Central & Southern Italy Flashcards
In which of the Italian wine regions is the city of Rome?
What body of water sits off the coast?
Lazio
Tyrrhenian Sea
What is the main grape of Frascati? (%)
What styles are produced at the DOC level?
Malvasia Candia and Malvasia Lazio
min 70% for DOC and DOCG wines.
dry and off dry, still or spumante
What are the 2 DOCG for white Frascati?
Whats the difference between the two?
Frascati Superiore DOCG-dry still white wine
Cannellino di Frascati DOCG-late harvest subtly sweet (min 35g/L r.s.) white
What is the red wine DOCG of Lazio?
min % for grape(s)?
Cesanese del Piglio DOCG
min 90% Cesanese Affile or Comune
What wine from Italy was used to toast the 1st successful nuclear reaction of the Manhattan Project?
What style and grapes is this wine?
Orvieto DOC
White wine, Procanico and Grechetto
still, a range of sweetness
What are the two DOCG of Umbria?
Montefalco Sagrantino DOCG
Torgiano Rosso Riserva DOCG
Torgiano Rosso Riserva DOCG is a min % of what grape, and ages for how long?
min 70% Sangiovese
3 years min, Nov 1st. 6 months in bottle
Montefalco Sagrantino DOCG is what grape (%) and ages for how long?
100% Sagrantino
36 months from Jan 1
12 months wood, 4 in bottle
What is Procanico?
Umbria’s name for the white grape Trebbiano Toscano.
Lungarotti produces what DOCG wine while Marco Caprai produces another DOCG wine, from the same region.
Name all 3.
Umbria
Lungarotti Torgiano Rosso Riserva
Marco Caprai Montefalco Sagrantino
How is the climate of Umbria?
In relation to the two DOCG’S?
It varies depending on your position, altitude and distance inland.
Mediterranean vs Continental
Torgiano is more Medi, Montefalco is more Continental
What 2 lakes temper the Umbrian climate?
Trasimeno and Corbara
List the Italian regions along the Eastern coast in order after Emilia Romagna.
Le Marche, Abruzzo, Molise, Puglia
What body of water borders the Italian East coast?
Adriatic Sea
What is the only Italian DOCG producing a red sparkling wine? In what region is it?
Vernaccia di Serrapetrona DOCG, Le Marche
For Vernaccia di Serrapetrona DOCG, what style is it, and how is it produced?
typically sweet, but dry versions exist.
Vernaccia Nera, 40% must be dried. 2nd fermentation in bottle.
What DOCG in Le Marche is approved for still rosso only?
Conero Riserva DOCG
Whats the grape(s) and ageing regimen for Conero Riserva DOCG?
Min 85% Montepulciano (15% Sangio)
2 years of age required. No wood is required but they’re criticized for being too heavy handed with it.
What DOCG feature Passerina and Pecorino for their white wines?
What regions?
Offida DOCG, Le Marche
Tullum DOCG, Abruzzo
For Offida DOCG bianco.
What is the grape(s), and what is the min % required?
min 85% Pecorino or Passerina
For Offida DOCG rosso, what grape is required? What region is it in?
min 85% Montepulciano.
Marche
Offida DOCG rosso must age for how long?
What Italian wine region is it in?
24 months from Nov 1st, 12 months wood, 3 bottle
Marche
What are the two white wine only DOCG of the Marche region?
Castelli di Jesi Verdicchio Riserva DOCG
Verdicchio di Matelica Riserva DOCG
From a terroir standpoint what differentiates the 2 DOCG for Verdicchio in Le Marche?
Matelica is up in the Appennines, in a valley protected from the Adriatic on limestone. The wines are higher acid with more structure.
For either Verdicchio DOCG, how much ageing is required before the wines are released? What percent Verdicchio must the wine be?
18 months from dec 1st, 6 in bottle
min 85% (most are 100%)
What 2 grapes make up 40% of Le Marche production? Whats 3rd?
Sangiovese 21%
Montepulciano 19%
Verdicchio 13%
Other than Tuscany, what other region utilizes the Governo method? Which DOC?
Marche in Lacrima di Morro d’Alba
a portion of harvest is saved and dried, added later to prevent stuck fermentation, promote malo, etc.
What’s the 2nd most planted grape in Italy?
Montepulciano
What is the grape requirement and ageing requirement for Montepulciano d’Abruzzo Colline Teramane DOCG?
-riserva?
min 90% Montepulciano, 10% Sangio
1 year of age from nov 1st
riserva requires 3 years, with 1 in wood, 6 months bottle.
What are the Montepulciano d’Abruzzo DOC sub-zones? (5)
Terre dei Peligni
Alto Tirino
Terre di Casauria
Terre dei Vestini
Teate
What 2 icon producers operate under the Montepulciano d’Abruzzo DOC instead of DOCG?
Emidio Pepe
Edoardo Valentini
Whats the newest DOCG in Abruzzo? When was it approved?
2019
Terre Tollesi/Tullum DOCG
Under the Tullum-Terre Tollesi DOCG, what can be made? (3 styles, 4 grapes)
Bianco - Pecorino or Passerina (90%)
Rosso - Montepulciano (95%)
Sparkling - min 60% Chard
What region sits South of Abruzzo and doesn’t make very much wine?
Molise
Whats the most relevant DOC of Molise?
Whats made?
Biferno DOC, bianco, rosato, and rosso
trebb tosc 70-80%,
monty 70-80 + 10-20% aglianico
During the height of the Roman Empire, from what Italian region did their best wines come from?
What’s the famous example?
Campania
Falernian-a gift from Bacchus to a farmer named Falernus, who after his hospitality gave hime a hillside full of healthy vines.