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Calabria

Chief red grape

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Gaglioppo

  • Thick-skinned
  • Ciro DOC, Ionian Coast: reds, rosatos
  • Thought to be Greek origin; local legend ascribes wines of Ciro as beverage of ancient Olympians
  • More recently, genetically linked to Sangiovese
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Calabria

  • Geography
  • Climate
  • History
  • Today’s general style
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  • Toe of the Italian boot
  • Like its neighbors, covered in mountains, dividing the region climatically between the hot Mediterranean coast and the more continental, higher-altitude interior
  • Famous throughout antiquity and the Middle Ages
  • Most Calabrian wine today exists at the same high alcohol but low quality level that characterizes much southern Italian wine
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Calabria

Most planted white grape

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Greco

  • White grapes less than 10% Calabrian wine
  • Melissa DOC - best example
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T/F : Calabria’s production is nearly double that of neighboring Basilicata.

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True

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2 towns that qualify for Cirò Classico

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  • Cirò
  • Cirò Marina
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Cirò

Major soil type

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Calcareous clay, sand, and marl

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Greco

Other regions, other names

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  • Umbria (Grechetto)
  • Sicily (Grecanico)
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Calabria

2nd largest DOC

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Terre di Cosenza DOC, 191 ha

vs Círo, 487 ha

  • All styles
    • Bianco/Varietal/Spumante/VT/Passito
    • Rosato/Spumante
    • Rosso/Novello/Riserva/Varietal/VT/Passito
  • Varietal Rosso: Mantonico
  • Spumante Bianco and Rosato: min 60% Magliocco
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Terre di Cosenza DOC
Method Classico sparkling

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Terre do Cosenza spumante

Metodo Classico

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albarello

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Bush vines

  • Mostly in southern italy and the islands
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Greco di Bianco DOC

Style

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Bianco Passito

  • Min. 95% Greco Bianco
  • Min alcohol 17% potential, 14% acquired
  • Min acidity 6%
  • Aged Nov 1, year after harvest
  • Greco di Bianco DOC est 1980
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Calabria

DOC for Bianco Passito

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Greco di Bianco DOC

  • 95% Greco Bianco
  • SW Calabria
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Calabria

9 DOCs

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  • Bivongi DOC
  • Cirò DOC
  • Greco di Bianco DOC
  • Lamezia DOC
  • Melissa DOC
  • S. Anna di Isola Capo Rizzuto DOC
  • Savuto DOC
  • Scavigna DOC
  • Terre di Cosenza DOC
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Calabria

  • # of DOCGs
  • # of DOCs
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  • No DOCGs
  • 9 DOCs
    • Bivongi DOC
    • Cirò DOC
    • Greco di Bianco DOC
    • Lamezia DOC
    • Melissa DOC
    • S. Anna di Isola Capo Rizzuto DOC
    • Savuto DOC
    • Scavigna DOC
    • Terre di Cosenza DOC
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Calabria

2 DOCs in the south

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  • Greco di Bianco
    • Southernmost, Bianco Passito only
  • Bivongi
    • ​Bianco (Greco blends), Rosato, Rosso (Gaglioppo blends)
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Calabria

3 DOCs on the central western coast

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N to S

  • Savuto
  • Scavigna
  • Lamezia
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Calabria

3 DOCs on the east

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N to S

  • Cirò DOC
    • 487 ha, largest DOC, Bianco, Rosato, Rosso
  • Melissa DOC
    • 29 ha, Bianco, Rosso
  • S. Anna di Isola Capo Rizzuto DOC
    • 1 ha, smallest DOC, Rosato, Rosso
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Calabria

Largest and smallest DOC

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  • Eastern Calabria, N to S
  • Cirò DOC
    • 490 ha, largest DOC, Bianco, Rosato, Rosso
  • Melissa DOC
    • 29 ha, Bianco, Rosso
  • S. Anna di Isola Capo Rizzuto DOC
    • 1 ha, smallest DOC, Rosato, Rosso
20
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What towns qualify for Cirò Classico? (Calabria)

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Cirò
Cirò Marina

21
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What is the major soil type around Cirò? (Calabria)

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Calcareous clay, sand, and marl

22
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What style wines are produced in Greco di Bianco DOC? (Calabria)

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Bianco Passito, 95% Greco Bianco

23
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The Greco grape has spread to what other regions under what names?

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Umbria (Grechetto)
Sicily (Grecanico)

24
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What is the largest DOC in Calabria? What are its subzones?

