Emilia-Romagna Flashcards

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What is Fortana and where is it grown?

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Red Grape - behaves similarly to the Lambrusco family and is usually planted without grafting
- 3. Bosco Eliceo DOC - Varietal wine
- Lambrusco Mantovano DOC (Lombardy) - Minor blending grape
- .15. Lambrusco Salamino di Santa Croce DOC - Minor Blending grape
- .16. Modena (di Modena) DOC - Minor Blending Grape

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Colli Bolognesi Pignoletto DOCG

  • Province
  • Style
  • RS
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Colli Bolognesi Pignoletto DOCG
- Modena, Bologna
- Style
- Frizzante - Min. 85% Pignoletto (Grechetto Gentile, or Alionzina)
- Spumante - Min. 85% Pignoletto (Grechetto Gentile, or Alionzina)
- Bianco Superiore - Min. 85% Pignoletto (Grechetto Gentile, or Alionzina)
- Bianco Classico Superiore - Min. 95% Pignoletto (Grechetto di Todi, or Alionzina)

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What is Biancame and where is it grown?

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White grape AKA Bianchello
- Colli di Rimini DOC - Varietal wine - 85%
- Colli Pesaresi DOC (Marche) - Varietal wine and blending grape in blanc

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What is Rebola?

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  • Rebola the name used for varietal wines made from Pignoletto (min 85%) in Colli di Rimini
  • PIgnoletto is also called Grechetto Gentile and Alionzina
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What is Spergola and where is it grown?

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White grape
- Colli di Scandiano e di Canossa DOC - Bianco (min 85%), Varietal Bianco/Spumate/Passito (100%)

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What is Malbo Gentile and where is it grown?

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  • Red Grape
  • Colli di Scandiano e di Canossa DOC
  • Reggiano DOC - blending grape in Spumate/Rosso/Lambrusco/Lambrusco Salamino
  • Lambrusco Grasparossa di Castelvetro DOC - Blending grape
  • Modena (di Modena) DOC - Blending grape in Lambrusco and Rossos
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Lambrusco di Sorbara DOC
- Province
- Commune
- Style
- Dosage

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Lambrusco di Sorbara DOC

  • Modena
  • Communes
    • All of Bastiglia, Bomporto, Nonantola, Ravarino, San Prospero
    • Parts of Campogalliano, Camposanto, Carpi, Castelfranco Emilia, Modena, Soliera, San Cesario sul Panaro
  • Style: min. 60% Lambrusco di Sorbara, max. 40% Lambrusco Salamino, max. 15% other Lambrusco grape varieties
    • Rosato Frizzante
    • Rosato Spumante
    • Rosso Frizzante
    • Rosso Spumante
  • Dosage
    • Spumante: Brut Nature - Dolce
    • Frizzante: Secco/Asciutto, Abboccato/Semi-secco, Amabile, or Dolce
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Lambrusco Grasparossa di Castelvetro DOC
- Province
- Commune
- Style
- Dosage

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Lambrusco Grasparossa di Castelvetro DOC
- Modena
- Commune
- All of Castelfranco Emilia, Castelnuovo Rangone, Castelvetro, Fiorano, Formigine, Maranello, Marano sul Panaro, Prignano sul Secchia, Savignano sul Panaro, Spilamberto,
- Sassuolo, Vignola, S.Cesario sul Panaro
- Part of Modena (commune)
- Styles: min. 85% Lambrusco Grasparossa. max. 15% combined other Lambrusco grape varieties, and/or Malbo Gentile
- Rosato Frizzante
- Rosato Spumante
- Rosso Frizzante
- Rosse Spumante
- Dosage Requirements:
- Spumante: Brut Nature - Dolce
- Frizzante: Secco/Asciutto, Abboccato/Semi-secco, Amabile, or Dolce

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Lambrusco Salamino di Santa Croce DOC
- Province
- Commune
- Style
- Dosage

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Lambrusco Salamino di Santa Croce DOC
- Modena
- Style
- All of Cavezzo, Concordia sulla Secchia, Medolla, Novi, S.Felice sul Panaro, S. Possidonio
- Parts of Campogalliano, Camposanto, Carpi, Finale Emilia, Mirandola, Modena, Soliera
- Style: min. 85% Lambrusco Salamino, max. 15% combined other Lambrusco grape varieties, Ancellotta, and/or Fortana
- Rosato Frizzante
- Rosato Spumante
- Rosso Frizzante
- Rosso Spumante
- Dosage Requirements:
- Spumante: Brut Nature - Dolce
- Frizzante: Secco/Asciutto, Abboccato/Semi-secco, Amabile or Dolce

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What is Montuni and where is it grown?

