Central/Southern Italy Flashcards
Two unique Umbrian varietals?
Grechetto (zippy, lemon, apple, white)
Sagrantino (highest tannin grape in Italy, maybe World, shit ton of polyphenols, read antioxidants, as well)
DOCGs of Umbria
Sagrantano di Montefalco
100% Sagrantino
Torgiano Rosso Riserva
70% Sangiovese
30% other
Sagrantino di Montefalco legal requirements
100% Sagrantino Secco and Passito allowed 37 months from Dec 1st for both Secco needs 12 mo. in wood Passito needs 6 mo. in bottle Passito is 80-180 y Residual sugar
Torgiano Rosso Riserva legal details
min. 70% Sangio
Max 30% other “suitable to Umbria” varietals
3 years from Nov. Ist
6 mo. in bottle
from higher elevation areas around Torgiano
Orvieto legal deets
DOC
Min 60% Grechetto and Trebbiano Toscano
Max 30% other asshole Varietals
Only Umbrian region Ian d’Agata Mentioned
Name two Sagrantino di Montefalco producers
Marco Caprai (modern Style) mentioned by guild and Jancis
Paolo Bea (traditional)
Describe Montefalco Rosso
DOC 60-70% Sangio 10-15% Sagrantino Max 30% other as hole grapes Basically bulked up Sangiovese
Which producer is mostly responsible for torgiano Rosso Riserva DOCG
Lungarotti, a very large producer here
Most Planted Umbrian varietals
Sangiovese, Trebbiano varieties, Grechetto, Merlot, Sagrantino, Cabernet Sauvignon
DOCGs of Lazio
XXFrascati Superiore
Min 70% Malvasia Bianca di Candia and/or Maluasia tel Lazio XXCannellino di frascati
Min 70% Malvasia Bianca di Candia and/or Malvasia del lazio
XXCesanese di Piglio
Name a “Super Lazio” (I made that up)
Alberico Boncompagni Lodovisi
Planted Cab S, Merlot, Semillon in 40; and focused on organics / low yields
Lazio climate
Major geographic features
Mediterranean
Apennine Mountains to east with porous limestone slopes, 2 dead volcanous providing… volcanic Soil, Tiber river
Three top DOCG for Aglianico
Vulture in Basilicata, 100%
Taurasi in Campania, 85%
Taburno Aglianico in Campania, 100%
Aging requirements Taurasi
3 years from Dec 1st post harvest 1 in wood
Riserva 4 years, 18 mo. in wood
Which DOCGs near Taurasi
Greco di Tufo, 85% GrecoDT
fiano di Avellino, 85% fiano
Where is lacryma Christi and requirements
Vesuvio Doc
lan be White, red, rose, bubbles sweet
Min 12% alc
Main grape of Campi flegrei DOC
falanghina
3 regions in Campania that use falanghina
Campi flegrei, Costa d’Almafi, falerno del Massico Bianco
Where is Sannio DOC and specialty
north of Campania DOCG triangle around Avellino
specializing in Pass it on and Secco Falanghine
fiano and Greco characteristics
Both white
fiano= Subtle, firm, haunting florality
Greco=lighter than fiano, Apple peel fragrance with inineral depth
Major grapes and location of falerno del Massico
Rosso: Aglianico with maX 40% piedrosso
What is the purpose and blending partner of piedrosso?
Blended often with Aglianico to add softness
Name 3 Taurasi producers
+ Mastroberardin, the big old school daddy
+ Terredora di Paolo
+ feudi di San Gregorio
Explain wine railroad in Taurasi
Aglianico was shipped by train to Barolo to add muscle in weak vintages
Character of Aglianico in vineyard
Thick berries, mold resistance allow for needed late ripening, Late November not Crazy
What do top 3 examples of Aglianico have in Commonl
All on extinct Volcanos
Aglianico in glass
Intense, unforgiving black fruit lifted by tartaric acid. Mineralty is dark, austere, steering sharply to inorganic
In Which DOC is Campania’s DOCGs
Ipirna
Character of Grechetto
Crisp, dry white• orvieto specializes
Which river passes through Castell; di Jesi
Classico areas around Misa River
Castell; di Jesi assemblage
Min 85% Verdicchio but best wines are varietal
Castelli di Jesi aging
18 mo. 6 in bottle