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