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Barolo and Barbaresco: Cru's and Producers Flashcards

1
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How many MEGA designations are in Barolo?

A

181
11 Communes
170 Single Vineyards

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What is Giacomo Conterno’s Monopole vineyard?

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Francia, in Serralunga d’Alba

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3
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What is Giacomo Conterno’s most famous bottling?

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Monfortino

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4
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What are the principal vineyard holdings of Giacomo Conterno?

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Francia
Ceretta
Arione

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5
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When did Giacomo Conterno die?

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2003

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6
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What year did Bartolo Mascarello open his winery?

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1918

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7
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Where are Bartolo Mascarello’s vineyards?

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Cannubi, Lorenzo, Rue and Rocche

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8
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When did Bruno Giacosa take over his estate?

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1961

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9
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Before 1982, what vineyards did Bruno Giacosa source grapes from for his wines?

A 
Santo Stefano
Montefico
Rio Sordo
Albesani
Asili
San Cristoforo
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10
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What were the first vineyards purchased by Bruno Giacosa?

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Asili and Rabaja in Barbaresco

Falletto in Barolo

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11
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How many members are in the Produttori del Barbaresco?

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50

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12
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How many hectares are farmed by the Produttori del Barbaresco?

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100

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13
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What are the nine crus used by Produttori del Barbaresco?

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Asili
Rabaja
Pora
Montestefano
Ovello
Paje
Montefico
Moccagatta
Rio Sordo
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14
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Who was responsible for bringing Barrique Aging to Barbaresco?

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Angelo Gaja

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15
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When was the Gaja Family estate established?

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1859

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16
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What are Angelo Gaja’s four Langhe DOC wines?

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Costa Russi
Sperss
Sori Tilden
Sori San Lorenzo

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17
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What is Giuseppe Mascarello’s Monopole?

A

Monprivato

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18
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What Barolo vineyards does Giuseppe Mascarello use?

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Monprivato
Villero
Santo Stefano

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19
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Who is considered the father of Arneis?

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Alfredo Currado, of Vietti

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20
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What is the most modern style Barolo produced by Vietti? What is the most traditional?

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Lazzarito is considered the most modern,

Rocche the most traditional

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21
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What cru’s does Vietti source for its Barolos?

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Villero 
Lazzarito
Rocche
Castiglione
Brunate
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22
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What generation of the family is Guiseppe Rinaldi?

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5th Generation

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23
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How many single cru wines does Guiseppe Rinaldi have

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None

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24
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What cru’s are used by Elio Altare?

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Arborina
Brunate
Cerreta

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25
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What cru does Aldo Conterno source his wines from?

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Bussia

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26
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What are the wines made from Aldo Conterno’s Bussia Cru?

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Barolo Granbussia

Barolo Vigna Cicala
Barolo Vigna Colonello
Barolo Romirasco

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27
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When did Aldo Conterno leave Giacomo Conterno to make his own business?

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1969

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28
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What was the inaugural vintage for Granbussia?

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1970

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29
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What are the three Barbaresco’s made by Roagna?

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Crichet Paje
Paje
Montefico

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30
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When did Roagna purchase sites in Barolo? What sites?

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1989, Pira and Rocche in Castiglione di Falleto

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31
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How many cru’s does Paolo Scavino farm?

32
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How many villages are Paolo Scavino’s wines sourced from?

33
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Who currently runs Paolo Scavino’s estate?

A

Enrico Scavino, Paolo’s son

34
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What was their first single vineyard estate from Paolo Scavino? When was it’s first vintage?

A

Bric Del Fiasc, 1978

35
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What are the 6 best wines from Paolo Scavino?

A 
Bric del Fiasc
Riserva Rocche del Annunziata
Cannubi
Monvigliero
Bricco Ambrogio
Carobric
36
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What does la Spinetta mean?

A

The Top of the Hill

37
Q

What was La Spinetta’s first Barbaresco? When was it made?

A

Gallina, 1995

38
Q

Where did La Spinetta make their first Barolo?

A

Grinzane Cavour

39
Q

What cru’s does Giacomo Borgogno source his wines from?

A

Cannubi
Liste
San Pietro
Fossati

40
Q

Who purchased Giacomo Borgogno’s vineyard?

A

Farinetti Family, in 2008

41
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When did Luciano Sandrone start?

42
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What was his Luciano’s first wine? What is it now called?

A

Barolo Cannubi Boschis

Now called Aleste

43
Q

What are the four top bottlings of Fratelli Brovia?

A

Villero
Ca’Mia
Garblet Sue
Rocche dei Brovia

44
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Who runs Cappellano?

A

Augusto Cappellano

45
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Where are the vineyards of Cappellano located?

