Italy 2 Flashcards
True or False: Orvieto DOC is located within the Marches.
False
What is the main grape of Chianti Classico?
Sangiovese
What is the principal red grape of Taurasi DOCG?
Aglianico
True or False: Brunello di Montalcino DOCG wines are produced from the Prugnolo Gentile clone of Sangiovese.
False
What white grape in the Marches received two DOCG zones for Riserva wines in 2009?
Verdicchio
n which of the following DOC zones does the Super-Tuscan Sassicaia have its own sub-appellation: Pomino, Bolgheri, Aglianico del Vulture, Montepulciano d’Abruzzo, Rosso Piceno?
Bolgheri
What is the only white wine DOCG of Tuscany?
Vernaccia di San Gimignano
Which of the following DOCG zones is located within Campania: Fiano di Avellino, Chianti Classico, Brunello di Montalcino, Vermentino di Gallura, Vernaccia di San Gimignano?
Fiano di Avellino
In which region is Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG located?
Sicily
Which of the following regions does not contain any DOCG zones: Marches, Umbria, Campania, Tuscany, Calabria?
Calabria
Where is Primitivo di Manduria DOC?
Apulia
Cannonau is a synonym for what grape varietal?
Grenache
____________ is the sole DOCG zone in Basilicata.
Aglianico del Vulture Superiore
Which grape comprises the majority of Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG blends?
Nero d’Avola
Red dessert wines are produced in the_________ DOCG of Tuscany.
Elba Aleatico Passito
Sassicaia
trail-blazing Tuscan wine made, largely from cabernet sauvignon, originally by Mario Incisa della Rochetta at the Tenuta San Guido near bolgheri and one of the first Italian reds made in the image of fine red bordeaux. The first small commercial quantities were released in the mid 1970s. For more details, see vino da tavola. In 1994 Sassicaia was granted its own DOC as an official subzone of Bolgheri (Bolgheri-Sassicaia DOC), the only wine from a single estate in Italy to enjoy this privilege.
Superiore
Italian term applied to doc wines which are deemed superior because of their higher minimum alcoholic strength, usually by a half or one per cent, a longer period of ageing before commercial release, or a lower maximum permitted yield, or all three. Among the more significant wines which fall into this category are the three barbera DOCs or DOCGs of piemonte (Alba, Asti, Monferrato), bardolino, caldaro, grave del friuli, soave, valpolicella, and valtellina (where the Superiore-designated area includes the crus of Grumello, Inferno, Maroggia, Sassella, and Valgella). Triggered by the eu reforms of 2008, the Superiore versions of several DOCs such as frascati have been elevated to DOCG status while, confusingly, the normal DOC continues to co-exist. These promotions, notably that of Agliancio del Vulture Superiore and, earlier, Soave Superiore, are often petty compromises, born out of resistance to elevating the often much smaller historic classico heartland of a zone to DOCG status.
Riviera di Ponente
extensive, overarching Ligurian doc along the north-western coast of Italy producing wines made of vermentino (called Pigato here) and alicante (probably grenache), and rossese di dolceaqua.
Gambellara
Dry white wine from the veneto region of north east Italy. Based on garganega grapes (a minimum of 80%, with 20% of trebbiano di Soave or Trebbiano Toscano (verdicchio)), it is produced in the townships of Gambellara, Montebello Vicentino, Montorso, and Zermeghedo, only a short distance from soave but in the neighbouring province of Vicenza rather than that of Verona. Gambellara is tiny compared to its neighbour: based on about 600 ha compared with Soave’s 5,645 ha/13,943 acres in 2012 but with generally more Garganega and lower yields. Since the enlargement of the prosecco zone, much of Garganega planted on the plains to the south of the town of Gambellara have been replaced with glera, to capitalize on Prosecco’s ongoing success. So hillside vineyards represent a healthy 60% of the Gambellara total. Although much Gambellara is as bland as the vast majority of Soave, several producers with vineyard holdings in the hills have turned to quality rather than quantity. The biodynamic La Biancara Estate, for example, which espouses fermentation on skins, has helped change the perception, even if it cites igt rather than Gambellara on the labels of some of its wines, not least because of a quality control system unwilling to recognize the wines as typical. A good Gambellara is characterized by notes of camomile and yellow fruits, while taking on honeyed smoky notes after several years in the bottle.
The doc Gambellara zone is elevated to docg for the sweet recioto di Gambellara which has a long history in the region, while Gambellara classico is not a smaller, historic subzone, but a wine with higher alcohol and from (marginally) lower yields.
Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso
Named after its red stem, is a member of the refosco group of red grape varieties that makes usefully vigorous wine in the friuli region of north-east Italy. It has a long history in the area, apparently praised by pliny the Elder and reputedly producing the favourite wine of Livia, the second wife of Augustus Caesar, cited in the Annals of Friuli of Francesco di Manzano in 1390. dna profiling at san michele all’adige recently revealed a parent–offspring relationship with marzemino, another ancient variety of Northern Italy.
This vine is cultivated both in hillside vineyards and in flatter parts of Friuli and gives a deeply coloured wine with plummy flavours and a hint of almonds, a medium to full body, and a rather elevated acidity which can be difficult to control or moderate, the variety being a notoriously late ripener. Refosco has the advantage of good resistance to autumn rains and rot.
There was a significant return of interest in Friuli’s Refosco in the 1980s, and much greater care was taken in its cultivation and vinification in an effort to improve the wine’s quality, although total plantings in 2010 were just over 1,000 ha/2,470 acres.
The most promising zone for Refosco is colli orientali and the Koper district in slovenia. Others include grave del friuli, lison-pramaggiore (outside Friuli), Latisana, and Aquileia.
Colli Bolognesi
Small doc zone in the hills of Bologna in north central Italy.