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Fundamentals - winemaking Flashcards

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1
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True or False: Chapitalisation is permitted in Italy?

A

False

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2
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True or False: Must enrichment is permitted in Italy?

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True if permitted by the DOC/G

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3
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What is Mosto Concentrato Rettificato (MCR)?

A

RCGM

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4
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What are botti?

A

large oak or chestnut barrels

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5
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What practice for white wine making was largely abandoned in the 1970s?

A

Skin contact

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6
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True or false: Italy is the world’s largest producer of sparkling wines

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True

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7
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True or false: Most Italian sparkling wines are made using the traditional method?

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False

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8
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What is metodo classico?

A

Traditional method

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9
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What are the typical grapes used in Italian traditional method wines?

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Chardonnay
Pinot Nero

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10
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What is a frizante wine?

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A fizzy wine with 1- 2.5 bar of pressure

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11
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What is the main method used in the production of frizzante wines?

A

Tank method
Some made with ancestral method

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12
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What are talento wines?

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Traditional method wines

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13
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What is macerazione pellicolare?

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Skin contact for white wine (maceration paculiere)

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14
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Which Collio winemaker led the introduction of amphora into winemaking?

A

Josko Gravner

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15
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What is travasare?

A

racking of the wine

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16
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What is appassimento?

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Drying of the grapes after harvest

17
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What are the two main methods of producing rosé wines in Italy?

A

direct press
bleeding (salasso)

18
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Who developed the tank method of sparkling wine production?

A

Federico Martinotti

19
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what is an autoclave?

A

Pressurised tank to make sparkling wine

20
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What is the Martinotti method?

A

Tank method

21
Q

True or false: Blending red and white is permitted in the production of sparkling rosato wines?

A

True - although some producers vinify a rosé

22
Q

What compounds add the creamy texture to wines during the lees ageing process?

A

Manoprotiens

23
Q

What is scuotitura?

A

The riddling process in traditional method sparkling wine prouction

24
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What are non dosato wines?

A

Traditional method wines without dosage

25
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What is col fondo?

A

Ancestral method

26
Q

What is punching down known as in Italian?

A

Follatura

27
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What is Rimontaggio?

A

pumping over

28
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What is svinatura?

A

The process of drawing free run juice off the skins for ageing in red wine making

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Italian Wine Scholar - Unit 1 (7 decks)

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