A

The Gabutti cru of Serralunga d’Alba

46
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What are the Barolo’s of Cappellano?

A

Barolo Pie Franco

Barolo Pie Rupestris

47
Q

What producer was the first to sell by the bottle instead of in casks or demi-johns?

A

G B Burlotto

48
Q

Who runs the E. Pira estate?

A

Chiara Boschis

49
Q

What are the top Barolo’s from Domenico Clarico?

A

Barolo Ciabot Mentin Ginestra
Barolo Pajana
Barolo Percristina

50
Q

What are the top wines of Renato Ratti?

A

Marcenasco
Conca
Rocche

51
Q

Who created a guide to the top vineyards of Barolo?

A

Renato Ratti in the 1980’s

52
Q

Who was the first to label a wine with a single vineyard in Barolo?

A

Marcarini with the Barolo Brunate in 1958

53
Q

Who has the oldest Dolcetto vines in Italy?

A

Marcarini, with the Boschi di Beri prephylloxera vines.

54
Q

Who was the Marcarini winemaker until 1990?

A

Elvio Cogno

55
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Who runs the Elvio Cogno estate?

A

Nadia Cogno and Valter Fissore

56
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What are the top wines of the Elvio Cogno estate?

A

Barolo Vigna Elena
Barolo Ravera
Barolo Bricco Pernice
Barolo Cascina Nuova

57
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What are the top wines of Elio Grasso? What are their inaugural vintages?

A 
Riserva Runcot (1995)
Gavarini Vigna Chiniera (1978)
Ginestra Vigna Casa Mate (1978)
58
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According to Renato Ratti, what are the 1e Categoria vineyards for Barolo? (10)

A 
Rocche delle Annunziata
Brunate 
Cerequio
Cannubi
Monprivato
Villero
Rocche
Gabbutti Parafada
Lazzarito
Marence Rivette
59
Q

According to Renato Ratti, what are his sub-regions with special characteristics? (18)

A 
Monfalletto
Le Turnote
Conca Dell'Abbazia dell'Annunziata
Rocchette
Sarmazza
Cannubi Boschis
Cannubi Moscatel
Pugnane
Fontanile
Bussia Sottana
Bussia Soprana
Baudana
Cerretta
Brea
Cucco
Santo Stefano
Vigna Rionda
Pian delle Polvere
60
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According to Renato Ratti, what are the iconic historic sub-regions for wine growing? (16)

A 
Zonchetta
Marcenasco
Monfalleto
Montanello
Fontanafredda
Costa di Rose
Sarmazza
Cannubi
Granbussia
Dardi
Arnulfo
Santo Stefano di Perno
Ginestre
Grassi
Arione
Ornato
61
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What was the first Vintage of Gaja’s Sori Tildin?

62
Q

First vintage of Produttori del Barbaresco Rabaja?

A

1967

Also first year they started making single vineyard expressions

63
Q

What is Vietti’s ‘most modern vineyard’?

A

Barolo Lazzarito

64
Q

What is Piemonte’s first single vineyard Moscato? When was it made? by who?

A

La Spinetta’s

Moscato Bricco Quaglia

1977

65
Q

Who produces the oldest Dolcetto vines in Italy? in what Cru?

A

Marcarini

Planted 1800’s, ungrafted, in Boschi di Berri

66
Q

Who owns the Santo Stefano Monopole?

A

Castello di Nieve

67
Q

Who brought fame to Cannubi Boschis? What was his wine?

A

Luciano Sandrone

Called Aleste, named for his children Alessia and Stefano

68
Q

What cru next to Falleto is made by Pio Cesare?

69
Q

What are 7 of the top vineyards in Castiglione Falletto?

A 
Bricco Rocche
Villero
Monprivato
Fiasco
Mariondino
Pira
Rivera
70
Q

Name 3 Producers who make wine from Villero

A

Vietti
G. Mascarello
Brovia
Oddero

71
Q

Name a producer of the Single vineyard Rivera in Novello

A

Elvio Cognio

72
Q

When was Elio Altare founded?

73
Q

What important cru’s are shared between Communes in Barolo?

A

Brunate (Barolo and La Morra)
Cerequio (La Morra and Barolo
Fossati (La Morra and Barolo)
Ravera (Barolo and Novello)

74
Q

Who is the champion of Monprivato?

A

G. Mascarello

75
Q

What is the top barolo riserva bottling from blended single vineyards from Paolo Scavino?

A

Novantesimo

76
Q

Where is Roberto Voerzio’s winery? When did he create it?

A

1986 in La Morra

77
Q

What is Aldo Conterno’s top wine? How long is it aged before release?

A

Gran Bussia

9+ Years

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