Italy Flashcards

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Italy Overall

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75 DOCG 333 DOC - 1963
20 Regions
Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita
Indicatzione Geografica Tipica

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Trentino - Alto Adige

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0 DOCG  9 DOC
Alpine Slopes / Fresh Bright
Prior - local grapes Lagrien and Schiava
Now Alsatian varietals
Icon grape Teroldego - dark skin, intense fruit
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Lombardy

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5 DOCG. 21 DOC
Milan, Lake Como
Known for Valtellina (nebbiolo - Chiavanasca) and Franciacorta

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Lombardy DOCG

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5 total
Franciacorta
Oltrepo Paveso - metodo classico
Scanzo - Muscato Nero - passito
Sforzato di Valtellina
Valtellina Superiore
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Aosta Valley

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Smallest, highest - Alpine Valley - Mont Blanc
Steep, terraced slopes. Rain Shadow. Thin soils.
Picotudro - local nebbiolo

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Piemonte

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17 DOCG  42 DOC - region with most
Barolo, Barbaresco, Gattinara (Volcanic) - Nebbiolo
Barbera di Asti,  and di Monferato
Brachetto d'Acqui
Dolcetto - Dogliani
Gavi - Cortese
Ghemme - Spanna
Erbaluce di Caluso - spumante and passito
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Liguria

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0 DOCG. 8 DOC
Italian Riviera
Grapes - Vermentino, Lumassina, Pigato, Rossese

Colline d’Levanto
Rosesse di Dolce aqua (soft red)

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Friuli - Venezia Giulia

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4 DOCG  10 DOC  
Large plain between Alps and Adriatic
Cont in North.  Med in South
Friulano, Verduzzo, Picolit
sweets:  Colli Orientali del Friuli - picolit passito
Ramandolo - sweet Verduzzio
Rosazzo - sweet from Friulano
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Veneto

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14 DOCG.  29 DOC  "Valley of many cellars"
3 regions
NW - foothills of Alps - Lake Garda
*Valpollicella - Corvina, Corrinione, Rondinella
*Ammarone di Valpollicella
*Bardolino - Bianco di Castoza
*Soave - Garganega, Trebbiano
Central plains - mostly Bord Varietals
NE - Prosecco - Glera
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Veneto DOCG

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Bardolino Superiore - sim to Beaujolais
Colli Conegliano - still from prosecco area
Colli Euganie Fior d’Arancio - volcanic, sweet orange blossom
Moscato Giallo - thick skin high sugar - spumante
Conegliano Valdobiadenne and Asolo Prosecco
Lison
Montello Rosso - bord style
Piave Melanotte red- Roboso Piave
Recieto Valpolicella
Recieto Gambevara - sweet from Verdicchio
Recieto Soave - sweet from Garganega
Soave Superiore

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Emilia - Romagna

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2 DOCG. 19 DOC
Spans East to West - Adriatic to Ligurian Sea
Bologna, Reggio, Parma, Modena
Albana di Romagna - finest passito in foothills
Colli Bolognese Classico - Pignoletto, Grechetto di Todi. Still, Frizzante or Spumante

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Marche

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5 DOCG. 15 DOC - wines mentioned in Dante
Verdicchio, Trebbiano, Pecorino
Montepulciano Sangiovese
Castelli di Jesi Vina Riserva - Verdicchio
Conero Rosso - montepulciano
Offida - white Passerina Pecorino
Rosso Piceno - Hi ELV sangiovese
Verdicchio di Metalica
Vernachia di Serrapatrona - sparkling red

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Abruzzo

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2 DOCG 7 DOC - Sunny, high coastline
Colline Teramane Montepulciano di Abruzzo
HI ELV - intense fruit - cherry
Terre Tollesi - red Montepulciano white pecorino

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Molise

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0 DOCG. 4 DOC

small mountainous region - Montepulciano and Trebbiano

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Puglia

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4 DOCG.  28 DOC  "Without Rain"
High ag output - olives, olive oil
Hot Med clime
Indig Negroamaro = Primitivo
Uva di Troia - Bambino Nero
Primitivo di Manduria Dolce Naturale - dried on vine
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Lazio

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3 DOCG. 27 DOC
Roma and surroundings - Mostly Whites
Trebbiano, Malvasia di Candia, Greco Bianco, Bombino Bianco
Frascati Superiore - >70% Malvasia
Cannellino di Frascati - sweet - progressive harvest
Cesanese de Piglio - spicy, velvet red from Cesanese

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Campania

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4 DOCG. 15 DOC Chas d’Anjou. Antonio Mastroberardino
Naples / Pompei Vesuvio - Bright Whites
Coastal Med clime to Cont Appenines
AGLIANICO del Taburno - Mt. Taburno. complex acid
Fiano di Avellino - pure fruit, orange blossom
Greco di Tufo - VOL hills. Avellino >85% - perfume
TAURASI - high ELV Aglianico

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Calabria

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0 DOCG 12 DOC - ag / rural
Ciro - reputable DOC
Gaglioppo - rough tannic relative of Sangiovese

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Basilicata

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1 DOCG 4 DOC
AGLIANICO de Vulture Superiore
mountainous VOLCAnic

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Umbria

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2 DOCG 13 DOC - mountainous “heart”
spoleto, perugia, orvieto, assisi
SAGRANTINO (most tannic) Trebbiano, Grechetto
Montefalco Sagrantino - >95% some passito (best)
Torgiano Rosso Reserva - sangiovese. elegant. strict rules

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Sardegnia

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1 DOCG 17 DOC
GRENACHE = CANONNAU. CARIGNON = BOVALA DI SPAGNA
Vermentino DI Gallura - >95%. greenish, floral high acid with bitter finish

obscure grapes: Torbato, Semidano, Nieferra, Nuragus, Monica, Naso

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Sicily

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1 DOCG. 23 DOC
hot VOLcanic
NERO D’AVOLA, NERELLO MASCALESE, ALICANTE, PERRICONE, FRAPPATO
Cerasuolo di Vittoria - blend of Nero’D and Frappato (no structure, light tannin - “cherry-like”

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Toscana

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11 DOCG 41 DOC - Biondi Santi - intro new techniques
Rolling Hills - Grand Duke Cosimo III
Brunello di Montalcino - 100% SAng. 4 yrs
Carmignano - orig wine Medici wine nursery
Chianti Classico - >70% SANG
Elba Aleatico Passito - Vermentino
Montecucco Sangiovese - 90%. 34 mo age
MORELLINO di Scansano - “little dark one” - VOL hills in SOuthern Tuscany
Bolgheri
Val d’Arno = “white chianti” - malvasia, trebbiano, Grechetto
Vernaccia di San Gimignano - Dante - floral, high acid
Vino Nobile di Montalcino - marron to orange