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What are the DOCG of Umbria?

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sagrantino de Montefalco

Torgiano rosso riserva

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What are the two grapes of Orvieto DOC?

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Grecchetto and Trebbiano Toscana

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What are the two grapes of the two DOCG in Umbria?

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Sagrantino

Sangiovese

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Name the biggest family for wine making in Umbria?

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Lungarotti.

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Who first isolated the clone famous for powerful, 100% Sangiovese wines? What is clone?

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Clemente Santi of Biondi-Santi winery

Brunello Di Montalcino

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What area saw the birth of the “Super Tuscan”?

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Bolgheri. Sassicaia.

Marquis Rochetta- Antinori uncle.

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What is the grape for Trebbiano d’Abruzzo?

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Bombino!

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What white grape in the Marches received two DOCG zones for Riserva wines in 2009?

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Verdicchio

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Red dessert wines are produced in the DOCG of Tuscany.

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Elba aleatico passito

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Match the DOCG zone to the region. 
Carmignano
Cesanese del Piglio	
Greco di Tufa
Sagrantino di Montefalco	
Conero Rosso Riserva
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Tuscany
Latium
Campania
Umbria
Marches
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The grapes for the wine? 
Malvasia
Grechetto
Sangiovese
Negroamaro
Montepulciano
A 
Frascati
Orvieto
Morellino di Scansano
Salice Salentino
Conero Rosso Riserva
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Which of the following DOCG zones is not located in the Marches?

  • Verdicchio di Matelica Riserva
  • Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Riserva
  • Conero Rosso Riserva
  • Torgiano Rosso Riserva
  • Vernaccia di Serrapetrona
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Torgiano Rosso Riserva.

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What is the grape of Conero Rosso Riserva DOCG?

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85% Montepulciano

Aged 2 yrs min

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Who created the original Chianti zone? When?

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Grand Duke Cosimo III de’ Medici

1716

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What are the characteristics of Sangiovese?

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Thin skinned, sour cherry, herbal, leather, high acid, firm tannin, plum, dried cherry, spice, salt.
Does not ripen easily or uniformly.

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What is the Gallo Nero?

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Consorzio for Chianti Classico

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What is Galestro?

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A simple white, quaffing wine made from Trebbiano Toscana.

Also, a type of soil in Tuscany- sandy, stony, calcerous, schist

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Where is Morellino di Scansano DOCG?

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Maremma.
85% Sangiovese (aka Morellino)
Area has attracted winemakers from all over Italy.

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What is the climate of Tuscany?

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Dry, maritime with hot summers and harsh winters. May meso-climates and varied soils.

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What two wines were started by Antinori’s brother Lodovico?

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Ornellaia- Bordeaux blend. Place of ash trees
Masseto- merlot
Poggio alle Gazze- SB “Gazze” magpies

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What does Sassicaia mean?

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Place of stones.

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What is Vin Santo?

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High alcohol (16-18%), almond-honey toned dessert wine made from dried Trebbiano and Malvasia grapes (aged for specified times). Aged in Caratelli barrels from 3-8 yrs that are never topped off. Aged in lofts called Vinsantaia.
Also may be fortified and labeled Liquoroso.
Occhio di Pernice (eye of the partridge) rose colored Vin Santo made from 2/3 red grapes and 1/3 white.

22
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What grapes are used to make dessert wines off the Tuscan coast?

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Aleatico. Linked to Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains…red skinned mutation.
Elba Aleatico Passito.

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What is the Sangiovese clone in Chianti?

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Sangioveto.

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What are the characteristics of a Chianti Classico Riserva?

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Fig, chocolate, cedar, dried orange, smoke, saddle leather, prune.
Made only in great years from select vineyard sites.

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Who is responsible for the “original” Chianti blend which allowed white grape? Why?

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Baron Bettino Ricasoli. Added white to heighten vivacity, boost flavor and make it more drinkable when young.

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What is the well known white of Bolgheri DOC?

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Vermentino.

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What is the min alc and min age for Chianti? Ch Classico? Riserva?
What category was created in 2013? What are min requirements?

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The minimum alcohol level for Chianti Classico is 12%—compared to 11.5% for Chianti DOCG—and the wines must be aged for a year prior to release. Riserva wines must be aged for a minimum 24 months, with a minimum 12.5% alcohol level; Gran Selezione wines—a new category introduced in 2013—must be aged for at least 30 months prior to release. Barrique is often the wood vessel of choice for aging riserva Chianti Classico.

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What are the four original villages of Chianti?

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Radda, Gaiole, Castellina, and Greve

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What are the seven sub zones of Chianti Classico DOCG?

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Rùfina
Colli Fiorentini
Montespertoli
Colli Aretini
Colline Pisane
Colli Senesi
Montalbano
50
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How long must a Brunello di Montalcino be aged before release? Riserva?

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2 yrs cask/ 4 mo bottle
Not released until 5 yrs after Jan 1
2 yrs/ 6 mo bottle
6 yrs

51
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Name the first 3 DOCG named in 1980?

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Brunello di Montalcino
Vino Nobile di Montepulciano
Barolo

52
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Besides Brunello and Chianti Classico, name 3 other DOCG in Tuscany where the principal varietal used is Sangiovese?

A 
Carmignano
Vino Nobile di Montepulciano 
Chianti
Montecucco
Morellino di Scansano
53
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Name the exceptional vintages of the ’90s in Tuscany?

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1990 & 1996

54
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What is (arguably) the most famous white wine of Lazio?

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Est! Est!! Est!!! di Montefiascone

Trebbiano Toscana

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The most planted grape of Abruzzo?

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Montepulciano

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What are the barrels of Vin Santo called?

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Caratelli

57
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What is Governo?

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refermentation with the juice of dried grapes, to strengthen the wine and initiate malolactic fermentation

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What are the minimum aging requirements for Chianti Classico? Riserva? Gran Selezione?

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ChC: not released until Oct 1 of year following harvest. 12% alc
Riserva: 24 mo/ 3 mo btl from Jan 1 of yr after harvest. 12.5% alc
Gran Selezione: Estate fruit.
30 mo/ 3 mo btl from Jan 1 of yr following harvest
(new category introduced in 2013)

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What are the alcohol and aging requirements for Chianti?

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Normale: 11.5% ABV
Classico: 1 year and 12% ABV
Riserva: 2 years and 12.5% ABV
Note: Barrique often used for Riserva Chianti Classico.

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