Italy Flashcards
Name each Italian wine region
1) Peimont
2) Veneto
3) Tuscany
4) Marche
5) Abruzzo
6) Campania
7) Puglia
In what wine region is Gavi DOCG and what is the prominant grape variety there?
Piemonte - Cortese
In what wine region are Soave DOC and Soave Classico DOC? What grape is typically grown here?
Veneto, Garganega
What is Recioto di Soave?
a sweet white wine from Soave (Garganega grape) made from grapes harvested and dried using the appassimento method
In what wine region do Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi wines come from and what grape variety is used in these wines?
Marche, Verdicchio grapes
Fiano di Avellino DOCG is from which wine region of Italy. What grape variety is used in these wines?
Campania, Fiano
In what region of Italy are Barolo DOCG and Barbaresco? What is the only varietal allowed in Barola DOCG?
Piemont; Nebbiolo
In what region of Italy is Barbera D’Asti DOCG and what grape variety is used in this wine?
Piemonte, Barbera
In what wine region is Valpolicella and what is its most important grape?
Veneto, Corvina
Of the following wines, which use fresh grapes and which use appassimento grapes? Also which grape variety is used in all of these wines?
Valpolicella DOC
Aramone della Valpolicella DOCG
Recioto della Valpolicella DOCG
Valopolicella Classico DOC
Appassimento Grapes:
Aramone della Valpolicella DOCG
Recioto della Valpolicella DOCG
Fresh Grapes:
Valpolicella DOC
Valopolicella Classico DOC
All include Corvina grapes from the Veneto region of Italy
What 2 regions of Tuscany are best known for growing Sangiovese grapes?
Chianti
Montalcino
What is Sangiovese called in Montalcino?
Brunello
What grape is mostly grown in the Abruzzo region of Italy?
Montepulciano
True or False: Montepulciano d’Abruzzo DOC produces high quality, expensive wines that are highly saught after
False: these wines are typically high volume, inexpensive, simple and fruity
True or False: Puglia is an IGP
True: It is not an AOC
Puglio is best known for wines made from which grape?
Primovito (Italian for Zinfandel)
In which region of Italy is most Pinot Grigio grown?
Veneto
Which of these 3 wines would give you a more complex, fuller body? What grape variety is used in these wines?
Delle Venezie DOC
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Veneto IGT
Friuli-Venezia Giulia; Pinot Grigio
What are the main grape varieties of Piemont (2 black, 1 white)?
Black:
Nebbiolo (Barolo, Barbaresco)
Barbera
White:
Cortese (Gavi)
What are the main grape varieties of Veneto (1 black, 2 white)?
Black:
Corvina (Valpolicetta)
White:
Garganega (Soave)
Pinot Grigo (Delle Venezie, Veneto, Fruilli-Venenzia Giulia)
What is the many grape variety of Tuscany?
Sangiovese (Chianti, Brunello)
What is the main grape variety of Marche?
Verdicchio
What is the main grape variety of Abruzzo?
Montepulciano
What is the main grape variety of Campania?
Fiano
What is the main grape variety of Puglia?
Primavito (Zinfandel)
What is the difference between Recioto della Valpolicella and Recito di Soave?
Both use appassimento grapes but RdV uses black Corvina grapes and RdS uses white Garganega grapes
Which of the following are black grapes and which are white?
Barbera Cortese Corvina Fiano Garganega Montepulciano Nebbiolo Sangiovese Verdacchio
White:
Cortese, Fiano, Garganega, Verdicchio
Black:
Barbera, Corvina, Montepulciano, Nebbiolo, Sangiovese
