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Spain - North-Central Spain Flashcards

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1
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Best vintages of Rioja from 2000 to 2010?

A

2001

2004

2005

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2
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Maximum yield for Rioja red wine?

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6500 kg/ha and 70 L/100 kg

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3
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Name 3 DO Pagos of Navarra?

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Senorio de Arinzano

Prado Irache (Tierra Estella)

Bodegas Otazu (Valdizarbe)

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4
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Top wine of La Rioja Alta?

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Gran Reserva 890

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5
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What 2 vineyards are used to make Lopez de Heredia’s Gran Reservas?

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Tondonia

Bosconia

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6
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What are the 4 DOs of Aragon?

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Campo de Borja

Calatayud

Carinena

Somontano

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7
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What are the 5 Subzones of Navarra N to S?

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Valdizarbe

Baja Montana

Tierra Estella

Ribera Alta

Ribera Baja

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8
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What are the DOs of North Central Spain?

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Rioja

Navarra

Campo de Borja

Calatayud

Carinena

Somontano

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9
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What does the acronym C.V.N.E stand for?

A

Compañia Vinicola del Norte de España

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10
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What is the name of Lopez de Heredia’s white wine?

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Tondonia

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11
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What is the new official name for Rioja Baja?

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Rioja Oriental

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12
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What is the size of a Rioja cask?

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225 Liters

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13
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What is the Trousseau grape known as in the Rioja?

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Maturana

Bastardo in Portugal

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14
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What mountain ranges are to the NE of Rioja?

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Pyrenees Mountain

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15
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What mountain ranges are to the NW of Rioja?

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Cantabrian Mountains

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16
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What producer from Rioja started making wine in Rueda in the 70s?

A

Marques de Riscal

17
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Who was the 1st producer to be labelled Rioja?

A

Marques de Murrieta

18
Q

3 sub zones of Rioja are?

A

Rioja Alta - southwest, warm climate and calcareous clay

Rioja Alavesa - smallest, northernmost with calcareous clay

Rioja Oriental - hottest and has alluvial soil and ferrous clay

19
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5 Sub zones of Navarra?

A

Valdizarbe - higher altitude

Baja Montana - North

Tierra Estella - North

Ribera Alta - centre

Ribera Baja - hot south

20
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Name the 3 Pagos found in Navarro.

A

Pago de Arínzano

Pago de Otazu

Pago Prado de Irache

21
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Who makes ‘Prado Enea’?

A

Bodegas Muga of Rioja

22
Q

Name and producer of the oldest white wine brand in Spain?

A

CVNE ’Monopole’: 100% Viura

23
Q

Which winery in Spain boasts a cellar designed by Aleixandre Gustave Eiffel?

A

CVNE

24
Q

What is the purpose of the golden mesh on some Spanish wine bottles?

A

A form of counterfeit protection introduced in the 19th century by the Marquis de Riscal which has been imitated to add glamour to select bottles

25
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What is the Spanish word for the golden mesh on some Spanish wine bottles?

A

Malla

26
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What is ‘malla’ in regards to Spanish wine?

A

The golden mesh that covers the wine bottle introduced at the end of the 19th century as an anti-counterfeiting device

27
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Which producer introduced the ‘Malla’ to protect against counterfeiting?

A

Marques de Riscal at the end of the 19th Century

28
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Name a traditional Rioja producer who only uses American oak for all their wines?

A

Lopez de Heredia

29
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3 sub zones of Rioja are?

A

Rioja Alta - southwest, warm climate and calcareous clay

Rioja Alavesa - smallest, northernmost with calcareous clay

Rioja Oriental - hottest and has alluvial soil and ferrous clay

30
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Who was the 1st producer to be labelled Rioja?

A

Marques de Murrieta

31
Q

What is the Treausseau grape known as in the Rioja?

A

Maturana

Bastardo in Portugal

32
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What is needed to become a Pago DO?

A

Lowered yields
Quality winemaking
International critical praise
Decades worth of quality production

33
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Which winery makes ‘Vinas de Gain’, ‘Pagos Viejos’ and ‘Vina El Pison’?

A

Artadi

34
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Who makes ‘Castillo Ygay’ Gran Reserva?

A

Marques de Murrieta

35
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What is the minimum vine age for a Vinedo Singular in Rioja?

A

35 years

36
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What are ‘Aging Wineries’ called in Rioja?

A

Criadores

37
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What is the Meseta?

A

Meseta Central, great interior meseta (plateau) of the Iberian Peninsula, central Spain. With Madrid at its centre, it extends over 81,000 square miles (210,000 square km) and has an average elevation of 2,165 feet (660 metres)

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