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Italy - Wine Law

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DOCG
DOC
IGT
Vino da Tavola

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Italy - Valle d’Aosta = northern

Main points

Grapes

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Bilingual - Mt. Blanc (highest mount. in the Alps) - Rainshadow effect - no phyloxxera - brett in reds

Nebbiolo called Picotendro

there are no DOCGs, however all the wines fall under the appellation ‘Valle d’Aosta/Vallee d’Aoste DOC’

White =Blanc de Morgex et la Salle
Prie Blanc and ungrafted

Red =Torrette
Petit Rouge and Brett

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Italy - Piemonte = northern

Main points

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Burgundy of Italy;
1.vineyard vs branding
2. Large oak barrels, less impactful
3. Similar grapes - lighter body and color
(Cru mentality, large oak barrels)
Tanaro river
No international grapes = Nebbiolo hard to grow like P.Noir
Earthier, elegant

Nebiolo in vercelli and novara (Northern Piedmont) is called SPANNA

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Italy - Piemonte = northern

White grapes

Red grapes

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Arneis
Cortese
Moscato
Erbaluce

Nebbiolo
Barbera
Brachetto
Grignolino
Dolcetto
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Italy - Piemonte = northern

Name 8 provinces

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Allessandria
Asti
Cuneo
Biello
Novarra
Torino
Verbania
Vercelli
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Italy - Piemonte = northern

What are the 4 main regions?

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Langhe
Monferrato
Asti
N. Piemonte

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Italy - Piemonte = northern

Langhe
Main points and DOCG

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Most manicure - most famous
Clay and limestone
Sunny - less earthy and acidic than North
100% Nebbiolo to be DOCG

Big Bad Dumb Dumb Robot=

Barolo
Barbaresco
Dolcetto di Diano d'Alba
Dolcetto di Dogliani
Roero
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Italy - Piemonte = northern

Monferrato
Main points and DOCG

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Bulk, generic high volume wines

Good Boy Doggie=

Gavi
Barbera di Monferrato Superiore
Dolcetto d’ovado Superiore

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Italy - Piemonte = northern

N. Piemonte
Main points and DOCG

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Hippest, wild, tourist unfriendly, colder, earthier, lower alcohol than Langhe
Moranic soils = glacial rich minerals (rockiness, earthiness)
Birthplace of Nebbiolo called SPANNA

EGG

Erbaluce di Caluso = 100% erbaluce
Ghemme = Spanna
Gattinara = Spanna

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Italy - Piemonte = northern

Asti
Main points and DOCG

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Dessert and Barbera

ABBZ

Asti spumante = more fizz, traditional Moscato Bianco
Moscato d’Asti = less fizz charmat Moscato Bianco
Barbera d’Asti = Barbera 2nd most important grape
Brachetto d’Aqui - dessert red
Nizza - Barbera 74th DOCG 2014 (Barbera d’Asti region)

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Italy - Piemonte = northern

Barolo communes
Barbaresco communes

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BAROLO
Tortonian
•Barolo - graceful lighter, young rich limestone
•La Marra - same as above but most graceful

Helvetian
•Serralunga d’Alba - bigger, harsher, longer aging, chalky less fertile soil
•Monforte d’Alba

BARBARESCO
Barbaresco, Neive, Treiso

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Italy - Liguria = northern

2 white grape
1 red grape

DOC

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White=
Pigato
Vermentino

Red=
Rossese - great with fish, low tannin

Riviera Liguere di Ponente DOC

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Italy - Lombardia = northern

Main points

Grapes

4 DOCGs

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FRANCIACORTA - VALTELLINA
Northern = Alps - Moranic soils like N. Piemonte
South = Limestone - best Nebbiolo outside Piemonte
Nebbiolo called Chaviannseca

White= Chardonnay, PPinot Bianco, Trebbiano
Red= Chiavennasca (nebbiolo), Pinot Nero
  • Franciacorta DOCG = premium bubbly - chardonnay and pinot nero mandatory)
  • Oltrepo Pavese Metado Classico DOCG = Traditional spumante - fruitier and softer than Franciacorta
  • Valtellina Superiore DOCG = 90% Chiavennseca (Nebbiolo) best next to piemonte
  • Sfortza di Valtellina DOCG = dry passito (like amorone della valpolicella)
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Italy - Veneto = northern

Main points

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VALPOLICELLA, AMARONE, PROSECCO
•#1 volume producing region of Italy - big, powerful, wealthy merchants and traders
•Silicon valley of wine (technology)
•Most ripe grapes
•Merlot most popular
•Lake Garda mitigates the cold (All DOCGs around the lake)

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Italy - Veneto = northern

4 white grapes

3 red grapes (offiicial blend)

