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Tuscany / (Grape)?

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Sangiovese

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Tuscany’s Sangiovese (Profile)

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  • High tannins
  • High acidity
  • Aromas of red cherries, plums and dried herbs
  • Late ripening
  • Usually aged in oak to soften tannins and sometimes add spicy flavours
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Chianti / (Grape) ?

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Sangiovese

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Bottle aged Sangiovese / (Aromas)

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Meaty and gamey aromas

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The first Super-Tuscan / (Grape)?

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Cabernet Sauvignon

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Umbria / Orvieto / (Grapes)

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A white wine, blend of Grechetto, Trebbiano and local grapes

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Umbria / Orvieto DOC wines / (Profile)

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  • Light body
  • Medium to High acidity
  • flavours of ripe grapefruit and peaches
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Lazio / Frascati DOC / (Grapes)?

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Malvasia and Trebbiano

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Lazio / Frascati DOC wines / (Profile)

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  • Fresh and fruity in style
  • Medium body
  • Medium to High acidity
  • flavours of citrus fruit, with Malvasia sometimes providing floral, orange blossom Aromas
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Marche / (Wines) / (Grape) ?

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White wines made from Verdicchio

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Marche / Verdicchio grape / (Appellation) ?

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Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi DOC

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The Verdicchio grape (Profile)

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  • naturally High acidity
  • Green apple and lemon flavours
  • sometimes notes of fennel and almonds
  • Usually simple and fruity, but the best have Greater concentration and Can develop notes of honey and almonds with bottle age
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Marche’s red wines / (Grapes) ?

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blends of Montepulciano and Sangiovese

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Abruzzo / (Grape) ?

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Montepulciano

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Abruzzo / Montepulciano / (Appellation) ?

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Montepulciano d’Abruzzo DOC

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The Montepulciano (Profile)

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  • High levels of colour and tannins
  • Medium acidity
  • flavours of black plums and cherries
  • Many simple and fruity with no oak ageing
  • Most concentrated examples matured for a short time in oak
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Best whites in Campania / (Grapes) ?

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Fiano and Greco

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Best Fiano and Greco / (Appellations) ?

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  • Fiano d’Avellino DOCG

- Greco di Tufo DOCG

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Campania / Fiano wines / (Profile)

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  • Medium to full body
  • Medium acidity
  • Aromas of stone fruit, melons and mangos
  • Usually early drinking
  • Better example matured in oak and Can be aged in bottle, developing notes of wax and honey
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Campania / Greco wines / (Profile)

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  • Leaner in body than Fiano
  • More acidity than Fiano
  • Green apple, stone fruit and passionfruit flavours
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Aged Campania / Greco-based wines / (Aroma)

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honey and mushrooms

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Southern Italy / (Most prestigious black grape) ?

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Aglianico

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Campania / Aglianico wines / (Profile) ?

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  • Deep colour
  • High acidity
  • High tannins
  • flavours of black fruit
  • matured in oak and Can age in bottle to develop earthy, forest floor notes
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Campania / Aglianico / (Appellation) ?

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Taurasi DOCG

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Puglia / (Black or White grape) ? Why?

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  • Black grapes

- Because of Puglia’s hot climate

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Puglia / (notable grapes) ?

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  • Negroamaro

- Primitivo

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Puglia’s grape at high altitudes. How are they branded?

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  • simple and fruity wines for early drinking

- Puglia IGT

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Negroamaro / higher quality wines / (Profile)

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  • full-bodied
  • Medium tannins
  • Medium acidity
  • High alcohol
  • Baked red and black fruit flavours
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Puglia / Negroamaro / (Best appellation)

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Salice Salentino DOC

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Primitivo / (Profile)

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  • full-bodied
  • Medium tannins
  • Medium acidity
  • High alcohol
  • Pronounced flavours of very ripe berry fruit
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Sicily / (dominant black grape)

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Nero d’Avola

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Nero d’Avola / (Profile)

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  • Medium to full-bodied
  • Medium tannins
  • Medium acidity
  • Aromas of plums and black cherries
  • Usually made into a fruity, early-drinking style
  • from best producers They are More concentrated and complex
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Sicilia / (other successful varieties) ?

