Catalonia Flashcards
(29 cards)
When did Priorat received their DOQ status?
2000 (DOQ by Catalan authorities)
2009 (DOCa by Spain)
second region to received, they were part of Tarragona DO region
What is DOCa called in Catalonia?
Denominación de Origen Qualificada (DOQ)
How many DOs are there in Catalonia? And what are them?
11 DOs and 1 DOQ:
- Priorat DOQ
- Alella DO
- Catalunya DO
- Cava DO
- Conca de Barberà DO
- Costers del Segre DO
- Empordà DO
- Montsant DO
- Penedès DO
- Pla de Bages DO
- Tarragona DO
- Terra Alta DO
Penedès DO is subdivided into three categories based on height:
- Baix-Penedès (low): up to 250 meters
- Medio/Mitja-Penedès (medium) at 250-500 meters (Cava, better quality)
- Alt/Superior-Penedès (high) at 500-800 meters (best quality)
What is Penedès DO?
BLANCO / TINTO / ROSADO, VDN (Licor) / CLASSIC PENEDÈS
Classic Penedès: traditional/ancestral method (15 months on lees)
blanco: Macabéo, Xarel.lo, Parellada
tinto: Ull de Llebre, Garnacha, Monastrell
Where is the centre of Cava production?
Sant Sadurní d’Anoia
Where can you find Sant Sadurní d’Anoia?
in the county of Alt Penedès
What is Tarragona DO?
BLANCO / TINTO / ROSADO, STILL / FRIZZANTE / LICOR
blanco: Chardonnay, Garnatxa Blanca, Macabeu, Xarel.lo
tinto: Cab Sauv, Sumoll, Carinyena(Carignan), Ull de Llebre, Garrut(Monastrell)
famous for sweet and fortified wines, made by Moscatel de Tarragona and Garnatxa de Tarragona
a sweet red fortified wines that are high in alcohol and matured in oak
Priorat DO was originally part of which region?
Tarragona DO
When did Montsant DO got their status?
2001
similar Llicorella soils like Priorat but doesn’t have the fame
they were originally subzone of Tarragona DO, call Falset
What is the principal soil in Priorat DOQ?
Llicorella (slate soils)
it allows vines to dig deep for water
What is Priorat DOQ?
BLANCO / TINTO / ROSADO, STILL / LICOR
(adopted a tier system like Burgundy)
blanco: Garnacha Blanco, Macabeu, Pedro Ximénez,
tinto: Garnacha, Carinyena (Carignan)
What are the tiers classifications in Priorat DOQ?
6 of them, lowest-highest:
- Priorat DOQ
- Priorat Vi de Vila DOQ (village)
3.Priorat Viña classificada DOQ (Premier Cru) - Priorat Gran Viña classificada DOQ (Grand Cru)
- Priorat Vi de Paratge DOQ (lieudit)
- Vi de Finca (single vineyard, only in Viña, Gran Viña)
What is Old Vines/Velles Vinyes in Priorat?
75 years old vines or vineyards planted before 1945
Where is Catalonia located in Spain?
Northeastern Spain, in the foothills of the Pyrenees mountain
Near the Mediterranean Sea and the city of Barcelona
What is the climate of Priorat?
Hot and dry Mediterranean with significant diurnal shifts
What is a physical feature in Priorat?
Steep, terraced slopes
hence only hand harvesting is allowed, labour intensive
What style of vine training is practiced in Priorat?
Bush-trained (Gobelet)
gives naturally low yields
In Cava, which is more commonly used to riddle: a gyropalette or riddling by hand?
Gyropalette is typically used
it is actually a Spanish invention
Cava’s vineyards are high-altitude sites in this mountain range.
Pyrenées
What is Cava DO?
ESPUMOSO BLANCO / ROSADO
(it actually not a designated DO in Catalonia)
TRADITIONAL METHOD in gyropalette
blanco: Parellada, Macabeo, Xarel-lo, Chardonnay, Malvasia
rosado: Pinot Noir, Monastrell, Trepat, Garnatxa Negre
Name 5 important Priorat producers.
- Rene Barbier (Clos Mogador)
- Álvaro Palacios
- Clos Erasmus
- Clos Martinet
- Scala Dei
Name 2 important Cava producers.
- Gramona
- Avinyó
What is the aging regulation in Cava DO?
Non-Vintage: min 9 months on lees
Superiore: min 18 months on lees
Reserva: min 18 months on lees (start from 2021 vintage)
Gran Reserva: min 30 months on lees (only Brut, Extra-Brut, Brut Nature)
Cava de Paraje Calificado: min 36 months on lees (introduced in 2016)
