Barolo/Barbaresco Crus etc.

Question 1

Name the Crus that can label as Cannubi

Answer 1

Cannubi Boschis
Cannubi San Lorenzo
Cannubi Valletta
Cannubi Muscatel
Cannubi

Question 2

Name the top Bartolo Mascarello Crus made

Answer 2

No Crus, No Riserva since 1970

Vineyard holdings in:
Cannubi, San Lorenzo, Rue, and Rocche

Question 3

Name the top Giuseppe Rinaldi Crus made

Answer 3

No single-vineyards, just blends

Brunate-Le Coste
San Lorenzo-Ravera
Tre Tine (Ravera, Le Coste, San Lorenzo)

Question 4

Name 3 Producers of Cannubi

Answer 4

E. Pira
Giacomo Borgogno
Paolo Scavino

Question 5

Most famous producer of Cannubi Boschis

Answer 5

Luciano Sandrone

Wine now renamed “Aleste”

Question 6

Name 3 producers of Rocche di Castiglione

Answer 6

Vietti “Rocche”
Brovia “Rocche dei Brovia”
Giovanni Sordo

Question 7

Name 3 top single vineyard wines from Vietti

Answer 7

Bric del Fiasc
Bricco Ambrogio (Roddi)
Cannubi (Barolo)
Monvigliero (Verduno)
Rocche dell'Annunziata (La Morra)

Question 8

Name 3 producers from Castiglione Falletto

Answer 8

Vietti
Brovia
Paolo Scavino

Question 9

What are the first and second largest Crus in Barolo DOCG and where are they located?

Answer 9

Bricco San Pietro (Monforte d’Alba)

Bussia (Monforte d’Alba)

Question 10

Name 3 top Crus in Monforte d’Alba

Answer 10

Ginestra
Mosconi
Bussia

Question 11

Name 3 producers of Ginestra

Answer 11

Domenico Clerico “Ciabot Mentin Ginestra”
Paolo Conterno
Conterno Fantino Sori Ginestra

Domenico Clerico’s Pajana also from here

Question 12

Name 3 producers of Mosconi

Answer 12

Domenico Clerico “Percristina”
E. Pira
Conterno Fantino

Question 13

What are the Bussia bottlings of Aldo Conterno?

Answer 13

Vigna Cicala
Vigna Colonello
Vigna Romirasco

Barolo Riserva Granbussia is a blend of all three in good years.

Question 14

What Vineyards does Giacomo Conterno own?

Answer 14

Francia (16 ha) purchased in 1974 (monopole)
Cerreta (3 ha) purchased in 2008
Arione (9ha) purchased in 2015

All are in Serralunga d’Alba, and prior to 1974 Conterno used purchased fruit.

Question 15

What are the top wines produced by Giacomo Conterno?

Answer 15

Barolo Monfortino (1920) - $1000+
Barolo Cascina Francia (1978)  - $300+

The Monfortino bottling sees warmer fermentations, longer maceration, and more time aging (7 years vs. 4 years).

Question 16

What single-vineyard Crus does Produttori del Barbaresco produce?

Answer 16

Ovello
Montefico
Montestefano
Paje
Moccagatta
Asili
Rabaja
Pora
Rio Sordo

Question 17

What was the first vintage of Bruno Giacosa’s Santo Stefano di Neive? What was the final?

Answer 17

1964

2011

Question 18

Bottles made by Bruno Giacosa with purchased fruit are labeled as what?

Answer 18

Casa Vinicola Bruno Giacosa

Question 19

In what year did Bruno Giacosa purchase his first vineyard? Where was it?

Answer 19

1982

Falletto Vineyard in Serralunga d’Alba

Question 20

In what recent vintages did Bruno Giacosa sell his fruit rather than make wine?

Answer 20

2010 and 2006

Question 21

What are the inaugural vintages for Angelo Gaja’s top wines?

Answer 21

Sori San Lorenzo 1967

Sori Tildin 1970

Costa Russi 1978

Darmagi 1982 (Cabernet Sauvignon)

Gaia y Rey 1984 (Chardonnay)

Sperss 1988 (Barolo)

Question 22

When did Angelo Gaja declassify his wines? Why? When did they become Barbaresco/Barolo DOCG again?

Answer 22

Single-vineyards Barbarescos San Lorenzo, Sori Tildin, Costa Russi, and Barolo Sperss were declassified from 1996-2011

It was to allow for the addition of 5%-8% Barbera, and also to draw attention back to the Barbaresco DOCG bottling.

They became DOCG wines again in 2013