Italy Flashcards
White wine from tuscany:
vernaccia di san gimignano
Grapes used to make Gavi (which is white)
Cortese
1970s term Chianti restrictions:
Super- Tuscan
chianti classico:
80% sangiovese
Recioto di Soave
sweet white wine produced in veneto
Colli asolani is DOCG associated with:
Prosecco
Wines based on montepulciano grape
cerasuolo d’abruzzo
Wines 100% nebbiolo:
barolo and barbaresco
Light sparkling produced in piedmont:
brachetto d’aqui
Wine made from aglianico grape
taurasi
Where is marsala produced:
sicily (western part)
Alternative name for Tetntino-alto
Suditrol
Wine region that surrounds the city of naples
campania
First white wine DOCG:
albana di Romagna
Verdicchio dei castelli di jesi DOCG made in region:
Marches
Main grapes of orvieto:
trebbiano & grechetto
Wines provided in emilia-romagna:
Lambrusco
Grape used in salice salentino:
negroamaro
Minimum amount of time that brunello di montalicino (normale) must age before release:
4 years
Wines required to contain minimum of 10-20% of cab sauv and/or cab franc:
carmingagno