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
Which appelation is known for tiny, terraced vinyards planted on precariously steep cliffs?
Costa d’Amalfi DOC
What was the significance of the “wine railroad?”
It brought aglianico to northern wine regions grappling with phylloxera
Alberata Aversana is the traditional vine training system of what DOC?
Aversa (or Asprinio di Aversa) DOC
Lacryma Christi is a sub-designation of which Campanian DOC?
Vesuvio DOC
What is the auxiliary grape that is allowed for a maximum of 15 % in the wines of Greco di Tufo? DOCG?
Coda di Volpe Bianca
Which ancient civilisation instituted the practise of low-trained bush vines in Campania?
Greeks
Name the main vine training system in the Costa d’Amalfi DOC
Pergola
What is the most widely planted white grape variety in Campania?
Falanghina
Name the local lemon liqueur produced on the Amalfi Coast
Limoncello
Which wine producer is universally considered the founding father of Campania’s modern wine industry?
Antonio Mastroberardino
What is the most widely planted grape variety in Campania?
Aglianico
Leonardo Mustilli is credited with reviving which grape variety?
Falanghina (Beneventana)
In which Campanian DOCG would you find the villages of Lapio, Montefredane, Summonte and Cesinali?
Fiano di Avellino DOCG
Name Campania’s first DOC
Ischia DOC
What was the first DOCG appellation in southern Italy?
Taurasi DOCG
The Greeks brought grape vines to Campania. True or false?
True
Name the principal and longest river in Campania
The Volturno
“Apianum” is the ancient Latin name for which grape variety?
Fiano
Which historic sub-region is Campania’s southernmost winegrowing area?
Cilento
The Falerno del Massico DOC was created to revive the legacy of which ancient Roman appellation?
Falernum
Name Campania’s capital city
Napoli
The Etruscans instituted the practise of low-trained bush vines in Campania. True or false?
False
Per’ e’ Palummo is the synonym for what grape variety?
Piedriosso
Sannio is one of the four historic sub-regions of Campania. True or false?
True
Which grape variety, high in tannin and acidity, is nicknamed the “Barolo of the South”
Aglianico
Biancolella is considered native to which volcanic island?
Ischia
What is the principal and most prestigious appellation for wines made from the Greco grape variety?
Greco di Tufo DOCG
What is the minimum ageing time required for Aglianico del Taburno DOCG?
2 years
Which biotype of Aglianico is traditionally grown in the Taburno area?
Agalianico Amaro (or Aglianico del Taburno)
Asprinio di Aversa wines must be made from at least 85% of which grape variety?
Asprinio
