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1
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What is the minimum percentage of Sagrantino required in a Sagrantino di Montefalco DOCG wine?

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100%

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Sagrantino di Montefalco DOCG is in what region?

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Umbria

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Who produces Redigaffi?

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Tua Rita

Redigaffi is a Merlot made near the town of Suvereto on the coast of Tuscany.

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What is the principal grape variety in the Orvieto DOC and what region is it in?

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Grechetto

Umbria, Lazio

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Sant’Antimo DOC serves as an outlet for the production of Super Tuscan styles for which region?

What are the grapes?

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Brunello di Montalcino

  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon
  • Pinot Grigio
  • Pinot Nero
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
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Grapes permitted in Chianti Classico DOCG.

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  • Sangiovese
  • Colorino
  • Canaiolo Nero
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot

80-100% Sangiovese

Maximum 20% other red grapes authorized by Siena and Firenze

As of the 2006 vintage, Trebbiano Toscano and Malvasia Bianco are no longer allowed

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Castelnuovo dell’Abate, Torrenieri, and Sant’Angelo in Colli are frazioni connected to what famous commune?

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Montalcino

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2013 Tenuta San Guido “Sassicaia” was released under what appellation?

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Bolgheri Sassicaia DOC

(Bolgheri Sassicaia was originally named as a subzone of Bolgheri DOC in 1994)

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9
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Who produces Fontalloro

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Felsina

Fontalloro is made from grapes grown in vineyards that are on the border of Chianti Classico and Chianti Colli Senesi.

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10
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Permitted wine styles of Sagrantino di Montefalco DOCG with Region.

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Dry Red

Passito Red

Umbria

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Winery credited with the creation of the Brunello di Montalcino style

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Biondi-Santi

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Who produces Tignanello?

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Antinori

Tignanello was the first Sangiovese to be aged in barriques, the first contemporary red wine blended with untraditional varieties (specifically Cabernets Sauvignon and Franc) and one of the first red wines in the Chianti Classico region that didn’t use white grapes.

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What are the grape varieties in Frascati DOC?

What is the region?

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Malvasia di Candia and/or Malvasia del Lazio - minimum 70%

Bellone, Bombino Bianco, Greco Bianco, Trebbiano Toscano, and/or Trebbiano Giallo - maximum 30% combined

Lazio

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Grapes and region for Montefalco Rosso.

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  • minimum 60% - 70% Sangiovese
  • minimum 10% - 15% Sagrantino
  • maximum 30% other black grapes suitable for cultivation in Umbria
  • Umbria
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“Flaccianello della Pieve,” “Cepparello,” and “Le Pergole Torte” are all Super Tuscan wines made exclusively with which grape?

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Sangiovese

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16
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Paleo Rosso - who, what, where?

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Le Macchiole

Tuscany

Cabernet Franc

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The Chianti Classico zone lies between which two cities?

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Florence and Siena

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Which one is NOT a Sangiovese-based wine?

  1. Morellino di Scansano
  2. Vino Nobile di Moltepulciano
  3. Montepulciano d’Abruzzo
  4. Chianti Classico
  5. Brunello di Montalcino
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  1. Montepulciano d’Abruzzo
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Which city is visible from many vineyards of Frascati?

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Rome

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20
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Chianti had to be made with a proportion of white wine grapes until the 1990s. T/F

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True

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21
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Sangiovese is the main grape of which of these wines?

  1. Amarone della Valpolicella
  2. Montepulciano d’Abruzzo
  3. Brunello di Montalcino
  4. Salice Salentino
  5. Falerno del Massico
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  1. Brunello di Montalcino
22
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What is “promiscuous” agriculture?

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An ancient Roman practice still in use in Tuscany today - olive tree groves, vineyards, and wheat fields planted side-by-side in the same field.

23
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Marquis Mario Rocchetta release the first commercial vintage of what Super Tuscan in 1968?

His nephew, Piero Antinori, soon followed with what bottling?

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Sassicaia

Tignanello

24
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Tuscany climate

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Maritime-influenced with harsh winters and long, hot summers. A wide variation of mesoclimates exists.

