Central Italy Flashcards
1
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What are the aging requirements for Brunello di Montalcino DOCG / Riserva?
A
Brunello - min 2 years in oak plus 4 months in bottle. Not sold until Jan 1 5YFH
Riserva - Min 2 years in oak plus 6 months in bottle. Not sold until Jan 1 6YFH
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What percentage of Rosso di Montalcino must be sangiovese?
A
100%
3
Q
What is the diffrence between Brunello di Montalcino and Rosso di Montalcino?
A
- same area of production, but vines are younger or in less prestigious areas
- can age in oak or stainless
4
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What is the min percentage of sangiovese required in Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG?
A
70%
5
Q
What is the max yield in Brunello di Montalcino?
A
54.4 hl/ha (vigna 47.6)
6
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What is the age requirement for Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG / Riserva?
A
Vino Nobile - Min 2 years aging from Jan 1 with the following options:
- 24 months in wood
- 18 months in wood plus 6 months in another container
- 12 months wood, 6 months alternate container, 6 months bottle
Reserva -min 3 years from Jan 1, including 6 months in bottle
7
Q
What is the appellation of Ornellaia?
A
Bolgheri Superiore DOC
8
Q
What is the assemblage for Chianti Classico DOCG?
A
80-100% sangiovese
max 20% other grapes (colorina, canaiolo, cab sauv, merlot)
9
Q
In what year were white grapes banned from Chianti Classico DOCG?
A
2006
10
Q
What are the 2 areas of Banfi’s holdings?
A
- Poggio all Mura
- Poggio all’Oro
11
Q
What DOCG is prugnolo gentile associated with?
A
Vino Nobile di Montepulciano
12
Q
What wines does La Cerbaiola produce?
A
- Brunello di Montalcino
- Rosso di Montalcino
13
Q
In what year was the IGT category established?
A
1992
14
Q
In what 2 areas does Biondi-Santi have holdings?
A
- Greppo
- Pieri
15
Q
What is the primary grape of Morellino di Scansano DOCG and in what region is it located?
A
Toscana
- sangiovese
16
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What are the primary grapes of Falerio DOC?
A
- trebbiano toscana
- pecorino
- passerina
17
Q
Toscana shares the DOC Colli di Luna with what other region?
A
Liguria
18
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What is the age requirement for Chianto DOCG?
A
Chianti - can be released March 1, YFH
Superiore - can be released Sept 1, YFH
Reserva - must be aged min 2 years from Jan 1, YFH
19
Q
What are the 6 provinces of Chianti?
A
- Firenze
- Siena
- Arezzo
- Prato
- Pisa
- Pistoia
20
Q
What are the 3 DOCGs of Lazio?
A
- Cannellino di Frascati
- Cesanese del Pglio
- Frascati Superiore
21
Q
What are the aging requirements for Sagrantino di Montefalco?
A
- min 37 months from Dec 1
- including 12 months in wood
- including 4 months in bottle
22
Q
What styles of wine are allowed in Frascati DOC?
A
white and sparkling based in malvasia di Candia / del Lazio
23
Q
What is the age requirement for Torgiano Rosso Reserva DOCG?
A
min 3 years from Nov 1, YFH including 6 mos in bottle
24
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What is the only white allowed to be varietally labelled in Atina DOC (Lazio)?
A
semillon
25
What are the primary white grapes of Bolgheri DOC?
- vermentino
- sauv blanc
- viognier
26
What are the requirements for Chianti Classico Gran Selezione and what will be the first vintage of these requirements?
2014 (retroactive to 2010 vintage)
- estate fruit
- min 90% sangiovese
- min 30 months age from Jan 1, YFH including min 3 months in bottle
27
What are the primary grapes in Orvieto DOC?
- trebbiano toscano
- grechetto
28
What is the age requirement for Bolgheri DOC rosso?
Rosso - not sold until Sept 1, YFH
Rosso Superiore - min age 2 years from Jan 1, YFH including 1 year in oak
29
What is the age requirement for vin santo del Chianti Classico DOC?
not released until Nov 1, 3YFH including min 24 months in wood
30
What is the assemblage for reds of Montefalco DOC?
