Campania Flashcards
What style of training was brought by the greeks?
Bush training
What style of training did the etruscans promote?
Alberata (trees)
What is the topography of Campania?
15% plains, 34% mountain, 51% hills
What is the longest river in southern Italy?
Volturno
Describe the climate of Campania
You get a lot of balance from altitude and the breezes from the Tyrrhenian sea. Mountain ranges close to the coast prompt higher levels of rainfall.
Describe the soils of Campania
Largely volcanic on top of limestone, sandstone, and calcareous clay.
What makes native grapes special as it relates to campania?
Campania boasts the highest number of native grapes in Italy.
What was considered the first wine appelation?
Falernum in ancient Rome
What was the most sought after ancient wine in antiquity?
The roman falernum wine.
What are the three biotypes of Aglianico?
Amaro (Aglianico del Taburno,)
Aglianico di Taurasi (Taurasi)
Aglianico del Vulture (Vulture, Basilicata)
What important event happened in 79 AD?
Eruption of Vesuvio
Which of the following wines would have a slightly tannic mouthfeel
greco di tufo
fiano di avellino
Greco di tufo
What makes Campania ideal for viticulture?
Perfect climate, many indigenous grapes, and ideal soils
What is Campania’s most important and longest river?
Volturno
Which of Campania’s wine districts houses three of the region’s four DOCGs?
Irpinia
What is Campania’s most widely planted white variety?
Falanghina
Which appelation was created specifically to revive and play homage to Falernum, the great wine of antiquity?
Campi Flegrei DOC
Who was Antonio Mastroberardino?
He is considered the father of Campania’s modern wine industry, he saved many grapes from extinction, and he led the creation of Taurasi DOC/G
Which area was so known for volcanic activity that the Romans considered it the “gateway to the underworld?”
Campi Flegrei