Spain Theory Flashcards
Vino Vimblanc is what kind of wine and where is it it made
Pansa Blanca-based Vino de Licor from Montsant and Tarragona DOs
Arribes Blanco is a minimum 60% of what grape
Malvasia
Albarin (red and white) are the predominant grapes of what DO
Asturias
Callet is a red grape grown in what DO
Pla I Llevant DO in the Balearic Islands
What are the 2 DOs of the Balearic Islands
Pla i Llevante
Binissalem
The two predominant white grapes of bierzo
Palamino
Godello
What is the white grape of Ribera del Duero
There isn’t one. Only red and rosado wine is made
What is the minimum alcohol for red priorat
13.5%
What is rueda dorado
Fortified wine made in an oxidative style
Minimum aging requirements for Rueda Dorado
4 years (2 in wood)
Cigales DO is in what part of Spain
Castilla y Leon (in the NW of the region)
Conca do Barbera DO is in what region?
Catalunya
Define vino de aguja
Semi sparkling
Ull de Llebre is better known as what grape
Tempranillo
What wine would have a four pointed star in its cork
Cava
Define Fondillón
Unfortified Monastrell-based dessert wine from Alicante
Define Doble Pasta Wines
In the SE of Spain, wines that are fermented with twice the amount of skins and pulps, resulting in deeply coloured, dense wines
What are the 3 DOs of the Murcia region
Yecla
Bullas
Jumilla
A synonym for Palomino on the Canary Islands
Listan
Montilla-Moriles DO produces mostly what grape?
PX
Define Arrope
Concentrated grape must reduced to 1/3 it’s original volume
What is the “soleo” method
Air drying
In Malaga sweet wines
What are the five subregions of Navarra DO
Tierre Estella Ribera Alta Ribera Baja Baja Montagna Valdizarbe
A synonym for Xarel-lo
Pansa Blanca
Minimum ageing of Grand Reserva Cava
30 months
Where is the Arribes DO located
On the border with Portugal along the Duero river
Listan Negro grows in what part of Spain
Canary Islands
What are the 5 original Clos of Priorat
Clos Mogador Clos Martinet Clos Dafi Clos de l’obac Clos Eramus
The Guadalquivir river is in what region
Jerez
Casters del Segre is located in what area
Catalonia
Which Rias Baixas subregion allows the most Treixadura
Condado do Tea
70%
What are the 5 subregions of rias baixas
Condado do tea Val do Salnes O rosal Riberia do ulla Soutomaier
Who produces l’Ermita
Alvara Palacios
Rioja Gran Reserva Reds must age for how long
5 years (2 in wood)
In rest of Spain, Gran Reserva only requires 1.5 year in oak
Define “vi de vila”
How many are there?
The village level wines of Priorat
There are 12
Ondarrabi Zuri is a grape in what region
Pais Vasco
Which 3 Codorniu vineyards were recently qualified for Cava de Paraje Calificado
Le Pleta
La Fideuera
El Tros Nou
Where would you find a wine labelled Summum
Ribeira Sacra
Who produces Castillo y Gay
Marquis de Murrieta
What are 4 DOs of Aragon
Calatayud
Carinena
Somontano
Campo de Borja
What is the predominant white grape of Ribeiro
Treixadura
Vino Tostado is a dried grape specialty of what region
Ribeiro
What are the 5 subregions of Ribeira Sacra
Amandi Riberas do Sil Riberas do Mino Chantada Quiroga-Bibei
What is the easternmost DO in Galicia
Valdeorras
What is vinos de tea
Wine from La Palma that is aged in Canary Island Pine Barrela
Which region produces Ojo de Gallo
Pais Vasco
Rosé
What was Spain’s first DO Pago estate
Dominion de Valdepusa
What is the most widely planted white grape in Navarra
Chardonnay
Senorio de Arinzano is a Pago in what region
Navarra
Where is Malvasia di Sitges grown?
