Apulia (Puglia)

Question 1

Apulia (Puglia)

Most cultivated red grape

Answer 1

Negroamaro

• Prized for deep red color, powerful tannic structrue
• Major component for nearly every rosso and rosato DOC on Salento peninsula

Question 2

Apulia (Puglia)

3rd major red grape

Answer 2

Primitivo

• Genetically linked to Zinfandel; shares softly tannic, syrupy character with its American cousin

Question 3

Apulia

4 DOCGs

(all promoted in 2011)

Answer 3

• Castel del Monte Nero di Troia Riserva
• Castel del Monte Bombino Nero
• Castel del Monte Rosso Riserva
• Primitivo di Manduria Dolce Naturale

Question 4

What is unique about the terrain of Puglia?

Answer 4

It is the least mountainous region in Italy, with low hills and broad plains

Question 5

Puglia

Three major grapes

Answer 5

• Negroamaro
• Uva di Troia
• Primitivo

Question 6

Castel del Monte

• 3 DOCGs devoted to dry wine
• Styles
• Encepagements

Answer 6

• Castel del Monte Rosso Riserva DOCG
  
  • ​Rosso Riserva, > 65% Uva di Troia, max RS 10g/L
• Castel del Monte Nero di Troia Riserva DOCG
  
  • Rosso Riserva, > 90% Uva di Troia, max RS 10g/L
• Castel del Monte Bombino Nera DOCG
  
  • Rosato, > 90% Bombino Nera, max RS 10g/L

​Min alcohol for Rosso Riserva wines is 13%

Question 7

Castel del Monte DOC

• Styles
• Varietals

Answer 7

Castel del Monte DOC

• Bianco/Frizzante/Spumante
• Rosso/Novello
• Rosato/Frizzante/Spumante
• Varietal wines: Bombino, Chardonnay, Sauvignon, Nero di Troia, Cabernet/Riserva, Aglianico/Riserva

Question 8

Puglia

Most cultivated grape and its major DOCs

Answer 8

• Negroamaro
• Salice Salentino DOC
  
  • ​Rosso/Rosato, Varietal (also bianco (chardonnay based), Aleatico/Riserva/Dolce/Licoroso)
• Brindisi DOC
  
  • ​Varietal Rosso/Rosato (also varietal Susumaniello, Chardonnay, Fiano, Sauvignon)
• Both DOCs are clustered together in the southern part of Puglia

Question 9

Primitivo di Manduria Dolce Naturale DOCG

• Min RS
• Vinification

Answer 9

• Dolce Naturale, 100% Primitivo
• min 50 g/l rs
• Passito

Question 10

Primitivo di Manduria DOC

• Styles
• Aging requirements

Answer 10

Primitivo di Manduria

• Rosso/Riserva
• 85% Primitivo, plus
• Riserva - 2 yrs, 9 mo in wood

Question 11

2 DOCs that covers the bulk of Puglia

Answer 11

• Tavoliere dellle Puglie o Tavoliere (north of Bari)
• Terra d’Otranto/ Neroamaro di Terra d’Otranto (south of Bari)

Question 12

Primitivo is a clone of what?

Answer 12

Zinfandel

(now Tribidrag?)

Question 13

Puglia

Major soil

Answer 13

Terra Rossa (ferrous clay and sand)

• Topsoil over limestone

Question 14

Vigneti del Sud

Answer 14

Vigneti del Sud

• Puglian property of the Antinori estate
• Made under the brand name Tormaresca

Question 15

Most Puglian white wine

Answer 15

Consumed locally, or made into vermouth

Question 16

Most common reason for stuck fermentation in the south

Answer 16

High temperatures

Question 17

Aging requirements for the 2 Riserva DOCGs of Puglia

Answer 17

2 years, 1 in wood