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Spain North Central Flashcards

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LA Rioja DOs

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Rioja DOCa

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Rioja Climate

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  • continental

- mountains create rainshadow

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Rioja Red Grapes

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  • Tempranillo (Alavesa/Alta)
  • Grenache (Baja)
  • Graciano
  • Mazuelo (Carinena)
  • Maturana Tinta
  • these 5 grapes must be 85% of Rioja blend [95% if destemmed] rest cab sav etc
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Rioja White Grapes

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  • Viura [Macabeo]
  • Garnacha Blanca
  • Malvasia Riojano
  • Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Verdejo cannot be > 45%
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Rioja Soils

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  • Calcarious clay: Rioja Alavesa/Alta

- alluvial soils and ferrous clay: Rioja Baja

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Rioja Aging

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Crianza: 2 years before release
Reserva 3 years, one in oak
Gran Reserva 5 years, two in oak

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Rioja Alavesa Overview

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  • North Of Ebro River
  • Tempranillo dominant
  • vino joven wines common
  • carbonic maceration sometimes
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Rioja Alta Overview

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  • south of Ebro River
  • warmer than Alavesa
  • Tempranillo, Mazuelo and Graciano-ageworthy wines
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Rioja Baja Overview

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-south of ebro
furthest east
-hottest of 3 regions
-Garnacha performs best here

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Navarra DO Climate

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  • climate similar to Rioja

- cooler / wetter near Pyrenees mountains

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Navarra DO Overview

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-traditionally famous for Garnacha Rosado’s but now 60% dry Reds

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Navarra Grapes

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Reds

  • Tempranillo
  • Garnacha
  • Cab, merlot, pinot on rise

Whites 6%-Chardonnay

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Navarra DO Pagos

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Prado Irache

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Aragon DOs

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  • Carinena DO
  • Calatayud DO
  • Campo de Borja DO
  • Somontano DO
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Campo de Borja DO Overview

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-Hot climate-Garnacha is 66% of plantings-Reds/Rosado’s from Garnacha and Tempranillo-Whites from Viura

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Carinena/Calatayud DOs overview

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-Garnacha dominates-Ironically Carinena is NOT most planted grape in DO w/ same name

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Somontano DO overview

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-name means “beneath the mountain”-white: Alcañón -red: Parraleta

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Galicia DOs

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Rias Baixas DORibeiro DO

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Rias Baixas Soils

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-Granite, alluvial, slate

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Rias Baixas Grapes/Labelling

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-Albarino (90% of plantings in area)-must be 100% if varietally labeled

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Rias Baixas Vinification

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-stainless steel mainly-crisp, dry, aromatic white wines

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Rias Baixas Subregions

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

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Rais Baixas Producers

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-Mar de Frades-Martin Codax-Filaboa

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Ribeiro DO Grapes

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White: TreixaduraRed: Caiño

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Ribeiro DO Overview

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-along Miño river-one of Spains oldest DOs-Viño Tostado [dried grape wine]: is local speciality

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Castilla y León DOs

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Ribera del DueroToroRuedaBierzo

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Castilla y Leon overview

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-Spains largest autonomia-“The land of castles”

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Bierzo Climate

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-moderate-cooling maritime influence

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Bierzo Grapes/Vinification

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-Mencia (high acid, red fruit) 70% minimum-best from old vines / steep stony slopes

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Bierzo Producers

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-Descendientes de José Palacios [biodynamic “Corullon”] [Alvaro Palacios project who is big in Priorat]

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Ribera del Duero climate/topography

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-continental w/ hot/dry summers cold winters-altitude helps for cool nights (many over 850 meters)-on high Meseta plateau (2500 ft, highest in spain)

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Ribera Del Duero Grapes

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-Tempranillo [called “Tinto Fino”]-Garnacha [for rose]-red wines only, +very small amount rose’

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Ribera Del Duero producers

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Tinto Pesquera
Vega Sicilia
Aalto [winemaker Mariano Garcia from Vega sicilia left and started this]

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Vega Sicilia Unico

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-Unico is a first growth quality level gran reserva,
-10 yrs typically agedgrapes:
Tinto del País, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Merlot

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Ribera Del Duero Aging

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Crianza: 2 years before release [one in oak]
Reserva 3 years, one in oak
Gran Reserva 5 years, two in oak

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Rueda Grapes

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  • Verdejo

- Sauvignon Blanc

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Rueda Labelling re Grapes

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  • blended wines must have 50% Verdejo

- varietally labelled must have 85% as per EU

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Rueda Vinification

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  • crisp aromatic whites

- also Sparkling (Espumoso) wines [85% Verdejo]

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Toro Climate

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-continental w/ extremely hot summers

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Toro Grapes

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-Tempranillo [“Tinto del Toro”] 75% min of reds

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Toro producers

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Vega Sicilia’s Bodegas Pintia

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Catalonia DOs

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Penedes
Priorat
Cava

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Catalonia Location

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-across Pyranees from Roussillon

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Priorat Overview

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-one of only two DOCas in Spain

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Priorat Climate

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  • hot and dry

- rugged area few miles from mediterranean sea but isolated/surrounded by mountains

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Priorat Soils

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  • Stony Schist soils,

- best vineyards on “llicorella” a mix of black slate and quartzite-soils have to dig deep for their water

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Priorat Grapes

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  • Garnacha

- Carinena

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Priorat Producers

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  • Clos Mogador [winemaker Rene Barbier, basically rediscovered Priorat and made it what it is today]
  • Alvaro Palacios [one of the original partners of the “clos” project w/ Barbier]
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Vino de Pueblo

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Priorat Labelling: village category from estate grown wines in one of 12 villages

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Catalunya DO

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-created to allow blending from whole area/bulk production

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Penedes/Cava Climate

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-mediterranean

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Cava White Grapes

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  • Macbeo
  • Xarel-Lo
  • Parellada
  • Chardonnay
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Cava Red Grapes

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  • Ull del Llebre [Tempranillo]
  • Garnacha
  • Pinot Noir
  • Monastrell
  • Trepat
  • Malvasia

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