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Terre di Consenza DOC
All styles - Bianco/Varietal/Spumante/VT/Passito, Rosato/Spumante, Rosso/Novello/Riserva/Varietal/VT/Passito’

Subzones:
Colline del Crati
Condoleo
Donnici
Esaro
Pollino
San Vito di Luzzi
Verbicaro

25
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What is unusual about the spumante in Terre di Cosenza? (Calabria)

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It is required to be Metodo Classico

26
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What is alberello?

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A vine-training method: bush vines. Seen mostly in southern Italy and the islands.

27
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What is tufa?

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More properly called “tuff,” it’s a light, porous rock made of compacted volcanic ash.

28
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What sea is the Ciro DOC on the coast of?

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Ionian Sea/Coast

29
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What are the primary grapes of Melissa DOC?

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  • Bianco - Greco
  • Rosso/Rosso Superiore - Gaglioppo
30
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What grape is Ciro DOC bianco based on?

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Min 80% Grechetto Bianco

31
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What is the only DOC within Calabria that is based around international varieties?

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Scavigna DOC is upwards of 50% Gewürztraminer followed by 30% Chardonnay, 10% Pinot Bianco, & 10% Riesling

32
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Which Calabrian winery is recognized for its production of the traditional sweet wine “Melissa Passito,” made from Greco Bianco grapes?

33
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What are the styles/grapes of Bivongi DOC?

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Bianco:
30-50% combined: Greco Bianco, Guardavalle, and/or Montonico Bianco,
30-50% combined Malvasia Bianca and/or Ansonica,
max. 30% other white grapes

Rosato/Rosso:
30-50% combined Gaglioppo, and/or Greco Nero,
30-50% combined Nocera, Calabrese, and/or Castiglione,
max. 10% other other red grapes,
max. 15% white grapes approved

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What are the grapes/style of Cirò DOC?

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Bianco:
min. 80% Greco Bianco,
max. 20% other white varietals approved for production in Calabria.
Rosato/Rosso:
min. 80% Gaglioppo,
max. 20% other red varietals approved
max. 10% combined Barbera, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Sangiovese, and Merlot.

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What are the grapes/styles of Greco di Bianco DOC?

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Bianco Passito
Min. 95% Greco Bianco
Min ABV: 17% potential (14% acquired)

36
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What are the styles/grapes of Lamezia DOC?

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White, varietal, rose, red, Metodo, Novello, Passito

Bianco:
min. 50% Greco Bianco,

Rosato/Rosso:
35-45% combined Gaglioppo and/or Magliocco,
25-45% combined Greco Nero and/or Marsigliana,

Spumante:
min. 85% combined Greco Bianco and/or Mantonico,

Spumante Rosato:
min. 85% combined Greco Bianco, Mantonico, and/or Gaglioppo,

Passito Bianco:
min 50% Greco Bianco,
min. 35% Mantonico,

Varietal wines:
min. 85% stated variety

37
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What are the grapes/style of Melissa DOC?

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Bianco, Rosso, Rosso Superiore

Bianco: 80-95% Greco Bianco

Rosso: 75-95% Gaglioppo

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What are the grapes/styles of S. Anna di Isola Capo Rizzuto DOC?

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Styles: Rosato, Rosso

Varieties:
40-60% Gaglioppo,
40-60% Nocera, Nerello Mascalese, Nerello Cappuccio, Malvasia Nera, Malvasia Bianca, and/or Greco Bianco

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What are the grapes/style of Savuto DOC?

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Bianco, Rose, Rosso, Classico, Superiore

Bianco:
max. 40% Mantonico,
max. 30% Chardonnay,
max. 20% Greco Bianco,
max. 10% Malvasia Bianca,

Rosato/Rosso:
max. 45% Gaglioppo (aka: Arvino),
max. 45% Aglianico,

40
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What’s a synonym for Gaglioppo?

41
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What are the grapes/styles of Scavigna DOC?

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Bianco:
max. 50% Traminer Aromatico,
max. 30% Chardonnay,
max. 10% Pinot Bianco,
max, 10% Riesling

Rosato/Rosso:
max. 60% Aglianico,
max. 20% Magliocco,
max. 20% Marcigliana Nera,
max, 45% other black varietals

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What are the grapes/styles of Terre di Cosenza DOC?

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Bianco:
min. 60% combined Greco Bianco, Guarnaccia Bianca, Pecorello, and/or Montonico Bianco

Varietal Bianco: Wines contain a min. 85% of the stated variety

Rosato:
min. 60% combined Greco Nero, Magliocco, Gaglioppo, Aglianico, and/or Calabrese,
max. 40% other varietals approved for production in Calabria.

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