DO Pago/Andalucia/Port/Madeira/Sherry

Question 1

Single Quinta vintage port of Grahams (1820)

Answer 1

Quinta do Malvedos (Cima Corgo)

Quinta do Tua (Cima Corgo)

Question 2

Single Quinta vintage porto of Churchills (1981)

Answer 2

Quinta dos Canais (Duoro Superior)

Quinto do Tua (Cima Corgo)

Question 3

Single Vintage Port of Martinez (1790)

Answer 3

Quinta do Chousa (absorbed by Quinta do Tua {Grahams} )
was owned by Symington family

Quinta da Eira Velha (Cima Corgo) dates back to 1513, acquired by Martinez in 1987

Question 4

How to get an A grade in Port?

Answer 4

score over 1,200

Question 5

Beneficio occurs in Port when this much sugar has been converted to alcohol

Answer 5

1/3

Question 6

aguardente for Port is this %abv

Answer 6

“burning water”—a 77% abv neutral grape spirit used to fortify port

Question 7

For most Port, aguardente will be added to the fermenting wine in this ratio

Answer 7

1:4 ratio

Question 8

Vintage Port must be bottled by this month and day following harvest

Answer 8

July 30 third year after harvest

Question 9

What is Late-Bottled Vintage Port (LBV)

Answer 9

4-6 years in cask prior to bottling.

LBV Port is always the product of a single vintage
Generally Filtered before bottling, doesn’t require decanting.

Envelhecido em Garrafa, indicates an additional 3 years min bottle aging. Often Unfiltered.

Question 10

Castilla La Mancha DO Pagos:

Answer 10

Dominio de Valdepusa (2003)
Finca Élez (2003)

Guijoso (2005)
Dehesa del Carrizal (2006)
Campo de la Guardia (2009)
Pago Florentino (2009)
Casa Del Blanco (2010)
Calzadilla (2011)
Vallegarcía (2019)
La Jaraba (2019)
Los Cerillos (2019)
El Vecario (2019)

Question 11

Navarra (Tierra Estella)

Answer 11

Arinzano (2007)

Prado de Irache (2008)

Question 12

Castilla Y Leon:
DO pagos

Answer 12

Urena (2021)
Dehesa Penalba (2022)
Abadía Retuerta (2022)

Question 13

How big is a bota

Answer 13

600L

Question 14

en rama means this

Answer 14

Unfiltered

Popular relatively new style of Sherry released with only lightest of clarifications. tastes like a sample straight from cask

Fino manzanilla

Question 15

what year did Sherry gain DO status

Answer 15

1935

Question 16

Aging requirement for Sherry

Answer 16

All wines must be age in Solera at minimum two years prior to release

Question 17

Max yields for Sherry

Answer 17

Jerez Superior: 80 hl/ha
All other vineyards: 100 hl/ha

Question 18

What is the term for aged Manzanilla

Answer 18

Pasada

Question 19

Romé is a red grape native to this DO in Andalucia

Answer 19

Sierras de Málaga DO

Can be blended with Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah, Tempranillo

Question 20

These Pagos are located in Jerez Superior (where 80% of vines are located in Jerez-Xeres-Sherry)

Answer 20

Macharnudo, Añina, and Carrascal.

Question 21

When was the Duoro demarcated

Answer 21

1756

Question 22

Largest independent producer in Madeira

Answer 22

Henriques & Henriques

the only company that owns a significant amount of vineyards

Question 23

What is a Partidista? (Madeira)

Answer 23

stores wine and sells it at maturity to other traders for a profit, make up the third category. Partidistas are similar to the almacenistas of the Sherry trade.

Question 24

Canteiro (cask warmed Madeira) wines may be bottled at this min age

Answer 24

minimum three years of age

Question 25

Epitome of Vintage Madeira

Answer 25

Frasqueira:

Single noble variety
Aged min 20 years in cask
85% of the vintage is required
Canteiro Method
Often in glass demijohns