60-80% sangio
10-25% sagrantino
max. 30% other umbrian reds
31
What are the primary grapes of Rosso Piceno DOC?
- montpulciano
- sangiovese
32
What is the appellation of Le Pergole Torte and when was the first vintage?
IGT Toscana
1977
33
What styles of wine are allowed in Bianco dell'Empolese DOC?
still white and vin santo based on min 60% trebbiano toscana
34
Prugnolo gentile is a specific clone of what grape?
sangiovese
35
Who produces Paleo Rosso (cab franc), Messorio (merlot), and Scrio (syrah)?
Le Macchiole
36
In what region is Occhio di Pernice commonly found?
Toscana
37
What can Rosso di Montalcino be released for sale?
Sept 1, YFH
38
Carmignano DOCG is based on wines of min 50% sangiovese plus what other grape?
10-20% cab sauv or cab franc
39
What is the min abv in Chianto Classico DOCG?
12%
40
What are the primary grapes of Colli Albani DOC (Lazio)?
- malvasia
- trebbiano
41
What sea influences the Marche region?
Adriatic
42
What style of wine is Occhio di Pernice?
Vin Santo rose
43
What is the climate of Tuscany?
dry, mediterranean
44
What was Italy's first DOC?
Vernaccia di San Gimignano (est 1966, elevated to DOCG in 1993)
45
Who produces Sassicaia?
Tenuta San Guido
46
What flagship wine started the Super Tuscan movement and who was the producer?
Antinori 'Tignanello'
- cab sauv, sangio
47
What are the primary grapes in vin santo del Chianti Classico DOC?
- trebbiano toscana
- malvasia bianca lunga
- malvasia bianca di candia
48
What two famous Bordeaux inspired wines are the backbone of Tuscany's Bolgheri DOC?
- Sassicaia
- Ornellaia
49
What are the age requirements for Chianti Classico and Reserva?
Classico - not released until Oct 1, YFH
Reserva - min 24 mos age from Jan 1, YFH including 3 mos bottle
50
What type of wine is Rosso della Val Di Cornia DOCG (Tuscany) known for?
red blends based on sangio, cab sauv, and merlot
51
What are the common soil types in Chianti Classico DOCG?
galestro - soft, friable marl
albarese - marlstone
macigno - sandstone
52
In what region is Elba Aleatico Passito DOCG?
Tuscany
53
What were the first 3 DOCGs in Italy and in what year were they awarded?
1980
- Brunello di Montalcino
- Barolo
- Vino Nobile di Montepulciano
54
What is the age requirement for Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Colline Teramane?
min 2 years age from Nov 1 including 1 yr in oak and 6 mos in bottle
*reserva in min 3 years including 1 yr in oak or chestnut and 6 mos in bottle
55
What style of wines are allowed in Lago di Corbara DOC?
red, white, passito, late harvest
56
What is the blend of Antinori's Tignanello and when was the first vintage?
1971
85% sangiovese plus cab sauv and cab franc
57
What are the most common grapes in Tuscan vin santo?
- trebbiano
- malvasia
58
What is the most important red wine appellation in Umbria?
Sagrantino di Montefalco DOCG
59
What is the min abv for Sagrantino di Montefalco DOCG?
13%
60
What are the 2 communes of production for Chianti Classico DOCG?
- Siena
- Firenze
61
Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo must be made with 85% which grape?
montepulciano
62
In what region is Poggio di Sotto located?
Brunello di Montalcino
63
What is the appellation of Antinori's Guado al Tasso?
Bolgheri Superiore DOC
64
Procanico is an alias for what grape?
trebbiano toscana
65
What is the min percentage of cab sauv required in Bolgheri Sassicaia DOC?
80%
66
What are the primary soil types in Brunello di Montalcino?
- clay and moraine sediment at low elevation
- galestro at high elevation
67
What is the primary white grape of the Marche region?
verdicchio
68
What is the blend of Sassicaia and what was the first vintage?
1968
- 85% cab sauv
- 15% cab franc
69
What does vigna mean?
single vineyard
70
What producer is credited with being the first to isolate and bottle the Brunello clone?
Biondi Santi
71
What are the 2 DOCG zones for Verdicchio in Le Marche?
