Port, Madeira and others Flashcards
(81 cards)
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Name from West to East the 3 sub-zones of Douro DOP, Portugal ?
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Baixo Corgo
Cima Corgo
Douro Superior
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What is the minimal residual sugar a Port wine must achieve ?
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17.5 g/L.
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What is a ‘Colheita’ port wine ?
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Tawny wines from a single vintage aged in cask for at least 7 years.
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What is the principal soil type we find in Porto DOP, Portugal ?
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Schist
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What is the most recent vintage that has been declared in Porto DOP, Portugal ?
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2019
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Which port house the Roederer group owns ?
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Ramos Pinto
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Which port house own the ‘Quinta da Madalena’ ?
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Smith Woodhouse
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Which port house own the ‘Quinta de Vargellas’ ?
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Taylor-Fladgate
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Which port house own the ‘Quinta da Foz’ ?
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Calem
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Which port house own the ‘Quinta do Sagrado’ ?
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Calem
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Which port house own the ‘Quinta do Roêda’ ?
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Croft
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Which port house own the ‘Quinta do Bomfim’ and the ‘Quinta Senhora da Ribeira’ ?
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Dow’s
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Which port house own the ‘Quinta do Porto’ ?
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Ferreira
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Which port house own the ‘Quinta do Canais’ ?
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Cockburn
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Which port house own the ‘Quinta do Panascal’ ?
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Fonseca
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Which port house own the ‘Quinta dos Malvedos’ and ‘Quinta do Tua’ ?
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Graham’s
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Which port house own the ‘Quinta da Gricha’ ?
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Churchill
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Which port house own the ‘Quinta do Passadouro’ and ‘Quinta do Nápoles’ ?
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Niepoort
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Which port house own the ‘Quinta do Silval’ ?
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Quinta do Noval
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Which port house own the ‘Quinta do Bom Retiro’ and ‘Quinta do Ervamoira’ ?
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Ramos Pinto
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Which port house own the ‘Quinta do Vau’ and ‘Quinta do Seixo’ ?
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Sandeman
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Which port house own the ‘Quinta da Cavadinha’ ?
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Warre’s
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Which port house own the only Single Quinta Vintage Ports of Baixo Corgo ?
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Champalimaud
Quinta do Cotto
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Minimum residual sugar for a less than 20 years old Moscatel de Setubal ?
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280 g/L.
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Minimum residual sugar for a more than 20 years old Moscatel de Setubal ?
340 g/L.
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What does a ‘Superior’ mention means on a Moscatel de Setubal label ?
Minimum 5 years of age
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In Madeira DOP, what means the mention ‘Frasqueira’ ?
A single grape variety (recommended) and vintage appear on label
Aged min. 20 yrs in wood
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True or False ? In Madeira, the age indication on a bottle is chosen by the producer.
False
Assessed by a tasting panel
Age is an indication of style, not the actual age or minimum age
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From the driest to sweetest, place in order : Malvasia – Sercial – Verdelho – Terrantez – Boal.
Sercial ; dry or extra dry
Verdelho ; medium dry
Terrantez ; medium dry or medium sweet
Boal ; medium sweet
Malvasia ; sweet
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Who produced the Ne Oublie cuvée?
Graham’s, the Symington family has released 656 bottles of a Port that dates back to the arrival of their great-grandfather Andrew James Symington in Portugal in 1882. Two barrels are still not release
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When did the Treaty of Windsor happened ? What does it imply ?
1386
Codified an alliance between Portugal and England
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Which Portuguese wine got the #1 position at the Top 100 Wine Spectator of 2014 ?
Dow’s 2011 Vintage Port
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Tell us about the classification system of the vineyards of the Douro Valley.
Vineyards of Douro valley number over 140 000
Awarded a letter grade from A to I
Classification is called the ‘beneficio’ system
Conceived by Alvaro Moreira da Fonseca
Vineyards are evaluated on : altitude – yield – soil – slope … and so on …
System enacted years following WWII
Regulates and quotas the amount of Port that can be produced in any given year (byt the IVDP)
A-Level sites are licensed to vinify highest % of Port, and vineyards classified as G or lower cannot produce
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Of the three region producing Port wines, which one is considered the best terroir ?
Cima Corgo
Douro Superior is the least favored for Port wines, but great for dry (Barca Velha & Chryseia)
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Who is the oldest Port wine shipper ?
Kopke
Founded in 1638
Acquired by Sogevinus in 2006 (Calem – Barros – Burmester)
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What happened on the island of Madeira in 1851 ?
Arrival of Oïdium – it reduced yield by 98%
Then Phylloxera in 1872
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Speaking of ‘Poios’, what do we refer to ?
Basalt stone terraces
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Speaking of ‘Levada’, what do we refer to ?
A 2,150 km network of cement irrigation canals
Levada has no direct translation, derives from portuguese for ‘to take’, as the levada ‘takes’ rainfall to farmers
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On a Madeira bottle, what does the letters ‘JNV’ means ?
- ‘IVM’ ?
- ‘IVBAM’ ?
From 1937 to 1979, the Junta Nacional do Vinho controlled the production of Madeira. Wines with a paper or wax seals marked ‘JNV’ were bottled during this period.
From its founding in 1979, to 2006, the Institute was known as simply the Madeira Wine Institute, and seals from wines bottled during this period carry the initials ‘IVM’.
In 2006, the wine and embroidery institutes were merged. Newer bottles read ‘IVBAM’ on the seal.
