Spain

Question 1

What grape variety is most closely associated with Spain

Answer 1

Tempranillo

Question 2

What countries make up the Iberian Peninsula

Answer 2

Spain, France, Andorra, Gibraltar, Portugal

Question 3

Leading red grapes of Spain

Answer 3

Tempranillo 
Bobal 
Garnacha tinta 
Monastrell (Mourvèdre)
Mazuelo (carignan)
Mencia 
Cabernet Sauvignon 
Syrah 
Alicante bouschet 
Merlot

Question 4

Leading white grapes of Spain

Answer 4

Airén (leading grape of Spain )
Cayetana Blanca 
Albariño
Macabeo (Viura)
Palomino 
Verdejo 
Parellada 
Xarel-lo
Moscatel 
Pedro ximenez 
Garnacha Blanca

Question 5

Tempranillo synonyms

Answer 5

Tempranillo rioja 
Tinta de toro toro 
Tinta del pais ribera del duero 
Cignales 
Tinto fino ribera del duero 
Ull de llebre Catalonia 
Cencibel la mancha 
Valdepeñas aragonêz Portugal 
Tinta Roriz Douro (Portugal )

Question 6

Spanish wine categories

Answer 6

Vinos de Mesa
Vinos de la Tierra (PGI level)
Vinos de calidad (between )

DO (PDO level)
DOCa (PDO level)
Vinos de Pago

Vdlt
VCIG 
DO
DOCa
Vino de Pago??

Question 7

Spanish Wine that has spent minimum 18 months in barricas (oak barrel) or in the bottle

Answer 7

Vino noble

Question 8

Spanish wine that has spent a minimum of 24 months aging in barricas or in the bottle

Answer 8

Vino añejo

Question 9

Spanish wine that has spent a minimum of 36 months aging in a strongly oxidative environment exposed to any combination of light oxygen and heat

Answer 9

Vino viejo

Question 10

Spanish wine aging designation for wine released the year after it was made

Answer 10

Joven or genérico

Question 11

Spanish Crianza

Answer 11

Spanish wine designation for red wine aged 24mos with 6mos in barrel

For white or rosé 18mos with 6 mos in barrel

Question 12

Reserva Spanish wine aging designation

Answer 12

Red aged 36 mos with 12mos in barrel

White or rosé 24mos with 6mos in barrel

Question 13

Gran reserva Spanish wine aging designation

Answer 13

Red wine aged 60mos 18mos in barrel

White or rosé aged 48mos with 6mos in barrel

Question 14

Notable DOs of Galicia

Answer 14

Rías Baíxas
Ribeiro
Valdeorras

Question 15

What wine region is known as green Spain

Answer 15

Galicia in the northwest with exposure to the Atlantic

Question 16

What are the leading wine areas of Castilla y león

Answer 16

Toro
Rueda
Cigales
Ribera del duero

Question 17

Name the Wine regions of Spain

Answer 17

Galicia 
Castilla y Leon 
Rioja
Navarra 
Aragon
Catalonia 
Valencia 
Murcia
Andalucia 
Jerez or Xeres 
Extremadura 
Castilla La Mancha in the middle like Madrid

Question 18

What 3 geographical features influence or moderate the rioja wine region

Answer 18

The cantabrian mountains
The Ebro River
The Mediterranean Sea. (The Atlantic???) probably both Atlantic toward the west and warming east toward the Mediterranean

Question 19

The 3 sub appellations or zones of the Rioja DOCa

Answer 19

Rioja Alta
Rioja alavesa
Rioja oriental

Question 20

The leading red and leading white grape of Rioja

Answer 20

Tempranillo and Viura

Question 21

Rioja DOCa crianza

Answer 21

24 mos aging at least 12 mos in barrel

Question 22

Rioja DOCa reserva

Answer 22

Minimum 36 mos aging with at least 12 mos barrel and 6 mos bottle

Question 23

Rioja DOCa gran reserva

Answer 23

60 mos total aging 24 mos barrel and 24 mos bottle

Question 24

What is the principal grape used in white Rioja ? Rosé Rioja ?

