PORTUGAL Flashcards
What are the influencing factors in the Portuguese climate?
Atlantic Ocean
Rivers like Tejo, Douro
Describe the quality structure of Portugues wines
Blends are the norm rather than varietals
DOP
Highest quality
Indicacao de Provenencia Regulamentado
regions on the way up to DOP status
IGP
Indicao Geográphica Protegica
regional wine areas
Madeira put grape on label
Name the wine producing districts of Portugal
Transmontano
Douro Valley
Terras de Cìster
Beria Interior
Alentejo
Algarve
Setébal
Tejo
Lisboa
Beira Atlántico
Dao
Minho
What are the principal varieties and wines produced in Dao?
terraced slopes of granite hills
80 % red
20 % white
12 approved varietals and
Touriga Nacional
Tinta Roriz
Alfrocheiro
make the best reds
Encruzado
the best whites
Red wines are
fruitdriven
oaked in new barrels
36 months aging
Whites
12 months aging
What are the principal varieties and wines produced in Minho?
Minho IGP
Alvarinho
Loureiro
Trajadura
are the best
Arinto
Avesso
Azal
Batoca
White wines are
dry
highly acidic
low in alcohol
Enforcado produces high malic acid in grapes resulting in
strong malolactic fermentation
carbon dioxide, just a bit, is often added
Enforcado =
high trellished training system allowing
crops to grow underneath
What are the principal varieties and wines produced in Bairrada?
Bairrada DOP
named after clay soil, barro
Red grapes
Baga +
Touriga Nacional
CBS
MER
SYR
PNN
Red wines are strong in colour, flavour, alcohol, many matured in cask
White grapes
Maria Gomes
Arinto
Bical
Cerceal
Robo de Ovelho
CHA
whites are light, fruity, ready to drink
sparkling wine is produced
What are the principal varieties and wines produced in Douro?
Douro DOP
Soil is mainly granite and schist
Douriense IGP +
Douro DOP
are used for table wines
Porto DOP
used for port wines
Douro DOP:
Over 60 permitted red varietals,
over 50 white
Quality table wine grapes:
Touriga Nacional
Tinta Roriz
Tinta Francisca
Tinta Amarela
Tinta Barroca
Tinta Cao
White grapes:
Arinto
Gouveio
Malvasia
Rabigato
Viosinho
What are the principal varieties and wines produced in Alentejo?
Alentejo DOP
Mainly red wines, covers 30 % of PT
Soil is dominated by
granite and clay
Mediterranean + continental climate is
excellent for winemaking
Top red grapes
Aragonez
Castelao
Trincadeira
Top white grapes
Antao Vaz
Arinto
Fernao Pires
What are the principal varieties and wines produced in Colares?
Colares DOP
Pre-phylloxera and ungrafted
Ramisco vines
extremely long and produce
high yields
Rotsystem 3 meter in the sand
Ramisco wine is
18 months in wood
3 months in bootle
Very darkcoloured wine, concentrated black fruit, spicy, very high in tannin
Longlived wines:
1969 vintage is drinking well in
2019
White wines mainly (80%) based on
Malvasia
11 abv min. for both, but reds usually
12.5 abv
What are the principal varieties and wines produced in Setúbal?
Setúbal DOP
Just South-east of Lisboa
Moscatel de Setúbal
Superb fortified wine
16-22 abv
Younger are
5 years
dark-straw coloured with strong honeyed nose
Older are
20 years +
almost brown in colour
caramel taste
Grape:
Muscat d´Alexandria
Name the terms found on the labels on Portuguese wines
Name of Winery
Adega
Herdade
Quinta
Region of Origin
Origem
Wine Type
Vintage
Ano
Colheita
Late Harvest
Colheita Tardia
Quality Classification
Grape Varieties
Castas
Sweet
Doce
Tablewine
Vinho Tranquilo
What are the aging regime and terms used
Garrafeira
DOC - IGP wine with harvest year and minimum aging
Red: 30 months (12 glass bottle)
White: 12 months (6 glass bottle)