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White grape AKA Montù
- Modena (di Modena) DOC - Bianco min 85%
- Reno DOC - Varietal and Varietal spumante wine min 85%

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What is Ortrugo and where is it grown?

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White grape
- Ortrugo dei Colli Piacentini (Ortrugo - Colli Piacentini) DOC - min 90%
- Bianco, Bianco Frizzante - max 17 g/L RS
- Bianco Spumante - Extra-dry to Abboccato

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What DOC is Pignoletto grown in Moderna now labled as a Varietal Wine?
What was it formerly apart of when did it change?

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  • Pignoletto DOC
  • Modena (di Modena) DOC, last vintage was 2014
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Pignoletto DOC
- Province
- Subzones
- Style

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Pignoletto DOC
- Bologna, Modena, Ravenna
- Reno, Modena, Colli d’Imola
- Denominazione: Min. 85% Grechetto (Alionzina), Max. 15% non-aromatic white grapes of Emilia-Romagna (Pinot Noir and Pinot Grigio may be used for sparkling wines)
- Pignoletto (Bianco)
- Pignoletto Frizzante (secco or abboccato)\
- Pignoletto Spumante (brut nature to dolce)
- Pignoletto Passito (amabile or dolce)
- Pignoletto Vendemmia Tardiva (amabile or dolce)

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What is Ancellotta and where is it grown?

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Red Grape
- Reggiano DOC - 30-60% Rosso, Blending grape in Lambrusco and Varietal Lambrusco Salamino (max 15%)
- Lambrusco Mantovano DOC - Blending grape (max 15%)
- Lambrusco Salamino di Santa Croce DOC - Blending grape (max 15%)
- Modena (di Modena) DOC - blending grape in Lambruco, Rosso and Rosato (max 15%)
- Colli di Faenza DOC - 40-60% Rosso
- Colli di Scandiano e di Canossa DOC - All Varietal Lambrusco Montericco Rosato wines (max 15%), All Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon wines (max 15%), All Varietal Lambrusco Grasparossa (max 15%)

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What is Albana and where is grown?

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White Grape
- Reno DOC - Bianco: min. 40% combined Albana and/or Trebbiano Romagna;
- Romagna Albana DOCG - Min 95% Bianco, Bianco Passito, Bianco Passito Riserva
- Romagna DOC - Min 95%Albana Spumante

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Romagna Albana DOCG

  • Province
  • Style
  • Alcohol
  • RS
  • Must Weight
  • Aging
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Romagna Albana DOCG

  • Forlì-Cesena, Ravenna, Bologna
  • Style - Min. 95% Albana, Max. 5% other white grapes suitable for cultivation in Emilia-Romagna
    • Bianco
    • Bianco Passito
    • Bianco Passito Riserva
  • Minimum Alcohol:
    • Secco: 12%
    • Amabile: 12.5%
    • Dolce: 12.5% (8.5% acquired)
    • Passito: 17% (12.5% acquired)
    • Passito Riserva: 24% (4% acquired minimum, 11% acquired maximum)
  • Minimum/Maximum Residual Sugar:
    • Amabile: 12-30 g/l
    • Dolce: 45-80 g/l
  • Passito Minimum Must Weight and Other Requirements:
    • Passito: Minimum 284 g/l must weight after drying
    • Passito Riserva: Minimum 400 g/l must weight after drying
    • Passito Riserva must exhibit “muffa noble” (noble rot)
    • Grapes for Passito and Passito Riserva may be dried until March 30 of the year following the harvest, and may not be vinified prior to October 15 of the harvest year
  • Aging Requirements:
    • Passito: May not be sold until September 1 of the year following the harvest
    • Passito Riserva: May not be sold until December 1 of the year following the harvest
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What is Pagadebit?

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Commune in Romagna DOC that produces Albana (White Grape AKA Bombino)
- Varietal Bianco secco or Amabile - min 85%
- Varietal Bianco Frizzante - min 85%
- Varietal Pagadebit Bertinoro (subzone bianco) secco or Amabile - min 85%
- Varietal Pagadebit Bertinoro Frizzante (subzone bianco) secco or Amabile - min 85%

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What is Cagnina?

