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Lacryma Christi Bianco/Spumante/Liquoroso (Vesuvio DOC,) (Campania) is made from these grapes and percentages

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min 35% coda di volpe (Caprettone or Crapettone)
Max 45% Verdeca
Max 20% Falanghina/Greco

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Lacryma Christi Rosso is made from these grapes

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Min 50% Piedirosso (Palombina)
Max 30% Sciascinoso (Olivella)
Max 20% Aglianico

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DOCGs of Campania

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Greco di Tufo
Fiano di Avellino
Aglianico del Taburno
Taurasi

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4
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This river in Campania is near Napoli

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Volturno

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Vesuvio DOC wines may be labeled “Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio” if they achieve this

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Min 12% alcohol

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Principal grape of Ciro Blanco (Calabria)

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Greco

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7
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Who produces Pago dei Fusi

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Terredore di Paolo
100% Aglianico
Taurasi

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Where is the Roccamonfina volcano?

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Campania

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9
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Encepagement of Taurasi DOCG

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85% Aglianico
Combined max 15% other non aromatic red grapes of Avellino

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10
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Fiano di Avellino DOCG Encepagement

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85% Fiano
Combined max of Trebbiano Toscano
Coda di Volpe
Greco

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aging requirements for Taurasi DOCG (Campania)

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Taurasi: minimum three years from December 1 of harvest year one year wood

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aging requirements for Taurasi riserva DOCG

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Riserva: Minimum 4 years from December 1 of the harvest year, including at least 18 months in wood

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what year was Taurasi DOCG created

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1993

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Forastera and Biancolella are two indigenous varieties used in whites of what DOC

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Ischia DOC

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Communes of production for Aglianico del Taburno DOCG (Campania)

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Apollosa
Bonea
Canipoli del Monte Taburno
Castelpoto
Foglianise
Montesarchio
Paupisi
Torrecuso
Ponte

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Falerno del Massico DOC (Campania) focuses on reds based on either the ____ grape or the ____ grape

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Aglianico

Primitivo

17
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Where is Falernian from?

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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

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Falerno del Massico DOC surrounds is near this mountain

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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.

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Taurasi DOCG wines are aged this long

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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.

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Greco di Tufo DOCG is grown at higher elevations than Fiano di Avellino: T or F?

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TRUE

Greco, a lighter but more intensely aromatic grape, is grown at higher altitudes to the immediate north of Fiano di Avellino

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Falanghina del Sannio DOC produces this style of wine

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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

22
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Vesuvio DOC (Campania) is made from these grapes

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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**
23
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Ischia DOC (Campania) is made from these grapes

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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.

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Best examples of Greco in Campania in this DOC

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Greco di Bianco DOC produces this style of wine:

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principally produces sweet wines from the Greco grape, which is often partially dried prior to fermentation.

26
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Main red grape of Amalfi Coast

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Piedirosso

27
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Falernium was classified in these quality levels in early Campania

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Falernum near the base
Faustanium midslope (best)
Caucinum on the hilltops

28
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Where is Monte Massico?

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Campania, north of Naples

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