Corsica (FWS)

Question 1

Corsica is 100 miles (160km) southeast of _________ and 50 miles (80km) west of _______ and 7 miles (11km) north of ________.

Answer 1

France; Italy; Sardinia

Question 2

How many sunshine hours does Corsica boast? (What absorbs most?)

Answer 2

2,885 hours of sunshine a year (nearby sea absorbs most of the heat during the day and radiating it back to the island at night)

Question 3

How many inches of median annual rainfall? Would you say Corsica is “Hot?”

Answer 3

29 inches/ year (737mm/ year); Yes- you can say Corsica is HOT

Question 4

What is Nielluccio also known as? (How much % does it comprise for Corsica?)

Answer 4

Sangiovese (35%)

Question 5

What is Sciaccarello also known as? (How much % does it comprise for Corsica?)

Answer 5

Mammolo (15%)

Question 6

What is Corsica’s most planted white grape? (How much % does it comprise for Corsica?)

Answer 6

Vermentino (17%)

Question 7

What’s the biggest AOC in Corsica? (% production?)

Answer 7

Vin de Corse AOC (45% AOC production)

Question 8

Name all the sub-appellations for Vin de Corse

Answer 8

1) Corse côteaux du cap corse and Muscat du Cap Corse
2) Corse Porto Vecchio
3) Corse figari
4) Corse Sartène
5) Corse Calvi

Question 9

Which of the sub-appellations for Vin de Corse AOC is a VdN?

Answer 9

Muscat (a Petit Grains) du cap corse

Question 10

What is the white grape of Patrimonio AOC?

Answer 10

100% Vermentino

Question 11

What is the principal red grape of Patrimonio AOC?

Answer 11

Nielluccio (aka Sangiovese)

Question 12

What’s the principal red grape of Ajaccio AOC?

Answer 12

Sciaccrello (aka Mammolo)

Question 13

What’s the principal white grape of Ajaccio AOC?

Answer 13

Vermentino

Question 14

How much % of Corsican wine is IGP I’lle de Beauté?

Answer 14

60%

• a small amount of IGP Méditerranée
• 30% AOC’s; 10% Vins sans IG

Question 15

True or False: Regional Vin de Corse AOC (aka Corse AOC) covers the entire island- but is largely focused on east coast

Answer 15

True

Question 16

Vin de Corse Red and Rosé must have at least 50% of what three grapes? (What are the other red grapes/white allowed)

Answer 16

Nielluccio, Sciaccarello, Grenache (Cinsault, Moruvèdre, Barbarossa, Syrah at any %’s)
* Carignan < 20% while Vermentino allowed up to 20%

Question 17

Vin de Corse white wines are at least 70% ________ and up to 25% ____________.

Answer 17

Vermentino ; Ugni Blanc

Question 18

What are the five Vin de Corse AOCs? (Where on the island are they located?)

Answer 18

Coteaux du Cap Corse (North)
Calvi (Northwest)
Sartène (southwest)
Figari (southwest)
Porto Vecchio (southeast)

Question 19

Calvi produces a famous rosé called ________.

Answer 19

Gris de Calvi

Question 20

What are max yields for sub-appellations of Vin de Corse AOCs?

Answer 20

2.7 tons/ acre (45hl/ ha)

Question 21

What are max yields for Vin de Corse AOC?

Answer 21

3 tons/ acre (50 hl/ ha)

Question 22

What side of the island is Ajaccio located?

Answer 22

Southwest

Question 23

Ajaccio medium-bodied red & rosé wine is made with at least 60% of what red grape ? What are the blending partners?

Answer 23

Sciaccarello (Mammolo);Nielluccio, Barbarossa and Fermentino are principal blending partners; remaining components of the blend can be Grenache, Cinsault and Carignan, but Carignan must not be more than 15%

Question 24

Ajaccio white wine must be at least _____ % Vermentino; balance of blend can be Ugni Blanc.

Answer 24

80%

Question 25

Name Corsica’s first AOC in 1968? (Where is this AOC located in relation to Cap Corse?)

Answer 25

Patrimonio AOC (located SW of Cap Corse)

Question 26

Reds for Patrimonio AOC must be 90% ________ while rosés must be 75%. (What is can the remainder be blended with?)

Answer 26

Nielluccio (Sangiovese); can be completed with: Sciaccarello, Grenache and Vermentino

Question 27

Patrimonio AOC whites must be 100% of what white grape?

Answer 27

Vermentino

Question 28

Where on the island is Vin Doux Natural (fortified sweet wine) produced? (What is the AOC for this called?)

Answer 28

Northern peninsula (Muscat du Cap Corse AOC)

Question 29

Most of Corsica’s wine production (60%) is an island-wide IGP designation. It’s called ________.

Answer 29

IGP “Île de Beauté” (Island of Beauty)

Question 30

What IGP encompasses Rhône, Provence, Corsica?

Answer 30

IGP Mediterranée

Question 31

Who was the first in history that controlled Corsica? Who is it currently?

Answer 31

Phocaeans; France have it now

Question 32

Who controlled Corsica after the Phocaeans?

Answer 32

Rome

Question 33

Who ruled Corsica before France?

Answer 33

Genoa

Question 34

Who ruled Corsica after Rome?

Answer 34

Saracens/Moors

Question 35

Who ruled Corsica before Genoa?

Answer 35

Pisa

Question 36

Who ruled first Corsica: Pisa or Saracens/Moors?

Answer 36

Saracens/Moors