) of Spain?
2000 (as DOQ by Catalan authorities), 2009 (as DOCa)
45
Most important and largest subzone of Vinos de Madrid DO.
Arganda (del Rey)
46
Sanlucar de Barrameda's equivalent to Amontillado.
Manzanilla Olorosa or Manzanilla Pasada
47
Old Spanish term for Table Wines.
Vino de Mesa
48
Main grape variety used in Bullas DO.
Monastrell (Mourvedre)
49
What is the minimum % of Albarino that goes into a bottle labeled Val do Salnes or Ribeira do Ulla?
70% minimum
50
What is Malvasia de Sitges?
Sweet passito wine produced in Penedes
51
What is the synonym for Mission on the Canary Islands?
Listan Prieto
52
Ribera del Júcar DO was a sub-zone to which region until 2005?
La Mancha
53
What is Macabeo known as in Rioja?
Viura
54
What ring-shaped DO surrounds Priorat?
Montsant
55
What is Europe's largest single demarcated wine region?
La Mancha DO
56
What red grapes are authorized for Cava production?
Pinot Noir
Monastrell
Garnacha Tinta
Trepat (for rosé use only)
57
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
58
What is the principal grape of Montilla-Moriles?
Pedro Ximénez
59
Where is DO Pago Finca Élez? When was it promoted?
La Mancha
| 2003
60
What is the Rioja Crianza ageing requirement?
Red - 2 years (1 year in oak)
| White - 2 years (6 months in oak)
61
Where is the Pla i Llevant DO? What are the two main varieties?
The Balearic Islands
| Manto Negro and Moll (Prensa Blanc)
62
What is the varietal minimum % for Rías Baixas O Rosal?
Minimum 70% Albariño and Loureira combined
63
What DO resisted phylloxera until the 1980s?
Jumilla, sandy soils (nearly 100 yrs after the louse hit Spain)
64
What does "noble" mean on a Spanish label?
18 months ageing in cask of less than 600 L or bottle
65
What five iconic producers are located in Haro?
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López de Heredia
La Rioja Alta
Bodegas Muga
Bodegas Roda
CVNE
```
66
Where is the Binissalem Mallorca DO? What are the main varieties?
The Balearic Islands
| Manto Negro and Moll (Prensa Blanc)
67
What village did Rene Barbier originally plant vines in Priorat?
Gratallops
68
Name Galicia's easternmost region.
Valdeorras DO
69
Who is the only producer of Cava in southwestern Spain?
Bodegas Inviosa
70
What is the main grape and the required % of Tierra del Vino de Zamora DO red?
Minimum 75% Tempranillo
71
Name the three main red grapes of Rias Baixas.
Caino
Espadeiro
Mencia
72
What soil characterises the best sites of Priorat?
Llicorella
73
Name Spain's largest autonomia.
Castilla y Leon
74
What DO was a subregion of Tarragona until 2002?
Montsant DO
75
What soil is principally suited for Moscatel in Jerez?
Arenas
76
Where is Finca Allende producer located?
Briones, Rioja Alta
77
What kind of mats are the grapes dried on in Malaga?
Esparto grass mats
78
What are the principal grapes of La Mancha DO?
Airen
| Cencibel (Tempranillo)
79
Where is DO Pago Calzadilla?
La Mancha (promoted in 2011)
80
When did Sherry receive DO status?
1933
81
What DO's traditional style is dople pasta?
Utiel-Requena DO
82
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
83
What two Bordeaux trained winemakers helped introduce new techniques in the 1850's in Rioja?
Marques de Riscal
| Marques de Murrieta
84
When did Ribera del Duero receive DO status?
1982 (there were only 9 wineries at the time)
85
What is Palomino known as in Jerez?
Listan
86
What is the minimum % for Toro DO red?
Minimum 75% Tinta de Toro
87
Who founded Vega Sicilia and when?
Don Eloy Lacanda y Chaves
| 1864
88
What is the Rioja Reserva ageing requirements?
Tinto - 3 years (1 year in oak and 6 months in bottle)
| Blanco/Rosado - 2 years (6 months in cask)
89
What are the ageing requirements for Cava?
Basic - 9 months on lees
Reserva - 15 months on lees
Gran Reserva - 30 months on lees
90
Name the styles of wine authorized by the Rueda DO.
White (minimum 50% Verdejo)
Red (dominated by Tempranillo)
Rosado (minimum 50% Tempranillo)
91
Name two iconic producers that are in Logrono, Rioja Alta.
Marques de Murrieta
| Artadi
92
What is the southernmost DO in Galicia?
Monterrei DO
93
What is the scientific name of American oak?
Quercus Alba
94
What is Rueda DO Dorado?
Dry, fortified, oxidised wine
95
Name the two DOs of the Balearic Islands.
