Wine Classifications and Grape Varietals Flashcards
Portuguese quality wine is classified in what two categories?
- Denominação de Origem Protegida (DOP) (DOC)
- Indicação Geogràfica Protegida (IGP)
How many DOPs are currently in Portugal?
31
What is Indicação de Proveniencia Regulamentada (IPR)?
A classification that no longer exists.
-All Indicação de Proveniencia Regulamentada (IPR) have been upgraded to Indicação Geogràfica Protegida (IGP).
Indicação Geogràfica (IG) is also known as what?
- Indicação Geogràfica Protegida (IGP)
- Vinhos Regional (VR) (if traditionally labeled within Portugal)
What is the minimum percentage of grapes that must come from the stated region if the wine is labeled as Indicação Geogràfica (IG)?
-Minimum 85%
How many IGPs in Portugal? What are they?
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
What are the 3 classifications of Portuguese wine?
- Denominação de Origem Protegida (DOP)
- Indicação Geogràfica Protegida (IGP)
- Vinhos de Mesa
What is Trousseau known as in Portugal?
Bastardo
What is Fernão Pires? What is it also known as? Where are the plantings concentrated?
- White casta
- AKA Maria Gomes in Bairrada
- Found throughout Portugal; concentrated in Bairrada and the southern plains of the Tejo
Until recently, what was the most widely cultivated red grape in Portugal? Where did it originate?
- Castelão
- Tejo
Who brought Castelão from Tejo to Terras do Sado (now the Península de Setúbal)
J.M. da Fonseca
What grape is considered Portugal’s finest red casta?
Touriga Nacional
-Accounts for 10% of the nation’s vineyard acreage
What grape has supplanted Touriga Nacional in the Dão?
Jaen (Mencía)
Jaen is also known as what in Portugal?
Mencía
What is the Portuguese term for varietal?
Casta
What does “Colheita Seleccionada” mean on a Portuguese wine label?
It indicates a 1% higher abv than established by the regional appellation
What does “Reserva” mean on still or sparkling wine labels in Portugal?
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
Who originally bottled the “perequita” wine?
- 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
What is the difference between Cercial and Sercial?
- 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
What is the Portuguese term for fortified?
Licoroso
What are 2 synonyms for Touriga Nacional?
- Bical Tinto
- Mortágua Preto
What are Colheita Tardia?
Late harvest wines of Portugal
What does “garrafeira” mean on a port wine label? Who pioneered it?
- Following a few years in barrel, it is aged for a min of 8 years in glass demijohns
- Niepoort
What is the min % of grapes grown in a stated region for a Portuguese wine?
85%
