Central Italy Flashcards
Only white wine region in Tuscany to have DOCG status and its grape
Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG
Grape of the Super Tuscan “Scrio”?
Syrah
Sassicaia’s second wine?
Guidalberto (60 CS/40 Merlot)
Sassicaia consultant until 2010
Giacomo Tachis
Name of Antinori’s Gran Selezione
Badia a Passignano
Red blends from Cortona DOC are based on this grape
Syrah
Tuscany’s DOCG for sweet wine
Elba Aleatico Passito DOCG
What is “vin ruspo”?
Rosé from Carmignano
Vin santo is aged in what type of barrel? Size?
Caratelli (50-250L)
Ornellaia’s second wine
Le Serre Nuove (comes from young vines)
Blend of Solaia? Tignanello? Both from Antinori
- Solaia: 75 cab sauv, 20 sangio, 5 cab franc
- Tignanello: 75-85 sangio + cab sauv/franc
What is Trebbiano Toscano called in Orvieto?
Procanico
What are the grapes of Orvieto?
Grechetto and Procanico (min 60% combined)
Who produces Pagliaro?
Paolo Bea
Lungarotti is a producer associated with what appellation?
Torgiano Rosso Riserva DOCG (Umbria)
Aging requirements for Chianti Classico DOCG?
- Aging: no mandate on vessel of aging!! Producers can age their wines entirely in concrete, or stainless steel or any other vessel (except for Chianti Reserva DOCG)
- Rosso: min 12m, may not be released until Oct 1 of the year following the harvest
- Riserva: min 24m (12.5%) from january 1st (3 in bottle)
- Gran Selezione: min 30m (13.0%) from january 1st (3 in bottle). New category introduced in 2013. Must be produced from estate fruit
Main white grapes in Offida DOCG in Marches (2)?
Pecorino and Passerina (min 85%)
The Marches region hugs which side of Central Italy (East or West)? Which sea is directly east?
Eastern, Adriatic
Cerasuolo d’Abruzzo DOCG is what color and which grape?
Montepulciano, Rosé only!
Bombino bianco is a synonym to which main Italian white grape?
Trebbiano d’Abruzzo
White, red and sparkling grapes and its minimum % for Tullum/Terre Tollesi DOCG?
- Red: min 95% montepulciano
- White: min 90% pecorino or passerina
- Sparkling: min 60% chardonnay
First 100% Merlot in Tuscany?
- Castello di Ama, “L’Apparita”: 1985
- predates Tenuta dell’Ornellaia, “Masseto”: 1987
Which DOCG is Sangiovese known as Prugnolo Gentile and what is the min %?
Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG, min 70% Sangio
Which DOCG has a higher min % of Sangio? Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Carmignano or Morellino di Scansano?
- Morellino: min 85%
- Vino Nobile: min 70%
- Carmignano: 50-90%
Westernmost Chianti DOCG subzone? Easternmost?
- W: Montespertoli
- E: Colli Aretini
Name all Chianti DOCG subzones
Colli Fiorentini, Rufina, Aretina, Colli Senesi, Montespertoli, Colline Pisane, Montalbano
4 villages of Chianti, and which were the original 3?
Radda, Gaiole, Castellina, *Greve (Greve was added later)
The first Super Tuscan?
Sassicaia - first commercial release 1968 (Marchese Mario Incisa della Rochetta had been making the wine for private consumption since 1948)
Name the 3 Super Tuscans from the Classico zone
Tignanello (Antinori), Cepparello (Isole e Olena), Flaccianello (Fontodi)
Traditional bottle enclosed in a straw basket used in Chianti
Fiasco
T or F? Producers can age their Chianti DOCG wines entirely in concrete, or stainless steel or any other vessel
True, no mandate on vessel of aging!!
Aging for Chianti DOCG Reserva and Superiore?
- Superiore: until september 1 of the year following the harvest
- Riserva: min 24 months from january 1st (3 in bottle)
Min % Sangiovese for Chianti Colli Senesi DOCG?
Min 75% (5% higher minimum than overall Chianti DCOG)
What is the Governo process? Pros and Cons?
- Traditionaly practiced in Chianti Classico, it is a 2nd fermentation created by the addition of dried unfermented grapes into wine which has just finished fermentation. It was used in high acid wines like Chianti to encourage ML.
- Pros: It reduces acidity, adds body, fruit & glycerin
- Cons: VA and oxidation
2 soil types in Chianti Classico?
- GALESTRO: soft, friable, marl-like (most important), rocky, schist
- ALBERESE: marly limestone
What is the aging for Chianti Classico Gran Selezione DOCG, and which wine was the first to be released?
- min 30m (13.0%) from january 1st (3m in bottle). New category introduced in 2013
- Isole e Olena 2006 (released in 2013)
The only true monopole DOC in all of Italy?
Bolgheri-Sassicaia DOC
100% Sangiovese Super Tuscans
- Montevertine “Le Pergole Torte”
- Isole e Olena “Cepparello”
- Felsina “Fontalloro”