- Verdicchio di Matelica Reserva DOCG
- Castelli di Jesi Verdicchio Reserva DOCG
72
Cesanese is an indigenous red grape in what region?
Lazio
73
What is the blend of Antinori's Solaia and what was the first vintage?
1978
- 75% cab sauv
- 20% sangio
- 5% cab franc
74
What is the only white DOCG in Tuscany?
Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG
75
What styles of wine are made in Bianchello del Matauro DOC and in what region is it located?
Le Marche
- bianchello based still white wines
- sparkling
- passito
76
What is Monsanto's 100% cabernet sauv bottling?
Nemo (IGT Toscana)
77
What styles of wine are produced in Terre di Offida DOC?
passerina based sparkling, vin santo, and passito
78
What Marche DOCG is known for sparkling reds made with 40% passito grapes?
Vernaccia do Serrapetrona
79
What are the 4 DOCs of Molise?
- Biferno
- Molise
- Pentro di Isernia
- Tintilia del Molise
80
What are the 7 subzones of Chianti DOCG?
- Chianti Montespertoli
- Chianti Colli Senesi
- Chianti Colli Fiorentinio
- Chianti Colli Aretini
- Chianti Montalbano
- Chianti Rufina
- Chianti Pisane
81
What is the assemblage for Torgiano Rosso Reserva DOCG?
- min 70% sangio
- max. 39% red grapes of Perugia
82
What is the primary red grape of Cortona DOC?
syrah
83
What is the min abv in Chianti DOCG?
11.5%
84
What type of wine is allowed in Morellino di Scansano?
red only
85
What is the combined max percent of cab sauv and cab franc allowed in Chianti DOCG?
15%
86
What is the max percent of white grapes allowed in Chianti DOCG?
10%
87
What is the primary grape in Pergola DOC (Le Marche)?
aleatico
88
What are the 4 subzones of Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo DOC?
- Terre Aquilane
- Colline Pescaresi
- Colline Teramane
- Terre di Chieti
89
What is the primary white grape of Molise?
trebbiano
90
Avignonesi is known for what single vineyard sangiovese?
La Tonda
91
What are the 2 alluvial soil types of Ca'Marcanda?
Terre Brune - loamy clay
Terre Bianche - calcareous clay and limestone
92
Where is the Lacrima di Morra a'Alba DOCG located?
Marche
93
Where is Orvieto located?
Umbria
94
What percentage of wine made in Tuscany is red?
85%
95
Who owns Poggio al Tesoro?
Allegrini
96
What is the grape makeup of Masseto?
100% merlot
97
What is the purpose of Sant'Animo DOC?
To give Montalcino producers an outlet for Super Tuscans
98
Lake Corbara is found in what region?
Ovrieto, Umbria
99
What is the primary soil type in Vino Nobile di Montepulciano?
volcanic, sandstone
100
What is the min percentage of montepulciano required in Montepulciano d'Abruzzo?
85%
101
What is the assemblage of Conero DOCG?
- min 85% montepulciano
- max 15% sangiovese
102
What is the assemblage in Rosso Conero DOC?
- min 85% montepulciano
- max 15% other red marche grapes
103
What is galestro?
crumbly, schistous soils (found in chianti classico)
104
Felsina's Maestro Raro is 100% what grape?
cab sauv
105
Vin Santo del Chianti Classico DOC Occhio di Pernice must be min what percent sangiovese?
85%
106
How many DOCGs are in Tuscany?
11
107
What are the 2 Super Tuscans of Avignonesi?
- Grifi
- Desiderio
108
Where is Frascati DOC located?
Lazio
109
What is cappello sommerso?
technique (used in Barolo) where the cap is held within the fermenting wine
110
What are the primary grapes of Carmignano DOCG?
- sangio
- cab sauv
- cab franc
- canaiolo nero
111
What are the primary grapes of Suvereto DOCG?
- cab sauv
- merlot
- sangiovese
112
List 3 subzones of Chianti Classico DOCG
- Castellina
- Castelnuovo Berardegna
- Gaiole
- Greve
- Lamole
- Montefioralle
- San Casciano
- San Donato in Poggio
- Vagliali
- Radda
- Panzano
113
What is teh age requirement for the 2 verdicchio DOCGs of Le Marche?