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  • Chardonnay and Syrah

- Syrah

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Etna DOC / red wines / (Grapes)

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  • Nerello Mascalese

- Nerello Cappuccio

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Etna DOC red / (Profiles)

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  • blended
  • Fragrant wines
  • High acidity
  • High tannin
  • Aromas of sour red cherries, cranberries and raspberries, sometimes with dried herbs
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bottle aged Etna DOC wines / (Profile)

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  • High tannins soften

- Mushroom-like Aromas

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Etna DOC / high quality white wines / (Profile)

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  • Medium body
  • High acidity
  • citrus fruit, often with a stony/steely character
  • develop Aromas of honey and wax with bottle age
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Southern Italy / (red and white Grapes) ?

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Red:
- Aglianico
- Primitivo
- Negroamaro
White:
- Finao
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True of False: Wines of Chianti are often blends

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True (of both French and Italian origin)

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Southern Tuscany / Brunello di Montalcino DOCG / (variety)

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Sangiovese

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Southern Tuscany / Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG / (variety)

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can be a blend of Sangiovese and other permitted varieties

42
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Tuscan Coast red / varieties

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Black Bordeaux varieties and a number of other international varieties

43
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Umbria / Sagrantino di Montefalco DOCG / Variety

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The thick-skinned Sagrantino grape

44
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Alto Adige / White / (variety)

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Pinot Grigio

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Alto Adige / Pinot Grigio / (profile)

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  • Dry
  • Light to medium body
  • High acid
  • Citrus and green fruit flavours
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Alto Adige / the next most important white grapes of after Pinot Grigio

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Gewurztraminer, Chardonnay and Pinot Blanc

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Alto Adige / Red / (variety)

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Schiava

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Alto Adige / Schiava / (profile)

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  • Light and fruity
  • Low to medium tannins
  • Flavours of raspberries and plums
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Trentino / white / varieties

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Chardonnay and Pinot Grigio

50
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Trentino’s valley floor / white / (profile)

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  • Medium body
  • Medium acidity
  • Ripe stone fruit flavours
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Trentino / red / (varieties)

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Merlot and Teroldego

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Trentino / Teroldego / (profile)

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  • Medium to full body
  • Deep colour
  • Medium to high tannin
  • High acidity
  • Aromas of black fruit
  • Usually matured in oak
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Friuli / White and red / (varieties)

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Merlot and Pinot Grigio

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Friuli / Pinot Grigio / (profile)

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  • Some of the richest in Italy
  • Medium to full-bodied
  • Juicy peach and tropical fruit flavours
55
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Friuli / Merlot / (profile)

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  • Medium body
  • Medium acidity
  • Medium tannins
  • Ripe red fruit flavours
  • Hint of spice from oak
56
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Friuli / the third widely grown grape (white)

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Friulano

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Friuli / Friulano / (profile)

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  • White grape
  • Medium body
  • Medium to high acidity
  • Aromas of pear, red apples and herbs
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Veneto / white and red / varieties

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  • International: Pinot Grigio, Chardonnay and Merlot

- Local: Corvina, Garganega and Trebbiano

59
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Veneto / Soave’s foothills in the north / grapes / (profile)

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Full flavour ripeness, but high acidity

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Veneto / Soave’s plain in the south / grapes / (profile)

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  • Fruitier, with medium acidity

- Early drinking

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Veneto / Soave / (variety)

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Garganega

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Veneto / Soave / white / (general profile)

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  • Medium body
  • Medium to high acidity
  • Aromas of pears, red apple and stone fruit
  • Sometimes aromas of white pepper
  • No typical aromas/flavours of new oak
    In age worthy examples; aromas of almonds and honey
63
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Soave appellations

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  • Soave DOC

- Soave Classico DOC (from the foothills)

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Veneto / Valpolicella / (the main variety)

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Corvina

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Corvina the grape (profile)

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  • Thin skin
  • Moderate colour
  • Low to medium tannins
  • High acidity
66
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How do winemakers increase the colour and tannins in Corvina-based wines?

