22 Corvina

Question 1

Corvina GI

Answer 1

Italy: Valpolicella, Valpolicella Classico

Question 2

Corvina Labelling term

Answer 2

Classico, Amarone, Recioto

Question 3

Corvina is the most important black grape in which Italian region?

Answer 3

Veneto

Question 4

Valpolicella DOC

3,9,10

Answer 4

3 Light

9 usually unoaked

10 blended

Question 5

Valpolicella Classico DOC typically has more ___ and ___ than a Valpolicella DOCG.

Answer 5

body, complexity

Question 6

Generally, how are appellations that have “Classico” appended to them different from non-Classico appellations?

Answer 6

Classicos generally:

・Will be from smaller, hilly areas

・Will have more distinctive character, more body, and more complexity

Question 7

Amarone delle Valpolicella DOCG

3,4,6,7,8

Answer 7

3 Full-bodied

4 Dry to Off dry

6 High

7 High (around 15%)

8 Fresh red fruit (Red cherries)

Dried fruit (Prunes, raisins, figs)

Question 8

Both Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG and Recioto della Valpolicella DOCG are made with ___ grapes.

Which one is always going to be sweet?

Answer 8

Partially dried grapes

Recioto della Valpolicella will always be sweet.

Question 9

What winemaking technique is widely used in the Veneto region?

Answer 9

Appassimento

Question 10

What is Appassimento?

Answer 10

Harvested grapes are dried on mats to concentrate sugars, acid, aroma and flavor characteristics.

Question 11

Name 3 appellations in the Veneto that use the appassimento technique.

Answer 11

・Recioto di Soave DOCG (sweet white)

・Recioto della Valpolicella DOCG (sweet red)

・Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG (grapes only partially dried; dry to off-dry red)