Pla i Llevant
| Binissalem
96
Name the three subzones of Penedes.
Baix-Penedes
Medio-Penedes
Alt-Penedes
97
What region is Rioja Oriental (formerly Baja) shared with?
Navarra
98
Name the authorized grapes of Bierzo DO.
Red: Mencia, Garnacha Tintorera
White: Dona Blanca, Godello, Malvasia, Palomino
99
Where is Dominio de Pingus?
Ribera del Duero
100
What is the principal variety of Almansa DO?
Monastrell (Mourvedre)
101
What variety is perfectly suited for Alt-Penedes?
Parellada
102
Who introduced stainless steel fermentation in the 1960s to Spain and where?
Miguel Torres
| Catalonia
103
What autonomia of Spain never has had Phylloxera?
Canary Islands
104
What are the levels of quality for Spain?
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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)
```
105
What iconic producer is located in Cenicero, Rioja Alta?
Marques de Caceres
106
World's largest sparkling wine producer.
Henkell (has bought Freixenet's 50,67% shares)
107
What is Negra de Madrid?
A local synonym for Garnacha in Vinos de Madrid
108
Where is Pittacum?
Bierzo DO
109
Where is the DO Pago Bodegas Otazu?
Valdizarbe, Navarra
110
What is the varietal minimum % for Rías Baixas Condado do Tea?
Minimum 70% Albariño and Treixadura combined
111
What are the five authorized white varieties for Cava?
```
Parellada
Macabeo (Macabeu)
Xarel-lo
Chardonnay
Subirat Parent (Malvasia)
```
112
What grapes may be varietally labeled from the Rueda DO?
Verdejo
Sauvignon Blanc
(both minimum 85%)
113
When did Rueda receive its DO status?
1980
114
What DO of Spain is said to be the ancestral home for Mazuelo? What is this grape called in France?
Cariñena
| Carignan
115
What is the synonym for Tempranillo in Penedès?
Ull de Llebre
116
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
117
What does Rías Baixas mean?
Low estuaries
118
What is the synonym for Tempranillo in Castilla-La Mancha?
Cencibel
119
What symbol is always present on the cork of Cava?
Four-pointed star
120
What indigenous grapes are mainly used to produce white and red wines in Somonatano?
Alcanon (white)
| Parraleta (red)
121
What is the star white grape of Valdeorras?
Godello
122
What are the three DOs of Murcia?
Jumilla
Yecla
Bullas
123
What are the four estate vineyards that Lopez de Heredia produces its wines?
Tondonia
Bosconia
Gravonia
Cubillo
124
What does Somontano mean?
Beneath the mountain
125
What are the two main grapes of Malaga?
Moscatel
Pedro Ximenez (PX)
(usually subjected to soleo process for 20 days)
126
Term for a Sherry stockholder who sells wine to shippers.
Almacenista (marketing term used by Lustau)
127
Largest Sherry producer.
Gonzalez Byass
128
Name the three `vino de Pagos that are located in Navarra.
Arinzano
Prado de Irache
Otazu
129
Who owns 50,67% of Freixenet?
Henkell
130
What is the common vine training method for Sherry production?
Vara y pulgar
131
Catalan synonym of Xarel-lo.
Pansa Blanca
132
Where and when did Gyropalette or Girasol was developed?
Catalunia
| 1970s
133
Grass mats used in Sherry production to dry grapes.
Esparto
134
Name the two co-presidents of Corpinnat.
Recaredo
| Gramona
135
In 2010, Sherry authorities decreased the minimum solera ageing required before bottling from what to what?
From 3 to 2 years
136
Name the two sub-varieties of Palomino in Jerez.
Palomino Fino
| Palomino de Jerez
137
What is "lenta"?
In Sherry production, a slow fermentation that lasts about a week
138
What is the must for Sherry production called? What are the three stages of this must called?
"Mosto de Yema"
| Primera Yema, Segunda Yema, Mosto Prensa
139
Where is Aalto Bodegas y Vinedos located?
Ribera del Duero
140
Name the first Montilla-Moriles producer to commercialise bottled, dessert-styled PX in 1970 and remains the world's only specialist in 100% vintage PX.
Toro Albalá (Don PX Convento is his premium wine)
141
How many half-bottles are extracted on average, each year from the solera cask of Valdespino Moscatel Toneles?
100
142
Synonym of Tannat in Pais Vasco.
Bordelez Beltza
143
Which producer makes "St. Jacques - La Ultreia"? What is the region and the dominant grape?
Bodegas Raul Perez
Bierzo
Mencia
144
Until when was irrigation forbidden in Spain?
1995
145
Maximum Yields for Jerez Superior.
80 hl/ha
| Other Vineyards: 100 hl/ha
146
What is Merenzao?
