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Italy Flashcards

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Campania / Apellations

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  • Fiano di Avellino DOCG
  • Greco di Tufo DOCG
  • Taurasi DOCG (Aglianico)
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Campania / Varieties

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  • (W) Fiano
  • (W) Greco
  • (B) Aglianico
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Basilicata / Appellations

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Aglianico del Vulture DOC

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Puglia / Appellations

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  • Puglia IGT

- Salice Salentino DOC (Nagroamaro)

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Puglia / Varieties

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  • Primitivo

- Negroamaro

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Basilicata / Variety

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Aglianico

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Sicily / Varieties

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Nero d’Avola

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Sicily / Appellations

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High yield: IGT Terre di Sicilia / Terre Siciliane

Low yield: Sicialia DOC

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Alto Adige / climate?

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  • Moderate climate
  • Short, dry summers
  • Low rainfall during the growing season
  • Most vineyards experience high diurnal range due to altitude
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What is the most notable white wine of Alto Adige?

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Pinot Grigio

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Atlo Aidge / Pinot Grigio / profile

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

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Gewurztraminer, Chardonnay and Pinot Blanc

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Alto Adige / dominated red variety?

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Schiava

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Atlo Aidge / Schiava / profile

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  • Light and fruity
  • Low to medium tannins
  • Flavours of raspberries and plums
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Alto Adige / appellation?

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Alto Adige DOC

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Trentino / climate?

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  • Moderate climate
  • Dry summer and low rainfall (similar to Alto Adige)
  • Slightly warmer than Alto Adige
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Trentino’s two main varieties?

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Chardonnay and Pinot Grigio

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Trentino / valley floor’s wine / profile

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  • Medium body
  • Medium acidity
  • Ripe stone fruit flavours
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Trentino / higher altitude’s wine / profile

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More similar to whites made in Alto Adige

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Trentino / two most planted black grapes?

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Merlot and Teroldego

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Trentino / Teroldego / wine / 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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Trentino / appellation?

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Trentino DOC

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Friuli-Venezia Giulia / climate?

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  • Moderate continental
  • Cooled by cold air from the mountains
  • On the flat plain near the Adriatic, the climate is warm maritime
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Friuli / overall wine style?

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Rich, ripe white and red wines

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Friuli / most prevalent varieties?

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Pinot Grigio and Merlot

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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
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Friuli / most planted black grape?

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Merlot

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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
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Friuli / the 3rd widely planted variety?

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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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Friuli appellation

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Friuli Grave DOC

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the two major sub-regions of Friuli located in the hills?

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  • Collio DOC
  • Colli Orientali DOC
  • Premium, more concentrated white wines
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33
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Of Collio and Colli Orientali, which is also noted for its red wines?

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Colli Orientali DOC

34
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The largest wine region in Northern Italy?

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Veneto

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Veneto / climate

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  • Warm
  • Moderate rainfall
  • Cooling influence from altitude (so high diurnal range)
  • Breeze from Lake Garda cooling the west of the region
36
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weather phenomena in Veneto?

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moist air and fog from the Po

37
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Veneto / flat plain / varieties?

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  • Pinot Grigio
  • Chardonnay
  • Merlot
  • Corvina
  • Garganega
  • Trebbiano
38
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Veneto / simple wines / appellation?

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Veneto IGT

39
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Which DOC is spread across Veneto and Friuli?

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Prosecco DOC

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Soave / foothills / grapes /profile

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Full flavour ripeness, but high acidity

41
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Soave / plains / wine / profile

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  • Fruitier, with medium acidity

- Early drinking

42
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Soave / variety

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  • Garganega
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Soave / 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
44
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Soave / appellations

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  • Soave DOC

- Soave Classico DOC (from the foothills)

45
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Valpolicella / main grape?

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Corvina

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Veneto / Corvina / profile

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  • Thin skin
  • Moderate colour
  • Low to medium tannins
  • High acidity
47
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Valpolicella / regional appellation

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Valpolicella DOC

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Valpolicella (Classico) DOC / wine / profile

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  • Simple and fruity
  • Light tannins
  • Red cherry flavours
  • Rarely oaked
  • Made to drink immediately
49
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two types of Passito wine in Valpolicella

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  • Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG

- Recioto della Valpolicella DOCG

50
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Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG / wine / 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
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Recioto della Valpolicella DOCG / wine / profile

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  • Sweet
  • Full body
  • High alcohol
  • Medium to high tannins
  • Intense red fruit flavours
52
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Valpolicella Ripasso DOC / wine / profile

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  • Medium to full-bodied
  • Medium to high tannins
  • Flavours of stewed red cherries and plums
53
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Piemonte / black grapes?

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  • Nebbiolo
  • Barbera
  • Dolcetto
54
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Piemonte / white grapes?

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  • Cortese

- Moscato

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Piemonte’s IGT/IGP wines?

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None

56
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Piemonte / Nebbiolo / profile

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  • Black grape
  • High acidity
  • High tannins
  • Little colour
57
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Piemonte / Barolo DOCG / wine / profile

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  • Full body
  • High acidity
  • High tannins
  • Sour cherries, herbs and sometimes dried flowers
  • Ability to develop in bottle
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When may a village name appear on a Barolo label? Give an example

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  • When grapes are sourced from only that village

- Barolo Serralunga d’Alba DOCG

59
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the best Barolo come from… e.g.

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  • Named villages or crus

- Barolo Cannubi DOCG

60
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Piemonte / Dolcetto and Barbera / appellations?

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Alba DOC

61
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Barolo DOCG / minimum ageing before release?

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18/36 -

  • 18 months in oak
  • total 36 months ageing
62
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Barbaresco DOCG / wine / profile

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  • Similar tannin and acidity to Barolo
  • Fruitier and less aromatic than Barolo
  • Ageworthy
63
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Barbaresco DOCG / minimum ageing before release?

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9/12

  • 9 months in oak
  • total 24 months ageing
64
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Asti and Alba / grape?

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Barbera

65
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Asti and Alba / Barbera / appellations?

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  • Barbera d’Alba DOC

- Barbera d’Asti DOCG

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Asti and Alba / Barbera / wine / 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
67
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Asti and Alba / Barbera / wine / two styles:

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  • Youthful and fruity, with no oak influence

- Barrel-aged with spicy flavours

68
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Asti and Alba / 2nd mostly planted black variety

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Dolcetto

69
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Asti and Alba / Dolcetto / appellation

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Dolcetto d’Alba DOC

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Asti and Alba / Dolcetto d’Alba DOC / wine / 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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Piemonte / Asit / sparkling wine / grape

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Moscato

72
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Piemonte / Gavi / grape

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Cortese

73
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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 / wine / profile

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  • Pale
  • Light-bodied
  • High acidity
  • Aromas/flavours of citrus, green apples and pears
75
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The Italian for PDO

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DOP

76
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the traditional Italian term equivalent to PDO

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DOC, DOCG

77
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The Italian for PGI

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IGP

78
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The traditional Italian term equivalent to PGI

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IGT

79
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Classico

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wines made from the original classified land

80
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Reserva

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wines with higher alcohol and longer ageing than the minimum requirements by the appellation laws.

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