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White=
Garganega - most important white
Glera (prosecco)
Trebbiano di Soave
Moscato Gialla

Red= Official Veneto recipe blend
Corvina
Rondinella
Molinara

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Italy - Veneto = northern

6 DOCGs

2 DOC

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1- Amorone della Valpolicella DOCG = blend, dry passito
2- Recioto della Valpolicella DOCG = blend, dessert
3- Soave Superiore DOCG = garganega, dry white
4- Recioto di Soave DOCG = dessert version of above
5- Bardolino Superior DOCG = blend
6- Prosecco di Coneglino DOCG = Glera, Charmat (gave bad wrap - high volume)

1- Valpollicella DOC = not passito - just red blend
2-Valpolicella Ripasso DOC - made with partially dried must from V.Superior

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Italy - Veneto = northern

Prosecco

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Prosecco di Coneglino = only DOCG
subzone = Cartizze - considered Grand Cru of Prosecco

3 regional designations to look for - don’t drink anything else;
Valdobbiadene, Coneglino, Treviso, Cartizze

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Italy - Trentino Alto-Adige (Sud Tyrol) = northern

Main points

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  • No DOCG
  • Focus on varietal wines
  • No estate wine - must buy from growers, no room plant
  • Granite, dolomite rock - Lord of the Rings Alpine region

two region in one;
TRENTINO = less interesting, southern, warmer, fruitier
ALTO ADIGE = German region (used to be Astria), german grapes, acid, mineral, Bilingual, Traminer is home of Gewurtztraminer
•Somms love region
•extreme dihurnals make aromatic, high acid, alcohol and sugar

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Italy - Trentino Alto-Adige = northern
TRENTINO

Grapes

DOC

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white=
Nossiola - claim to fame indigenous, hazelnut
Chardonnay
Pinot Bianco

red=
Marzemino
Terldego

Trentino DOC
Vin Santo Trentino DOC = dessert w/ Nossiola
Teroldego Rotaliana DOC
Trento DOC = #3 sparkling next to Franciacorta and Olterpo Pavese Metada Classicao

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Italy - Emilia-Romagna = northern

Main points

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LAMBRUSCO AND SANGIOVESE
•LAMBRUSCO - not vitus vinifera - petilant, light tannin, crisp zesty, refreshing
•Motor valley (Ferrari, Ducati), Land of food (Parma, reggiano)
•Barbera mostly planted
•Natural borders are Po river and Apeninnes mountains
•Link between north and south

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Italy - Emilia-Romagna = northern
EMILIA

Grapes

2 DOCG
3 DOC

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EMILIA=
white-
•Pignoletto- ungrafted (like Prie Blanc in Valle d’Aosta)
•Malvasia

red-
Barbera
Lambrusco - subtypes (Grasparossa, Salmino, Sorbaro)

Lambrsuco Salamino di Santa Croce DOC
Lambrsuco di Sorbara DOC
Lambrusco Grasparossa di Castelvetro DOC

Colli Bolognesi Pignoletto Classico DOCG

ROMAGNA=
white -
•Albana
•Trebbiano

red-
•Sangiovese

•Albana Romagno DOCG

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Italy - Friuli Venezia Giulia = northern

Main points

Grapes

3 DOCG
1DOC

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  • Slavic - borders slovenia
  • Best Sauvignon Blanc in world
  • Orange wines of Ribolla Gialla - all wines had been white, stems from a need for red
white=
Friulano (Tocai)
Ribolla Gialla (Orange wine)
Sauvignon Blanc
Picolit - rare
Verduzzo - green high acid

red=
Pignolo - pine cone

  • Collio Orientali del Friuli DOCG = picolit, rare passito
  • Ramandolo DOCG - sweet
  • Rosazzo DOCG

•Collio DOCTOR

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Italy - Tuscany = central

Main Points

Traditional Chianti blend

7 white grapes
4 red grapes

7 Chianti subregions

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•Bordeaux of Italy
•IGT SACECAIA, CHIANTI, SANGIOVESE, VIN SANTO
•Ideal vine conditions
•Appennine Mountains to North separates from Liguria
•Split in 3 parts: CENTRAL=hills, limestone SOUTHERN=volcanic WESTERN=coastal maritime
Chianti blend = Sangiovese, Canaiolo Nero, Trebbiano Toscano, Malvasia Bianca

white=
1- Vernacchia
2-Vermantino
3- Trebbiano
4-Toscano
5- Malvasia Bianco
6- Moscadello
7-Canaiolo Bianco
red=
1- Sangiovese
2- Canaiolo Nero
3- Colorino
4- Malvasia Nera

Ruffina, Colli fiorentini, Colli Aretini, Colli senesi, Colline Pisane, maltebano, montesportoli