Penedes
Minimum aging requirement for Cava de Paraje Calificado
3 years
What is a synonym for Tempranillo in La Mancha
Cencibel
Caiño is what colour grape and where is it grown
Red
In Galicia, specially rias baixas and ribeiro
What is Molino Real
Sweet moscatel wine from Malaga
Who produces Real de Asua
Cune
In what part of Spain is the Emporda DO
Catalonia, near the Pyranees
What is the primary red grape of Uriel-Requena
Bobal
Where is Bodegas Numanthia located
Toro
The french grape Trousseau goes by what name in Spain
Bastardo
What two rivers flow through ribeira sacra
Sil , minho
What are the red grapes allowed in rosé Cava
Pinot noiR
Monastrell
Garnacha
Trepat
What is the optimum alcohol level for the development of Flor
15.5
What is the chalky soil of sherry
Albariza
What are the three soil types of Jerez
Arenas
Albariza
Barros
What are the aging classifications for Malaga Sweet Win
Malaga Palido (max 6 months) Malaga (6-24 months) Malaga Noble (2-3 years) Malaga Anejo (3-4 Years) Transanejo (5 years)
What is the size of a sherry butt
600 litres
Otazu is a Pago estate in what region
navarra
maximum % of alcohol in oloroso sherry
22%
what is the minimum amount of solara aging for all sherry wine
2 years (reduced from 3 in 2010)
what are the three communes of the sherry triangle
Sanlucar de Barrameda
Jerez de la Frontera
El Puerto de Santa Maria
Finca Élez is a pago estate in what region
Castilla la Mancha
Guijoso is a pago estate in what region
Castilla la Mancha
What is the only Pago estate in Carinena
Aylés
What are the two Pago of Utiel-Requena
Los Balagueses + El Terrerazo
Florentino is a Pago estate in what region
Castilla La Mancha
minimum R/S for varietal PX in Sherry
212 g/l
Define VOS/VORS
Very Old Sherry/Very Old Rare Sherry
Minimum aging of VOS/VORS sherry
20 year average
30 year average
what is the pruning system in sherry
“stick and thumb”
recommended red grapes of rias baixas
loureiro tinto
Caino Tinto
Espadeiro
souson
Bobal is the dominant grape of what region?
Utiel Requena
newest DO in the canary islands
Lagomera
- reds based on Listan Negro
- dry whites from Forastera Gomera
what are the primary white grapes of Toro
min 85% Malvasia
or
min 100% Verdejo
castilla y leon region of span
what is a botta chica
a sherry shipping pipe, measured at 500 litre
what is the Levante
hot and dry wind in andalucia important in the production of sherry
what is the puente
a humid wind in Andalucia important in the production of sherry
Aalto is a producer in what region
Riberia del Duero
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Riberia del Duero is in what region
Castilla y Leon
what appellations does the Douro river flow through (w to e)
Arribes, Zamora, Toro, Rueda, Ribera del Duero
what is the name of the Vega Sicilia + Mouton collab
McCan in Rioja Orientale
what is the old name for Rioja Orientale
Rioja Baja
white bierzo is based on what grapes?