Answer 24

Viura (aka macabeo)

Garnacha

Question 25

What region is the largest producer of quality wine in Spain

Answer 25

Catalonia

Question 26

Name 5 DOs of distinction in the Catalonia region

Answer 26

``` Priorat DOQ Tarragona Montsant Costers del Segre Penedés ```

Question 27

Name the 3 DOs of Spain’s Murcia region and what grape is most known in all 3

Answer 27

Jumilla Yecla Bullas Monastrell (Mourvèdre) grape variety

Question 28

What is the Jerez-Xérès region known for?

Answer 28

Sherry

Question 29

What is the main grape variety in Spanish sherries

Answer 29

The palomino grape

Question 30

What 3 grape varieties are used in Spanish sherry

Answer 30

Palomino Pedro ximenez (PX) Moscatel (muscat)

Question 31

Name the styles of Spanish sherry

Answer 31

Fino and manzanilla oloroso Amantillado (aged fino) Pale cortado

Question 32

Sherries with an age indication means what ?

Answer 32

A lower classification of sherries aged 12 to 15 years

Question 33

What is VOS and VORS

Answer 33

Levels of sherries of certifies old age VOS very old Sherry min 20yrs solera aging VORS very old rare Sherry min 30 years solera aging

Question 34

What is en Rama

Answer 34

Raw or unfiltered sherry

Question 35

What are the 3 classic grape varieties for cava

Answer 35

Macabeo Xarel-lo Parellada All white varieties

Question 36

What does Ribera del Duero translate to?

Answer 36

Bank of the Duero River

Question 37

Mouvèdre is known as what in Spain ?

Answer 37

Monastrell

Question 38

Synonyms for mouvédre

Answer 38

Monastrell Mataro

Question 39

What is carignan known as in Spain

Answer 39

Mazuelo

Question 40

Synonym for macabeo grape in Spain

Answer 40

Viura

Question 41

Rioja gran añada

Answer 41

36 months in the lees

Question 42

Spanish wine labeling 18 months aging in barricas or in bottle

Answer 42

Vino noble

Question 43

Spanish wine labelling 24 months in barricas or bottle

Answer 43

Vino añejo

Question 44

Spanish wine labelling 36 months aging in an oxidative environment

Answer 44

Vino viejo

Question 45

What 3 geographical influences moderate the weather in rioja

Answer 45

The Ebro River Cantabrian mountains The Mediterranean Sea

Question 46

What is the principal grape of white rioja

Answer 46

Viura

Question 47

What grape is the primary component of rosé Rioja

Answer 47

Garnacha

Question 48

What 3 towns for the Sherry triangle of Spain

Answer 48

Jerez de la frontera Sanlúcar de barragmeda El puerto de Santa Maria

Question 49

What 3 soul types are found in the Jerez region

Answer 49

Albariza Barro Arena

Question 50

Styles of Sherry

Answer 50

Review

Question 51

What is Spain’s high quality traditional method sparkling wine known as and where is most of it produced

Answer 51

Cava 95% produced in Catalonia

Question 52

Cava production requirements

Answer 52

9 months lees aging in bottle

Question 53

Cava Riserva production requirements

Answer 53

15 months lees aging in bottle must be brut level sweetness or drier

Question 54

Cava gran reserva production requirements

Answer 54

30 months lees aging brut level sweetness or drier

Question 55

Cava de paraje calificado

Answer 55

36 months lees aging from single estate vines brut level sweetness or drier

Question 56

PDO only terms for Spanish wines

Answer 56

Joven or generico Crianza Reserva Gran reserva

Question 57

Name the 3 Jerez soil types and the grapes that favor them

Answer 57

Albariza-palomino Barro-Pedro Jimenez Arena- moscatel

Question 58

Name 4 fino style sherrries

Answer 58

Fino Puerto fino Manzanilla Pale cream

Question 59

Name 2 oloroso style sherries

Answer 59

Oloroso | Cream Sherry

Question 60

Name 2 dried grape sherries

Answer 60

Pedro ximenez | Moscatel

Question 61

Name 2 hybrid style sherries

Answer 61

Amontillado | Pale cortado