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Which grape on Madeira can produce the whole spectrum of sweetness ; from dry to rich ?
Tinta Negra Mole
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What is the traditional wood used for barrels on Madeira ?
American Oak
But some use also french oak, or Cognac barrels.
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When was signed the Treaty of Methuen between England and Portugal ?
1703
Establishing a long-lasting trade agreement and preferential tarifs for Portuguese wines
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Tinta Negra is mentioned on a Madeira label ; how much Tinta Negra must be in the bottle ?
as a non-vintage?
as a vintage ?
non-vintage = 85%
vintage = 100%
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True or false, each year, a winemaker can add older wine to a Madeira Solera to replenish it.
True
A Producer is allowed to take 10% of a Solera per year, and only 10 additions of wine are allowed per Solera. The Solera system in Madeira is mostly used to extend the life of a particular vintage. The wine can be bottled with the year of the start of the Solera and it is mostly replenished with stock of older wines.
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What is ‘Vinho da Roda’ ?
Madeira that underwent the historical torna viagem, round trip, across the Atlantic Ocean, to the equator, replicating the original heating and cooling process that gave typicity to Madeira wines at first. These wines are no longer produced.
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Lexical questions…. Partidistas ?
Trading companies that store/age wines to sell it to other traders, when mature, for profits. Equivalent to Almacenistas in Sherry.
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Lexical questions…. Armazens de calor ?
More gentle way to age the Madeira wines than Estufagem. The wines age in a heated room, instead of experiencing direct heat in tanks, for a longer period of time.
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Lexical questions…. Lagares ?
Open granite tank in Portugal
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Lexical questions…. Barcos Rabelos ?
Flat bottom boat traditionally used to transport port to Villa Nova de Gaia.
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What other Island than Madeirais allowed to produce Madeira DOP wines ?
Porto Santo
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Where is located the town of Funchal ?
Madeira Island
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True or false ? The word ‘’vintage’’ cannot appear on a label of Madeira wine.
True
Colheita or Harvest are allowed terms.
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What is the institution that oversees and enforces the regulations of Port wines ?
IVDP
Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e Porto - Douro Port Wine Institute
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Name 4 authorized grapes for Port wines production.
Reds;
Aragonez (Tinta Roriz), Bastardo, Castelão, Cornifesto, Donzelinho Tinto, Malvasia Preta, Marufo, Rufete, Tinta Barroca, Tinta Francisca, Tinto Cão, Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional, Trincadeira (Tinta Amarela)
Whites;
Arinto (Pedernã), Cercial, Donzelinho-Branco, Folgazão, Gouveio, Malvasia Fina, Moscatel Galego Branco, Rabigato, Samarrinho, Semillon, Sercial (Esgana Cão), Síria (Roupeiro), Verdelho, Viosinho, Vital
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At what ABV % Port is usually fortified to ?
19% to 22 %
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Size of a Pipe ?
550 L
Vila nova de gaia : 620L
shipping pipe : 534.24L
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What does the term Crusted mean on a label of port wine ?
The wine has matured and has sediments.
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What is the minimum aging time in cask for a Colheita Tawny Port ?
7 years
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In the Douro, what is the difference between ‘Socalcos’ and ‘Patamares’ ?
Both are terraces
Socalcos are the tradtional ones with walls
Patamares are the modern ones, that allows tractors to go, Patamares does not have wall, erosion is a big problem
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True or False ? Malvasia and Bual are traditionally fermented on their skins while Sercial and Verdelho musts are separated from the grape skins before fermentation.
True
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On Madeira, what is ‘surdo’ ?
Surdo is an intensely sweet mistela fortified to an alcoholic strength of 20%, often before fermentation has begun
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How does high humidity slow oxidation in the Canteiro Process?
High humidity minimize evaporation in the wine so it maintains higher ratio of wine-to-oxygen in barrel
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What is the major soil of Madeira?
- Volcanic soil
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What is the synonym of Malvasia Fina?
- Boal
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What type of spirit is used to fortified Madeira?
- 95% ABV grape spirit from France
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What is the minimum aging of a Vinho de Canteiro in Madeira?
- 2 years in wood, may not be bottled for 36 months after the final fortification
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What is the minimum aging of a Vinho de Estufagem?
- may be bottle after 12 months from the conclusion of the estufagem process
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What is the minimum aging of a Colheita Madeira?
- May be bottled from October 31 of the fifth year following the harvest
* must be Canteiro process
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What is the minimum aging of a Frasqueira/Garrafeira Madeira?
- 20 years in wood. Canteiro process
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What is the minimum aging of a Solera Madeira?
- min 5 years in the Solera
- the first year of the solera is listed on the bottle
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What is the minimum aging of a Single Cask Madeira?
- 7 years
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What means the term Selected or Finest on a Madeira bottle?
- the youngest type of Madeira, generally Tinta Negra, aged for at least three years
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True or False, if a Madeira is labelled with an indication of age, it must be aged the numbers of years labelled.
- False, must taste like
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True of False, If a Madeira is labelled by a variety, the wine must contain min 85% of the stated variety
- True
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What is the maximum RS of a Madeira Extra Seco?
- 49 g/l
- mostly Sercial
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What is the fortified wine appellation in Lisboa region?
- Carcavelos
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Which other island produced fortified wine in Portugal?
- Pico (also produced dry white and espumante)
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What are the two mountain chain in Douro region?
- Sierra do Marão
- Sierra de Montemuro
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What is the alcohol content of a aguardente used for Port production?
- 77%, it represent 1:4 ratio
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