Basilicata

Question 1

What is the capital of Basilicata?

Answer 1

Potenza

Question 2

What is the sole DOCG of Basilicata?

Answer 2

Aglianico del Vulture Superiore

-upgraded in 2010

Question 3

Aglianico del Vulture DOC
Style and aging?

Aglianico del Vulture DOCG Superiore?

Superiore Riserva?

Min Alcohol?

Answer 3

Rosso or Rosso Spumante (traditional method), dry (acsiutto) or off dry (amabile) wines based on 100% Aglianico.

Normale: Sept 1 of the year after harvest
Spumante: Refermentation process in bottle must take place over no less than 9 months.

Superiore: 12 months in barrel, 12 months in bottle, not to be released before November 1 of the third year following the harvest

Riserva: 2 years in barrel and 2 years in bottle, not to be released before November 1 of the fifth year following the harvest

Minimum alcohol:
Normale: 12.5
Superiore: 13.5

Question 4

How populous is Basilicata?

Answer 4

Italy’s third least populous region—only Molise and the Valle d’Aosta have a smaller population

Question 5

DOCs of Basilicata

Answer 5

—Aglianico del Vulture
—Grottino di Roccanova
—Matera
—Terre dell’Alta Val d’Agri

Question 6

What soils is Aglianico grown on in Basilicata?

When is it harvested?

Answer 6

—Volcanic soils of the slopes of Mount Vulture. Further away from the extinct volcano will be more clay,

—Aglianico can develop great complexity as it slowly ripens, with harvest occurring in late October or early November.

Question 7

Aglianico del Vulture DOC wines may be acsiutto or amabile. What does each term mean?

Answer 7

Assiutto: dry
Amabile: off-dry