Catalonia

Question 1

What are the main white varieties of Catalonia

Answer 1

Macabéo, Parellada, Xarel-lo

Question 1

What are the red white varieties of Catalonia

Answer 1

Garnacha, Monastrell, Tempranillo

Question 2

What is the Catalonian name for Tempranillo

Answer 2

Ull de Llebre

Question 3

What are the minor white varieties of Catalonia

Answer 3

Chardonnay, Malvasía, Garnacha Blanca, Moscatel, Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling

Question 4

What are the minor red varieties of Catalonia

Answer 4

Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Syrah, Pinot Noir

Question 5

Where is Catalonia

Answer 5

On the southern border of France, a continuation of Roussillon

Question 6

What are the main rivers of Catalonia

Answer 6

the Ebre and the Segre

Question 7

Which river flows through Priorat

Answer 7

The Ebre

Question 8

What mountain range borders the region to the North

Answer 8

The Pyrenees

Question 9

What is the Climate of Catalonia

Answer 9

Mediterranean

Question 10

What is the soil of Catalonia

Answer 10

Goes from poor to very fertile quickly.
towards the ocean - granite, chalk, slate, and alluvial

Question 11

What is the soil of Priorat

Answer 11

llicorella (black slate and quartzite

Question 12

When did the Monastery Scala Dei begin making wine

Answer 12

1194

Question 13

When did Spain succeed Rousillon to France

Answer 13

1600s

Question 14

When was the traditional method introduced to region, and by whom and where

Answer 14

1872 - Jose Raventós of Codorniu at San Sadurní d’Anoia

Question 15

When were international Varieties planted in Priorat and by whom

Answer 15

1979, Rene Barbier

Question 16

Who created the Blueprint for Priorat style and when

Answer 16

1986, Rene Barbier

Question 17

What where the first 5 labels of Priorats classic style created by Rene Barbier

Answer 17

Clos Mogador, Clos Dolfi, Clos Erasmus, Clos de l’Obac, Clos Martinet

Question 18

What styles are produced in Priorat DOCa

Answer 18

White, rosado, red, oxidized wine, Vino Dulce Naturale

Question 19

What white varieties are grown in Priorat

Answer 19

Garnatxa Blanca, Macabeu, Pedro Ximénez, and international varieties

Question 20

What red varieties are grown in Priorat

Answer 20

Garnatxa Negre, Carinyena/Samsó (Carignan), Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Ull de Llebre, Pinot Noir

Question 21

What does Vi de Finca mean

Answer 21

100% Sourced from adesignated parcel.

Question 22

What does Vi de Paratge mean

Answer 22

100% Sourced from a single zone

Question 23

What does Vi de Vinya Cassificada mean

Answer 23

Top-Quality vineyard designation given to single parcelwines by the Consell

Question 24

What does Velles Vinyes mean in Priorat

Answer 24

Old vines planted before 1945 (75 y/o vines)

Question 25

What styles does Costers del Segre DO produce

Answer 25

dry white, rosado, and red; fortified sweet wines, sparkling wines

Question 26

What white varieties are grown in Costers del Segre DO

Answer 26

Garnacha Blanca, Chardonnay

Question 27

What red varieties are grown in Costers del Segre DO

Answer 27

Cabernet Sauvignon, Carignan, Garnacha

Question 28

What styles does Emporda DO produce

Answer 28

dry white, rosado, and red; fortified wines in the style of Banyuls, sparkling wines.

Question 29

What varieties are used for fortified production in Emporda DO

Answer 29

Garnatxade l'Empordà and Moscatell de l'Empordà

Question 30

What white varietals are grown in Emporda DO

Answer 30

Garnatxa Blanca, Macabeu, Moscatel d'Alexandria

Question 31

What red varietals are grown in Emporda DO

Answer 31

Carignan, Garnatxa Negra, international varieties

Question 32

What styles does Montsant DO produce

Answer 32

Dry white, rosado, red; an array of fortified wines similar to Empordà

Question 33

What white varietals are grown in Monsant DO

Answer 33

Chardonnay, Garnatxa Blanca, Macabeu, Xarel-lo

Question 34

What red varietals are grown in Monsant DO

Answer 34

Cabernet Sauvignon,Carignan, Garnatxa Negre, Merlot, Tempranillo

Question 35

What styles does Penedes DO produce

Answer 35

White, rosado, red, sparkling from the traditional or ancestral method, sweet wine.

Question 36

What white varietals are grown in Penedes DO

Answer 36

Macabeu, Xarel·lo, Parellada, Subirat Parent (Malvasia), and international varieties;

Question 37

What red varietals are grown in Penedes DO

Answer 37

Ull de Llebre (Tempranillo), Garnatxa Negre, Carignan, Monastrell, and international varieties

Question 38

What are the major villages of Catalonia

Answer 38

Barcelona, Tarragona, Begur, Cadaqués