Campania Flashcards
What is an viti effect of volcanic soil
ungrafted
What are 2 example DOC from ancient traditions
Falerno del Massico
Aspirinio di Aversa
Greco Grape
Ancient or modern ?
Home?
characteristics / tendencies
Ageworthy ?
Name refers
Ancient
Irpinia around Tufo
tannic, can oxidize / hi VA, disease prone, hi polyphenols
yes
greek style not from Greece
2 Rivers
Volturno
Calore
Falanghina del Sannio DOC
% overall of Falanghina acreage
Soils (5)
Grapes / most common biotype
75%
clay, volcanic, sandstone, limestone, alluvial
85% Falanghina, Beneventana
What is the top grape
Aglianico
Taurasi DOCG
Vineyard loc
Who encouraged Aglianico
Soil
Training
Traditional training
ungrafted ?
flank Calore river
Mastroberardino
Calcareous clay, limestone, interspersed with volcanic. some sandy - clay, sandstone
Cardone Speronato and Guyot
Raggiera aka Starza
yes
Fiano
Native from where ? area of region.
Lapio in Irpinia
Where is volcanic soil strict
Flegrei
Vesuvio
Appellations of Sannio (3)
rank in Campania
% DOC/G
Aglianico del Taburno DOCG
Falanghina del Sannio DOC
Sannio DOC
1
50%
Appellations for Irpinia (3)
Rivers (2)
Soils
Taurasi DOCG
Greco di Tufo DOCG
Fiano di Avellino DOCG
Calore, Sabato
Volcanic
Which river is the longest in southern italy
Volturno
Four historic sub regions mapped to current
Sannio = Benevento Province
Irpinia = Avellino
Cilento = Salerno
Terra di Lavoro = Caserta and shared with southern Lazio
Fiano di Avellino DOCG
Loc
North Border, River flow where
Soils
size compared to Greco di Tufo
style variations?
20 villages around Avellino
Greco di Tufo, Sabato flows north
Volcanic, clay
larger
due to size
What are 3 ancient regions that survived to become as DOCs
Vesuvio
Campi Flegrei
Ischia
What city did Etruscans found ? What viti ?
Capua
Training up trees
Importance of International
none
What is the largest distrct
Sannio
Costa d’Amalfi DOC
Loc
Vineyard locs
Soil
Training
Native or Int’l ?
SE Sorrento Peninsula, Amalfi coast on bay of Amalfi
Terraces from steep retaining walls
Loose volcanic over dolomite limestone
Pergola
Native only
Greco di Tufo DOCG
name derived
land under vine rank
vineyard loc (river)
soils (4)
grapes, primary , aux, vessel
local name for flavor / aroma
Tufaceous top soil
hi proportion, Irpinia smallest total acreage
flanking Sabato river
clay, limestone, sand, volcanic - sulfur rich
85% Greco, 15% max Coda di Volpe Bianca, stainless
Sufurei - smokey / flinty
More red or white
red
Where does Calore river flow
Inland into Volturno
Falerno del Massico DOC
Vineyard loc
soil (2)
grapes 3 red, 1 white
limestone Massif Monte Massico and extinct volcano Roccamonfina
Volcanic over limestone
Aglianico, Primitivo, Piedirosso / Falanghina
Falerno del Massico DOC
created why ?
location relative to historical
top estates (2)
to revive historic Falernum
same districts as historical Falernum
Villa Matilde, Moio
What grape did Mastroberndino save
Fiano
Soils
Top
Sub (3)
Volcanic
Limestone, sandstone, calcareous clay
Falanghina Biotypes (2) / where ?
Flegrei in Napoli and Caserto. Campi Flegrei and Falerno del Massico
Benevento - Benevento province in Falanghina del Sannio
what is second red grape
Piedirosso
Fiano
Native from where ?
Who saved
Ageworthy?
Lapio in Irpinia
Mastrobernardino
yes
Historic Falernum
red or white
ageing vessel , time
Grapes possibly used
characteristics (5)
how served
Myth
white
amhorae, 10 years
Falanghina, Greco, Aglianico
hi ABV, spice, honey, oxidized, smoke / sun baked
diluted
Bacchus turned milk into wine and Monte Massif into vineyards
Largest Campania Island
Ischia
Sannio DOC
Loc
Grapes (2 red, 1 white) ? Most importantly (3 white, 1 red)
same as Falanghina del Sannio
Piedirosso, Barbera del Sannio, Moscato
Fiano, Greco, Coda di Volpe Bianco, Aglianico
What was first DOCG in Southern Italy
Taurasi
Which white is thought to be among Italy finest
Fiano
Apps of Cilento
Loc
SW of region
Climate influences
Altitude
Sea