Emilia - Romagna Flashcards
Albana
grows in Rimini, Forli
Parent relationship w/Garganega, Mantonico Bianco, Trebbiano
can be passito,dry
Romagna Albana DOCG
Pignoletto
As 2014 - Grechetto di Todi/Grechetto Gentile
Colli Bolognesi Pignoletto DOCG
2 DOCGs of Emilia Romagna
Romagna Albana DOCG
Colli Bolognesi Pignoletto DOCG
Male flowers
and female flowers
female flowers - less fragrant, if they pollinate - produce fruit
but male - fragrant, but never produce fruits
Lambrusco Sobrara
Most important member
Lightest in body and color
Most floral and fragrant
Mainly - Modena
need pollunator (usually Lambrusco Salamino)
Lambrusco di Grasparossa
More darker, inky-purple in color, bigger, richer and fleshier with more obvious structure.
around - Castelvetro
Hillslope - only Lambrusco in hillside
Lambrusco Salamino
Best of all Lambrusco
perfumed and structured
Acts as pollunator for Lambrusco Sorbara
most abandontly planted
Lambrusco Maestri
most deeply coloured of all lambrusco
Lambrusco Marani
Maestri more richer and fruitier, so decreased the plantings
Colli Piacentini DOC grapes
Barbera, Croatina, Pinot Nero
Chardonnay, Pinot Bianco, Malvasia di Candia Aromatica
Gutturnio DOC grapes
only red
55-70% Barbera
30-45% Croatina (Bonarda here)
The only Lambrusco grows on the hills
Lambrusco Grasparosso
Which Lambrusco has only female flowers
Lambrusco di Sorbara
Where located Colli Piacentini?
Next to Oltrepo Pavese Lombardy, on the border,
Nord west Emilia
What are grapes for Colli Piacentini
white: Malvasia Candia di Aromatica
red: Barbera, Croatina (called Bonarda here), Pinot Nero
