Italy - IWP - Peninsula & Island Whites Flashcards
What is the most grown White variety on
the Peninsula of Italy?
Trebbiano
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*Exceeded in Italy only by:
* Pinot Grigio (1st)
* Glera (2nd)
What is a synonym for Trebbiano in France?
Ugni Blanc
(the most widely planted White grape of France)
What is a synonym for Trebbiano Toscano?
Procanico
*(in Umbria)
What are the other major White varietals
of Central Italy?
Vermentino
Verdicchio
Vernaccia
Passerino
Pecorino
Grechetto (aka: Pignoletto)
Malvasia
What are the major White varietals
of Campania?
Fiano
Falanghina
Greco
Coda di Volpe
What are the major White varietals
of Sicily?
Ansonica
(aka: Insolia or Inzolia)
Catarratto
Grecanico Dorato
(aka: Garganega)
Grillo
Zibibbo
What region has the most Chardonnay plantings in Italy?
Sicily
Where is Nuragas grown?
Sardinia
Where is Vermentino most widely grown?
Liguria
(40+% of all wine here)
Tuscany
Sardinia
Synonym for Vermentino in Liguria
Pigato
Synonym for Grechetto in
Emilia-Romagna
Pignoletto
Major white DOC of Liguria
Colli di Luni DOC
Riviera Ligure Poniente DOC
Sub-Zones of
Riviera Ligure Poniente DOC
Albenganese
(Pigato, Vermentino, and Rossese only)
Finalese
(Pigato, Vermentino, and Rossese only)
Quiliano
(Granaccia only)
Riviera dei Fiori
(Pigato, Vermentino, and Rossese only)
Taggia
(Moscatello, Vendemmia Tardiva, and Passito only)
Major White DOC/G of Sardinia
Vermentino di Gallura DOCG
(95% min Vermentino)
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Vermentino di Sardegna DOC
(85% min Vermentino)
Nuragus di Cagliari DOC
(85% min Nuragas)
Most planted White variety in Tuscany
Trebbiano
(Trebbiano di Toscano)
What DOC in Tuscany are
known for Vermentino?
Bolgheri DOC
Maremma Toscana DOC
Elba DOC
What regions are known for Grechetto?
Umbria
(Orvieto DOC)
.
Emila-Romagna
(aka: Pignoletto here)
What DOC/G in Emilia-Romagna
are well known for Grechetto?
Colli Bolognese Pignoletto DOCG
(85% min Grechetto)
Pignoletto DOC
(85% min Grechetto)
What DOC/G in Umbra
are well known for Grechetto?
Orvieto DOC
60% min combined:
Grechetto + Trebbiano Toscano
* Can actually be 100% of either varietal here…
Major White DOC/G in Lazio
Est! Est!! Est!! di Montefiascone DOC
(Trebbiano Toscano based white)
Frascati DOC & Frascati Superiore DOCG
(70% min Malvasia di Candia)
Major White DOC/G in Campania
Fiano di Avellino DOCG
(85% min Fiano)
Greco di Tufo DOCG
(85% min Greco)
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Falanghina di Sannio DOC
(85% min Falanghina)
Vesuvio DOC
(can be Coda di Volpe based)
What is Lacyrma Christi?
Like a “superiore” for Vesuvio DOC in Campania
Bianco: 35% min Coda di Volpe
Rosso: 50% min Piedirosso
~12% min ABV~
– This is 1 full percent higher for Bianco normale, and 1.5 percent higher than for Rosso normale.
From the Slope of Mt. Vesuvis just east of Naples along the coast in the north-western section of Campania.
What is the most grown variety in Sicily?
Catarratto
What is a synonym for Ansonica?
Insolia
or
Inzolia