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Commune in Romagna DOC
- Varietal Cagnina (dolce rosso) (aka: Terrano) min 85%

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What is Terrano and where is it grown?

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Red Grape AKA Mondeuse noire and Grosse Syrah
- Romagna DOC - Varietal Cagnina-subzone (dolce rosso) (aka: Terrano) min 85%
- Carso (Carso-Kras) DOC (Friuli) - min 70% Rosso, min 85% Varietal Terrano, Terrano Riserva, Terrano Classico, Terrano Classico Riserva

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What Malvasia is most used in Emligia-Romania for monovarietal wines?

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Malvasia Bianca di Candia

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What are the Grechetto Grapes?

Which is higher quality?

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Grechetto di Orvietto -
Grechetto di Todi - Pignoletto, Rebloa

  • Pignoletto is perceived as higher in quality than Grechetto di Orvieto and is planted in higher concentrations near the Todi and Colli Martani DOCs, though the two Grechettos are frequently blended in each of these and a number of Umbrian appellations
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What Lambrusco translate too?

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Wild grape

23
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What Lambrusco translate too?
Can Lambrusco di Sorbara self polinate?

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  • Wild grape
  • NO - Like wild vines, Lambrusco di Sorbara cannot self-pollinate. Though genetically hermaphroditic, its flowers display only female sex organs and the variety must be interplanted with a separate pollinator (often Lambrusco Salamino)
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Describe the different Lambrsuci and list what provence they are associated with

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Modena
- Lambrusco di Sorbara - yields the lightest, most floral Lambrusco wines,
- Lambrusco Grasparossa - thicker-skinned , makes the most tannic and structured
- Lambrusco Salamino - name refers to the salami shape of its bunches

Reggio Emilia
- Lambrusco Marani - elevated tannin and acid

Parma
- Lambrusco Maestri - most fruit driven and generous

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What grape is used to make Balsamic vinegar?

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Trebbiano toscano
- The must is fermented, converted to vinegar by ambient acetic acid bacteria, and aged in a series of small barrels, similar to the caratelli used for vin santo production
- The aging program, known as rincalzo, is similar to that of a Sherry solera
- The vinegars are moved through a system of fractional blending, wherein vinegar is drawn for bottling from the smallest cask, freshly cooked must is added to the largest cask, and vinegar is successively transferred to those in between
- the bottled products must complete a minimum maturation period of 12 years on average
- In Emilia-Romagna acetaie, it is traditional for families to dedicate a new barrel set whenever a baby is born

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Which DOC(G)s allow for some style of Lambrusco production?

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Colli di Parma DOC
Colli di Scandiano e di Canossa DOC
Reggiano DOC
Modena DOC.
Lambrusco di Sorbara DOC
Lambrusco Grasparossa di Castelvetro DOC
Lambrusco Salamino di Santa Croce DOC

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How is Lambrusco mostly harvested?

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By machine

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What the sweetness levels of Lambrusco?

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secco or asciutto (dry)
semi-secco or abboccato (off-dry)
amabile (gently sweet)
dolce (sweet)

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How will Lambrusco producer, like Prosecco producers, ensure they have fresh wine to sell all year?

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The wines are usually nonvintage, and, like producers of Prosecco, winemakers here will often perform multiple fermentations over the course of the year, so that the Lambrusco available on the market is as fresh as possible. Unfermented must is chilled in tank until a new batch is needed.

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What is the main grape of Ortrugo dei Colli Piacentini DOC?

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Ortugo - Min 90% in Bianco, Bianco Frizzante, Bianco Spumante

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What is Albana genetically related too?

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Garganega
- Its morphological variability, however, suggests the possibility of multiple varieties sharing the name Albana

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Where do the best Romagna Albana wines come from?

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the clay-limestone soils in the township of Bertinoro
- name translates to “drunk in gold.”
- According to legend, in the fifth century CE, the daughter of Emperor Theodosius was so enamored with the local wines that she suggested they be consumed in a golden vessel

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Name of Banfi’s Lambrusco in the 70s that catapulted Lambrusco into international spotlight?

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Riunite

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What is the color and style of Romagna Albana DOCG?

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Bianco tranquile, and bianco passito

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In Emilia-Romagna, what is a synonym for the grape Grechetto?

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Pignoletto: Colli Bolognesi Classico Pignoletto

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