Greece Mainland Flashcards
(41 cards)
Name the regions of mainland Greece. N-S
Thrace Macedonia Epirus Thessalia Central Greece (Sterea Ellada) Peloponnese
Name the PDO of Macedonia.
Amynteo PDO
Goumenissa PDO
Naoussa PDO
Slopes of Meliton PDO
What style of wines are allowed in the Amynteo PDO?
(MACEDONIA) (coolest region in Greece) Sparkling Rose (Trad Meth or Tank) Rose Red (dry) max Fermentation temps: 20/30 degrees Xinomavro
What style of wine is produced in Goumenissa PDO?
(MACEDONIA)
Red (dry)
- Xinomavro plus min 20% Negoska
Training: Goblet or Double Cordon (after 4 yrs of age)
What style of wine is made in the Naoussa PDO?
(MACEDONIA) (1971) (home of Boutari) Dry Red (0-4 g/l) Semi-Dry Red (4.5 - 17.5 g/l) Semi-Sweet Red (17.5-45 g/l) - Xinomavro max So2 : Dry Red: 150 mg/l Semi-Dry Red/Semi-Sweet Red: 200 mg/l max Ferm temp 30 degrees
Where is Domaine Carras?
Slopes of Melition PDO (MACEDONIA) (Single Producer appellation) Dry: W - Roditis, Assyrtiko, plus Athiri R - Cabernet Sauvignon, plus Lemnio and Cabernet Franc
What are the PDO of Peloponnese?
Patras PDO Mavrodaphne of Patras PDO Muscat of Patras PDO Muscat of Rio Patras PDO Monemvasia-Malvasia PDO Nemea PDO Mantinia PDO
Where is the Asprokambos Plateau
Peloponnese
What style of wine is produced in the Mantinia PDO?
(PELOPONNESE)
Dry white and Sparkling
min 85% Moschofilero, plus Asproudes
Where is Thessaloniki?
PGI District of Macedonia
- Domaine Carras
Malagouzia revival
Evangelos Gerovassilion (with Emile Peynaud)
Name 2 blending grapes for Xinomavro and where would you see this?
KRASATO
STAVROTO
Rapsani PDO
(its further south (Mt Olympus) Xino needs to be softened.
What are the PDO of Thessalia?
(Thessa-LEE-ah)
Anchialos PDO (W / D-S) Mesenikola PDO (R-dry) Rapsani PDO (R-dry / Res/G Res)
What style of wine is produced in the Anchialos PDO?
(Thessa-LEE-ah)
White - dry to sweet range
Grapes :
Roditis and Savvatiano grapes from higher-altitude
What type of wine is made in the Mesenikola PDO?
Red:
min 70% Mavro Mesenikola
max 30% combined Syrah and Carignan
Rapsani PDO geographical factors.
Valley of Tempi
PINIOS River
Mount Kissavos
What is the sole PDO of Epirus?
ZITSA
Dry white
Sparkling Dry - sweet
DEBINA grape 100%
What is St George?
Agirogitiko (Nemea / Mantinia)
Peloponnese
What does Mavrodaphne mean?
“Black Laurel”
What wine is used for sacriment in the Greek Orthodox Church?
Mavrodaphne of Patras.
sweet, fortified red
What is the age requirement of Mavrodaphne of Patras?
- Reg - min 1 yr oak barrels of 1,000 liters or less
- “Reserve” min 3yr (inc 2yr cask and 1yr in btl)
- “Vieille Reserve” 5yr (inc 2yr cask and 2yr in btl)
- “Grand Reserve” 7yr (inc 3yr cask and 3yr in btl)
- Non-Vintage blends require a minimum 3 years of aging after the final blend.
- NO chaptalization
- planting density: min400 vines per acre (excluding those vines planted prior to 1993)
- Mavrodaphne and Mavri Korinthiaki,
- Producer - Achaia-Clauss / Hermes / Kourtaki
What is the oldest winery in Greece?
Achaia-Clauss (1861)
- Peloponnese - Patras
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When did Greece gain its independents?
1832
joined the EU in 1981
Where did Greek wine begin?
Crete
Minoan civilization - 2500 BC
When were wooden barrels introduced replacing amphorae?
7th Century
