Sterea Ellada Flashcards
Grapes of Retsina
Roditis, Savatiano
Pink skinned grapes of Greece
Roditis, Moschofilero
These regions of Greece have no PDOs
Sterea Ellada (Central Greece)
Thrace
Can Retsina be labeled with a vintage
No
Greeces most cultivated white grape
Viliana
Two most planted indigenous grapes in Greece
Savvatiano, Roditis
Two traditional PGIs of Greece
Retsina and Verdea
15 PGI appelations of Retsina (Central Greece)
Area PGIs: Attica, Viotia, Evia
District PGIs: Gialtra, Karystos Thebes, Halkida, Megara, Pallini, Pikermi, Spata, Mesogia, Markopoulos, Peania, Koropi
Name of Large island next to Central Greece in the Aegean
Evia
What is Kokkineli
Rosé of Retsina from Roditis
Hottest and driest part of Greece
Attica, or Attic peninsula (Near Athens)
Name of pine tree that sap for retsina comes from
Aleppo
Soil type of Sterea Ellada
Clay with alluvial along coast and igneous in Northern regions
Papagiannakos is a producer in Attica (Sterea Ellada) known for this:
Ageworthy dry Savatiano
Sterea Ellada’s Area PGIs are concentrated on this half of the region
Eastern
The Pindos Mountains create complex topography in Sterea Ellada. How does the climate differ from West, Central and East
Western: Significant rainfall
Center: Cold and high elevation
Eastern: Hot and arid
Viotia, a PGI district for Retsina, is north of Attica and sandwiched between these two features
Corinthian and Evian gulfs
The best vineyards of Viotia PGI are on the North facing slopes of this mountain
Mount Parnitha (as high as 500 meters)
Fthiotida PGI is located to the Northwest of Viotia (Sterea Ellada) It is known for these varieties
Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot. Savatiano is hardly seen here
This producer helped revitaize Fthiotida PGI
Hatzimichalis
Three traditional district PGIs for Retsina in Sterea Ellada
Evia
Attica
Viotia
Attica PGI is located at the southeastern tip of Sterea Ellada and is surrounded on all three sides by this
Aegean sea and gulfs
This soil dominates Western Attica
This soil dominates Eastern Attica
Limestone (West)
Loam and Sand (East)
Area PGIs of Sterea Ellada: Attiki District:
Attiki District:
Anavyssos
Gerania
Ilion
Koropi
Markopoulo
Pallini
Peanea
Slopes of Kitherona (located in both Attiki and Viotia)
Slopes of Pendeliko
Spata
Vilitsa
11 PGI Areas in Sterea Ellada are broadly defined this way
North Attica (coolest and least fertile)
Mesogia (Flat plain to the east of Athens
Megara (Western, mostly bulk wine)
PGI Areas of Sterea Ellada: Evia District
Evia District:
Karystos
Lilantio Pedio
Ritsona
PGI Areas of Sterea Ellada: Viotia District:
Viotia District:
Slopes of Parnitha
Slopes of Kitherona (located in both Attiki and Viotia)
Thebes (Thiva)
