WSET4 General Spain Flashcards
Learn the generic elements of wines in Spain to the "WSET-4 diploma" level, an expert level qualification for professionals working in the wine industry. Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) is generally regarded as the world's leading provider of wine education.
<p>What are the Key wine growing regions of Spain?</p>
<p>UPPER EBRO: Navarra, Rioja, Somontano CATALONIA: Catalonia, Costers Del Segre, Penedes, Priorat, Tarragona DUERO VALLEY: Ribera Del Duero, Rueda, Toro LEVANTE: Valencia, Murcia CASTILLA-LA-MANCHA: La Mancha, Valdepenas, Extremadura NORTH-WEST: Galicia, Bierzo, Pais Vasco</p>
What are the 5 tiers of wine quality in Spain?
Denominacion de Origen Calificada (DOCa) DO Pago Denominacion de Origen (DO) Vinos de Calidad con Indicacion Geografica (VCIG) Vino de la Tierra (VdIT)
When were the autonomías of Spain legally established?
1978
In what year were DO regulations approved in Spain?
1970
What are the main grape varieties of Spain?
Red, local: Tempranillo, Grenache, Monastrell. Red, International: C/S, MerlotWhite, local: Airen, Viura, Verdejo, Albariño. White, International: Chardonnay, Savignon Blanc
What means the Spanish term Mistela?
Unfermented grape juice combined with the addition of alcohol
What means the Spanish term Lias?
Lees
What means the Spanish term Hollejo?
Grape skin
What means the Spanish term Heces?
Sediment found in an aged bottle of wine or found in a tank after fermentation
What means the Spanish term Granvas?
Tank fermented sparkling wine
What means the Spanish term Doble Pasta?
Dark, full-bodied Spanish wine produced by running off a proportion of fermenting must after two days and adding more crushed grapes to refill the vat. The ratio of skin to pulp is effectively doubled, producing wines with a deep, black colour and very high levels of tannin. Doble pasta wines have traditionally been made in jumilla, yecla, utiel-requena, manchuela, and alicante, where they are used for blending but they are being superseded by grape concentrate.
What means the Spanish term Casca?
Leftover grape skins and seeds
What means the Spanish term Bodega?
Spanish term for a wine cellar, a winery, or a tavern or grocery store selling wine.
What means the Spanish term Anada?
Vintage
What means the Spanish term Andana?
A stack of wine casks, usually 5 tiers high
What means the Spanish term Almacenista?
Producers and growers who make and age their own Sherry to be later sold to a licensed Sherry house.
What means the Spanish term Aguja?
Wine that has naturally dissolved Carbon Dioxide and gives a slight prickle on the tongue
What means the Spanish term Vendimia?
Vintage or harvest
What means the Spanish term Vino Generoso?
Fortified Wine
What means the Spanish term Vinedo Vina?
Spanish word for vineyard.
What means the Spanish term Tinaja?
large, earthenware vessel, probably developed from the Roman amphorae, occasionally still used to ferment and store wine in central and southern spain and southern chile. Tinajas are used by some producers in La mancha, valdepeñas, and montilla-moriles, although modern versions are mostly made from reinforced concrete. They are relatively cheap, but have the disadvantages that they are not very efficient in terms of space, are difficult to clean, especially if the neck is narrow, and offer relatively poor temperature control unless they are buried underground like qvevri. Increased interest in amphorae in winemaking has led to a certain reprise, however.
What means the Spanish term Barrica?
Spanish term for a barrel or barrique. A barrica bordelesa is the specific term for a Bordeaux barrique, the most common barrel type used in Spain.
What does Vino Joven mean?
Young wine, may or may not have spent time in oak cask. Bottled in year following vintage for release.
What does the term Viejo mean on a Spanish wine label?
Three years ageing, no requirements for oak, but the wine must display a marked oxidative effect.
What would the term Noble mean on a bottle of Spanish wine?
18 months aging in a cask of 600 L or bottle
What does ‘Cosecha’ mean on a Spanish wine label?
year of vintage
What is Arrope?
Syrup used for sweetening wine in Spain, especially Sherry, made by boiling down and thus concentrating unfermented grape juice.
What is Sangria?
A mixture of red wine, lemonade, and, sometimes, spirits and fresh fruit, served with particular gusto in Spain’s tourist resorts. In 2014 the eu ruled that the name should be restricted to the produce of Spain and Portugal.
What does it mean for a wine to be made in a rancio style?
Madeirized, exposed to direct sunlight
What are the standardized aging requirements for red and white Gran Reserva in Spain?
RED – 5 years, including at least 18 months in cask WHITE – 4 years, including at least 6 months in cask
What are the standardized aging requirements for Reserva red and white wines in Spain?
RED – 3 years, including at least 1 year in cask WHITE – 2 years, including at least 6 months in cask
What are the standardized aging requirements for Crianza red and white wines?
Red must age a minimum of 2 yrs with @ least 6 mth in cask. White and Rosados must age a minimum of 12 mths with @ least 6 mths in cask.
Describe the development of the Gran Reserva category…
Spanish term for a wine supposedly from an outstanding vintage which has been subject to lengthy ageing, the exact period varying from do to DO, before release. Rioja produces the great majority of all Gran Reservas and here red wines must spend a minimum of two years in barrels of approximately 225 l. The wine may not leave the bodega until the sixth year after the vintage. White and rosé wines must spend a total of at least four years in cask and bottle, including at least six months ageing in barrel, to qualify. For much of the 20th century, Gran Reservas represented Spain’s finest and most expensive wines, but many of the country’s most celebrated winemakers are nowadays concerned to preserve more fruit in their top bottlings and do not necessarily equate quality with time spent in wood.
Describe the development of the Crianza category…
Spanish term used both to describe the process of ageing a wine and also for the youngest officially recognized category of a wood-matured wine. A crianza red wine may not be sold until its third (second for whites and rosés) year, and must have spent a minimum of six months in cask. Crianza white and rosé must be aged for at least 18 months, including six months in wood. In rioja and other regions such as ribera del duero, where the term is most commonly used, the wine must have spent at least 12 months in oak barricas. An increasingly frequent, albeit unofficial, category now is semi-crianza, or roble (meaning oak), for wine aged in cask for less time than the crianza minimum. With the term joven fully accepted for fruity young wines without cask ageing, the slightly derogatory description sin crianza had all but disappeared by the late 1990s.