18 months from Dec 1
* including 6 mos in bottle in Castelli di Jesi
114
What are the 5 DOCGs of Le Marche?
- Castelli di Jesi Verdicchio Riserva
- Verdicchio di Matelica Riserva
- vernaccia di Serreptrona
- Conero
- Offida
115
In Abruzzo, cerasuolo refers to what?
rosato
116
Describe 'governo all'uso toscano'
- specific grapes are selected to be dried
- collected by hand
- dried approx 20 days
- added to already fermented new wine
- starts a 2nd fermentation
(similar to ripasso method)
117
Who is credited with creating the classic Chianti blend?
Baron Bettino Ricasoli
118
What is the primary grape of Cinque Terre?
Bosco
119
What styles of wine are allowed in Orvieto DOC?
white only - dry, sweet, late harvest, noble rot
120
What is the min percentage of sangiovese required in Chianti Classico DOCG?
80%
121
What are the geographic classifications of Italian wine law?
- Vino
- IGT
- DOC
- DOCG
122
What 2 white grapes dominate the Lazio region?
- trebbiano toscano
- malvasia
123
What are the 2 DOCGs of Umbria?
- Sagrantino di Montefalco
- Torgiano Rosso Riserva
124
What appellation in Umbria is known for sangiovese based wines?
Torgiano Rosso Riserva DOCG
125
What is the minimum percent of sangiovese required in Chianti DOCG?
70%
126
Who produces Brunello di Montalcino Montosoli?
Altesino
127
What is the min abv for Brunello di Montalcino DOCG?
12.5%
128
In what area are all of Fattoria di Felsina's holdings located?
Rancia, Chianti Classico
129
Who produces Camartina?
Querciabella
130
What is Volpaia's Super Tuscan bottling?
Balifico
131
What are the 4 original villages of Chianti Classico DOCG?
- Radda
- Gaiole
- Castellina
- Greve
132
What is the mountain range of central Italy?
Apennine mountains
133
When was the first delimitation of the Chianti zone?
1716
134
What it the name of the traditional Chianti bottle?
Fiasco (poor quality glass had to be straw wrapped)
135
Who is Marquis Mario della Rocchetta?
The owner of Bolgheri Sassicaia
136
What is the name of the Argentinian winery of the Marquis (Mario) della Rocchetta?
Bodegas Chacra
- Rio Negro, Patagonia
- pinot noir based
137
What grapes are often to Sangiovese blends to soft the wine? to add color and power to it?
softened - canaiolo
color - colorino, cab sauv
138
What are the parents of Sangiovese?
Ciliegiolo x Calabrese di Montenuovo
139
What is the most planted white grape in Italy?
Trebbiano Toscano
140
When did Chianti become a DOC and when was it upgraded to DOCG?
- DOC 1967
- DOCG 1984
141
What is the regulation to be labelled Chianti Superiore?
- 12% ABV (rather than 11.5% )
- 54hl/ha
142
What are the Frazioni (sub area) of Brunello di Montalcino?
- Sant Angelo in Colle
- Castelnuovo Abate
- Torrenieri (tavernelle, montalcino)
143
What DOCG in Tuscany allowes the highest percent of Bordeaux grapes in a blend?
Suvereto DOCG
- no max cab/merlot
- max 15% other tuscan reds
- vareitally labeled must be min 85%
144
What is the First 100% Merlot wine from Tuscany?
L’apparita from Castello di Ama - 1985
145
Explain Elba Aleatico Passito DOCG
- 100% Aleatico
- must air dry for 10 days
- min 19% ABV
146
What grapes are not allowed in Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG?
no aromatic varities (malvasi/traminer)
147
What are caratelli?
- small oak barrels (often chestnut) use in vin Santo maturation
- 50 L
148
Marco Caprai and Paolo Bea are famous producers where?
Sagrantino di Montefalco
149
Who is the largest producer of wines in Torgiano Rosso?
Lungarotti family
150
Explain Torgiano Rosso Riserva DOCG
- 70 - 100% Sangiovese
- 3 years of ageing including at least 6 mth in bottle
- DOCG: 1990
151
What are the rivers of Torgiano area?
