The Duero River Valley

Question 1

In which autonomous region does the Duero River Valley lie?

Answer 1

Castilla y Leon

Question 2

Which region has more than 60% of Spain’s heritage sites?

Answer 2

Castilla y Leon

Question 3

What is Las Medulas?

Answer 3

UNESCO site - reddish sand hills

Question 4

What is Burgos famous for?

Answer 4

It’s cathedral

Question 5

What is Segovia famous for?

Answer 5

Roman aqueduct

Question 6

What’s is Ávila famous for?

Answer 6

Fortified walls

Question 7

What is Salamanca famous for?

Answer 7

It’s old city

Question 8

What is the unofficial capital of Castilla y Leon?

Answer 8

Valldadolid

Question 9

What grape is used in DO Bierzo?

Answer 9

Mencia

Question 10

What grape is used in DO Tierra de Leon and VC Valles de Benavente?

Answer 10

Prieto Picudo

Question 11

What grape is used in Rueda?

Answer 11

Verdejo

Question 12

What grape is Verdejo commonly blended with?

Answer 12

Sauvignon blanc

Question 13

Which one can be produced with the Clarete method

Answer 13

Vino Rosado

Question 14

What do you call a method of wine, making where your crush red and white grapes together?

Answer 14

Clarete

Question 15

Which DO borders, Portugal?

Answer 15

DO Arribes

Question 16

Which DO is known for rose?

Answer 16

DO cigales

Question 17

What wine was taken by Christopher Columbus?

Answer 17

DO Toros

Question 18

What are Majuelos?

Answer 18

Family owned plots in villages

Question 19

What DO has 32 different types of soil?

Answer 19

DO Ribera del Diero

Question 20

What DO is Vega Sicilian in?

Answer 20

DO Ribera del Duero

Question 21

What is the oldest demarcated wine region in Castillo y leon?

Answer 21

DO Rueda

Question 22

Madreo technique?

Answer 22

Slow east rose fermentation gives slightly sparkling

Question 23

What is rosado de aguja?

Answer 23

A semi sparkling wine produced with an injection of a small amount of carbon dioxide in the VC Valles de Benavente

Question 24

What is Sardón de Duero?

Answer 24

VT Castilla y Leon wine of note but not in DO

Question 25

What is the typical blending partner for Tinto de Toro if used for Vino Tinto produced in DO Toro?

Answer 25

Garnacha Tinta

Question 26

Duero river originates in which major mountain?

Answer 26

Sistema Iberico

Question 27

What are the three other names by which Tempranillo is known in the region?

Answer 27

Tinto fino Tinta del Pais Tinta de toro

Question 28

Which winemaker brought Tempranillo to the world stage by producing internationally, acclaimed, varietal wines

Answer 28

Alejandro Fernadez

Question 29

What are three methods used to make Vinos Rosado in Castilla y Leon?

Answer 29

Direct press Sangrado (saignée) Clarete

Question 30

Ribera del Duero has one of the highest average elevation of all wine regions in Europe, true or falsie

Answer 30

True

Question 31

What is the term for family owned and family farms plots with an a village in DO cigales?

Answer 31

Maujuelos

Question 32

What vine training method is used in the region to give grapes relief from summer heat

Answer 32

En Vaso

Question 33

What is the minimum requirement percentage of Verdejo for a wine labelled Rueda

Answer 33

50%

Question 34

How many months must DO Ribera del Duero reserve be aged and barrel?

Answer 34

12 months

Question 35

What are the two primary white grape is used in DO Rueda

Answer 35

Verdejo and Sauvignon blanc

Question 36

Which is the oldest demarcated wine region in Castillo y leon?

Answer 36

DO Rueda

Question 37

How many provinces are in Castillo y Leon?

Answer 37

Nine

Question 38

Phylloxera did not affect some vineyards in Castillo de Lyon, because vineyards were planted in which type of soil

Answer 38

Sand (Do Rueda Do toro)

Question 39

How many months MUST DO Ribera del Duero crianza be aged in Barrel?

Answer 39

12 months

Question 40

If Garnacha Tinto and or Albillo Mayor or blended with Tempranillo in Rivera, Del Toro, how much percentage can be used?

Answer 40

No more than 5%

Question 41

Do Rueda only produces white wine is true or false

Answer 41

False

Question 42

What is Rueda Dorado?

Answer 42

And oxidatively, aged wine produced from any authorised white grape

Question 43

Do cigales Is dominated by what Wine style?

Answer 43

Vino Rosado

Question 44

Approximately what percentage of DO Bierzo planted to Mencia?

Answer 44

75%

Question 45

What is the only white grape loud in Ribera del Duero?

Answer 45

Albillo Mayor

Question 46

How many soil types of been identified in DO Ribera del Duero?

Answer 46

32

Question 47

What is the primary climate of Castilla y Leon?

Answer 47

Continental

Question 48

Castilla y Leon is the fifth largest demarcated region within the European Union, true or false

Answer 48

False (3rd largest)

Question 49

Which mountain range is located in the north-west of Castilla Y Leon!

Answer 49

Montes de Leon

Question 50

Which three autonomous regions comprise the Ebro river valley what’s the?

Answer 50

La Rioja, Navarro and Aragon

Question 51

How many subzones did Dio Navarra have?

Answer 51

5

Question 52

What is the signature grape of Aragon?

Answer 52

Garnacha Tinta

Question 53

Which DO is considered the birthplace of Garbacha Tinta?

Answer 53

Cariñena

Question 54

Which Aragonesea DO is the most ardent user of international varieties 

Answer 54

Somontano

Question 55

What is name of this drinking vessel form Catalina?

Answer 55

Porrón

Question 56

Ull de llebre is the name for which red grape?

Answer 56

Tempranillo

Question 57

What are the 3 grapes in cava?

Answer 57

Macabeo Xarel.lo Parellada

Question 58

What is the primary grape of Penedes?

Answer 58

Xarel.lo