Calabria Flashcards
What is the principle grape of Calabria?
Gaglioppo (R)
What is the principle grape grown, red or white?
Red
What are the key details of the Gaglioppo (R) grape?
- One of the most ancient grape varieties in Italy
- Native to Calabria
- Calabria’s signature grape
- High in acid & Tannin
What other grape is Greco Bianco (W) genetically identical to?
Malvasia di Lipari (W)
What process is Greco Bianco (W) ideal for?
Appassimento
What is Krimisa?
- One of the most famous wines produced in Calabria during Greek times
- Located in Ciro DOC
(T or F) The Ciro DOC is Calabria’s oldest and most productive DOC?
True
What are the 3 principle wines of the Ciro DOC?
- Ciro Rosso (min 80% Gaglioppo (R))
- Ciro Rosato (min 80% Gaglioppo(R))
- Ciro Bianco (min 80% Greco Bianco (W))
What kind of wine does the Greco di Bianco DOC produce?
Sweet Passito wine
What mountain range runs through the middle of Calabria?
Southern Apennines
What are the topographical features of Calabria in order from most to least?
Hills
Mountains
Plains
(T or F) Most of Calabria wine is DOC/G level?
False
(T or F) Greco di Bianco DOC wine is dry?
False
What is Calabria’s most planted grape?
Gaglioppo (R)
Name the waterway separating Calabria & Sicilia?
The Strait of Messina
Greco di Bianco (W) is genetically identical to what other grape?
Malvasia di Lipari
(T or F) Hills & Mountains make up more than 90% of the Calabrian territory?
True
What style of wine is Greco di Bianco DOC?
Sweet Passito
What name did the ancient Greeks give to Calabria?
Oenotria (land of vines)
Ciro Bianco DOC is based on what grape?
Greco Bianco (W)
Name Calabria’s largest and oldest DOC?
Ciro DOC
Name the dominant vine training method in Calabria?
Alberello
What is the capital of Calabria?
Catanzaro
Where is Calabria located?
In the SW of Italy
It forms the tip/toe of the boot
What separates Calabria from Sicilia?
The Strait of Messina
What is the topographical makeup of Calabria?
Hills 47%
Mountains 42%
Plains 9%
What is the climate of Calabria?
Mediterranean on the coast
Inland Mediterranean with continental influences
Which coastline is the driest in Calabria - the Ionian or Tyrrhenian?
Ionian
Is Calabria planted to mostly red or white grapes?
Red - 90%
What is Calabria’s signature grape?
Gaglioppo (R) > 1/2 of plantings
What are the NTK red grapes of Calabria?
Gaglioppo (R)
What are the NTK white grapes of Calabria?
Greco Bianco (Malvasia de Lipari) (W)
What is the primary training method in Calabria?
Alberello
What is the most planted grape in Calabria?
Gaglioppo
What is the principle white grape in Calabria?
Greco Bianco (W)
Ciro Rosso DOC must contain at least 80% of what grape?
Gaglioppo (R)
(T or F) For most of the 20th & 19th centuries, Calabria was known for the production of bulk wine (vini di taglio)?
True
What % of wine in Calabria is DOC/G?
30%
What are the NTK appellations in Calabria?
Ciro DOC
Greco di Bianco DOC
What did the Greeks call Calabria?
Oentoria - “Land of Grapevines”
What region forms the northern border of Calabria?
Bascilicata
