Spain

Question 1

Name the two mountain ranges that moderate North Central Spain, what do they moderate

Answer 1

In the NE-Pyrenees

NW-Cantabrian Moutnains

They create a rain shadow

Question 2

Describe the climate of Galicia

Answer 2

Cooler maritime

Question 3

Malaga DO- Vino dulce

Answer 3

Min alc 15-22%

Question 4

Malaga DO- Dulce vino de licor

Answer 4

Includes the following categories:
Vina Maestro (fresh grapes, fortified pre-fermentation)

Vino Dulce Naturel (Fresh grapes fortified after fermentation, starts with 4-7% naturally fermented alcohol) min. 212g/l must weight

Vino Tierno
“Sunned Grapes” -must be sun dried
Fortified after Ferementation. 350g/l min must weight

Question 5

He big must a Rioja cask be?

Answer 5

225L

Question 6

What red grapes might you find in Rias Baixas DO?

Answer 6

Caino, Espadiero and Mencia

Question 7

What does Somotano mean?

Answer 7

“beneath the mountain” it is at the foothills of the Pyrenees

Question 8

O rosal and Condado do Tea must have min 70% what?

Answer 8

Albarino, loureira or Treixadura

Question 9

What Do is the most southernly

Answer 9

Monterrei DO

Question 10

What was the rirst region to gain DOCa, what year

Answer 10

Rioja 1991

Question 11

Malaga DO- Dulce vino de licor

Answer 11

Includes the following categories:
Vina Maestro (fresh grapes, fortified pre-fermentation)

Vino Dulce Naturel (Fresh grapes fortified after fermentation, starts with 4-7% naturally fermented alcohol) min. 212g/l must weight

Vino Tierno
“Sunned Grapes” -must be sun dried
Fortified after Ferementation. 350g/l min must weight

Question 12

What is the hottest sub zone of Navarra DO?

Answer 12

Ribera Baja

Question 13

Malaga DO- Vino de uvas pacificadas dulce

Answer 13

not fortified, sweet wines produced from dried grapes

Question 14

What is the local dried grape wine of Ribeiro DO called?

Answer 14

Vino Tostado

Question 15

Where would you find Vino Tostado, what is it?

Answer 15

Ribeiro DO, a dried grape wine

Question 16

What are the five sub zones of Rias Baixas DO?

Answer 16

Val do Salnes
Riveira do Ulla
Soutomaior
O Rosal
Condado do Tea

Question 17

What DO is famous for rose bottling?

Answer 17

Navarra DO

Question 18

What DO is the most eastern in Galicia

Answer 18

Valdeorras DO

Question 19

Discuss modernist white wine production in rioja

Answer 19

Cleaner and fruitier

Question 20

White Txakoli is normally produced from what grape?

Answer 20

Ondarrabi Zuri

Question 21

Malaga DO- Vino seco

Answer 21

Not fortified

Min 70% recommended grapes

Question 22

Malaga DO- Vino de uvas sobre maduradas dulce

Answer 22

Sweet wine from over-ripe grape, not fortified, min alc 12% min pot 16%

Question 23

Min % or red grapes in Rioja rosado production

Answer 23

25%

Question 24

What are 4 DOs in the Autonomia of Aragon?

Answer 24

Campo de Borja DO
Calatayud DO
Carinena DO
Somontano DO

Question 25

A wine labeled Rias Baixas Albarino may contain what blending grapes?

Answer 25

None

Question 26

White Rioja aging requirements for all levels

Answer 26

Crianza-2yrs. 6mnths oak Reserva-2yrs. 6mnths oak G. Reserva-4yrs. 6mnths oak

Question 27

Modern Rioja's oak regiment is mostly

Answer 27

French Oak, more extraction of the fruit

Question 28

What % of albarino must be in Val do Salnes or Riveira do Ulla

Answer 28

Min 70%

Question 29

What is classic style Rioja's oak regiment

Answer 29

More American

Question 30

Where is the ancestral home to Carignan/Mazuelo Grape?

Answer 30

Carinena

Question 31

What is the most common Txakoli red variety?

Answer 31

Ondarrabi Beltza

Question 32

What are the three principal DO of the Pais Vasco?

Answer 32

Getariako Txakolina Bizkaiko Txakolina Arabako Txakolina

Question 33

Discuss traditionalist white wine production in Rioja

Answer 33

More woodtoned, oxidative wine making

Question 34

What two local grapes might you find in Somotano

Answer 34

Alcanon and red Parraleta

Question 35

What are the Rec. grapes for Malaga DO-

Answer 35

PX Moscal de Alexandria Moscatel de grano Menudo (moscatel morisco)

Question 36

Red Rioja aging requirements for all levels

Answer 36

Crianza- 2yrs. 1oak Reserve-3yrs. 1oak G. Reserva-5yrs (2oak,3btl)

Question 37

What three sub zones of Navarra are the highest in altitude?

Answer 37

Valdizarbe Baja Montana Tierra Estella

Question 38

What are the five DOs of Galicia

Answer 38

``` Rias Baixas Ribeiro Valdeorras Riveira Sacra Monterrei ```

Question 39

What are the AUTHORIZED grapes for Malaga DO-

Answer 39

Lairen Doradilla Romé (Only red grape authorized)

Question 40

Three major red varietals of Ribeira Sacra

Answer 40

Mencia Treixadura Godello

Question 41

What are the five sub zones of Navarra?

Answer 41

``` Valdizarbe Baja Montana Tierra Estella Ribera Alta Ribera Baja ```

Question 42

What are the five subregions of Ribeira Sacra

Answer 42

``` Amandi Chantada Quiroga-Bibei Riberas do Sil Riberas do Mino ```

Question 43

Ribeiro DO is located along what river?

Answer 43

Mino

Question 44

What is Ojo de Gallo?

Answer 44

Rose wines made in Txakoli that are usually a blend of both Ondarrabi Zuri and Ondarrabi Beltza

Question 45

Where does the Ebro River begin?

Answer 45

The Cantabrian Mountains in the NW

Question 46

Getariako Txakolina Bizkaiko Txakolina Arabako Txakolina may produce wines of what color?

Answer 46

All three

Question 47

What three estates have their own DO Pago appellations

Answer 47

Senorio de Arinzano- Tierra Estella Prado- Tierra Estella Bodegas Otazu-Valdizarbe