godello, donna paula
Monterrei is in what part of Spain
Galicia
Whites = dona blanca, verdello(Godello)
Red = arauxa (Tempranillo), souson, caino tinto
What are the 3 Txakolis
From west to east
Txakoli de Alava (white only)
Txakoli de Bizkaia
Txakoli de Getaria
Makes white wines based on Hondarribi Zuri and various French grapes (folle blanche, petit menseng)
Reds based on hondarribi Beltza
In what year did Raventos leave the Cava DO
2012
where is the town of Cipona
Andalucia
3 DOs of the Murcia
Yecla
Jumilla
Boulas
worst vintages of the 90s for rioja
92,93,97
Valdespino is a producer in what region
Jerez
when would you acidify in the Sherry process
before fermentation
name two recent cool vintages in rioja
13
14
Name 3 cava producers specific bottlings
Gramona Imperial Gran Reserva2009
Recaredo Brut Nature 2011
Juve & Camps brut rose NV
where is Cangas VCIG
Asturias
Albarin white and red
name 3 villages that may be released as Vi de Villa
Bellmunt del Priorat Porrera Poboleda Gratallops Le Morera de Montsant Le Viella Baixas Le Viella Alta El Lloar
what is the min alcohol of Vino Tostado
Tostado: min. 20.6% potential, 13% acquired
what is the min r/s of Vino Tostado
120 g/l
what grapes are used for Vino Tostado
Trexideira/Loueiro
caino tinto, ferron
recommended white and red grapes for Le Palma
Listan negro, Negramoll, Castallana Negra
Albillo Criolla, barmajuela, Forastera blanca
in the canary island, what DOs are on the island of Tenerife (5)
Abona Ycoden-Daute-Isora Tacaronte-Acentejo Valle de Guimar Valle de la orotava
in the canary islands, what do’s are not specifically on the island of tenerefe (5)
El Hierro La palma La Gomera Lanzarote Gran Canaria
Ayles is a Pago estate in what region
carinena
What subzones are the following towns in
Haro
Alfaro
LaBastida
Haro - Alta
Alfaro - Oriental
LaBastida - Alvasa
who produces the cuvee Pesus and where is it made
vina sastre ribeira del duero
who produces the cuvee Janus and where
Tinta Pasquera ribeira del duero
who produces Maleollus and where is it produced
Emilio Moro Ribeira del duero
name two priorat villages that may affix their name to the bottle
Porrera
Escaladei
elevation range for Alt-Penedes
500-850m
what year was the area of Rioja first regulated
1902 (consejo regulador created in 1926)
when did rioja get its DOCa status
1991
what are the requirements for a DOCa designation
1) having been a DO for 10 years
2) produced/bottled in region
3) average cost is double that of other DOs
How many pago estates are there
19
what is the primary soil type of galicia
granite
what river bisects the Monterrei DO
Tamega
what would the term “superior” mean on a label of Monterrei DO
it is at least 85% of an indigneous variety
what are the two subzones of Monterrei
valle de Monterrei
Ladera de Monterrei (hillside vineyards)
what grape goes by the name Arauxa in Galicia
Tempranillo
what Rias Baixas subzone has the highest production
val de salnes (also the flattest and coldest subzone)
what is the warmest subzone in Rias Baixas
Candado do Tea
what is the only DO in Galicia that produces more red wine than white
Ribeira Sacra
Min amount of Mencia in Ribeira Sacra Tinto
70%
what is the oldest DO in Galicia
Ribeiro
the val de salnes is on what river
umia
what is the primary grape of Ribeiro
Treixadura
what is a colleiteiros
a small winery in Ribeiro that produces no more than 60,000 litres of wine a year.
how many subzones are there in Valdeorras
8
what is the primary white/red grape of Valdeorras
godello/mencia
what is the primary red grape of VC Cangas
Mencia/Albarin Tinto
who invented the gold netting that goes around a bottle of rioja
marq de riscal
in what year did Rioja become a DOCa
1991
what is spain’s largest river
Ebro
The Cierzo wind most affects what spanish wine region
Rioja
beneficial dry wind
what are predominant soil types of Rioja
Chalky Clay (alavesa) Alluvium
describe the vara y pulgar training method
stick and thumb
two sided, where one side forms the spur for next year and one side forms the cane for this year. it alternates left and right each year
Maturana Tinta is known by what name in France
Trousseau
is tempranillo early ripening or late ripening
early
define generico
the lowest quality level of rioja wine
what are the zonal classifications for rioja
vinedo singular (104 registered)
vino de municipo
Vino de zona
generico (no zone)
rules for Vinedo singular in rioja
