Campania Flashcards
Lacryma Christi Bianco/Spumante/Liquoroso (Vesuvio DOC,) (Campania) is made from these grapes and percentages
min 35% coda di volpe (Caprettone or Crapettone)
Max 45% Verdeca
Max 20% Falanghina/Greco
Lacryma Christi Rosso is made from these grapes
Min 50% Piedirosso (Palombina)
Max 30% Sciascinoso (Olivella)
Max 20% Aglianico
DOCGs of Campania
Greco di Tufo
Fiano di Avellino
Aglianico del Taburno
Taurasi
This river in Campania is near Napoli
Volturno
Vesuvio DOC wines may be labeled “Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio” if they achieve this
Min 12% alcohol
Principal grape of Ciro Blanco (Calabria)
Greco
Who produces Pago dei Fusi
Terredore di Paolo
100% Aglianico
Taurasi
Where is the Roccamonfina volcano?
Campania
Encepagement of Taurasi DOCG
85% Aglianico
Combined max 15% other non aromatic red grapes of Avellino
Fiano di Avellino DOCG Encepagement
85% Fiano
Combined max of Trebbiano Toscano
Coda di Volpe
Greco
aging requirements for Taurasi DOCG (Campania)
Taurasi: minimum three years from December 1 of harvest year one year wood
aging requirements for Taurasi riserva DOCG
Riserva: Minimum 4 years from December 1 of the harvest year, including at least 18 months in wood
what year was Taurasi DOCG created
1993
Forastera and Biancolella are two indigenous varieties used in whites of what DOC
Ischia DOC
Communes of production for Aglianico del Taburno DOCG (Campania)
Apollosa
Bonea
Canipoli del Monte Taburno
Castelpoto
Foglianise
Montesarchio
Paupisi
Torrecuso
Ponte
Falerno del Massico DOC (Campania) focuses on reds based on either the ____ grape or the ____ grape
Aglianico
Primitivo
Where is Falernian from?
At the height of the Roman Empire in the first century CE, Falernian, a Campanian wine sourced from the slopes of Monte Massico, was among the most prominent wines of the ancient world
The Falernian vintage of 121 BCE remained legendary for several hundred years
Aminean grape, likely a Greek import known today as Greco
Falerno del Massico DOC surrounds is near this mountain
Monte Massico
On the volcanic tuff soils of the lower mountain slopes, red wines are produced from Aglianico and Primitivo, and white varietal wines are produced from the fragrant Falanghina grape.
Taurasi DOCG wines are aged this long
minimum of three years prior to release, with one year in wood. The aging requirement increases to four years—and eighteen months in wood—for riserva wines.
Mastroberardino, Terredora and Feudi di San Gregorio exemplify the quality of wines in the region.
Greco di Tufo DOCG is grown at higher elevations than Fiano di Avellino: T or F?
TRUE
Greco, a lighter but more intensely aromatic grape, is grown at higher altitudes to the immediate north of Fiano di Avellino
Falanghina del Sannio DOC produces this style of wine
These Falanghina-based wines were formerly labeled under Sannio DOC, until it became its own DOC in 2011
Bianco
Spumante
Spumante di Qualità
Spumante di Qualità Metodo Classico
Vendemmia Tardiva
Bianco Passito
Vesuvio DOC (Campania) is made from these grapes
produced on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius just south of Campi Flegrei and Naples
If 12% abv qualifies for Lacryma Christi DOC
- *Bianco/Lacryma Christi Bianco/Lacryma Christi Spumante/Lacryma Christi Liquoroso**:
min. 45% Coda di Volpe and/or Caprettone,
max. 35% combined Falanghina and Greco
max. 20% other white grapes - *Rosato/Rosso/Lacryma Christi Rosato/Lacryma Christi Rosso:**
min. 50% Piedirosso (aka: Palombina),
max. combined 30% Aglianico, Sciascinoso, and/or Olivella,
max. 20% other white grapes - *Varietal wines: min. 85% stated grape variety**
Ischia DOC (Campania) is made from these grapes
Alongside Forastera, the Biancolella white grape produces more delicate varietal whites in the offshore Ischia DOC, in the Bay of Naples. More prevalent on the island are the reds based on Piedirosso and Guarnaccia, a thick-skinned indigenous variety also known as Tintore di Tramonti.
Best examples of Greco in Campania in this DOC
DOC of Melissa
Greco di Bianco DOC produces this style of wine:
principally produces sweet wines from the Greco grape, which is often partially dried prior to fermentation.
Main red grape of Amalfi Coast
Piedirosso
Falernium was classified in these quality levels in early Campania
Falernum near the base
Faustanium midslope (best)
Caucinum on the hilltops
Where is Monte Massico?
Campania, north of Naples