Corvina

Question 1

Characteristics

Answer 1

• Low to medium tannins
• High acidity
• Red fruit flavours (red cherry, red plum)

Question 2

Appassimento

Answer 2

It involves picking the grapes and drying them indoors to concentrate their sugars

Question 3

Valpolicella, Italy

Regions

Answer 3

Valpoilcella DOC
* Light body

Valpoilcella Classico DOC

Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG
* Dry to off-dry red wine
* Full body
* High alcohol (15%)
* High tannins
* Pronounced flavours of fresh fruit (red cherry) and dried fruit (prunes, rasions, figs)

Recioto della Valpolicella DOCG
* Sweet red wine made from partially dried grapes
* Using Appassimento method