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Glossary Terms Flashcards

1
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Toari

A

Decomposed basalt

Veneto

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Menzioni Geographiche Aggiuntive, MGA

A

List of delimited sites which can appear on labels

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Söri

A

Superior site… well exposed and sunny

Piemonte

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4
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Cappuccina

A

Variant of Guyot training system

[Congliano Valdebbiadene in Veneto]

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5
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Sabbie Astiane

A

Sandy soils on banks of Tanaro River

Piemonte

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6
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Spumante

A

Fully sparkling

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7
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Calanchi

A

Bare and arid clay rock formations from water erosiono

Emilia Romagna

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8
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Mezzadria

A

Share cropping system

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9
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Caranto

A

Thin calcareous clay layer under clay topsoil

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Vino Santo

A

Dessert wine with grapes affected with noble rot

Grapes pressed during Holy Week

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11
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Dolce

A

Sweet

>45g/l

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12
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Auslese or Scelto

A

> 11.5% abv

TA-A

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13
Q

Pergola Trentina or Veronese

A

Overhead training

T= on inclined arm
V= on horizontal arm
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14
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Superiore

A

Wine with higher min abv

Stricter production and longer ageing

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15
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Arele or Graticci

A

Wooden racks for drying grapes

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16
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Liquoroso

A

Fortified wine

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17
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Chiaretto or Kretzer

A

Rosè

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18
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Picai

A

Air drying grapes by tying clusters to rafters

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19
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Igneous

A

Rock from cooled lava

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20
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Helvetian or Serravallian

A

Soils of sandstone and sand

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21
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Vin fiore

A

Free run wine

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22
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Bâtonnage

A

Stirring lees into wine

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23
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Dunkel or Scuro

A

Dark

Lagrein in TA-A

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24
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Vigna or Vigneto

A

Single vineyard

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25
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Dosaggio Zero or Non Dosato

A

Sparkling without dosage

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26
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Maturazione sui lieviti or Sulle Fecce

A

Lees Ageing

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27
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Tonneaux

A

Vessel 500litres

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28
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Fruttai

A

Protected well ventilated lofts on hillsides

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29
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Vendemmia Tardiva

A

Late Harvest

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30
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Terre Bianche or Terre Rosse

A

Soils found in Piemonte

B= calcereous marls
R= high in clay iron and magnesium
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Abboccatto

32
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Passito

A

Wine from semi dried grapes

33
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Novello

A

New

> 40% of wine from carbonic maceration or semi-carbonic maceration (can be higher)

34
Q

Flysch of Cormons or Ponca

A

Soils alternating sandstone and calceolarias marls

FVG

35
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Dolomite

A

Mineral with calcium and Magnesium

36
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Rive

A

One of 43 special sites with steep slopes

Veneto- Conegliano Valdobiadene

37
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Fermo

38
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Tortonian

A

Fertile and compact calcereous marls

39
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Mosto Concentrato Rettificato or MCR

A

Unfermentedgrape juice

40
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Vivace

A

Lively, lightly fizzy wine

41
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Baroleggia

A

Aged Barbera (Barolo-like)

42
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Magredi

A

Flat grasslands

43
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Ronchi

A

Well exposed terraced sites

FVG

44
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Alberello

A

Vine grown as free standing low bush, used in windy areas

45
Q

Pastini

A

Terraces

FVG Carso

46
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Talento

A

Sparkling traditional method

47
Q

Geraniol

A

Aromatic compound in Asti

48
Q

Botti

A

Large neutral Slavic oak or chestnut barrels

49
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Byzantine

A

East Roman Empire

50
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Chiarrifica

A

Chilled grape juice settles before ferment

51
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Disciplinare

A

Official rules for appellations

52
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Cruasè

A

Brand name to sparkling rosès in Oltrepò Pavese Metodo Classico DOCG

53
Q

Annata or Millesimato

54
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Appassimento

A

Drying grapes before vinfication

55
Q

Fletri or Passito

A

Wine from semi-dried grapes

56
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Imbottigliato all’origine

A

Estate bottled

57
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Bricco

A

Superior site on highest part of hill

[Piemonte]

58
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Marogne

A

Dry stone walls of terraces

Veneto

59
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Via Emilia

A

Roman Road from Piacenza to Rimini

60
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Recioto

A

Sweet wines of Veneto

Meaning ‘ear’ =grapes picked from lateral side

61
Q

Infernotte

A

Carved niches for storage in cellars

Monferrato

62
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Maso

A

Estate winery

TA-A

63
Q

Bora

A

Cold wind from Eastern Europe

64
Q

Rocche

A

Rocky cliffs

Roero Piemonte

65
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Vinacce

A

Leftover unpressed lees and skins

66
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Conca (Di Bolzano)

A

Geological basin

At foot of Alps surrounding Bolzano city

67
Q

Colli

68
Q

Amabile

69
Q

Topia

A

Pergola

Piemonte

70
Q

Sciactrà

A

Ormaneasco di Pornassio DOC rosato

71
Q

Chinato

A

In Barolo a digestive from Barolo wine with herbs and spices

72
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Metodo ancestrale

A

Rifermantizione naturale in bottegli
Traditional sparkling method
Lambrusco Emilia Romagna

73
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Fletri

A

Passito in VdA

Italian wine scholar 2019 (29 decks)

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