Fortified Wine

Question 1

When was sherry awarded its DO designation?

Answer 1

1933

Question 2

What is the best soil type in sherry?

Answer 2

Albariza - Limestone mixed with fossils

Question 3

What are the main grapes used for Sherry?

Answer 3

Polomino Fino
Pedro Ximenez
Moscatel Bianco (Alexandria)

Question 4

Name two producers of note for Sherry?

Answer 4

Emilio Lustau
Valdespino

Question 5

What are the individual levels of a Solera Called?

Answer 5

Criadera (The first Criadera starts 1 level up from the bottom)

Question 6

What is the sobretable?

Answer 6

the first 6 months to a year the base wine for sherry is aged in barrels to develop some complexity.

Question 7

How many Liters are in a Bota?

Answer 7

600L 160g

Question 8

What is the saca in sherry?

Answer 8

The wine to be drawn off and bottled from the bottom barrels in the solera.

Question 9

What row in a Solera system is the bottom or floor row called.

Answer 9

The Solera row

Question 10

By law what is the maximum amount of sherry that can be drawn off yearly from a Solera?

Answer 10

40%

Question 11

What are the 7 styles of Sherry.

Answer 11

Manzanilla, Fino, Amontillado
Palo Cortado, Oloroso
Cream, Pedro Ximenez

Question 12

What are En Rama Sherries?

Answer 12

Sherry that undergo only the most minimal filtration. More intense in color and flavor.

Question 13

What is VOS Sherry?

Answer 13

Vinum Optimum Signatum (Very Old Sherry) the wine must be on average 20 years old to carry this designation.

Question 14

What is VORS Sherry?

Answer 14

Vinum Optimum Rarus Signatum (Very Old Rare Sherry) Wine must be on average 30 years old.

Question 15

What are the main soils in the Douro?

Answer 15

Schist and Granite

Question 16

What mountain range protects the Douro from Portugals Western weather?

Answer 16

The Serra do Merao

Question 17

What are the two cites at the mouth of the Douro River?

Answer 17

Oporto and Vila Nova de Gaia

Question 18

What are the main red grapes of Port?

Answer 18

Touriga Nacional
Touriga Franca
Sousao
Tinta Barroca
Tinta Cao
Tinta Roriz

Question 19

What grapes are used to make White Port?

Answer 19

Codega
Gouveio
Malvasia Fina
Rabigato
Viosinho

Question 20

What are the 3 sub zones of the Douro from west to east?

Answer 20

Biaxo Corgo, Cima Corgo, Douro Superior.

Question 21

What is the main tributary of the Douro?

Answer 21

The Corgo River

Question 22

Name two top Port Shippers?

Answer 22

Croft, Niepoort

Question 23

What are Lagares?

Answer 23

Shallow stone or cement troughs about 2 feet deep.

Question 24

What is a perfect pairing for Port?

Answer 24

Stilton/Gorgonzola and Chocolate.

Question 25

What are the 5 most important styles of Port?

Answer 25

Tawny Port Reserve Port LBV - Late bottle Vintage Vintage Port Single Quinta Vintage Port

Question 26

What is tawny port?

Answer 26

Blends of ports from different years, They are labeled as either 30, 40, or 50 years old this is the average of all the wines in the blend.

Question 27

How long does Tawny port spend in barrels on average?

Answer 27

10 years

Question 28

How long does Vintage port spend in Barrel?

Answer 28

2 years

Question 29

What are the 3 speciality styles of port?

Answer 29

Colheita Port Crusted Port Garrafeira Port

Question 30

What is a Colheita Port?

Answer 30

A tawny port from a single vintage.

Question 31

What is a crusted port?

Answer 31

Port made from the mixed leftover dregs of barrels of vintage port and then aged. Average age is 3-4 years bottled unfiltered.

Question 32

What is Garrafeira port?

Answer 32

A single exceptional vintage aged briefly in wood then aged 20-40 years in glass Bonbonnes.

Question 33

What is reserve port?

Answer 33

Ports made from good but not great wines aged 4-6 years in barrel.

Question 34

What is LBV Port?

Answer 34

Ports made from very good but not Great vineyards, come from 1 year and are aged 4-6 years in barrel.

Question 35

What is vintage port?

Answer 35

Grapes all from one vintage, only from the top vineyards. Must be a declared vintage by the shippers.Typically aged for it least a decade in bottle 2 decades is also common.

Question 36

Name 3 vintage Ports?

Answer 36

Croft 2007 Niepoort 1983 2017 - best vintage

Question 37

What is the Leste?

Answer 37

An intensely hot wind that blows from the Sahara that threatens the vines of Madeira?

Question 38

What is estufagem?

Answer 38

The process of heating Madeira during Maderization.

Question 39

What are the 3 methods of estufagem?

Answer 39

Cuba de calor - inexpensive Madeira. Base wine is heated in tanks for it least 3 months max 122 degrees. Armazem de calor - Storing the wine in large casks in rooms that can be heated like saunas for up to 6 months. Canteiro - The finest Madeiras are made by putting the wine filled casks in large warehouses that sit under the hot sun, casks are not filled fully or topped up. they may age this way for 20 or more years.

Question 40

What are the 5 noble white grapes of Madeira?

Answer 40

Sercial, Verdelho, Terrantez, Bual, Malmsey

Question 41

What are the sweetness levels of Madeira?

Answer 41

Sercial - Extra dry - dry 35-65g/L Verdelho - Medium dry 52-80g/L Bual - Medium Sweet 80-98g/L Terrantez - Medium dry or Medium sweet 52-98g/L Malmsey - More than 98g/L

Question 42

What is another grape used for making most basic Madeira?

Answer 42

Tinta Negra Mole

Question 43

What are the quality levels of Madeira from least to greatest?

Answer 43

3 year (Tinta Negra Mole) 5 year Reserve (must be noble grapes) 10year Special Reserve 15year Exrta Reserve Solera -Single Vintage, must use Canteiro heating process. Minimum 5 years in Solera. Colheita -Grapes grown in a single year, bottled after 5 years aging. Vintage (Frasqueira) -Single outstanding year, must be aged minimum 20 years after heating. Then minimum 2 in bottle.

Question 44

What is Passerillage.

Answer 44

The exposure of cut bunches of grapes to the sun in order to concentrate sugars. Like PX