Valencia, Murcia Flashcards
What is the Levant region?
Murcia and Valencia on eastern coast of Spain
What is Spains largest city
also the name of its autonomia, its capital and a DO…
Valencia!
Three DOs of Valencia, describe location.
Valencia DO
–non contiguous
–Large part inland just West of City of Valencia (which is on coast)
–slightly smaller part south but still inland, N and W of
Alicante
Alicante DO
- -non contiguous
- -small part right on coast sticking out like bump
- -larger part is South of southern Valencia
- -touching Yecla and Jumilla its West
Utiel-Requena DO
- -West of northern part of Valencia DO
- -Manchuela DO in La Mancha borders to the West
What is Valencia DO known for?
- white wines produced from local grape Merseguera
- kind of boring
-paella and oranges more famous :)
What is Alicante DO known for?
- dessert wines
- –Fondillón- solera style oxidative dessert wine made from overripe Monastrell, aged min 10 yrs (not fortified)
Where is Fondilión found? What is it?
- Alicante DO in Valencia
- solera style oxidative dessert wine made from overripe Monastrell, aged min 10 yrs (not fortified)
What grape is primarily used for the reds of Utiel-Requena DO
Bobal!
What is Doble pasta
- red wines macerated and fermented with twice the normal amount of grape skins and pulp
- results in intense concentration, tannin and color
- Often used to strengthen weaker blends
- –this traditional role is ebbing away with the rising production of grape concentrate in Utiel-Requena
Where might you find a red made from Bobal?
Utiel-Requena DO in Valencia
Where is Murcia?
-South of Valencia in the Levant region
3 DOs of Murcia? Describe location
- Yecla DO
- Jumilla DO
- Bullas DO
N to S, Bullas non contiguous with other two
Climate of Jumilla? Soil? Main grape?
- desert
- sandy soil
- Monastrell - over 80% of vineyards
When did phylloxera enter Jumilla?
1980s
- 100 years after the rest of spain!
- because of sandy soils
