Fundamentals - winemaking Flashcards
True or False: Chapitalisation is permitted in Italy?
False
True or False: Must enrichment is permitted in Italy?
True if permitted by the DOC/G
What is Mosto Concentrato Rettificato (MCR)?
RCGM
What are botti?
large oak or chestnut barrels
What practice for white wine making was largely abandoned in the 1970s?
Skin contact
True or false: Italy is the world’s largest producer of sparkling wines
True
True or false: Most Italian sparkling wines are made using the traditional method?
False
What is metodo classico?
Traditional method
What are the typical grapes used in Italian traditional method wines?
Chardonnay
Pinot Nero
What is a frizante wine?
A fizzy wine with 1- 2.5 bar of pressure
What is the main method used in the production of frizzante wines?
Tank method
Some made with ancestral method
What are talento wines?
Traditional method wines
What is macerazione pellicolare?
Skin contact for white wine (maceration paculiere)
Which Collio winemaker led the introduction of amphora into winemaking?
Josko Gravner
What is travasare?
racking of the wine
What is appassimento?
Drying of the grapes after harvest
What are the two main methods of producing rosé wines in Italy?
direct press
bleeding (salasso)
Who developed the tank method of sparkling wine production?
Federico Martinotti
what is an autoclave?
Pressurised tank to make sparkling wine
What is the Martinotti method?
Tank method
True or false: Blending red and white is permitted in the production of sparkling rosato wines?
True - although some producers vinify a rosé
What compounds add the creamy texture to wines during the lees ageing process?
Manoprotiens
What is scuotitura?
The riddling process in traditional method sparkling wine prouction
What are non dosato wines?
Traditional method wines without dosage
What is col fondo?
Ancestral method
What is punching down known as in Italian?
Follatura
What is Rimontaggio?
pumping over
What is svinatura?
The process of drawing free run juice off the skins for ageing in red wine making
