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Lisboa, Peninsula de Setúbal Flashcards

1
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What are the subzones of Northern Lisboa IGP? What DOP do they overlap?

A

Alta Estremadura & Estremadura

Encostas da Aire DOP

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What is Lisboa historically known for?

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Huge production of co-op and Vinhos de Mesa wines. Higher quality production is starting to increase in the DOP zones.

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What are the 9 DOPs of Lisboa?

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(N to s)
Encostas d’Aire DOP
Óbidos DOP
Lourinhã DOP
Torres Vedras DOP
Alenquer DOP
Arruda DOP
Bucelas DOP
Colares DOP
Carcavelos DOP

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Major Grapes of Lisboa (Encostas da Aire to Arruda)

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Tinto: Aragonez, Baga, Castelão, Tinta Miúda, Touriga Nacional, Trincadeira, plus
Branco: Arinto, Fernão Pires, Ratinho, Rabo de Ovelha, Seara Nova, Tamarez, Vital, plus

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Styles Authorized in Encostas da Aire

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Branco, Rosado, Tinto, Medieval de Ourém

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What are the subregions of Encostas da Aire?

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Ourém
Alcobaça

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What is Medieval de Ourém?

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A style authorized in Encostas da Aire, historic to Ourém:
80% Fernão Pires + 20% Trincadeira. The musts are fermented separately for the first 4-10 days of fermentation, after which the red must (including solids) is added to the white must. The resulting wine is red.

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Authorized styles in Óbidos

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Tinto, Branco, Rosado, Espumante

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What is the product of Lourinhã?

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Aguardente, min 38% abv, aged for 24mos

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Authorized styles in Alenquer, Torres Vedras, Arruda

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Tinto, Branco Only

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What are the three DOPs around Lisbon and are slowly disappearing due to the expanding urban population??

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Bucelas (north)
Colares (west, Atlantic Coast)
Carcavelos (west, Tejo estuary)

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What is the product of Bucelas?

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Dry and sparkling white

min. 75% Arinto, plus Sercial, Rabo de Ovelha

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13
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What is unique about the soils of Colares?

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Mostly sand until you get further inland; therefore, most of the vines in Colares are ungrafted.
chão de areia = sand

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14
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What is the harder soil type further inland in the Colares DOP? What is grown there?

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Chão rija - Castelão

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15
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What was the only Portuguese region spared from phylloxera?

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Colares

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16
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What region of Portugal has ungrafted Ramisco? What is the name of the soil here?

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  • Colares - sandy soils protected against phylloxera

chão de areia

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17
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What wines are made in Colares DOP? Grapes?

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Red or white wines

red - ungrafted Ramisco (or Castelão further inland)
white - ungrafted Malvasia

18
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What is the other major soil type of Colares, other than sand? What grape varietal is grown there?

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Chao Rija, a harder soil type; vineyards planted on Chao Rija may be planted to up to min. 80% Castelão (but to label as Colares DOP, Ramisco must make up 90% of the blend).

19
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What grapes are used for Colares reds and whites?

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Reds:
-“chão de areia” - min 80% Ramisco
-“chão rija” - min 80% Castelão
White - min 80% Malvasia

20
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What is the smallest DOP in Lisboa (due largely to urban sprawl)?

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Carcavelos

21
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Grapes and styles of Carcavelos DOP

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reds - min 75% Castelão and Preto Martinho
whites - blend Arinto, Galego Dourado, Ratinho
fermented dry, then fortified and sweetened with vinho abafado
aged in barrel 2 years, then 6 months in bottle

22
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What is the min and max abv of Carcavelos DOP?

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min 15% - max 22%

23
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Where are the finest examples of Arinto produced?

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Bucelas (Lisboa)

24
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What is vinho abafado?

A

Essentially mistelle: Partially fermented must preserved with alcohol used for fortification in Carcavelos DOP?

25
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What style are the wines of Carcavelos?

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Fortified.
Wines are fermented dry, fortified with vinho abafado, and aged for at least two years, plus six months in bottle.
Max RS 150g/L

26
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What is the climate of Península de Setúbal IGP? What areas does it include?

A

Mediterranean; framed by the Tagus and Sado estuaries, and the Atlantic.

27
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What are the two DOPs of Península de Setúbal IGP?

A

Palmela

Setúbal

28
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Palmela DOP encompasses two main soil types: what are they?

A

Sand on the plains

Clay-limestone on the foothills of the Arrabida Mountains

29
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What is dominant component of Palmela DOP red and white wines?

A

red - Castelão - min 66.7%

white - blended from mostly Fernão Pires (Maria Gomes and Arinto

30
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Styles produced in Setúbal DOP? Main grapes?

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Fortified whites (Licoroso branco) - min 67% Moscatel de Setúbal (d’Alexandria)
Fortified reds (Licoroso tinto)- min 67% Moscatel Roxo
May be labeled varietally if min 85% (EU standard)
lengthy skin contact and usually mature in large wooden cask up to 5 years (some over 20)

31
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What two wines benefited from the “torna viagem” (round trip) maturation process, in the heyday of Portugal’s fortified wine trade?

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Madeira and Setúbal

32
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When was Setúbal demarcated?

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1907 - one of Portugal’s first

33
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What styles of wine are permitted under the Palmela DOP?

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White, red, rosado, frisante, espumante, and licoroso

34
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The liberal encepagement of Palmela allows for what international white and red varieties?

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Cab Sauv, Chard, Sémillon, Syrah, Sauv Blanc, Merlot and Tannat

35
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Who is the largest producer of Setúbal?

A

J.M. Fonseca

36
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What style are the wines of Setúbal DOP?

A

Vinhos Licoroso; like Madeira, some barrels historically underwent the torna viagem process.

37
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What colors/grapes are produced in Setúbal DOP?

A

Red and White, of min. 67% Moscatel de Setúbal or Moscatel Roxo.
If one variety comprises min. 85% of the blend, it may be varietally labeled.

38
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What is the Península de Setúbal IGP formerly known as?

A

Terras do Sado

39
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What is the minimum RS for Setúbal wine?

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Wines under or equal to 20 years old: 280 g/l
Wines over 20 years old: 340 g/l

40
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What labeling designations are permitted for Moscatel de Setúbal?

A

10, 20, 30, 40+ years old

Superior: 5+ years old

41
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What is Moscatel de Setúbal?

A

Muscat of Alexandria

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