35 year old vines
20% lower yields
hand harvesting
aging categories for sparkling rioja
standard 15 months
reserva = 24 months
gran anada = 36 months
what is the largest subzone in Navarra
Ribera Alta
overlaps with eastern rioja
name three pago estates in navarra
otazu
irache
arinzano
what two DO in Aragon may produce Cava
Campo de Borja and Carinena
match the Priorat producer to the founder
Martinet mogador eramus dofi l'obac
jose luiz perez rene barber daphne glorian alvaro palacios carlos pastrana
what is the max sugar for Cava semi secco
50
what is the smallest DO in spain
La Gomera, Canary Islands
three bottlings of Lopez de Heredia
Gravonia
Tondonia
Bosconia
what are the two grand reservas for Le Rioja Alta
890 (named after first vintage)
904 (named in honour of purchase of Arlanza estate)
two bottlings of Tinta Pasquera
Janus
Millenium Gran Reserva
what is the name of the single vineyard wine of Pingus
Amelia (100 year old vines, aged in a single Darnajou barrel)
what is Murriata’s white wine
Capellania Reserva (viura from namesake vineyard, oaked)
Three wineries under the CVNE moniker
Vina Real (alavesa)
Contino (alavesa)
Imperial (alta)
the Sierra de Tolono vineyards abut what wine region
rioja
what was the first estate in rioja to do estate bottling
Remelluri
in what year did Artadi leave the Rioja appellation
2015
what is the smallest DO in the Castilla y Leon
Arlanza
what styles of wine are made in Cigales
white rose red sweet sparkling
what do they call petit manseng in Pais Vasco
Izkiriata
what spanish region border Banyuls
Emporda
jamon serrano is from what part of spain
extramadura
what is the name for a gyropalette
girasol
who is daphne glorian
producer of clos eramus
what are the three vineyards of clos eramus
escales
aubagues
socarrats
Turo d’en Mota
Racaredo
single vineyard, 100% xarello, 120 months on lees
min aging time for Brandy de Jerez Solara Grand Reserva
3
what is Supurados
traditional dried grape wines from Rioja
who produces La Faraona
Descentientes de J Palacios
in Bierzo
single vineyard
foil colours of Cava
Green
Silver
Gold
Antique Gold
two bottlings of Commando G
Bruja de Rozas
La Brena 1er Cru
who is Fernando Garcia
owns Command G
what is a Marchamo
like a facetta in italy
sticker on bottle from DO
belondrade y Lurton is a producer where
Rueda
ideal temp for a sherry bodega
18 degrees 75% humidty
what is the only DO in Castille y Leon that tempranillo isn’t recommended
Bierzo
what two moutain ranges are directly north of Rioja
Montes Obarenes
Sierra de Tolono
average rainfall in rioja
300-600mm
longest river in spain
ebro
major soil types of rioja
alluvial (45%) (Oriental)
calcaereous (30%) (Alavesa)
Ferrous clay (25%)
who produces the wine “1902, Tossal d’e Bou”
Mas Doix
single vineyard, 100% carinena
Gran Vinya Classificada
vines planted 1902
Vall Llach is a producer where
Priorat
produces Mas de la Rosa
who owns Valdepusa
Marquis de Grignon
Name 3 regulations for Gran Vinya Callificada designation in Priorat
90% Garnacha and/or Carignan
single vineyard
80% of the vines must be at least 35 years old, 10 years old for the remaining 20%
must be owned or long term lease (7 years min)
min aging for rioja blanco riserva
2 years (6 oak)
What is the name of the decomposed granite soils found in Galicia
Xabre
Min vine age for Gran Vino de Rueda
30 years
min age for Calatyud VV? Superior
35
50
The Moncayo Mountain Range affects what DO of Aragon
Campo de Borja
principal white grapes of Rias Baixas
Albarino
Godello
Dona Blanca
min vine age of Conca del Riu Anoia
10 years
El Vicario and Los Cerrillos are pago estates where
La Mancha
who produces the wines Vina Pomal, Vina Zaca and La Vicalanda
Bodegas Bilbainas
founded in Haro 1901
Name 3 Rioja producers working in Rioja Alavesa
Contino
Macan
Ysios
Valdemar
what are hoyos
moon shaped pits in lanzarote. vines are planted inside them to maximize water retention and prevent against wind
min aging for Corpinnat
18 months
red grapes authorized in Condado de Huevla
syrah, tempranillo, bordeaux grapes
where is Campo de Calatrava
La Mancha
what is the unique training method on the island of Tenerfe
Tranzado (unique to Oratava)
The Ieza, najerilla and jubera are all tributaries of what river
ebro
who produces the wines La Pleta and El Trou Nou
Cordineau
100% chard, 100% pinot
the Suriana river runs through what DO
Priorat
what is an alquitara
a spanish copper still