Grape Variety - Country Flashcards
Negroamaro
Italy, Salento
Salice Salento DOC
High yielding, good resistance to disease and drought, ability to retain acidity.
7-10 days on skins, matured on stainless steel or oak (half year)
Black plum + cherry fruit, med-high alc, med acidity, med (+) tannin.
Rosato: populair local summer drink
Top producers: Agricola Vallone and Leone de Castris
Nero di Troia
Italy, central and middle parts of Puglia
Castel del Monte DOC: Max yield 91
DOCG for riserva 70 hl/ha + 2 years in oak.
Also called Uva di Troia
Late ripening, prone to downy mildew. Unlike Primitivo and Negroamora it needs a long season to ripen fully. Bunches ripen at different times.
Med intense red cherry/current, black pepper, high fine grained tannin, med (+) acidity.
Top producers: Rivera and Torrevento
Teroldego
Italy, Trentino
Teroldego Rotaliano DOC
Most planted black variety. Can not be labeled as Trentino DOC but is labeled as Vini delle Dolomiti IGT (includes wines from Trentino and Alto-Adige)
High yielding, drying out of stems.
Marzemino
Italy, Trentino
Ziresi subzone of Trentino DOC
(Full sunshine and rich calk/clay/basalt soils.
Black variety prone to botrytis and powdery mildew,
Lagrein
Italy, Trentino
Needs warmth and plenty sunshine. Bitterness and harshness is addressed by shorter maceration and oak. Deep colored.
Subject to poor fruitset and thus low yield.
Rose: Lagrein rosato/kretzer
Rood: Lagrein rubino/dunkel
Moscato Rosa
Italy, Trentino
Member of Mosacto family; rose-scented sweet wines. By appassimento or late picking.
Poor fruit set, botrytis makes it hard to grown, premium priced.
Nosiola
Italy, Trentino
Valley of lakes; warmest area with sub-continental climate.
Small volume distinctive white wines with hazelnut flavor (from fruit not oak)
Semi dried version: Vino Santo (not Vin Santo)
Vulnerable to spring frost, powdery mildew and sour rot.
Schiava
Italy, Trentino / Alto-Adige
Vernatsch in Germany
4 different varieties Vinicius together.
High vigour - typically on pergola.
Pale ruby, perfumed violet and straw, med/light body and low tannin.
In Santa Magdalena DOC schaving can be blended with Lagrein producing a deeper color/ fuller body wine
What are the top 6 varieties is Trentino
Pinot Grigio Chardonnay Muller Thurgau Teroldego Merlot Marzemino
What are the top 8 varieties in Alto Adige
Schiava Pinot Grigio Gewurztraminer Pinot Blanc Chardonnay Lagrein Pinot noir Sauvignon Blanc
Ribolla Gialla
Italy, Friuli
White
Malvasia di Istria
Italy, Friuli
White
Verduzzo
Italy, Friuli
White
Picolit
Italy, Friuli
White
Refosco
Italy, Friuli
Red
Schiopettino
Italy, Friuli
Red
Pignolo
Italy, Friuli
Red
Tazzalenghe
Italy, Friuli
Red
Friulano (Formerly known as: Tocai Friulano)
Italy, Friuli
Good disease resistant (high rainfall), med - floral and apple notes, med/high alcohol, med acidity. RVS or lightly oaked, capability to age.
Ribolla Gialla
Italy, Collio and colli Orientali
Hillsides prevent it from too vigorous growth. Prone to shot berries.
Citrus + pepper notes, high acidity, lots of experiments are done: oaked, charmat, dry- off dry, orange, amphora
Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso
Italy, Friuli
Most planted black local variety.
Vigorous, hillside, low fertile soils, late ripening, resistant to botrytis.
Red cherry, herbal, small berries, high tannin which are best smoothed out by time in barrel.
Garganega
Italy, Veneto, Soave
Vigorous, very productive and late ripening (October)
Sensitive to winter cold, mildew, botrytis.
High acidity, med body, med intense; apple/pear, white pepper. With age: almonds and honey.
Also made with appasimento
Corvina Veronese
Italy, Veneto, Valpolicella
Vigorous and dependable producing high yield. Thick skin makes it suitable for appassimento.
Prone to downy, esca, botrytis and drought, mid - late ripening.
Well suited to pergola, first buds to not fruit and shade prevents for sunburn.
Most blended; adds violet, red cherry/plum, low tannin, high acidity.
Corvinone
Italy, Veneto, Valpolicella
Not related to Corvina!!
Big clusters of grapes, prone to downy, does not ripe evenly
In blend; supplies the tannin Corvina does not have, red cherry.
Dries well: appassimento