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Local grapes can be added to the blends

67
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How may wines be labelled when grapes are used from the entire region of Valpolicella?

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Valpolicella DOC

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Valpolicella (Classico) DOC / (profile)

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  • Simple and fruity
  • Light tannins
  • Red cherry flavours
  • Rarely oaked
  • Made to drink immediately
69
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describe the passito method

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  • Grapes picked early, while still high in acidity
  • Dried indoors, concentrating sugars and flavours
  • Not fermented until winter
70
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the purpose of the passito method?

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To increase structure, flavour concentration, and in the case of red wines, colour

71
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Valpolicella / wines using passito method / appellations

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  • Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG

- Recioto della Valpolicella DOCG

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Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG / (profile)

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  • Dry or off-dry
  • Full-bodied
  • High alcohol
  • Medium to high tannins
  • Intensely concentrated red berry and spice flavours
  • Usually aged in large oak casks
73
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Recioto della Valpolicella / (profile)

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  • Sweet
  • Full body
  • High alcohol
  • Medium to high tannins
  • Intense red fruit flavours
74
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Which other region of Northern Italy also makes the sweet Recioto wine style? What is it called?

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  • Soave

- Recioto di Soave DOCG

75
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Valpolicella / wines using ripasso method / appellations

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Valpolicella Ripasso DOC

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Valpolicella Ripasso DOC / (profile)

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  • Medium to full-bodied
  • Medium to high tannins
  • Flavours of stewed red cherries and plums
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Piemonte / red and white / (varieties)

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  • Black: Nebbiolo, Barbera and Dolcetto

- White: Cortese and Moscato

78
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Nebbiolo / (profile)

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  • Black grape
  • High acidity
  • High tannins
  • Little colour
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Nebbiolo’s key viticultural characteristic in Barolo

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ripen slowly at the altitudes in Barolo

80
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How are Barolo wines blended?

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Often made from grapes sourced from different villages

81
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Barolo / (other grapes) / (appellations)

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  • Dolcetto and Barbera

- Alba DOC

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Asti and Alba / red / (variety)

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Barbera

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Barbera / (appellations)

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  • Barbera d’Alba DOC

- Barbera d’Asti DOCG

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Asti/Alba / Barbera / (profile)

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  • Late ripening
  • Medium to deep colour
  • Low to medium tannins
  • High acidity
  • Aromas of red cherries, plums and sometimes black pepper
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What two styles is Barbera usually made into?

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  • Youthful and fruity, with no oak influence

- Barrel-aged with spicy flavours

86
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Asti/Alba / red / the second mostly planted variety?

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Dolcetto

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What is a key viticultural characteristic of Dolcetto in Piemonte? What does it mean?

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  • It’s earlier ripening than Nebbiolo and Barbera

- It can be planted in cooler sites

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Dolcetto best appellation

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Dolcetto d’Alba DOC

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Dolcetto d’Alba DOC / (profile)

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  • Deep, often purple colour
  • Medium to high tannins
  • Medium acidity
  • Aromas of black plums, red cherries and dried herbs
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Asti and Alba areas / other red grapes

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Nebbiolo

91
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Asti / sparkling wine / variety

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Moscato

92
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Piemonte / Gavi / white / (variety)

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Cortese

93
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Piemonte / Gavi / (appellations)

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  • Gavi DOCG
  • Cortese di Gavi DOCG
  • Gavi di Gavi DOCG (if grapes are from the town of Gavi itself)
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Piemonte / Gavi / (profile)

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  • Pale
  • Light-bodied
  • High acidity
  • Aromas/flavours of citrus, green apples and pears
95
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How are Gavi wines usually vinified?

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Protectively, with cool fermentation in stainless steel

96
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How do some producers add complexity to their Gavi wines?

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  • Fermentation in old oak

- Lees stirring

97
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Describe age worthiness for Gavi wines

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  • Usually ready to drink on release

- Wines from best producers can age well in bottle

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