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Campania Flashcards

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Campania

2 DOCGs for white wines

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  • Greco di Tufo DOCG
  • Fiano di Avellino DOCG

Both are varietal appellations with min 85% of respected grapes

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Falernian

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Height Roman Empire 1st cent CE, Campanian wine from slopes Monte Massico, among most prominent wines ancient world - pos maintained well into 4th cent

  • Sold for 4 x price of ordinary wine in Pompeii
  • Falernian vint 121 BCE legendary several hundred years
  • Probably Aminean grape, Greek import known today as Greco
  • Varo, 37 BCE, praised ageworthiness in manual on farming
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Capital of Campania

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Naples

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Campania

4 DOCGs

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  • Aglianico del Taburno DOCG
  • Fiano di Avellino DOCG
  • Greco di Tufo DOCG
  • Taurasi DOCG
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Taurasi DOCG

Aging requirements

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  • Taurasi: min 3 yrs, Dec 1, 1 yr wood
  • Riserva: min 4 yrs, Dec 1, 18 mo wood
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Falerno del Massico DOC

  • Location within Campania
  • Styles
  • Grapes
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NW Coast - Falerno del Massico DOC

  • Bianco: min 85 Falanghina
  • Rosso: min 60 Aglianico, max 40 Piedirosso, max 15 other
  • Primitivo: min 85 Primitivo, max 15 comb Aglianico, Barbera and/or Piedirosso
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What is the Aminean grape known as today?

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Greco

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Falerno del Massico DOC

  • Location
  • Famous type of soil
  • Styles
  • Grapes
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Falerno del Massico DOC

  • Soils - volcanic tufa
  • Styles
    • Bianco: 85% Falanghina
    • Rosso/Riserva: 60% Aglianico, plus Piedirosso
    • Varietal Primitivo
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Campania

2 DOCGs for varietal Aglianico

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  • Taurasi DOCG
  • Aglianico del Taburno DOCG

Both min 85% Aglianico

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Taurasi

Elevation

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700m

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Generation of the Mastroberardino family that brought the estate (and by extension, Campania) back to life

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  • Antonio and Walter, post WWII
  • 9th generation of the family, est 1750
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Mastroberardino “vintage” line

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Fiano di Avellino and Greco di Tufo bottlings held at the winery for 48 mos before release, vs. 1 month

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‘Villa di Misteri’

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‘Villa di Misteri ‘

  • Satellite of Mastroberardino that plants ancient grapes around Pompei to make historical wines, founded in 1996
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‘Radici’

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‘Radici’

  • Mastroberardino’s flagship wine. 100% Aglianico
  • Normale: Mirabella Eclano vineyard, 250M elevation. 24mos in barrel (225L-4700L, 20% new french), 24mos in bottle. 1st release - 1928, rechristened Radici (roots) in 1986
  • Riserva: Montemarano vineyard, 600M elevation. 30mos in barrel (225L-4700L, 25% new french), 48mos in bottle. 1st vintage 1986
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‘Radici Antonio’

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‘Radici Antonio’

  • The 2008 vintage of Radici Riserva was christened Antonio for the patriarch, who passed away in 2014, shortly before release
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‘Naturalis Historia’

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‘Naturalis Historia’

  • A Taurasi from Mastroberardino
  • Mirabella Eclano vineyard, 400M (lower than Radici)
  • 100% Aglianico
  • Vines planted 1978
  • 24mos in 20% new barrique, 30mos in bottle
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Mastroberardino and Terradore di Paolo’s relationship

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  • Antonio and Walter Mastroberardino resuccitated the Mastroberardino estate together
  • In 1994, Walter split off and took the Terradora di Paolo estate (founded 1978) with him
  • Walter generally seems to be focused on ancient varieties and modern winemaking techniques (actually, similar to Mastroberardino)
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Terredora di Paolo

Top wine

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Pago dei Fusi

  • Pietradefusi vineyard, 490M
  • 1st vintage 2003
  • 14 mo. in barrique, 24 mo. in barrel; (NOT RISERVA)
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Taurasi

Top vintages

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  • 1985, 1988
  • 1990, 1993, 1997-2001
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Greco di Tufo DOCG

  • Styles
  • Grapes
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  • min 85% Greco, plus Coda di Volpe
  • Bianco, Spumante (Metodo Classico, 36 mo on lees)
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Fiano di Avellino

Elevation

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400-600M

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Irpinia DOC

Max elevation

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600M

  • max does not apply to vineyards that also qualify for Fiano di Avellino, Greco di Tufo, Taurasi, or the Campi Taurasini subzone
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DOCs for Falanghina

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  • Falanghina del Sannio
    • Inland, north of Avellino
  • Campo Flegrei & Costa d’Amalfi
    • Coastal, richer expression
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Falanghina del Sannio DOC

Styles

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Falnghina del Sannio

  • Bianco
  • Spumante, Spumante di Qualità, Spumante di Qualità Metodo Classic
  • Vendemmia Tardiva
  • Bianco Passito
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Vesuvio DOC

Styles

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Vesuvio DOC

  • Bianco, Rosato, Rosso, Spumante, Licoroso
  • White: min 35% Coda di Volpe, + Verdeca, Falanghina, Greco
  • Red: min 50% Piedirosso, + Sciascinoso, Aglianico
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“Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio”

Min Alcohol

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min. 12% abv for wines from Vesuvio

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Ischia DOC

  • Location
  • Styles
  • Grapes
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Ischia DOC

  • Island DOC in the bay of Naples
  • Bianco/Superiore/Spumante
    • 40-70% Forastera plus 35-55% Biancolella
  • Varietal Biancolella and Forastera
  • Rosso/Passito
    • 40-50% Guarnaccia, 40-50% Piedirosso
  • Varietal Piedirosso
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Aglianico del Taburno vs. Taurasi DOCG

Alcohol and aging requirements

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  • Aglianico del Taburno allows for Rosato production

​ABV

  • AdT Rosso 12%, Rosso Riserva13%
  • Taurasi Rosso 12%, Rosso Riserva, 12.5%

Aging

  • AdT Rosso, 2 yrs; Rosso Riseva,3 yrs(1 in oak)
  • Taurasi Rosso, 3 yrs (1 in oak), Rosso Riserva,4 years (18 mo in oak)
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Greco di Tufo DOCG

Styles

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  • Bianco
  • Spumante (metodo classico)
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2 DOCGs that owe their existence to Mastroberardino

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  • Fiano di Avellino, 2003
  • Taurasi, 1993
  • Mastroberardino rescued both varieties from extinction post WWII

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