Random Questions Flashcards
1
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What is Spain’s largest autonomous region?
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Castilla y León
1/5 of mainland
9 communities
1 Portugal
2
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What is the unofficial capital of Castilla y León?
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Valladolid
3
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What is the most populous city in Castilla y León?
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Valladolid
4
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What is the largest River Basin on the Iberian Peninsula?
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Duero River Basin
5
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What do wine makers do when using “unauthorized” grapes?
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Declassify to VT status with less restrictive production requirements
6
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First DO in Spain?
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Rueda
7
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Only Extremadura subzone to border Portugal?
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Ribera Baja
8
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What is the only VP in Spain focused exclusively on French grapes?
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VP Vallegarcía
9
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What VP has high concentrations of lithium?
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VP Casa del Blanco
10
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What DO is famed for its Vino Naranja aromatized sweet wine?
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DO Condado de Huelva in Andalucia
11
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What is Ribeira Sacra Summun?
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Vino Tintos in Ribeira Sacra requiring >60% Mencia
Vino Blancos requiring 100% preferred grapes
12
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What is Valdeorras Castas Nobles
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Wines from the DO with >85% preferred wines
13
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Spain’s smallest & largest province?
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Guipúzcoa in Pais Vasco (smallest)
Badajoz in Extremadura (largest)
14
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Which Txakolina DO is the smallest and driest?
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Arabako Txakolina
15
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Where is vara y pulgar used?
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Rioja and Andalucia
“Thumb and stick”
16
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Oldest vines in Spain?
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Cariñena
17
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What region is famous for sidre (apple cider)?
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Cantabria
18
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What is the largest Iberian river valley?
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Duero River Valley
19
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Where do you find Vega Sicilia?
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DO Ribera del Duero
20
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What wines did Columbus take to the New World?
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DO Toro wines
21
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Where is the most likely birthplace of Garnacha?
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Aragón which has the most clonal variations
22
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What is the only VP in Aragón?
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VP Aylés
23
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Where is the largest concentration of vineyards in the World?
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Castilla-La Mancha
24
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What is the largest VT in Aragón?
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VT Bajo Aragón
25
What is the only VP in Aragón?
VP Aylés
| 90% Tinto - Garnacha, Tempranillo, CabSav. Merlot
26
What did Carthage and Rome sign to divide Spain?
Treaty of the Ebro
27
Why was DO Jumilla spared from phylloxera?
Highly acidic, lime subsoil "Pie Franco (free)"
28
What city in Murcia was important during for wine production during Roman times?
Cartagena
29
What is the newest appellation in Murcia?
DO Bullas
| Non-contiguous growing areas.
30
What is Murcia's oldest wine region?
DO Jumilla
31
Hot, dry wind in Southern Andalucia?
Levante
32
Wind impacting DO Alicante?
Leveche
33
Cool, humid wind impacting Jerez and S. Andalucia?
Poniente
34
Cold northerly wind from Bay of Biscay?
Cierzo
35
What grape is not blended with Tempranillo?
Cabernet Sauvignon. Check may not be right
I believe in Rioja
36
Wind impacting DO Empordà?
Tramontana
37
Callet and Manto Negro are indigenous to which autonomous region?
Balearic Islands
38
Listán Negro and Listán Blanco are indigenous to which region?
Canary Islands
39
Prieto Picudo is indigenous to what region?
Castilla y Leon
40
Majority of vineyards in Aragon are planted what method?
En Vaso
41
What is the Levante wind also known as?
Solaner and Levanter
42
Dominate soil in La Mancha?
Limestone
43
Castilla La Mancha ranks where in region size?
3rd largest
44
Most planted white grape in the world?
Airén
45
Why is Airén suitable for Spain and particularly La Mancha?
It is drought resistant and thrives in severe conditions
46
What DO of Spain has the largest concentration of vineyards?
DO Castilla-La Mancha with almost 50% of all vineyard land in Spain (and one of largest in the world)
47
What training style is found in La Mancha?
En vaso using Marco Real method (checkerboard)
48
What environmental factor makes La Mancha interesting for organic wines?
It is dry so there is little disease pressure.
49
What is the Eastern most DO in La Mancha?
DO Almansa
50
What is the northernmost DO in Castilla-La Mancha?
DO Mondejar
51
What DOs overlap in Castilla-La Mancha?
DO Uclés and DO La Mancha
52
How many DOs and VPs are in Castilla La Mancha?
DO = 8. VP = 12
53
What is the predominate wine styles of the La Mancha VPs?
Vino Tintos
54
What DO in La Mancha is impacted by the Levante winds?
DO Manchuela
55
What DOs use the winemaking technique "Doble Pasta"?
DO Mancuela & DO Utiel-Requena
56
What does Valdepeñas mean?