Synonym of Trousseau (Bastardo)
147
Name the 3 DOs of Pais Vasco.
Arabako Txakolina
Bizkaiko Txakolina
Getariako Txakolina
148
Minimum ageing for Crianza wines in Valdeorras DO.
2 years (12 months in wood for red wines / 6 months in wood for white wines)
149
What is Ojo de Gallo?
Txakoli Rosé (minimum 50% Ondarribi Beltza)
150
Name a DO of Asturias.
It has none / Only one VCIG named Cangas
151
Synonym of Ondarrabi Zuri Zerratia in Pais Vasco.
Petit Courbu
152
Synonym of Izkiriota in Pais Vasco.
Gros Manseng
153
Synonym of Izkiriota Ttippia in Pais Vasco.
Petit Manseng
154
Name the only authorized variety for red wines from Arabako Txakolina DO.
Ondarrabi Beltza
155
Minimum alcohol content for Albariño Rias Baixas DO.
11,3%
156
What are the main soils that are found in Ribeira do Ulla subzone of Rias Baixas DO?
Alluvial
157
Name the 2 subzones of Monterrei DO.
Valle de Monterrei
| Ladera de Monterrei
158
Which popular grape in known as Araúxa in Monterrei?
Tempranillo
159
When was Ribeiro DO established?
1932
160
Which grape variety should be present at least 85% in the espumoso wines of Valdeorras DO?
Godello
161
Spanish synonym for Alicante Bouschet.
Garnacha Tintorera
162
Name the first vintage of Bodegas del Palacio de Fefiñanes Albariño de Fefiñanes.
1928
163
Which Spanish wine region has been attracting attention for the quality potential of its old Garnacha vines and is located near Madrid?
Sierra de Gredos
| The region does not have its own appellation yet
164
Name the most popular producer of Uclés region.
Bodegas Fontana
165
What is the Rioja Gran Reserva ageing requirements?
Tinto - 5 years (2 year in oak and 2 years in bottle)
| Blanco/Rosado - 4 years (6 months in cask)
166
Name the 3 subzones of Rioja DOCa.
Rioja Alta
Rioja Alavesa
Rioja Oriental (formerly Baja)
167
Which popular grape in known as Carabuñeira in Galicia.
Touriga Nacional
168
Under which Spanish DO does Torres Celeste is released?
Ribera del Duero (Valladolid)
169
Under which Spanish DO does Torres Mas La Plana is released? Which vintage of this wine triumphed over some of the most famous wines in the world, including some of the best from Bordeaux?
Penedès
| 1970 vintage
170
Under which Spanish DOQ does Torres Perpetual and Salmos is released?
Priorat
171
Alvaro Palacios L’Ermita first vintage.
1993
172
Which visionary Danish winemaker produced Pingus? Name the first vintage and the DO which is released. What is the average yield of this wine?
Peter Sisseck
1995
Ribera del Duero
12 hl/ha
173
Where is Emilio Moro located?
Ribera del Duero
174
Who is the owner of Bodega Numanthia? In which DO is it located? When was it founded?
LVMH
Toro
1998
175
Macán is a joint venture between..........
Vega Sicilia and Baron Benjamin de Rothschild
176
René Barbier Clos Mogador first vintage.
1989
177
Where is Clos Mogador located?
Gratallops, Priorat
178
Name the 12 villages of Priorat (from north to south).
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La Morera de Montsant
Escaladei
Poboleda
La Vilella Alta
Torroja del Priorat
La Vilella Baixa
Porrera
Gratallops
El Lloar
Masos del Terme de Falset
Bellmunt del Priorat
Solanes del Terme de El Molar
```
179
When was the "Vi de Vila" wines introduced in Priorat?
2009
180
What are the 5 age categories of Malaga DO Vino de Licor?
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Málaga Pálido
Málaga
Málaga Noble
Málaga Añejo
Málaga Transañejo
```
181
When we come across the term Vendimia Asolelada in Malaga DO wine, what does it mean?
Wines produced solely from Pedro Ximénez and/or Moscatel dried through the “soleo” method
182
Name the 3 dominant grape varieties of Terra Alta DO.
Garnatxa Blanca
Garnatxa Negra
Garnatxa Peluda
183
Synonym of Clairette Blanche in Pla de Bages DO.
Picapoll Blanco
184
Which famous enologist started Terroir al Limit with Dominik A. Huber?
Eben Sadie
185
Where is Mondéjar DO located?
Castilla-La Mancha
186
What is the gobelet trellising system called in Spain?
En Vaso
187
What is the Andalucian name used for Graciano?
Tintilla de Rota
188
In which Spanish DO do we find the subzone named Sarrania de Ronda?
Sierras de Málaga
189
What are the minimum and maximum allowed planting densities of Empordà DO?
2900 / 6500 vines per ha