25
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Clemente Santi of Tenuta Greppo’s Biondi-Santi is credited wi th the invention of what style?

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Brunello style -

He was the first producer to isolate the Brunello clone of Sangiovese

26
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Brunello di Montalcino soils

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Clay and marine sediments at lower elevation, galestro at higher elevation

27
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What are the varietals used in Le Macchiole’s three Super Tuscan wines -

  1. Paleo Rosso
  2. Messorio
  3. Scrio
A
  1. Cabernet Franc - Paleo Rosso
  2. Merlot - Messorio
  3. Syrah - Scrio
28
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Tenuta San Guido’s Sassicaia is a blend of what grapes?

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Cabernet Sauvignon 85%

Cabernet Franc 15%

29
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Tua Rita’s Redigaffi is what varietal(s)?

A

100% Merlot

30
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Tenuta dell’Ornellaia’s releases Ornellaia and Masseto are what varietals?

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Ornellaia - Cabernet Sauvignon,Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot

Masseto - Merlot

31
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Antinori’s three Super Tuscan releases are what varietals?

  1. Tignanello
  2. Solaia
  3. Guado al Tasso
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  1. Sangioviese 75-85%; Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc
  2. Cabernet Sauvignon 75%, Cabernet Franc 5%, Sangiovese 20%
  3. 50-65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30-40% Merlot, plus other varietals
32
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Styles, varietals permitted in Sagrantino di Montefalco DOCG

What region?

A

Secco (dry) and Passito made with 100% Sagrantino.

Umbria

33
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Torgiano Rosso Riserva DOCG is in what region?

34
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Frascati DOC is in what region?

35
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What is the principal grape variety in a Conero DOC wine? Region?

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Montepulciano, min. 85%; Sangiovese, max. 15%

Marche

36
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The only dessert wine to reach DOCG status.

Grape.

Region.

A

Elba Aleatico Passito

100% Aleatico

Tuscany

37
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Vino Nobile di Montepulciano aging requirements.

Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Riserva aging requirements.

A

Two years with one year in wood

Riserva is aged three years, minimum six months in bottle.

38
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Vino Nobile di Montepulciano soils

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Volcanic and sandstone

39
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Morellino di Scansano region and aging requirements

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Tuscany.

Released from March 1 the year following harvest.

Riserva - two years with at least one year in wood.

40
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What wine did Enrico Fermi toast the first successful nuclear reaction of the Manhattan Project with?

A

Orvieto

A clean, light white wine produced in Umbria from Grechetto and Trebbiano Toscano.

41
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Most important grape of the Marches

A

Verdicchio

42
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Vernaccia di Serrapetrona DOCG varietals and region.

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Vernaccia Nera, with a minimum 40% of the Vernaccia dried

Up to 15% other non-aromatic reds allowed.

Tuscany

43
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Primary varietal in Abruzzo

A

Montepulciano

44
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Canaiolo nero

A

Red

Tuscany

Lazio

Marche

Sardinia

45
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Lambrusco di Sorbara

A

Red

Emilia-Romagna

46
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Pecorino

A

White

Abruzzo

Marche

Umbria

Lazio

Tuscany

Liguria

47
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Region for the following DOCGs:

  • Castelli di Jesi Verdicchio Riserva
  • Conero (Conero Riserva)
  • Offida
  • Verdicchio di Matelica Riserva
  • Vernaccia di Serrapetrona
48
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Region for the following DOCGs:

  • Cannellino di Frascati
  • Cesanese del Piglio (Piglio)
  • Frascati Superiore
49
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Region for the following DOCGs:

  • Brunello di Montalcino
  • Carmignano
  • Chianti
  • Chianti Classico
  • Elba Aleatico Passito (Aleatico Passito dell’Elba)
  • Montecucco Sangiovese
  • Morellino di Scansano
  • Rosso della Val di Cornia (Val di Cornia Rosso)
  • Suvereto
  • Vernaccia di San Gimignano
  • Vino Nobile di Montepulciano
50
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Montefalco Sagrantino and Torgiano Rosso Riserva region

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