Italy 1 Flashcards
What is the maximum pressure allowed for Moscato D’ Asti?
17 Atmospheres
What is Carricante?
A white grape used for the white wines on Etna DOC in Sicily
What super Tuscan DOC shares the same territory as Brunello Di Montalcino?
Sant’ Antimo DOC
What are the two varieties authorised for Etna Rosso DOC?
Nerello Mascalese and Nerello Capuccino
What is the primary grape of Torgiano Rosso Riserva DOCG
Sangiovese
What is the driest style of style of Madiera?
Sercial
Vitigno (It)
Grape Variety
Millesimato (It)
Sparkling wine with a vintage date
Muso (It)
A holding in a farm or estate
Invecchiato (It)
Aged
Imbottigliatto All’ Origine (It)
Bottled by producer
Imbottiliato Dal Produttore All’ Origine (It)
Bottled by producer at the source (estate bottled)
Imbottigilatto (It)
Bottled
Governo (It)
Practice of adding dried grapes or concentrated grape must to a wine after fermentation, causing a secondary fermentation to increase body and Flavor
Fattoria (It)
Farm or estate (or a collection of farms and estates)
Ettolitro (It)
Hectolitre
Ettato (It)
Hectare
Classico (It)
The original “heart” of a DOP wine region
Chiaretto (It)
Rose
Name the five villages of Barolo…
Barolo Castiglione Falletto Serralunga D' Alba La Morra Monforte D' Alba
Cascina (It)
Farmhouse or wine estate
Annata (It)
Vintage Year
Chanti Colline Pisane
Italy, Tuscany
Chianti sub region
Muffa Nobile (It)
Noble Rot
Ossidato (It)
Oxidised
Podere (It)
A small estate
Scelto (It)
Selected, usually late harvested
Uva (It)
Grape
Solaio (It)
The loft where the grapes are dried for passito wines
Uva passa (It)
Dried grape, usually for passito wines
Uva secca/ uvetta (It)
Raisin
Vendemmia (It)
Harvest or vintage
Vigneto (It)
Vineyard
Vinacce (It)
Pomace
Vite (It)
Vine
Which of the following is not from the South of Italy? Aglianico del Vulture, Ciro, Prosecco Di Conegliano, Salice Salentino
Prosecco De Conegliano
What is the most famous white wine of Tuscany?
Vernaccia De San Gimignano
What region produces Frascati?
Latium
Which of Italy’s regions is known for wines made from Spanna, Arneis and Brachetto?
Piedmont
In which of Italy’s regions is one most likely to encounter Treroldego, Muller- Thurgau and Riesling?
Trentino- Alto Adige
Vermentino Di Gallura comes from which of Italy’s 29 regions?
Sardinia
What is the name of the Sangiovese clone used to make the rich reds of Montalcino?
Brunello or Sangiovese Grosso
What renowned Umbrian wine is made from Trebbiano and Malvasia?
Orvieto
What is the Italian name for Pinot Noir?
Pinot Nero
How does Vin Santo differ from Vermouth?
Vermouth is an aromatised (Flavors added), Vin santo is maiderised dessert wine/ both can be dry or sweet
Which Italian wine region produces Taurasi?
Campania
Chiavennasca is a synonym for?
Nebbiolo, used in Valtellina
Name the red grapes of Valtellina Superiore
Nebbiolo, Valtellina Superiore is now a DOCG zone.
Great vintages in Piedmont?
2006, 2004, 2001, 2000, 1998, 1997, 1996
2006 Classic and Structured, 2005 Horrible, 2004 Balanced with ripe fruit, 2001 Excellent aging potential, 96- 98 classic trio of vintages
What are the 3 grapes of Orivetto?
Dessert Trebbiano, Verdello, Grechetto
What is the main white grape in Etna Bianco?
Carricante
What is Cannonau and where would you find it?
Grenache, Sardinia
What is the difference between an IGT wine and a Vino De Tavola?
IGT has some laws, VdT cannot use vintage, geographical location or varietal
Azienda?
Business. Azienda Agricole equivalent to domaine. Azienda vinicola may buy in grapes.
Cantina?
Cellar, wine shop or winery
Casa Vinicola?
Equivalent to a French Negotiants
Colli?
Hills
Consorzio?
Association
Enoteca?
Wine Shop
Fattoria
Farm or wine estate
What is the grape in Vino Nobile de Montepulciano?
Prugnolo (Sangiovese)
What is the grape responsible for Rosso Di Montalcino?
Brunello
What grapes (besides Sangiovese) were often used in the production of Chianti Classico?
Canaiolo Nero
Trebbiano
Malvasia
Podere?
Farm usually smaller than a Fattoria
Tenuta?
Estate
DOC?
Denominazone De Origine Controlata
DOCG?
Denominazione Di Origine Controllata Y Garantita (only 5 wines @ this category)
IGT?
