Glossary Terms Flashcards
Toari
Decomposed basalt
Veneto
Unità Geografica Aggiuntiva, UGA
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
Desert wine - 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
Rosé
Picai
Air drying grapes by tying clusters to rafters
Traditional in Gambellara
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 500 litres
Fruttai
Protected well ventilated lofts on hillsides
Vendemmia Tardiva
Late Harvest
Abboccatto
Med dry
Passito
Wine from semi dried grapes
Novello
New
> 40% of wine from carbonic maceration or semi-carbonic maceration (can be higher)
Flysch of Cormons or Ponca
Soils alternating sandstone and calceolarias marls
FVG
Dolomite
Mineral with calcium and Magnesium
Rive
One of 43 special sites with steep slopes
For Spumante
Veneto- Conegliano Valdobiadene
Fermo
Still
Tortonian
Fertile and compact calcareous marls
Vivace
Lively, lightly fizzy wine
Baroleggia
Aged Barbera (Barolo-like)
Magredi
Flat grasslands
Ronchi
Well exposed terraced sites
Also used for names of estates, vineyards or wines
FVG
Alberello
Vine grown as free standing low bush, used in windy areas
Pastini
Local Term of Terraces
FVG Carso DOC
Talento
Sparkling traditional method
Geraniol
Aromatic compound of Moscato grapes that contributes to Asti’s aromas
Botti
Large neutral Slavic oak or chestnut barrels
Byzantine
East Roman Empire
Chiarrifica
Chilled grape juice settles before ferment
Disciplinare
Official rules for appellations
Cruasè
Brand name to sparkling rosès in Oltrepò Pavese Metodo Classico DOCG
Annata or Millesimato
Vintage
Appassimento
Drying grapes before vinfication
Fletri or Passito
Wine from semi-dried grapes
Imbottigliato all’origine
Estate bottled
Bricco
Superior site on highest part of hill
[Piemonte]
Marogne
Dry stone walls of terraces
Veneto
Via Emilia
Roman Road from Piacenza to Rimini
Recioto
Sweet wines of Veneto
Meaning ‘ear’ =grapes picked from lateral side
Infernotti
Carved niches for storage in cellars
Monferrato
Maso
Estate winery term used in Trentino-Alto Adige
Bora
Cold wind from Eastern Europe
Rocche
Rocky cliffs
Roero Piemonte