Galicia Flashcards

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What is the special designation in Ribeira Sacra for red wines with a min of 85% preferred varieties

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Ribeira Sacra Summum Also > 60% Mencia

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Serra do Eixe Serra da Lastra Serra do Courel

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Sacred Riverbank

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Valdeorras Castas Nobles

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Ribeira do Ulla

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Treixadura

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Val do Salnés

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Miño, Avia, Arnoia

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Galicia Asturias Cantabria Pais Vasco

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Sil and Miño

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Colleteriros

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Condado do Tea

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Soutomajor

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Santiago de Compostela

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Sweet fortified wine DO riberiera

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Ribeira Sacra

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Valdeorras

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Green Spain

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Galicia, Cantabria, Asturias and Pais Vasco

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Fresh aromatic whites, fruity floral reds

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VTS Parrals on flatter ground - granite trellis => greater ventilation, second crop below

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North west Iberia

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Blanco 99%

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Granite (by the coast)

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White - Albarino

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Val do Salnes=old, flat cool, large Albarino birthplace- all additional Condado do Tea=southern, inland, warm= Treixadura O Rosal=South West with terraces - Loureira Soutomaior=smallest, only Albarino Ribeira do Ulla=most northern -all additional

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Rías Baixas, the leading do wine zone in galicia, north west Spain (see map under spain), producing some of the country's most sought-after dry white wines. Between 1987 and 2012 the DO's vineyard area grew from 237 ha/570 acres to 4,050 ha/9,700 acres with the number of wineries rising from 14 to 177. Named after the flooded coastal valleys, or rías, that penetrate up to 30 km/19 miles inland, the zone's reputation is based on the white albariño grape. Wines were exported to northern Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries but, after the ravages of phylloxera, many of the traditional vine varieties were abandoned, and by the 1900s the region's vineyards were largely planted with high-yielding hybrids and by Jerez's palomino, producing poor-quality wine. The revival began in the late 1970s, when growers were encouraged to replant native vine varieties and producers were given incentives to invest in modern winemaking equipment. The metamorphosis gathered pace with the application of eu funds following Spain’s accession to the EU in 1986. Rías Baixas has five separate subzones, all within the province of Pontevedra. Many of the purest Albariño wines come from Val do Salnés zone centred on the town of Cambados on the west coast. The two further subzones, O Rosal and Condado do Tea, are on the northern slopes of the river Miño facing the vinho verde region in Portugal on the opposite bank. A fourth, small subzone, Soutomaior, was admitted in the late 1990s, to be joined later by Ribeira do Ulla in the far north. All five zones share the same granite-based subsoils and relatively cool, damp, maritime climate. The Atlantic influence is strongest in Val do Salnés, where annual rainfall averages 1,300 mm/50 in. Vines were traditionally cultivated on pergolas (see tendone) to protect grapes from the constant threat of fungal diseases, although modern vineyards are planted on a more practical local variant of the geneva double curtain vine-training system. Twelve different vine varieties are officially permitted in Rías Baixas although Albariño accounts for 90% of the vineyard area. Other white grapes which may be blended with Albariño according to local regulations include caiño blanco, as well as treixadura, and Loureira (see loureiro; locally known as Marqués), both of which are found in the Vinho Verde region. (torrontés and godello are also permitted.) On its own, Albariño produces a fragrant, intensely fruity, dry white wine with a natural minimum alcohol often above 12%.

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1996 Inland - 5 subzones in Mino and Sil Vallies

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Tinto 94% Blanco 6%

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maritime - continental influences

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Vinos Tintos min 85% preferred (min 60% Mencia) Vinos Blancos min 100% preferred

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Ribeira Sacra, growing Spanish do, created in 1996. It is the only galician region specializing in red wines, from the mencía grape, and some less well-known local varieties, together with some whites from Godello and Albariño.

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1932 Oldest in Galicia

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Blanco 90%

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Maritime Best vineyards on hillsides

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Treixadura Med body, unoaked, drunk young

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115 boutique wineries

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Ribeiro — means ‘river bank’ or ‘riverside’ in the Galician language and is the name of a red and white wine do zone in galicia, north west Spain (see map under spain). Ribeiro spans the valleys of the river Miño and its tributaries and Arnoia downstream from Orense. In the 16th and 17th centuries wines from Ribeiro were exported as far afield as Italy and England but they disappeared from international markets until recently. phylloxera put paid to the region's prosperity at the end of the 19th century. As in rías baixas, for example, farmers, seeking a quick return to profit, replanted their holdings with the sherry grape palomino. Over recent years, growers have been encouraged to uproot this productive but unsuitable variety in favour of treixadura, torrontés, Lado, and other indigenous varieties which perform well in the damp maritime climate of north west Iberia and can be made into aromatic, crisp white wines. But it is the red wine explosion that has been notable this century, with the recovery and discovery of local Brancellao (alvarelhão), Caiño Redondo, Carabuñeira (Portugal’s Touriga Nacional), and Ferrón varieties, and the rediscovery of the better vineyards planted to the long-reviled, post-phylloxeric Garnacha Tintorera (alicante bouschet). With help from eu funds, wineries have been updated and the traditional, labour-intensive pergolas (see tendone) are being replaced by lower vine-training systems.

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1945 8 sub-regions

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55% Blanco 45% Tinto

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Maritime with cont influences

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White = Godello Red = Mencia

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Godello=100% Mencia=85% Espumosos=85% Godello Castas Nobles= 85%

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Valdeorras, easternmost wine zone in galicia in north-west Spain (see map under spain). Steeply terraced vineyards are planted predominantly with inappropriate but productive vine varieties such as Garnacha Tintorera (alicante bouschet) and the white palomino. The indigenous white godello, which had all but disappeared from Galicia in the wake of phylloxera, is being aggressively replanted. This moderately productive variety is susceptible to disease, but Valdeorras is protected from the Atlantic by mountains immediately to the west. If carefully vinified, it can produce an aromatic wine with an alcoholic strength of 12 to 13%. In the late 1990s, some of Spain’s most acclaimed barrel-fermented whites were Godello wines from Valdeorras made by the Guitián family, who pioneered this style, now artfully practised by the likes of Rafael Palacios and Valdesil. The mencía grape, which makes fruity reds, is similarly respected by a new wave of producers in Valdeorras.

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