Wine Classifications and Grape Varietals Flashcards

1
Q

Portuguese quality wine is classified in what two categories?

A
  • Denominação de Origem Protegida (DOP) (DOC)

- Indicação Geogràfica Protegida (IGP)

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2
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How many DOPs are currently in Portugal?

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31

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3
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What is Indicação de Proveniencia Regulamentada (IPR)?

A

A classification that no longer exists.

-All Indicação de Proveniencia Regulamentada (IPR) have been upgraded to Indicação Geogràfica Protegida (IGP).

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4
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Indicação Geogràfica (IG) is also known as what?

A
  • Indicação Geogràfica Protegida (IGP)

- Vinhos Regional (VR) (if traditionally labeled within Portugal)

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5
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What is the minimum percentage of grapes that must come from the stated region if the wine is labeled as Indicação Geogràfica (IG)?

A

-Minimum 85%

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6
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How many IGPs in Portugal? What are they?

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14

  • Minho
  • Transmontano
  • Duriense
  • Terras do Dão
  • Terras de Cister
  • Terras da Beira
  • Beira Atlântico
  • Tejo
  • Lisboa
  • Alentejano
  • Península de Setúbal
  • Algarve
  • Terras Madeirenses
  • Açores
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7
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What are the 3 classifications of Portuguese wine?

A
  • Denominação de Origem Protegida (DOP)
  • Indicação Geogràfica Protegida (IGP)
  • Vinhos de Mesa
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8
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What is Trousseau known as in Portugal?

A

Bastardo

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9
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What is Fernão Pires? What is it also known as? Where are the plantings concentrated?

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  • White casta
  • AKA Maria Gomes in Bairrada
  • Found throughout Portugal; concentrated in Bairrada and the southern plains of the Tejo
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10
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Until recently, what was the most widely cultivated red grape in Portugal? Where did it originate?

A
  • Castelão

- Tejo

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11
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Who brought Castelão from Tejo to Terras do Sado (now the Península de Setúbal)

A

J.M. da Fonseca

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12
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What grape is considered Portugal’s finest red casta?

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Touriga Nacional

-Accounts for 10% of the nation’s vineyard acreage

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13
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What grape has supplanted Touriga Nacional in the Dão?

A

Jaen (Mencía)

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14
Q

Jaen is also known as what in Portugal?

A

Mencía

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15
Q

What is the Portuguese term for varietal?

A

Casta

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16
Q

What does “Colheita Seleccionada” mean on a Portuguese wine label?

A

It indicates a 1% higher abv than established by the regional appellation

17
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What does “Reserva” mean on still or sparkling wine labels in Portugal?

A

Still - indicating at least 0.5% abv higher than the legal min established by the DOP or IGP (stricter DOP reqs may apply)

Sparkling - 12 months on the lees prior to disgorgement

18
Q

Who originally bottled the “perequita” wine?

A
  • J.M. da Fonseca
  • It was Castelão intended to be the “Perequita” brand
  • Other producers began bottling Castelão under Perequita as a synonym for the grape
  • J.M. da Fonseca successfully contested in court
19
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What is the difference between Cercial and Sercial?

A
  • Sercial is a highly acidic grape prized for dry Madeira, aka Esgana Cão
  • Cercial is used for white wines in Dão, Douro and Bairrada
  • The two grapes are genetically distinct
20
Q

What is the Portuguese term for fortified?

A

Licoroso

21
Q

What are 2 synonyms for Touriga Nacional?

A
  • Bical Tinto

- Mortágua Preto

22
Q

What are Colheita Tardia?

A

Late harvest wines of Portugal

23
Q

What does “garrafeira” mean on a port wine label? Who pioneered it?

A
  • Following a few years in barrel, it is aged for a min of 8 years in glass demijohns
  • Niepoort
24
Q

What is the min % of grapes grown in a stated region for a Portuguese wine?

A

85%

25
Q

What does “garrafeira” mean on a Portuguese table wine label?

A
  • “Private Wines Cellar” - indicating a min period of aging prior to release
  • Tinto - min 30 mos (12 mos in btl)
  • Branco/Rosado - min 12 mos (6 mos in btl)
26
Q

What is Aragonez?

A

Tempranillo

27
Q

As of 2017 what grape has the highest acreage under vine in Portugal? What follows it?

A

Aragonez (Tinta Roriz, also known as Tempranillo in Spain)

-Touriga Nacional follows it

28
Q

Name other widely cultivated red grape varieties of Portugal.

A
  • Alfrocheiro
  • Trincadeira (Tinta Amarela)
  • Baga
29
Q

Trincadeira is also known as what?

A

Tinta Amarela

30
Q

What is considered a noble grape of the Dão?

A

Encruzado

31
Q

What is one of the oldest most indigenous grapes of Portugal popular in Bucelas?

A

Arinto

32
Q

What is one of the most important white grapes in Alentejano?

A

Antão Vaz

33
Q

Alvarinhoo is also known as what? Where is it popular in Portgual?

A
  • Albariño

- Vinho Verde