Valley of the Stones
57
What is Aloque, where is it made and which grapes?
Semi-red made in DO Valdepeñas made from Cencibel and Airén
58
Where is Garnacha Tintorera popular?
In DO Almansa - Castilla-La Mancha
59
What were the 1st 2 VPs of Spain?
VP Dominio Valdepusa
| VP Finca Élez
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What is the only VP within the boundaries of DO Uclés?
VP Pago Calzadilla
61
What does Garnacha del Empordà mean?
DO Emporda
>90% Garnacha Tinta &/or Peluda
2 years ageing
62
Cataluña DO with lowest elevation?
DO Empordà
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Most prominent grape style in Penedès?
Blancos 51%
64
Worlds 1st 100% organic sparkling wine?
Classico Penedès
65
Where is 95% of Cava made?
Penedès
66
How many Gran Vinya Classificada's are in Priorat?
1 - L'Ermita
67
How many Vi de Partage?
459
| vineyards must be 15 years+
68
How many Vinya Classificadas are there in Priorat?
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4
Clos Mogador
Mas de la Rosa
Coma Blanca
Clos Fontà
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69
How old must Vinyes Velles be?
75years+ or planted before 1945
70
How many VPs does Navarra have?
3 - VP Otazu, Irache & Arinzano
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Spain's northernmost VP
VP de Otazu
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What Navarra VP sits in Tierra Estella, on the Santiago and impacted by Cierzo winds?
VP de Irache
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What Navarra VP sits in Tierra Estella, on the Santiago and impacted by Cierzo winds?
VP de Irache
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1st VP in Navarra to receive VP status
VP Pago de Arinzano
74
Where is the highest rainfall in Spain?
DO Getariako Txakolina / Getaria
1,600mm
75
What province in Castilla-La Mancha does not produce wine?
Guadalajera
76
What type of wines are most prominent in Asturias?
Red wines
77
What province was the Txakoli Winemakers Association started?
Vizcaya / Bizkaia
78
What is the minimum % Verdejo for DO Rueda?
50%
79
What DO in Aragón has the majority of its wine produced by 6 Coops?
DO Campo de Borja
80
Only white grape allowed in DO Ribera del Duero?
Albillo Mayor
81
What is Rueda Dorado?
Oxidatively aged white wine from authorized grape in DO Rueda
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What is the only Spanish grape planted in VP Dominio de Valdepusa?
Graciano
83
Spain’s Aging Requirements
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Red All / Barrel / Bottle (6x)
Stand. Duero Rioja
Crianza 4 / 1 4 / 2 4 / 2 / 0
Reserva 6 / 2 6 / 2 6 / 2 / 1
Gran R 10 / 3 10 / 4 10 / 4 / 4
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White Rosé
Crianza 3 / 1 3 / 1 3 / 1
Reserva 4 / 1 4 / 1
Gran R 8 / 1 8 / 1
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What is the only white grape allowed in Ribera del Duero?
Albillo Mayor
85
Where are the phylloxera free DOs in Castilla y León and what are the soils?
DO Rueda and DO Toro
| Sand
86
What is the name of the sandy topsoil on clay in DO Montilla-Moriles
Ruedos
87
What is the Catalan name for steep slopes in Priorat?
Costers
88
What are the 3 primary soils in Rioja?
Calcareous clay, Ferrous Clay and Alluvium
89
What are the 2 dominate white grapes in Madrid?
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Malvar
Albillo (Real)
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90
Where does the Duero River originate?
Sistema Ibérico in Sierra de Urbión
91
Vinos con Indicación de Edad relate to which Sherries?
Amontillado
Oloroso
Palo Cortado
PX
92
What is the 1st, 2nd and 3rd pressing for Sherry?
1st - Primera Yema - Free run no press
2nd - Seguna Yema - 1st pressing
Mosto Prensa - Final press for distilling
93
What are 5 most planted varieties in Spain (60% production)?
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Airén
Tempranillo
Bobal
Garnacha
Macabeo/Viura
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94
Spanish word for Chamomile?
Manzanilla
95
What are the blending grapes with Tempranillo for Rioja?
Garnacha
Mazuelo (Cariñena)
Graciano
96
Where is Bobal indigenous?
DO Utiel Requena
97
What winemaker brought Tempranillo to the world?
Alejandro Fernández
98
What is the minimum red grapes used in Rioja if using whole bunches?
85%
99
What are the 2 major lowland areas in Spain?
Ebro Basin
| Andalusian Plain
100
Minimum lees ageing for Espumosos de Calidad de Rioja for Reserva?
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Producers can designate Espumosos or DO Cava
Targeting upper end of sparkling
15m Espumosos
24m Reserva
36m Gran Reserva
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101
What type of grapes dominate in Cataluña?
