Vino de Pago

Question 1

Vino de Pago?

Answer 1

Created in 2003, are top quality wines from single estates but are not necessarily higher quality than DO or DOCa wines. These wines must be from single estates and produced on the estate, so producers who buy in grapes or whose winery is not on this estate cannot use this categorization; these rules out a large number of the top quality wines.

Question 2

VP from Navarra?

Answer 2

Pago de Arinzano; Pago de Otazu; Pago Prado de Irache;

Question 3

Pago de Arinzano?

Answer 3

Right in the heart of Navarra, owned by Bodega Chivite that have been producing wine through 11 generations. Bodegas Chivite also produce a line of wines called Colección 125 under Navarra DO, and their Chardonnay is highly prized.

Question 4

Gran Vino de Arínzano?

Answer 4

Blend of 65% Tempranillo and 35% Merlot, aged for 14 months in French oak , 60% of which is new. Bottle is around 50 pounds.

Question 5

Arínzano La Casona?

Answer 5

This is the second wine 75% Tempranillo and 25% Merlot, price is around 25 pounds.

Question 6

Pago de Otazu?

Answer 6

Produces two red blends, a Cabernet - Tempranillo and a Cabernet - Merlot - Tempranillo, and a varietal Chardonnay.

Question 7

Pago Prado de Irache?

Answer 7

The whole estate grows a wide range of varieties, however Vino de Pago is blend of 70% Tempranillo, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% Merlot, aged for 12 months in French oak.

Question 8

VP from Castilla-La Mancha?

Answer 8

Pago Calzadilla, Pago Campo de la Guardia, Pago Casa del Blanco, Pago Dehesa del Carrizal, Pago Florentino, Pago Dominio de Valdepusa, Pago Finca Élez, Pago Guijoso.

Question 9

Pago Calzadilla?

Answer 9

Gran Calzadilla is the flagship wine, blend of Tempranillo 70% and Cabernet Sauvignon 30% from the oldest vines on estate. Calzadilla Allegro is 100% Syrah.

Question 10

Pago Campo de la Guardia?

Answer 10

Campo de la Guardia was developed by Bodegas Martué and has two parcels of vineyards: Campo Martuela and El Casar. French (80%) and American (20%) oak is used and wines are high in alcohol.

Question 11

Pago Campo de la Guardia wines?

Answer 11

Martué is blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (20%), Merlot (21%), Tempranillo (18%), Petit Verdot (19%) and Syrah (22%); Martué Especial is blend of Merlot (50%), Cabernet Sauvignon, (27%), Syrah (21%) and Malbec (2%). There are also 100% Syrah and 100% Chardonnay.

Question 12

Pago Casa del Blanco?

Answer 12

Red wines made after 2002 are labeled as QuiXote and the white wine is labeled as Castillo de Pilas Bonas. White Pilas Bonas is blend Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc.

Question 13

Pago Casa del Blanco red wines?

Answer 13

Merlot, Tempranillo, Petit Verdot; / Malbec, Cabernet Franc / Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah / 100% Petit Verdot.

Question 14

Pago Dehesa del Carrizal?

Answer 14

Varietals from Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot, and Syrah. They also produce two red blends MV and Colección Privada from Syrah, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot y Tempranillo.

Question 15

Pago Florentino?

Answer 15

Pago Florentino is unusual in that is specializes not only in red wine, but just a single variety, Cencibel (Tempranillo). It is aged in 225-liter barriques (new French oak is favored). The aging period varies from vintage to vintage depending on individual conditions.

Question 16

Pago Dominio de Valdepusa?

Answer 16

Dominio de Valdepusa was the joint-first estate to receive Spain’s prestigious Vinos de Pago status. It received the title in 2002, at the same time as Finca Elez.

Question 17

Pago Dominio de Valdepusa wines?

Answer 17

Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot and Syrah. Graciano and Merlot were later added to the plantings. The estate makes varietal wines with all of its varieties as well as two blends named Emeritus and Summa Varietalis.

Question 18

Pago Finca Élez?

Answer 18

Finca Elez specializes in the production of red wines from Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah and Spain’s revered Tempranillo. Its wines are all blends, apart from a varietal Syrah.

Question 19

Pago Finca Élez white wine?

Answer 19

Chardonnay is the only white-wine grape planted on the estate and two varietal wines are made from it, both of which undergo barrel fermentation in French oak.

Question 20

Pago Guijoso?

Answer 20

. It specializes in red wines, producing three: one blend and varietal Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon wines. The estate produces just one white wine, a varietal Chardonnay. Its ‘Magnificus’ Syrah is its most prized wine.

Question 21

Utiel-Requena (Valencia)?

Answer 21

Pago de Los Balagueses and Chozas Carrascal.

Question 22

Pago de Los Balagueses?

Answer 22

First vineyard in the region to receive VP status, owned and operated by Vegalfaro Viñedos y Bodegas. The Pago grows two red-wine varieties, Syrah and Merlot, which it makes into single-variety wines.

Question 23

Chozas Carrascal?

Answer 23

Unique approach, 12 varieties. LAS OCHO is a blend of Bobal, Bobal F, Garnacha, Tempranillo, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Syrah and Merlot,; LAS CUATRO is rose blend of Tempranillo, Garnacha, Syrah and Merlot.; LAS TRES is a blend of Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc and Macabeo. ; El Cabernet is 100% Cabernet Franc.

Question 24

Pago Ayles?

Answer 24

It is the first of its kind in the autonomous community of Aragon. Pago Ayles currently puts out two red-wine blends from Tempranillo, Garnacha, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Syrah and a rosado made from Garnacha and Cabernet Sauvignon.