Glossary Terms Flashcards
Toari
Decomposed basalt Veneto
Menzioni Geographiche Aggiuntive, MGA
List of delimited sites which can appear on labels
Söri
Superior site… well exposed and sunny Piemonte
Cappuccina
Variant of Guyot training system [Congliano Valdebbiadene in Veneto]
Sabbie Astiane
Sandy soils on banks of Tanaro River Piemonte
Spumante
Fully sparkling
Calanchi
Bare and arid clay rock formations from water Erosion Emilia Romagna
Mezzadria
Share cropping system
Caranto
Thin calcareous clay layer under clay topsoil
Vino Santo
Dessert wine with grapes affected with noble rot Grapes pressed during Holy Week
Dolce
Sweet >45g/l
Auslese or Scelto
>11.5% abv TA-A
Pergola Trentina or Veronese
Overhead training T= on inclined arm V= on horizontal arm
Superiore
Wine with higher min abv Stricter production and longer ageing
Arele or Graticci
Wooden racks for drying grapes
Liquoroso
Fortified wine
Chiaretto or Kretzer
Rosè
Picai
Air drying grapes by tying clusters to rafters
Igneous
Rock from cooled lava
Helvetian or Serravallian
Soils of sandstone and sand
Vin fiore
Free run wine
Bâtonnage
Stirring lees into wine
Dunkel or Scuro
Dark Lagrein in TA-A
Vigna or Vigneto
Single vineyard
Dosaggio Zero or Non Dosato
Sparkling without dosage
Maturazione sui lieviti or Sulle Fecce
Lees Ageing
Tonneaux
Vessel 500litres
Fruttai
Protected well ventilated lofts on hillsides
Vendemmia Tardiva
Late Harvest