Ch 10 - Italy Flashcards
Contrast climates of Italy - northern vs. southern
Northern portion is cooler, southern portion is hot - there is considerable overall difference
T/F - very few parts of Italy are more than 75 miles from the sea
True
Mountain range that forms the northern border of Italy
the Alps
Flatland of Italy in the north
Po River Valley
How do the Alps affect climate in Italy?
form a solid wall that holds back most of the Arctic air masses from northern Europe
Sea located off the western coast of Italy
Tyrrhenian Sea
Sea located off the eastern coasts of Italy
Adriatic Sea
Sea located off the southern coast of Italy (along the coasts of Apulia, Basilicata, and Calabria)
Ionian Sea
Most widely planted red grape in Italy
Sangiovese
Most widely planted white grape in Italy
Trebbiano (aka Ugni Blanc)
Designation, grape, and style of: Amarone della Valpolicella
DOCG / Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella / dry red still wines
Designation, grape, and style of: Recioto della Valpolicella
DOCG / Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella / sweet red still wines
Designation, grape, and style of: Valpolicella
DOC / Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella / dry red still wines
Designation, grape, and style of: Bardolino Superiore
DOCG / Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella / sweet red still wines
Designation, grape, and style of: Bardolino Chiaretto
DOC / Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella / dry rose still wines
Designation, grape, and style of: Soave
DOC / Garganega (min 70%), Trebbiano, Chardonnay / dry white still wines
Designation, grape, and style of: Recioto di Soave
DOCG / Garganega (min 70%), Trebbiano, Chardonnay / sweet white still wines
Designation, grape, and style of: Asolo Prosecco
DOCG / Glera (min 85%) / dry sparkling white wines (allowed to be dry to demi-sec)
Designation, grape, and style of: Prosecco
DOC / Glera (min 85%) / dry sparkling white wines (allowed to be dry to demi-sec)
Designation, grape, and style of: Barolo
DOCG / Nebbiolo / dry red still wines
Designation, grape, and style of: Barbaresco
DOCG / Nebbiolo / dry red still wines
Designation, grape and style of: Moscato d’Asti
DOCG / Moscato (Muscat) / white sweet sparkling wines (frizzante)
Designation, grape and style of: Asti
DOCG / Moscato (Muscat) / white, dry, off-dry, or sweet sparkling wine (frizzante)
Designation, grape and style of: Roero
DOCG / Nebbiolo (red) or Arneis (white) / dry still red or white wines
Designation, grape and style of: Gattinara
DOCG / Nebbiolo (Spanna), min 90% / dry red still wines
Designation, grape and style of: Ghemme
DOCG / Nebbiolo (Spanna), min 90% / dry red still wines
Designation, grape and style of: Gavi
DOCG / Cortese / dry still white wines
Designation, grape and style of: Barbera d’Alba
DOC / Barbera / dry still red wines
Designation, grape and style of: Acqui
DOCG / Brachetto / sweet red sparkling wine
Grape variety used in orange wines
Ribolla Gialla
Winemaking process that uses dried grapes
Appassimento
Blanc de blancs sparkling wine produced in Lombardy
Saten
Local name for Nebbiolo used in Lombardy
Chiavennasca
One of the subzones of Valtellina Superiore DOCG
Inferno
Alternative name for the Trentino-Alto Adige region
Sudtirol
DOC in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, known for white blends and orange wines
Collio Goriziano
DOCG for sparkling wines from Lombardy
Franciacorta
Term used in Italy to refer to process of creating high-quality sparkling wines
Metodo Classico
Term used to refer to sweet wines made using grapes that are partially dried after harvest
Recioto
Local name for Nebbiolo used in some parts of Piedmont
Spanna
High-alcohol wine made using partially dried Nebbiolo grapes
Sforzato
Region in Lombardy known for producing red wines from Nebbiolo
Valtellina
Traditional wine-making technique that uses sediment or lees from a prior batch to make a full-bodied wine
Ripasso
large DOC in Piedmont that covers many smaller regions, including Barolo, Barbaresco, and Roero
Langhe
Three main cities of Tuscany
Florence, Siena, and Pisa
What percentage of total Tuscan wine output is red?
90%
Term that was created in response to the fact than 100% sangiovese wines from Chianti had to be classified as vino da tavola
Super-Tuscan
Basic Chianti DOCG must contain (at least) what percentage of Sangiovese?
70% (many references say 75%, but production guidelines from Chianti DOCG say 70%)
What grapes, other than Sangiovese, are allowed in basic Chianti?
Caniolo Nero, “other suitable red varieties”, Trebbiano (white) and Malvasia (white)
Seven subzones of Chianti DOCG
- Colli Arentini
- Colli Fiorentini
- Colli Senesi
- Colli Pisane
- Montalbano
- Montespertoli
- Rufina