Wine Law
What is the term for a PDO (Protected designation of origin) wine in Spain?
Denominacion de origen (DO)
What is the required aging for a Joven wine?
NOTHING!!!!
What are the three areas that make up Rioja?
Rioja Alta
Rioja Alavesa
Rioja Oriental (renamed in 2019 from Baja)
100% Tempranillo in the best wines
Garnacha grown for roses
Ribera del Duero
Cencibel is another name for what Spanish grape?
Tempranillo
What are the two (kind of three as one as two names) designations given to appellations in Spain?
(Think AOC/AOP in France)
Denominacion de Origen (DO)
Denominacion de Origen Calificada (DOCa)
Or Denominacio d'Origen Qualificada (DOQ)
What is the required aging for a Crianza wine?
24 months total aging with 6 in barrel for reds
18 months total aging with 6 in barrel for whites
What are three major areas in Spain and their respective climates?
Northwest (Rias Baixas) Maritime
Central (Meseta Central) Hot Continental
Eastern and southern Coast Hot Mediterranean
Rias Baixas
Albarino
What, world renound, wine/winery is located in Ribera del Duero?
Vega Sicilia, 'Unico'
Credited for putting Ribera del Duero on the Map!
What are the two DOCas in Spain?
Rioja and Priorat (Priorat uses the Catalan term DOQ)
What is the required aging for a Reserva wine?
36 months total aging with 12 in barrel for reds
24 months total aging with 6 in barrel for whites
What is the Mesta Central and what effect does it have on viticulture and winemaking?
A large plateau in the centre of Spain, mostly cut off from the influence of the sea by encircling mountains.
Hot dry summers, cold (below freezing) winters
Low train fall
Moderated by cool nights of high altitude sites
Bush training vines.
1996 irrigation became legal
Priorat is known for very old vines of what two grapes?
Garnacha and Carinena (Carignan, or Mazuelo in Rioja)
How many white varieties are currently allowed in a white Rioja?
9
What is a term used for single estates with high reputations?
Vinos de Pago (VP)
60 months total aging with 18 in barrel for reds
48 months total aging with 6 in barrel for whites
Describe Ribera del Duero?
-Grapes
-Wine style
-Climate/Geography
-Fully Continental
-surrounded by a ring of mountains
-hot dry summers, very cold winters,-Highest part of -Meseta Central, some vineyards at 850 alt
-DO for Red wines
-Tempranillo dom grape (typical for 100% in best reds)
-Cab Sauv, Malbec, merlot also permitted rarely used
-Garnacha grown for rose
La Mancha's most planted grape is ?
Airen (Plantings are in a decline of late)
The DO of Catalunya is known for making nearly all of _________ wine in Spain?
CAVA!!!!
What type of barrel was typically used until recently?
American
French is now more often used
What technique might be used in a Joven, Rioja wine to make it fruity and able to be an early drinking wine?
Semi Carbonic
Describe Priorat
-Climate
-Grapes
-Geography
-Location
-hills inland fron City of Tarragona
-long hot dry summers, low rain
-Old Garnacha and Carinena
-best soils localy known as llicorella (red slate with mica)
-bush vines on steep slopes (no mechanisation)
Main grape of Jumilla and Yecla?
Monastrell
What fortified wine comes from Spain and what area is it made in?
Sherry from vineyards surrounding the southern town of Jeres de la Frontera