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Italy - Marche = central

2 grapes

DOCG

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white = Verdicchio
red = Montepuliciano - vernaccia nero

DOCG
•Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Riserva = white ocean
•Verdicchio di Matelica Riserva = mineral landlocked
•Vernaccia di Serrapetrona = red sparkling
•Conero = montelpulicano
•Offida = red and white

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Italy - Tuscany = central 5 DOCG 3 DOC
DOCG 1- Chianti = 70% sangiovese some whites alloed 2- Chianti Classico = 80 %sangiovese (no whites allowed) 3- Brunello di Montelcino = sangiovese 4- Vino Nobile di Montelpulciano =sangiovese 5- Vernaccia di San Gimignano = main tuscan white The DOC 1-Vin Santo - sacramental sweet dessert wine 2- Bulgheri-Sassecaia - 1st use international grape, Cabernet Sauvignon 3- Maremma - experimental, hip
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Italy = southern Italy Main points
* Primary influence Greece and arabic (in Sicily) * Full blown hot mediterranean volcanic * Greko from Greece and Aglianico most important * In North trying to achieve full ripeness, in South trying to avoid it * S. Italy raised by the sea from volcanic activity = Vesuvious, Etna * Volcanic soil= high mineral, drainage, complexity, smoky, ashy, elegant
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Italy - Tuscany = central 7 Chianti sub regions
``` Ruffina Colli Fiorentini Collie Aretini Collie Senesi Collie Pisane Maltalbano Montespertoli ```
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Italy - Umbria = central 1 white grape 1 red grape 1 DOCG 1 DOC
white = Grachetto red = Sagrantino * Sagrantino di Montelfalco DOCG = sangiovese dry or passito - less than 12 years will rip face off * Montelfalco Ross DOC
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Italy = southern Italy Volcanic
* Volcanic soil= high mineral, drainage, complexity, smoky, ashy, elegant * No phyloxxera * Ripens fruit * Tuffa - drainage and flavor * CAMPANIA=WHITE VOLCANIC SOIL = Mt Vesuvious (Pompei) explodes.. * SICILY = BLACK VOLCANIC SOIL = Etna - spews lava, younger volcano, still active...Etna DOC, nero d'avola * BASCILICATA = VULTURE = Aglianico del Vultutre (pure volcano wines)
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Italy = Campania - southern Italy white grape red grape
``` white = Greco, Fiano red = aglianico ``` DOCG •Taurasi DOCG = Aglianico grape, Borolo of South, firm, acid, violets * Greco di Tufo DOCG = Greco white grape, grown on old volcanic Tuffa * Diano di Avellino = Fiano white grape - toasty, hazelnut
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Italy = Lazio - southern Italy
* Link between N and S * younger volcanos in the Southern part Cesanese del Piglio DOCG - cesanese grape-red weak body
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Italy = Sicily - southern Italy main points grapes 1 DOCG 2 DOC
``` •Split in 3 regions; West = HOT, red soil, clay South = fruity, clay and sulpher East = Limestone and Volcanic - Etna DOC •This is most volcanic wine area in the world - cold at night but ground (roots) stays warm •Marsala ``` white grape = Inzolio, Grillo, Cataratto ``` red grape = Nero d'avola - low tannin - great w/fish - pencil lead main descriptor Nerello Mascalese (Etna DOC) ``` •Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG= nero d'avola Etna DOC = volvanic hippest Sicilia DOC
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Italy - Abruzzo - Southern
red grape= Montelpulciano d'Abruzzo Montepuliciano d'Abruzzo Colline Teramane DOCG - N.Abruzzo - soil, climate best
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Italy - Puglia - Southern
* Cellar of Italy, Bulk wine, cool breeze no disease * South = salento has Terra Rossa soil type(Howell mt. napa and coonewara S. australia.) important grapes= Primativo = Zinfandel Negroamaro
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Italy - Sardenia - South
•Used to be part of Piemonte and Spain main white grape = Vermentino red grape= Cannonau (grenache) Vermentino di Gallura DOCG Vernaccia di Oristano DOC - fortified sherry of Italy
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Where is the Vermentino grape grown?
Sardinia, Provence, Liguria (brithplace), Tuscany (coastal Bolgheri) ``` Mediterranean herbs (garrique), chamomile, rich body, nice acidity and sapidity very versatile with food ```
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Where is Petit Syrah grown?
Only in CA, Isreal and Australia also known as Durif
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1-Classico 2-Superiore 3-Riserva 4- Novello
1-Classical, ancient, renowned region 2-Higher alcohol than required by appellation 3-Went through longer aging process 4- Nouveau= carbonic maceration
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1-Aboccato 2- Amabile 3- Dolce
1- Semi dry 2-Semi sweet 3-Sweet
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