Indicazione Di Geografica Tipica
Riserva
Term indicating extended aging before release
Superiore?
Higher category than DOC due to increase alcoholic strength
Ronco?
Hillside Vineyard
Tendone?
Overhead vine training system
Botte?
Large wooden cask
Luigi Veronelly
Italy’s most influential food and wine critic. Championed small producers.
Vino De Meditazione
Wines to complex, sweet or alcoholic to be drunk with food.
Vermouth?
Herb flavoured fortified wine.
Espumoso?
Sparkling
Spumante?
Sparking wine
Frizzante?
Semi sparkling
Conegliano?
Base of the main experimental viticultural station in Veneto.
San Michele All Adige
Italian Wine School
The Schiava grape is indigenous to what region of Italy?
Alto Adige/ Sudtirol
Where is the Aversa DOC?
Campania
What does Abboccato mean on an Italian wine label?
Semi- dry
What is the premier subzone of Colli Orientali Del Fruli Picolit?
Cialla
Where is the Ajaccio AOP located?
Corsica
Who produces unico?
Vega Sicilia
What is the principal red grape for Ajeccio AOP?
Sciaccarello
What was the first white wine in Italy to acquire DOCG status?
Albana Di Romagna (1987)
The Schiava grape is indigenous to what region of Italy?
Alto Adige/ Sudtirol
What is the Italian term for noble rot?
Muffa
What DOCGs in Veneto produce sparkling wines?
Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco, Colli Asolani, Recioto Di Gambellara, Recioto Di Soave, Recioto Della Valpolicella, Colli Euganei Flor D’ Arancio
What are the four original villages of Chianti Classico?
Castellina, Radda, Gaiole, Greve
What two communes constitute Soave’s Classico zone?
Soave and Monteforte Alpone
What is the only DOCG of Abruzzo?
Montepulciano d’ Abruzzo Di Colline Teramame
Where are the DOCs of Fara and Faro respectively?
Fara DOC is in Piemonte, Faro DOC is in Sicily
What is the classification of Sicily? And what does this mean to the region.
IGT Sicilia, the region can experiment with bringing international varieties to the region.
Where in Italy is Franciacorta DOCG located?
Lombardy
What is Taurasi flavor profile?
Blackberry, and black cherry and overly floral, goes well with new oak.
What’s the key region in Lazio?
Frascati DOC
What grape variety is synonymous with its region of Marche?
Verdicchio
What is the only white wine does DOG in Tuscany?
Vernaccia Di San Grimignano
What Bardolino Chiaretto DOC?
It’s home to one of Italy’s finest rose
What region is Italy’s largest wine producing?
Veneto
What is Italy’s most northerly region?
Trentino- Alto- Adige
What grape variety is used in Roero Arneis DOCG?
Arneis
Is Nebbiolo a thick or thin skinned grape?
Thin
Is Nebbiolo an early or late ripening grape?
Late
What does Piemonte literally mean?
“Foot of the mountains”
What does DOCG wine law stipulate?
All wine must meet DOC regulations as well as bottled in the region of production and subject to ministry of agriculture tasting.
What 2 grapes are used for Salice and Copertino DOC wines in the Puglia region?
Negromaro
Malvasia Nera
What grape is used for Frascati DOC wines?
Malvasia
Trebbiano
Name one local white varietal used for Trentino DOC wines the local black varietal there is Teroldego.
Pinot Grigio
What does the label term “amabile” mean and what country is used in?
Medium- sweet
Italy
What region is Aglianico Del Vulture in?
Basilicata Region
Where are Salice Salentino and Copertino located?
Puglia
Taurasi, Greco Di Tufo?
Campania
What region is Frascati in?
Latium Region
In what region and country are Montepulciano D’ Abruzzo and Trebbiano D’ Abruzzo?
Abruzzo Region
What region is Orvieto in?
Umbria
What region are Conero and Verdiccio De Castelli located in?
Marche Region
Bolgheri, Brunello Di Montalcino, Chianti, Vernaccia Di San Gimignano, Vino Nobile Di Montepulciano, Toscana IGT?
Tuscany Region, Italy
In what region and what country are Barolo, Barabaresco, Barbera D’ Asti, Dolcetto D’ Alba, Gavi located in?
Piedmont Region, Italy
Italy: Grapegrowing Characteristics- What is characteristic about vine training in the North, - What characteristic about vine training in the South?
High trained vines in the North, low trained, high density planting in the South
Italy: White Grape Varieties, Name 3 of the 5 local varieties, name 1 of the 2 international varietals
Local: Trebbiano, Malvasia, Verdiccio, Garganega, Cortese
Intl: Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio
Italy
Black Grape varieties name 4 of the 8 local varieties.
Name 2 of the 4 international varietals.
Local: Nebbiolo, Sangiovese, Barbera, Dolcetto, Corvina, Montepulciano, Aglianico
International: Cab Sav, Cab Franc, Merlot, Pinot Noir