Mostly indigenous, but there is significant international varieties
Macabeo is most planted of the Cava grapes
102
Vega Sicilia was founded by...in 1864
Eloy Lecanda y Chaves
103
Highest peak in mainland Spain and highest in all of Spain?
Pico de Mulhacén (in Granada)
| Pico de Teide (Canaries)
104
3 main grapes in Navarra?
Tempranillo
CabSav
Merlot
105
4 red grapes authorized for DO Cava?
Trepat
Garnacha
Monastrell
Pinot Noir
106
Smallest DO in the Canaries?
DO El Hierro
107
Where does the Ebro start?
Cordillera Cantrabrias
108
What is Las Medulas?
Region in El Bierzo with amazing landscape and the site for Roman gold. (UNESCO site)
109
Where does Spain rank in terms of wine exports amount and value?
1st and 3rd
110
Oldest city in Western Europe?
Cadiz
111
What type of glass should Sherry be drunk?
Standard white wine glass
112
What was the capital of Moorish Andalucia?
Cordoba
113
What is the capital of Andalucia?
Sevilla
114
What Andalucian grape is prized for high sugar levels and espumosos?
Vijiriego in VC Granada
115
What is Pajarete?
One of DO Málaga's most admired wines
Fortified Sweet PX &/or Moscatel
Brown, dried figs, hazelnuts
116
How many subzones are authorized to label Vi de Vila in DOQ Priorat?
12
117
How many subzones does Peñedes have and how further do they refine within the subzones?
3 subzones
Superior
Central
Marítim
Within subzones 10 distinct mesoclimates are further delineated
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Where was the "Ordinance of Castilla y Leon" issued?
DO Ribera del Duero in 15th century
119
What town did Alejandro Fernandez grown Tempranillo?
Pesquera del Duero
120
Wines from Tierra Medina?
High Quality Rancio style from DO Rueda
| Queen Isabella praised one.
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What is Rueda Dorado?
Oxidatetively aged using only approved white varieties
122
What is used to craft Toro Rosado and Toro Blanco
Garnacha Tinto - Rosado
| Verdejo and Malvasia - Blanco
123
What wine did King Ferdinand I put on his list of preferred wines?
DO Cariñena 1415
124
What wine did Voltaire tout in 1773?
DO Cariñena
125
How many authorized grapes in DO Somontano?
15
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How much Rosatl Rosado (Red Cava) is made?
Only 8%
127
What is "Els Noms de la Terra"?
2019 - New Classification System in DOQ Priorat
| "Names of the Land"
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What is Iberian Oak called?
Quercus Ilex
129
How are sweet PX wines made in DO Montilla-Moriles
1. Super hot weather allows PX overripe
2. Sundried (soleo) on straw mats 4-10 days
3. >40% residual sugar
4. Use special baskets to press thick extract
5. Yeast can only ferment up to 3-4% ABV
6. Then fortified up to 15% ABV
7. Put in Tinajas or casks
8. Vintage or solera
9. For solera Casks filled maximum to min O2 + 2yrs wood
10. Vintage for aging / solera meant for young drinking
130
Where was Cordon Trenzado 1st introduced?
DO Valle de la Orotava
131
Main town for production of Cava?
Sant Sadurní d’Anoia
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What American vine became popular to use as root graft for V viniferus?
V. Labrusca
133
Who devasted Spain’s white wine industry?
Franco. Thought wine for sacrament only meaning vinos tintos
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Birthplace of Catalan wines?
Cartoixa d'Escaladei in Priorat
135
What was Roman Tarragona called?
Tarraco
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How are international red grapes used in Cataluña?
Usually added to blends where Garnacha Tinta is dominate
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Where are COOPs important in Spain?
Cataluña - started here post-phylloxera
| Campo de Borja
138
What can Priorat use new classification system?
For 2017 vintages and beyond
139
What river bisects Priorat?
Siurana River
140
How many subzones in Priorat?
12
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Priorat "Els Noms de la Terra" System (Names of the Land)
1. DOQ Priorat – sourced anywhere
2. Vi de Vila – Village, >90% 10 years+; 10% 5 yrs+
3. Vi de Paratage – “Location” - >90% 15 years +; 10% 5 yrs+ 459 total
4. Vinya Classificada – “Single Vineyard” - >80% 20 years+; 20% 5 yrs+ - Clos Mogador, Mas de la Rosa, Coma Blanca & Clos Fontà
5. Gran Vinay Classificada – “Single Vineyard” >90% Garnaca/Cariñena“; >80% 35 years+, 20% 10 years+; L’Ermita
6. Vinyes Velles – “Old Vines” >75 years+ or before 1945
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What grape is required for espumosos on Mallorca?
Prensal Blanc >50%
143
What do the tradewinds bring to Canary Islands?
Cool humid wind
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What is a cunca?
Ceramic bowl used in Galacia for wine
