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Castilla Y Leon/Duero River Valley Flashcards

1
Q

What plateau is Castilla Y Leon on?

A

Meseta plateau

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2
Q

Sub DOs of Castilla y Leon

A

Bierzo
Rueda
Ribera del Duero
Toro
Arlanza
Arribes
Cigales
Tierra de Leon
Tierra del Vino de Zamora

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3
Q

Where is Bierzo located?

A

Castilla y Leon
on the border of Gallicia

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4
Q

What is the most important winery in Bierzo?

A

Palacios, started by Raul Perez

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5
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what river runs through Bierzo?

A

Sil river

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6
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What is the big red grape of Bierzo

A

Mencia

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7
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Grapes of Rueda

A

wines must be 50% Verdejo or Sav Blanc

Palomino, Viura, Chardonnay, Viogner are also authorized

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8
Q

When was red wine authorized in Rudea and what grape?

A

2001 and Tempranillo

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9
Q

What is the climate like in Rudea

A

extreme continental

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10
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Is irrigation allowed in Rudea?

A

Yes, it has to be due to the climate

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11
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What is the soil like in Rudea?

A

limestone and gravelly

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12
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What river runs through Rudea

A

Duero with its many tibutaries

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13
Q

Who founded Vega Sicilia?

A

Don Eloy Lecanda y Chaves in 1864

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14
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What did Don Eloy Lecanda y Chaves bring to the region for the first time?

A

Traditional Bordeaux Grapes along with Pinot

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15
Q

Where is Vega Sicilia?

A

Ribero del Duro`

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16
Q

What did Alejandro Fernandez do in 1972?

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Started Tinto Pesquera winery and helped realign the focus of the region to Tempranillo

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17
Q

When was Ribera del Duero DOd?

A

1982

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18
Q

What is the difference in soil from the west to east of Ribera?

A

west has more clay
east has more sand and silt

Both have limestone

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19
Q

What are the dinural shifts like in RdD?

A

extreme-

20
Q

What region has the most extreme climate in spain?

A

Ribera del Duero

21
Q

What are the local names for Tempranillo in Ribera del Duero?

A

Tinto Fino
Tintal del Pais

22
Q

What is the ecempagment of red wine from Ribera del Duero?

A

Must be 75% Tempranillo

23
Q

What is the main white grape of Ribera del Duero?

A

Albillo Mayor

24
Q

What are the 4 provinces in Ribera del Duero from east to west?

A

Soria
Segovia
Burgos
Valladolid

25
Q

Aging requirements for Ribera del Duero Crianza

A

2 years total, 1 in oak

26
Q

Aging requriements for Ribera del Duero Reserva?

A

3 years total, 1 in oak

27
Q

Aging requriements for Ribera del Duero Gran Reserva?

A

5 years total, 2 in oak

28
Q

What is Leon DO known for producing?

A

Red wines from Prieto Picudo

29
Q

Where can you find Galet rocks in Duero River valley?

A

Cigales DO

30
Q

What are the white grapes of Arlanza DO

A

Albillo Mayor and Macabeo

31
Q

Who makes domaine Pingus

A

Peter Sisseck

32
Q

Where can you find Numanthia

A

Toro

in Zamorra province

33
Q

When was Arlanza DOd

A

2007

34
Q

What is Tempranillo called in Toro

A

Tinta del Toro

35
Q

Main town of Ribera del Duero

A

Aranda de Duero

36
Q

Gran vino de Rueda vines must be how old?

A

30 years

37
Q

What are lagares and where can you find them?

A

Large troughs for foot stomping in Porto

serve as primary fermentation vessels

38
Q

How many soil types in Ribera del Duero

A

32

39
Q

Mountains that seperate Galicia and Castilla y leon

A

Sierra de los Anceres

40
Q

What is Rudea Dorado

A

Oxidative white wine popular before the 1970s made from Palomino

41
Q

What winery revitilized Sav Blanc in Rueda

A

Marques de Riscal

42
Q

What is unique about Toros soil?

A

Very sandy, 60% of vines are unaffected by Phylloxera

43
Q

Who makes Aalto and where is it located?

A

Mariano Garcia (ex vega sicilia)
Ribera del Duero

44
Q

What way does the Duero river flow?

A

West

45
Q

Spains largest Autonomia

A

Castilla Y Leon

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