Glossary Flashcards
Large, neutral old Slavonian oak or chestnut chests
Botti
A wooden vessel holding 500 litres
Tonneaux
A thin, calcareous-clay layer under a clay-based topsoil
Caranto
The process of drying grapes before vinification
Appassimento
A voluntary association of producers, merchants and cooperatives tasked with protecting and promoting DOCs and DOCGs it represents
Consorzio
A fortified wine
Liquoroso
Mano-proteins
Proteins found in the cell walls of yeasts
What does cold stabilisation do?
Removes tartrate crystals from the wine
Another term for Scelto
Auslese
A term used in Piemonte to describe an aged Barbera that has taken on characteristics traditionally associated with Barolo
Baroleggia
A medium dry wine
Abboccato
Abnormal swelling or outgrowth of plant tissue
Galls
A training system that uses a ‘tent’ shape canopy under which the grapes grow?
Tendone
Orogenesis
The formation of mountains
GDC
Geneva Double Curtain - a high training vine system
A still wine
Fermo
A low training system characterised by a permanent cordon of old wood (or two) trained horizontally
Cordone Speronato
A term for a single vineyard; the term is followed by the name of the vineyard
Vigna
Flysch of Cormons
Soils comprising of alternating layers of sandstone and calcareous soils
Imbottigliato All’origine
Estate-bottled
Pastini
A local name for terraces in Friuli’s Carso DOC
Ponca
Local Friuli term for Flysch of Cormons
Another word for Graticci
Arele
Italian for Vintage
Annata
A cold winter wind from Eastern Europe
Bora
Alberello
A vine that is allowed to grow free-standing often used in windy areas
Coulure
Poor fruit set caused by a lack of carbohydrates usually brought on by cloudy and/or wet conditions during flowering
Magredi
Flat grasslands
The official rules and guidelines for appellations mandated by Italian law
Disciplinare
A protected, well ventilated loft on the side of a hill
Fruttai
A wine released shortly after it is made - by law at least 40% produced by carbonic or semi-carbonic maceration
Novello
Toari
A Venetian word for soils of decomposed basalt
A well exposed, terraced site in Friuli often used in the region on labels for the names of estates
Ronchi (singular Ronco)
Marogne
Term used for dry stone walls of vineyard terraces in Veneto
A light lively wine
Vivace
A sweet wine
Dolce
A compound found in Moscato grapes that contributes to Asti’s aromas
Geraniol
A label term for sparkling wine made using the traditional method
Talento
Bare and arid clay-based rock formations resulting from serious water erosion
Calanchi
A copper-sulfate mixture applied to vineyards to prevent fungal attacks
Bordeaux mixture
A name for the Eastern Roman Empire
Byzantines
A share cropping system where landowner allows a farmer to cultivate the land in exchange for a share of the crop
Mezzadria
A variation of the Guyot system used on the steepest slopes of Conegliano Valdobbiadene in Veneto
Cappuccina
Sylvoz
A type of high training system
Picai
A traditional method of air drying grapes by tying grape clusters with tine and hanging them from rafters
A vine that, although genetically identical to another wine, shows certain level of diversity that is a result of adaptation to its environmental conditions
Biotype
A medium sweet wine
Amabile
Mousseux
Sparkling
A geological basin at the foot of the Alps surrounding the city of Bolzano to Aldo Adige?
Conca di Bolzano
Italian for ‘hillside’
Collio
Italian for ‘hills’
Colli
What label term is used to indicate one of the 43 top sites in Conegliano Valdobbiadene?
Rive
Another term for Passito
Fletri
