Glossary Flashcards

1
Q

Abboccato

A

medium dry wine 1.2%

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2
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Alberello

A

Head training or bush training

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3
Q

Amabile

A

mED SWEET WINE 4.5%

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4
Q

Annata

A

Vintage

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5
Q

Appassimento

A

Drying grapes before vinification

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6
Q

Arele

A

Graticci

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7
Q

Auslese

A

Scelto, Alto Adige term for wines min 11.5% alc

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8
Q

Baroleggia

A

Aged Barbera takes on Barolo characteristics

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9
Q

Battonnage

A

Stirring lees

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10
Q

Biotype

A

slightly diverse grape

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11
Q

Bora

A

Cole winter wind from eastern europe

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12
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Bordeaux Mixture

A

copper-sulfate mix applied to vines to prevent fungus

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13
Q

Botti

A

Large neutral slovenian oak casks

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14
Q

Bricco

A

Superior vinyard site on a Piemonte hill

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15
Q

Calanchi

A

Bare and arid clay based rocks formed from water erosion

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16
Q

Cappuccina

A

Variation of Guyoot system used in CVP steep slopes

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17
Q

Caranto

A

thin clacerous clay layer under clay topsoil

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18
Q

Chiaretto

A

Rose wine in Bordalino

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19
Q

Chiarifica

A

lets chilled grape juice settle before fermentation

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20
Q

Cold soak

A

a cold soak pre- fermentation maceration to extract fruit aromas without tannins

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21
Q

cold stabilized

A

Chilling wines so tartrate crystals can be removed before bottling

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22
Q

Colli

A

hills

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23
Q

Collio

A

hillside

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24
Q

Conca di Bolzano

A

geological basin at foot of the alps

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25
Q

Cruase

A

brand name given to sparkling roses in Oltrepo Pavvae methodo classico DOCG

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26
Q

Dunkel

A

Dark. Refers to very dark wines made from Lagrein in Alto Adige/Sudtirol

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27
Q

Fermo

A

Still wine

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28
Q

Fletri

A

Passito

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29
Q

Flysch of COrmons

A

Soils compromising alternating layers of sandstone and calcerous marls

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30
Q

Galls

A

Abnormal swelling of pant tissue

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31
Q

Geraniol

A

Important aromatic compound in Moscato grape

32
Q

Heat stabalize

A

removing suspended proteins (fining) in order for wine to tolerate high temps without becoming hazy

33
Q

Helvetian

A

aka serravallian, sandstone and sand soiol

34
Q

Imbottiliato All’origine

A

estate-bottled

35
Q

Infernotti

A

carved niches used for wine storage in MMonferrato

36
Q

Kretzer

A

Rose

37
Q

Magredi

A

Flat grasslands

38
Q

malo lactic fermentation

A

conversion of malic acid to lactic acid through bacteria

39
Q

Marogne

A

term used in veneto for dry stone walls of vineyard terraces

40
Q

Maso

A

word used in trentino and Alto Adige to indicate estate winery

41
Q

Mezzadria

A

sharecropping

42
Q

millesimato

A

vintage

43
Q

mousseux

A

sparkling

44
Q

Orange wines

A

white wine made using red wine techniques

45
Q

Orogenesis

A

formation of mountains

46
Q

Pastini

A

Local name for terraces in Friuli’s Carso DOC

47
Q

Pergola trentino

A

inclined arm

48
Q

pergola veneto

A

horizontal arm

49
Q

Picai

A

air drying grapes using twine

50
Q

Ponca

A

Friuli term for Flysch of Cormons , soil with layers of sandstone and calcerous marls

51
Q

Porphyry

A

Dark red or purple rock with embedded feldspar or quartz, volcanic soil

52
Q

Risorgimento

A

Italy’s unification movement

53
Q

Rive

A

CVP top 43 vineyards

54
Q

Rocche

A

Rocky cliffs in Roero Piemonte

55
Q

Ronchi

A

Well exposed terraced sites

56
Q

rosato

A

rose

57
Q

Sabbie Astiane

A

sandy soils along the tanaro in Piemonte

58
Q

Saten

A

Franciacorta blanc de blanc max 5 atm

59
Q

Scelto

A

Alto Adige wine with 11.5% alc min

60
Q

scuro

A

dunkel, dark wine from ALgrein

61
Q

Secco

A

dry wine

62
Q

Sori

A

Weel exposed sunny site

63
Q

Sylvoz

A

high training system

64
Q

Talento

A

sparkling wine made in traditional method

65
Q

Tendone

A

high training system that forms a tent

66
Q

terre bianche

A

white soils in Piemonte

67
Q

Terre Rosse

A

red soils

68
Q

Toari

A

Veneto word for decomposed basalt

69
Q

Tonneaux

A

wooden vessel holds 500 liters

70
Q

Tortonian

A

soil that is fertile and has compact calcerous marls

71
Q

Vendemmia

A

Harvest or vintage

72
Q

Via Emilia

A

Roman road that connected Piacenza to Rimini on the adriatic coast

73
Q

Vigna

A

Vigneto, single vineyard bottling

74
Q

Vinnacce

A

leftover unpressed skins

75
Q

vino fiore

A

free run wine

76
Q

vino santo

A

long lived dessert wine with boytritis

77
Q

vivace

A

lightly fizzy wine