- Tevere
- Topino
152
What style of wine is made in Vernaccia di Serreptrona?
- semi sparkling wine (dry to sweet)
- made with vernaccia nera (grenache)
- 40% of grapes must be air dried
- tank method
153
What are the communes of production of Cesanese del Piglio DOCG?
- Piglio
- Serrone
- Acuto
- Anagni
- Paliano
154
What are the grapes of Offida DOCG?
white - pecorino, passerina
red - montepulciano
155
What is the min RS for Cannellino di Frascati?
35 g/L
156
What styles of wine are made in Est!Est!!Est!!! di Montefiascone DOC?
dry and sweet white wine and sparkling made from trebbiano and malvasia
157
In Lazio, what grape is known as rossetto?
trebbiano giallo
158
When were DOC and DOCG introduced in Italy?
- DOC 1966
- DOCG 1980
159
Poggio Civitella is the highest elevation point in which DOCG?
Brunello di Montalcino
160
What styles of wine are allowed in Terre di Pisa DOC?
Terre di Pisa Rosso
- min 70% combined sangio, cab sauv, merlot
Terre di Pisa Sangiovese
- min 85% sangio
Terre di Pisa Bianco
- min 70% combined vermentino and trebbiano toscano
Terre di Pisa Vermentino
- min 85% vermentino
Terre di Pisa Rosato
- min 50% sangio
161
When was the inaugural vintage of Masseto?
1986 - experimental vintage, mot commercially available
1987 - first commercially available vintage
162
What is the DOC for white wine in Montalcino?
Muscadello di Montalcino DOC
163
What is the Goria Law?
1992 law that established the IGT category in Italy
164
What mountain range influences Montefalco Sagrantino DOCG?
Martani Mountains
165
Which two bodies of water form the western border of Tuscany?
- Ligurian Sea
- Tyrrhenian Sea
166
When did Chianti Classico receive its own DOCG?
1996
167
What commune in Chianti Classico DOCG has the highest elevation?
Radda
>650 m
168
What is the name of the biscotti-like cookie traditionally served with Tuscan vin santo?
cantucci
169
In what province is Bolgheri DOC?
Livorno
170
What is the assemblage for Bianco dell'Empolese DOC?
- min 60% trebbiano toscano
- max 40% other tuscan whites (excluding moscato bianco)
171
In which province is Brunello di Montalcino?
Siena
172
What is the min percentage of sangiovese required in Chianti DOCG with a subzone of Colli Senesi?
75%
173
Which Chianti subzone overlaps with Brunello di Montalcino?
Chianti Colli Senesi
174
When did Bolgheri Sassicaia receive its own DOC?
2013
175
Selvapiano and Frescobaldi are both located in which Chianti subzone?
Chianti Rufina
176
Which DOCs are contiguous with Brunello di Montalcino DOCG?
- Rosso di Montalcino DOC
- Sant Animo DOC
- Muscadello di Montalcino DOC
177
In which commune is Sassicaia located?
Castegneto Carducci
178
Carmignano lies at the base of which mountain?
Montalbano
179
Which 3 rivers influence Brunello di Montalcino?
- Orcia
- Ombrone
- Asso
180
Who owned Ornellaia in between Antinori and Frescobaldi?
Robert Mondavi
181
What is the Brunello Reserva bottling from Valdicava?
Madonna del Piano
182
Who owns the Case Basse estate?
Soldera
183
What was the only vintage of Soldera Pegasos?
2005
184
The Conca d'Oro in Chianti is assosciated with which subzone?
Panzano
185
What are the rivers that influence the Chianti region?
- Pesa
- Elsa
- Ombrone
- Greve
- Arbia
186
Between 2010 - 2014, what was the coolest vintage in Tuscany?
2014
- wet and rainy
187
Between 2000-2007, what were the worst two consecutive vintages in Tuscany?
2002 (cold and wet)
2003 (very hot)
188
Who was the initial consultant for Ornellaia (who recommended planting merlot)?
Andre Tchelitchev
189
What is the red only DOCG in Lazio?
Cesanese del Piglio DOCG
