Spain Flashcards
What are the 5 DOs of of Galicia?
- ) Rías Baixas
- ) Ribeiro
- ) Valdeorras
- ) Ribeira Sacra
- ) Monterrei
What are the 5 subzones of Rías Baixas?
- ) Val do Salnés
- ) Ribeira do Ulla
- ) Soutomaior
- ) O Rosal
- ) Condado do Tea
What are the two major grapes associated with Ribeiro DO?
White: Treixadura (now), Palomino (formerly)
Red: Caino
*specialty: Vino Tostado (dried grape wine)
What are the 5 subregions of Ribeiro Sacra DO?
- ) Amandi
- ) Chantada
- ) Quiroga-Bibei
- ) Riberos do Sil
- ) Riberos do Miño
What are the main grapes associated with Ribeira Sacro DO?
- Mencía, Treixadura, Godello
What are the 6 wine growing regions of Andalusia?
- ) Condado de Huelva
- ) Jerez
- ) Málaga
- ) Montilla Moriles
- ) Sierras de Málaga
- ) Manzanilla de Sanlúcar de Barrameda
What are the 4 wine growing regions of Aragon?
- ) Calatayud
- ) Campo de Borja
- ) Cariñena
- ) Somontano
What are the 10 wine regions of the Canary Islands?
- ) Abona
- ) El Hierro
- ) Gran Canaria
- ) La Gomera
- ) La Palma
- ) Lanzarote
- ) Tacoronte Acentejo
- ) Valle de Güímar
- ) Valle de la Orotava
- ) Ycoden Daute Isora
What are the 9 wine growing regions of Castilla La Mancha?
- ) Almansa
- ) Jumilla
- ) La Mancha
- ) Manchuela
- ) Méntrida
- ) Mondéjar
- ) Ribera del Júcar
- ) Uclés
- ) Valdepeñas
What are the 9 wine growing regions of Castilla y Leon?
- ) Arlanza
- ) Arribes
- ) Bierzo
- ) Cigales
- ) Ribero del Duero
- ) Rueda
- ) Tierra de Léon
- ) Tierra del vino de Zamora
- ) Toro
What are the 11 wine growing regions of Catalunya?
- ) Allela
- ) Catalunya
- ) Cava
- ) Conca de Barberá
- ) Costers del Segre
- ) Empordà
- ) Montsant
- ) Penedès
- ) Pla de Bages
- ) Tarragona
- ) Terra Alta
What are the 3 wine growing regions of Murcia ?
- ) Bullas
- ) Jumilla
- ) Yecla
What are the 8 wine growing regions of Navarra and Rioja ?
- ) Navarra (Baja Montaña)
- ) Navarra (Ribero Alta)
- ) Navarra (Ribero Baja)
- ) Navarra (Tierra Estella)
- ) Navarra (Valdizarbe)
- ) Rioja (Alavesa)
- ) Rioja (Alta)
- ) Rioja (Baja)
What are the 13 wine growing regions of Valencia?
- ) Alcoia (Alicante)
- ) Alicante
- ) Alto Turia
- ) Alto Vinalopo y Medio Vinalopa (Alicante)
- )Bajo Vinalopo (Alicante)
- ) El Comtat (Alicante)
- ) Marina Alta (Alicante)
- ) Marina Baja (Alicante)
- ) Moscatel de Valencia
- ) Utiel Requena
- ) Valencia
- ) Valencia (Clariano)
- ) Valentino
When was Rías Baixas DO formally established ?
1988
What are the 6 types of wine allowed to be produced in Rías Baixas?
- ) Varietal Albariño
- ) Blanco
- ) Blanco Barrica
- ) Blanco with Subzones
- ) Tinto
- ) Espumosa
Name a bottling from Valle de Salnés
2017 Bodegas Vionta Albariño
(Lees aging, blockers malo; 12.8; sandy soils, 100% Albariño )
2010 Pazo Señorans “Seleción de Añada” Albariño
(Los Bancales single plot, blocked malo, 30 mo sobre lías, 13.5%)
What are the recommended and authorized white grapes of Rías Baixas?
Recommended: Albariño, Loureira, Treixadura, Caiña Blanca
Authorized: Torrontés, Godello
What are the recommended and authorized red grapes of Rías Baixas?
Recommended: Caiño Tinto, Espadeiro, Loureira Tinta Sousón
Authorized: Mencía, Brancellao
What are the requirements to be labeled with the subzone Val do Salnés?
- min. 70% recommended white grapes
What are the requirements to be labeled with the subzone Ribeira do Ulla?
- min. 70% recommended white grapes
What are the requirements to be labeled with the subzone O Rosal?
- min. 70% combined Albariño and Loureira
What are the requirements to be labeled with the subzone Condado do Tea?
- min. 70% combined Albariño and Treixadura
Name a producer from the O Rosal subzone
2018 Adegas Valmiñor “Valmiñor”
(No lees aging, 100% Albariño, blocked malo, 6-8 hr cold maceración; founded in 97’ with 35ha in O Rosal, 12.5%)
2017 Altos do Torona Albariño
(100% Albariño, 12.5%, ferment in 300l burgundy barrel, 6 mo battonage, 6 mo sobre lías)