Overview Flashcards
(42 cards)
Name the 5 quality levels of spanish wine
Vino - Vino de Mesa
Vinos de la Tierra - VdIT
Vinos de Calidad con Indicación Geográfica (VCIG)
Denomaninacion de Origen (DO)
Vinos de Pago (DO Pago)
Denominacion de Origen Calificada (DOCa)Name the DOCa regions
Rioja
Priorat
Spains ranking in global wine production
3
Spains consumption per capita
26.16 L 12 globally
Main red varieties spain
garnacha
tempranillo
Other red varieties spain
Carinena
Cab sav
Mencia
Monastrell
Main white varieties spain
Viura (Macabeo)
Albarino
Other white varieties spain
Airen
Chardonnay
Verdejo
Main varieties for Cava
Xarel-lo
Macabeo
Parellada
Other varieties for cava
Chardonnay
Pinot Noir
Who governs Spains DO system
INDO
What quality level is made from unclassified vineyards or wine blended from different classified regions
Vintages allowed after 2009
Vino - Vino de Mesa
What quality level is a table wine of a demarcated area with minimum 85% from that region
Vino de La Tierra (VdIT)
What quality level is considered within the PDO category of the EU Hierarchy
Vino de Calidad con Indicación Geográfica (VCIG)
What quality level is thought to be an equivalent to the AOC system
Each district has its own cones regulador to monitor quality and classified regions
DO
How many DOs as of April 2008
65
What quality level is a sub classification of DO level with single estates (not always geographically within DO areas), each guiding its own production
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Vinos de Pago (DO Pago)
What quality level was introduced in 1988
DOCa, DOQ
When and what was the 1st DOCa in Spain
Rioja
1991
When did Priorat achieve DOCa Status
2000
What were the first DO Pagos
as of 2012
Dominio de Valdepusa - Marques de Grinon (2003 Castilla La Mancha)
Finca Elez - Manuel Manzeneque (2003 Castilla La Mancha)
What estate is the most recent to be elevated to DO Pago
Chozas Charrascal (2012 - Valencia)
Aging terms for non-DO wines (in barrel and/or bottle)
Noble - 18 months
Anejo - 24 months
Viejo - 36 months (must show oxidative character)
Blanco
white
