Spain

Question 1

What are the current “Clos” wines of Priorat?

Answer 1

Clos Mogador (René Barbier)
Finca Dofi (Alvaro Palacios)
Clos Erasmus (Dafne Clorian)
Costers del Siurana (Carles Pastrana)
Mas Martinet (José Luis Pérez)
Vall Llach (Lluís Llach and Enric Costa)
Scala Dei

Question 2

What are the original “Clos” wines of Priorat?

Answer 2

Clos Mogador (René Barbier)
Clos Dofi (Alvaro Palacios)
Clos Erasmus (Dafne Clorian)
Clos de l'Obac (Carles Pastrana)
Clos Martinet (José Luis Pérez)

Question 3

What are the three autonomías of North Central Spain?

Answer 3

Navarra
Aragón
La Rioja

Question 4

What are the grapes of Sherry?

Answer 4

Palomino (Listán)
Pedro Ximenez
Mosacatel (Muscat de Alexandria)

Question 5

What are the DOs of Galicia?

Answer 5

Rias Baixas
Ribeiro
Valderras
Ribeira Sacra
Monterrei

Question 6

What are the three main red grapes of Rias Baixas?

Answer 6

Caiño
Espadeiro
Mencia

Question 7

What are the three soils of Sherry?

Answer 7

Albariza (white soil)-best for Palomino
Barros (clay)-lower lying vineyards
Arenas (sandy soils)-coastal

Question 8

Who is José Raventos?

Answer 8

Of Cordorníu, in Sadurní d’Anoia in Alt-Penedès.

Introduced metodo tradicional sparkling winemaking to Spain in 1872

Question 9

What does Priorat derive its name from?

Answer 9

Priorat de Scala Dei, a Carthusian monastery which was founded where a boy had a vision of angels ascending to heaven

Question 10

What is a “Vi de Vila?”

Name 5

Answer 10

Estate grown wines from 12 villages
Gratrallops
Escaladei
La Morera de Montsant
Porrera
Poboleda

Question 11

What are the DO Pagos of Navarra?

Answer 11

Bodegas Otazu (Valdizarbe)
Prado de Irache (Tierra Estella)
Señorio de Arínzano (Tierra Estella)

Question 12

What are the DOs of Aragón?

Answer 12

Calatayud
Campo de Borja
Cariñena
Somontano

Question 13

What are the subzones of Rias Baixas?

Answer 13

Val do Salnés
Ribeira do Ulla
Soutomaior
O Rosal
Condado do Tea

Question 14

What are the soil types of Rioja’s subzones?

Answer 14

Alta: yellow calcareous clay with reddish iron-rich clay on the lower slopes of the Ebro

Alavesa: calcareous clay

Oriental (Baja): alluvial silty soils

Question 15

What grapes are permitted in the production of cava?

Answer 15

Macabeo (Viura)
Xarel-lo
Paralleda
Chardonnay
Pinot Noir
Garnacha Tinta
Monastrell
Trepat
Malvasia (Subirat)

Question 16

What are the subzones of Navarra DO?

Answer 16

Tierra Estella
Valdizarbe
Ribeira Alta
Ribeira Baja
Baja Montaña

Question 17

What are the appellations of Catalonia?

Answer 17

Priorat DOCa
Penedès DO
Montsant DO
Tarragona DO
Terra Alta DO
Conca de Barberá
Costers del Segre DO
Alella DO
Emporda DO

Question 18

What is Vino Espumoso de Calidad?

Answer 18

A category for traditional method sparkling wine
-hand-harvested
-must be produced/bottled at the same facility
-brut nature, extra brut, brut styles
-15 months sur lees
  24 reserve
  36 gran reserve
-Min. 11-13% ABV for finished wine

Question 19

What is the minimum alcohol of Navarra?

Answer 19

blanco: 10.5%
rosado: 11%
tinto: 11.5%
vino de licor: 15% (max 18%)

Question 20

Fondillón

Answer 20

A solera-style, dessert wine produced in Alicante DO from overripe Monastrell grapes and aged for a minimum of 10 years

Question 21

What are the aging requirements for Cava?

Answer 21

basic bottlings: 9 months sur lie
reserva: 15 months
gran reserva: 30 months

Question 22

Who are the major producers of Rioja?

Answer 22

Bodegas Lópes de Herédia (Alta)
Bodegas Faustino (Alavesa)
Bodegas Marqués de Murrieta (Alta)
CVNE (Alta)
Ysios (Alavesa)

Question 23

What are the DO zones of Pais Vaisco?

Answer 23

Getrariako Txakolina
Bizkaiko Txakolina
Arabako Txakolina

Question 24

What are the DOs of Castilla y León?

Answer 24

Arlanza
Arribes
Bierzo
Cigales
Ribera del Duero
Rueda
Tierra de Leon
Tierra del Vino de Zamora
Toro

Question 25

What are the subregions of Ribeira Sacra?

Answer 25

``` Amandi Chantada Quiroga-Bibei Riberas do Sil Riberas do Miño ```

Question 26

What is the tier of Spanish wine appellations?

Answer 26

``` Vino de Mesa Vino de la Tierra Vino de Calidad con Indicacion Geografica Denominación de Origen Denominación de Origen Calificada ```

Question 27

What are the autonomías of Spain?

Answer 27

``` Andalucía Aragón Asturias Balearic Islands Pais Vasco Canary Islands Castilla y León Castilla la Mancha Catalonia Cantabria Extremadura Galicia La Rioja Madrid Murcia Navarra Valencia ```

Question 28

What is the minimum alcohol of Rioja without subzone designation?

Answer 28

blanco/rosado: 10.5% (11% for res./g.res.) tinto: 11.5% (12% for res./g.res.)

Question 29

What is the minimum alcohol of Rioja with subzone designation?

Answer 29

``` blanco alta/alav.: 11% blanco baja: 11.5% rosado alta/alav.: 10.5% rosado baja: 11% tinto alta/alav. 11.5% tinto baja: 12% ```

Question 30

What are the red grapes of Rioja?

Answer 30

``` Tempranillo Mazuelo (Carignan) Graciano Garnacha Cabernet Sauvignon Matura Tinta ``` *Must make up 85% of the blend, 95% if destemmed

Question 31

What are the crianza, reserva, gran reserva requirements for Spain?

Answer 31

crianza: 2 years, 6 months must be in barrel reserva: 3 years, 1 year must be in barrel gran reserva: 5 years, 18 months must be in barrel

Question 32

What are the crianza, reserva, gran reserva requirements for Rioja?

Answer 32

crianza: 2 years, 1 year must be in barrel reserva: 3 years, 1 year in barrel, 6 months in bottle gran reserva: 5 years, 2 years must be in barrel, and 2 years in bottle

Question 33

What are the crianza, reserva, gran reserva requirements for Ribera del Duero?

Answer 33

crianza: 2 years, 1 year must be in barrel reserva: 3 years, 1 year must be in barrel gran reserva: 5 years, 2 years must be in barrel, and 3 years in bottle

Question 34

What are some synonyms for Tempranillo?

Answer 34

``` Cencibel (Valdepeñas) Tinto del País (Ribera del Duero) Tinta de Toro (Toro) Tinto Fino (Ribera del Duero) Tinto Roriz/Aragonez (Portugal) Ull de Llebre (Catalonia) ```