Spain Flashcards
What grape variety is most closely associated with Spain
Tempranillo
What countries make up the Iberian Peninsula
Spain, France, Andorra, Gibraltar, Portugal
Leading red grapes of Spain
Tempranillo Bobal Garnacha tinta Monastrell (Mourvèdre) Mazuelo (carignan) Mencia Cabernet Sauvignon Syrah Alicante bouschet Merlot
Leading white grapes of Spain
Airén (leading grape of Spain ) Cayetana Blanca Albariño Macabeo (Viura) Palomino Verdejo Parellada Xarel-lo Moscatel Pedro ximenez Garnacha Blanca
Tempranillo synonyms
Tempranillo rioja Tinta de toro toro Tinta del pais ribera del duero Cignales Tinto fino ribera del duero Ull de llebre Catalonia Cencibel la mancha Valdepeñas aragonêz Portugal Tinta Roriz Douro (Portugal )
Spanish wine categories
Vinos de Mesa
Vinos de la Tierra (PGI level)
Vinos de calidad (between )
DO (PDO level)
DOCa (PDO level)
Vinos de Pago
Vdlt VCIG DO DOCa Vino de Pago??
Spanish Wine that has spent minimum 18 months in barricas (oak barrel) or in the bottle
Vino noble
Spanish wine that has spent a minimum of 24 months aging in barricas or in the bottle
Vino añejo
Spanish wine that has spent a minimum of 36 months aging in a strongly oxidative environment exposed to any combination of light oxygen and heat
Vino viejo
Spanish wine aging designation for wine released the year after it was made
Joven or genérico
Spanish Crianza
Spanish wine designation for red wine aged 24mos with 6mos in barrel
For white or rosé 18mos with 6 mos in barrel
Reserva Spanish wine aging designation
Red aged 36 mos with 12mos in barrel
White or rosé 24mos with 6mos in barrel
Gran reserva Spanish wine aging designation
Red wine aged 60mos 18mos in barrel
White or rosé aged 48mos with 6mos in barrel
Notable DOs of Galicia
Rías Baíxas
Ribeiro
Valdeorras
What wine region is known as green Spain
Galicia in the northwest with exposure to the Atlantic
What are the leading wine areas of Castilla y león
Toro
Rueda
Cigales
Ribera del duero
Name the Wine regions of Spain
Galicia Castilla y Leon Rioja Navarra Aragon Catalonia Valencia Murcia Andalucia Jerez or Xeres Extremadura Castilla La Mancha in the middle like Madrid
What 3 geographical features influence or moderate the rioja wine region
The cantabrian mountains
The Ebro River
The Mediterranean Sea. (The Atlantic???) probably both Atlantic toward the west and warming east toward the Mediterranean
The 3 sub appellations or zones of the Rioja DOCa
Rioja Alta
Rioja alavesa
Rioja oriental
The leading red and leading white grape of Rioja
Tempranillo and Viura
Rioja DOCa crianza
24 mos aging at least 12 mos in barrel
Rioja DOCa reserva
Minimum 36 mos aging with at least 12 mos barrel and 6 mos bottle
Rioja DOCa gran reserva
60 mos total aging 24 mos barrel and 24 mos bottle
What is the principal grape used in white Rioja ? Rosé Rioja ?
Viura (aka macabeo)
Garnacha
What region is the largest producer of quality wine in Spain
Catalonia
Name 5 DOs of distinction in the Catalonia region
Priorat DOQ Tarragona Montsant Costers del Segre Penedés
Name the 3 DOs of Spain’s Murcia region and what grape is most known in all 3
Jumilla
Yecla
Bullas
Monastrell (Mourvèdre) grape variety
What is the Jerez-Xérès region known for?
Sherry
What is the main grape variety in Spanish sherries
The palomino grape
What 3 grape varieties are used in Spanish sherry
Palomino
Pedro ximenez (PX)
Moscatel (muscat)
Name the styles of Spanish sherry
Fino and manzanilla
oloroso
Amantillado (aged fino)
Pale cortado
Sherries with an age indication means what ?
A lower classification of sherries aged 12 to 15 years
What is VOS and VORS
Levels of sherries of certifies old age
VOS very old Sherry min 20yrs solera aging
VORS very old rare Sherry min 30 years solera aging
What is en Rama
Raw or unfiltered sherry
What are the 3 classic grape varieties for cava
Macabeo
Xarel-lo
Parellada
All white varieties
What does Ribera del Duero translate to?
Bank of the Duero River
Mouvèdre is known as what in Spain ?
Monastrell
Synonyms for mouvédre
Monastrell
Mataro
What is carignan known as in Spain
Mazuelo
Synonym for macabeo grape in Spain
Viura
Rioja gran añada
36 months in the lees
Spanish wine labeling 18 months aging in barricas or in bottle
Vino noble
Spanish wine labelling 24 months in barricas or bottle
Vino añejo
Spanish wine labelling 36 months aging in an oxidative environment
Vino viejo
What 3 geographical influences moderate the weather in rioja
The Ebro River
Cantabrian mountains
The Mediterranean Sea
What is the principal grape of white rioja
Viura
What grape is the primary component of rosé Rioja
Garnacha
What 3 towns for the Sherry triangle of Spain
Jerez de la frontera
Sanlúcar de barragmeda
El puerto de Santa Maria
What 3 soul types are found in the Jerez region
Albariza
Barro
Arena
Styles of Sherry
Review
What is Spain’s high quality traditional method sparkling wine known as and where is most of it produced
Cava
95% produced in Catalonia
Cava production requirements
9 months lees aging in bottle
Cava Riserva production requirements
15 months lees aging in bottle must be brut level sweetness or drier
Cava gran reserva production requirements
30 months lees aging brut level sweetness or drier
Cava de paraje calificado
36 months lees aging from single estate vines brut level sweetness or drier
PDO only terms for Spanish wines
Joven or generico
Crianza
Reserva
Gran reserva
Name the 3 Jerez soil types and the grapes that favor them
Albariza-palomino
Barro-Pedro Jimenez
Arena- moscatel
Name 4 fino style sherrries
Fino
Puerto fino
Manzanilla
Pale cream
Name 2 oloroso style sherries
Oloroso
Cream Sherry
Name 2 dried grape sherries
Pedro ximenez
Moscatel
Name 2 hybrid style sherries
Amontillado
Pale cortado
