CENTRAL ITALY Flashcards
CENTRAL ITALY-IN GENERAL
- SOUTH OF PO V/ DOMINATED BY APENNINE MOUNT. RUN LENGTH OF THE ITALIAN PENINSULA
- GR PL ON HILLS & VALLEYS ON THIS MOUNT. RANGE W ALTITUDE PROV A MODERATING INF ON THE HOT CLIMATE
- CLIMATE:HOT
- COASTEL REG IN BOTH SIDES=BENEFIT FROM THE COOLING SEA BREEZES
TUSCANY-GENERAL
-STRECHES DOWN THE WESTERN COAST OF ITALY
REG DIVIDED 3 PARTS:
1) MOUNTAINOUS CHIANTI REG IN NORTH
2) THE HILLS & THE VALLEYS TO THE SOUTH
3) FLAT COASTEL PLAIN
TUSCANY-DOM GRAPE VAR & WINES IN GENERAL
SANGIOVESE=DOM GR VAR/MOST PRESTIGIOUS/ H TANNIN/ H ACIDITY/ LATE RIP.SO NEEDS A WARM CLIMATE
WINES:RED CHERRIES/PLUM/DRIED HERBS/USUALLY AGED FOR A PERIOD TIME IN OAK TO SOFTEN TANNINS & ADD SPICY FLAV
- BOTH SMALL BARREL&LARGE CASKS BE USED
- BOTTLE AGE:MEAT/GAMEY AROM.
- RED WINE DOM. IN THIS PART OF ITALY/SOME WHITES ARE MADE AS WELL
CHIANTI DOCG-IN TUSCANY
- BASED IN FOOTHILLS OF THE APENNINES BETWEEN THE CITIES OF PISA, FLORENCE & SIENA
- DIVIDED INTO 7 SUB-ZONES
- DOM GR VAR:SANGIOVESE=WINES OFTEN BLENDES W SMALL AMOUNTS OF OTHER BLACK G (BOTH FRENCH & ITALIAN ORIGIN)
LARGE VOLUME CHIANTI DOCG & HIGHER QUALITY CHIANTI DOCG
PRO OF LV CHIANTI WILL SOURCE THEIR GR FROM THE GREATER REG & USE CHIANTI DOCG ON THE LABEL
HIGHER Q:WINES MAY BE MADE FROM THE GRAPES FROM A PARTIVULAR SUB-ZONE, NAME CAN APPEAR ON THE LABEL (DOESN’T INC CHIANTO CLASSICO DOCG)
-PART WELL KNOWN FOR THEIR Q SUB-ZONES: CHIANTI RUFINA DOCG & CHIANTI COLLI SENESI DOCG
CHIANTI CLASSICO DOCG
CHIANTI CLASSICO DOCG:HAS ITS OWN DOCG&NOT A SUB-ZONE OF CHIANTI DOCG
- VINS HIGHER ALTITUDES THAN CHAINTI DOCG=SLOWING THE RIP OF SANGIOVESE
- RESULTING IN WINES=GREATER ACIDITY & MORE HERBAL AR.
- WINES MUST BE AGED=12 MONTHS BEFORE THEY ARE RELEASED
CHIANTI CLASSICO RISERVA DOCG
-MUST BE AGED 24 MONTHS OF WHICH AT LEAST 3 MONTHS MUST BE SPEND BOTTLE AGEING
GRAN SELEZIONE:HIGHEST DESIGNATION FOR CHIANTI CLASSICO WINES/GR MUST BE SOURCED FROM A SINGLE ESTATE & WINES AGED 6 MONTHS LONGER (30) THAN RISERVA
-NO STIPULATIONS CONCERNING OAK AGEING=PROD DECISION/ IN PRACTICE MAJ OF WINE MAT IN OAK FOR AT LEAST PART OF THEIR TIME BEFORE RELEASE
SOUTHERN TUSCANY
- VINS ARE AT LOWER ALTITUDES THAN THOSE IN NORTH
- CLIMATE:WARMER/COOL MARITIME BREEZES FROM SOUTH-WEST MOD THE TEMP
- BEST KNOW APP: BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO DOCG & VINO NOBILE DI MONTEPULCIANO DOCG
- DUE TO CLIMATE WINES FROM THIS PART OF TUSCANY: MORE INTENSE/FULLER BODIED THAN CHIANTI
BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO DOCG-IN SOUTHERN TUSCANY
- WINES MUST BE MADE ENTIRELY FROM SANGIOVESE
- UNDERGO MIN AGEING OF 5 YRS BEFORE TEHY SOLD/ 2 OF WHICH MUST BE SPENT IN OAK
VINO NOBILE DI MONTEPULCIANO DOCG-IN SOUTHERN TUSCANY
- CAN BE A BLEND OF SANGIOVESE & W OTHER PERM VAR
- MUST BE AGED FOR A MIN OF 2 YEARS BEFORE ITS SOLD
PRODUCERS FROM BOTH BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO & VINO NOBILE DI MONTEPULCIANO
- CAN DECLASSIFY THEIR W TO DOC AS NECESSARY (IF POOR VINT. OR WINES ARE VERY YOUNG)
- THESE WINES CALLED EITHER:ROSSO DI MONTALCINO DOC OR ROSSO DI MONTEPULCIANO DOC RESPECTIVELY
THE COAST-IN TUSCANY
- RELATIVELY FLAT COASTEL REG OF TUSCANY/COOLED BY SEA BREEZES RATHERN THAN ALTITUDE
- BLACK BORDEAUX VAR & NUMBER OF INT VAR ARE PLANTED HERE
BIRTH OF SUPER TUSCAN: CAB SAUV WAS MADE & SOLD FOR A PREMIUM PRICE DESPITE NOT BEING ELIGIBLE FOR PDO STATUS
-MANY TUSCAN PROD FOLLOWED THIS EX& MAKE HQ WINES FROM INT VAR/SOMETIMES ITALIAN VAR AS PART OF THE BLEND
SUPER TUSCANS & HQ INT VAR WINES IN THE COAST & KNOW APPS
- MANY OF BOTTLES AS TOSCANA IGT
- BUT RELATIVELY RECENTLY FORMED APPS= BOLGHERI DOC & MAREMMA TOSCANA DOC
- BOTH PERMIT:CAB SAUV./MERLOT/SYRAH
UMBRIA-IN CENTRAL ITALY
- SIMILAR CLIM TO TUSCANY/MORE CONTINENTAL WITHOUT ANY INF FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN
- KNOWN FOR ITS WHITE WINE: ORVIETO DOC
- BLEND OF GRECHETTO/TREBBIANO GRAPES & OFTEN A FEW OTHER LOCAL GR
- WINES:L BODY/M TO H ACIDITY/ RIPE GRAPEFRUIT & PEACH
- WINEMAKING: PROTECTIVELY/UNDERGO COOL FERM IN STAINLESS STEEL
UMBRIA’S MOST PRESTIGIOUS RED WINE
SAGRANTINO DI MONTEFALCO DOCG
-MADE FROM THICK SKINNED SAGRANTINO GRAPE
