Levant Flashcards

1
Q

Subzones of Vinos de Madrid DO

A

Arganda
Navalcarnero
San Martin de Valdeiglesias
El Molar

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2
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Styles of Vinos de Madrid DO

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Blanco
Rosado
Tinto
Espumoso (blanco/rosado)
Sobremadre (blanco/tinto)
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3
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What is sobremadre?

A

traditional wines produced by long maceration (skin contact up to 180 days)

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4
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What is Garnacha called in Madrid?

A

Negra de Madrid

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5
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What are the main grapes of Vinos de Madrid DO?

A

Blanco: Airen, Malvar
Tinto: Tempranillo (Tinta Madrid), Garnacha, internationals

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6
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What regions contain parts of the Gredos?

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Vinos de Madrid DO
Mentrida DO
Vinos de la Tierra de Castilla y Leon

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7
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What are the grapes of the Gredos?

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Blanco: Albillo Real, Garnacha Blanca
Tinto: Garnacha

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8
Q

What is the DO of Extramadura?

A

Ribera del Guadiana DO

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9
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How many subregions of Ribera del Guadiana DO? Name them.

A
6
Tierra de Barros (80% of the appellation)
Ribera Alta
Ribera Baja
Montanchez
Matanegra
Canamero
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10
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What is the only Cava producer in southwestern Spain?

A

Bodegas Inviosa in Tierra de Barros, in the Ribera del Guadiana DO

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11
Q

What are the DOs of Valencia?

A

Valencia Do
Alicante DO
Utiel-Requena DO

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12
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What is the specialty of Alicante DO?

A

Fondillon- a solera style dessert wine. Unfortified. Overripe Monastrell. Aged for min 10 years

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13
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What are the subregions of Valencia DO?

A

Alto Turia (Blanco Seco only)
Clariano
Valentino
Moscatel de Valencia (Dulce and Licor only)

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14
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How in Alicante DO Vino Rancio aged?

A

min 2 years in wood or glass, stored in the sun

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15
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What are the grapes of Utiel-Requena DO “Surperior”

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Blanco: Macabeo and/or Chardonnay
Rosado: 100% Bobla
Tinto: Tempranillo and/or Garnacha

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16
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What are nouveau wines called in Utiel-Requena DO?

A

Vendemia Inicial

17
Q

What DO makes Doble Pasta from Bobal?

A

Utiel Requena is the most famous for it.

18
Q

What the most produced style of wine in Valencia DO?

A

White from Merseguera

19
Q

What is Vino de Misa/Vino Consagrar Valencia?

A

Vino de Licor used as sacramental wine from Valencia DO

20
Q

What are the DOs of Murcia?

A

Jumilla DO
Yecla DO
Bullas DO

21
Q

What kind of soil is found in Jumilla DO?

A

Sand

No phylloxera until 1980s

22
Q

What percentage of Jumilla DO’s production is Tinto and Rosado?

A

95%

23
Q

What is the grape can be varietally labeled in Jumilla DO?

A

Monastrell (mourvedre)

24
Q

What was wine from Jumilla DO traditionally used for?

A

Dark doble pasta style was used to fortify lighter wines from other regions

25
Q

What grape accounts for 85% of all planting s in Yecla DO?

A

Monastrell

26
Q

What are the DO Pagos of Valencia? Where are they all located?

A

All in Utiel-Requena DO
El Terrerazo (2010)
Los Balagueses (2011)
Vera de Estenas (2019)