Italy & Malta Flashcards
Name the subzones of Valtellina Superiore DOCG.
Inferno Grumello Sassella Valgella Maroggia
Minimum ageing for Barolo DOCG and Barbaresco DOCG.
Barolo: Rosso - 38 months (18 months in barrel) Riserva - 62 months (18 months in barrel) Barbaresco: Rosso - 26 months (9 months in barrel) Riserva - 50 months (9 months in barrel)
Name the four DOCG’s of Campania.
Fiano di Avellino
Greco di Tufo
Taurasi
Aglianico del Taburno
Name the two main soil types found in Chianti Classico.
Albarese
Galestro
Name the subzones of Amarone della Valpolicela DOCG.
Classico
Valpantena
(Est)
Name the DOCG’s for Prosecco.
Asolo
Valdobbiadene
Conegliano
Name the first DOCG of Sardinia.
Vermentino di Gallura
Name the subzones of Soave DOC.
Classico
Colli Scaligieri
First bottled and marketed vintage of Sassicaia.
1968
First vintage of Masseto.
1987 (but was released in 1986 as simply Merlot)
What variety is used for Nizza DOCG?
Barbera
Main red grape variety used in Ciro DOC.
Gaglioppo
Grecanico Dorato is a white grape variety grown in Sicily and DNA profiling showed that it is the …
Garganega (Veneto)
Grape varieties allowed on Ghemme DOCG.
Nebbiolo (mnm 85%)
Uva Rara and Vespolina (max 15%)
Ageing requirements for Brunello di Montalcino DOCG.
Rosso - 4 years (2 years in barrel)
Riserva - 5 years (2 years in barrel and 6 months in bottle)
When was Amarone della Valpolicella became a DOCG?
2010
Ageing requirements for Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG.
Rosso - 2 years
Riserva - 4 years
Parents of Grillo.
Catarrato and Muscat of Alexandria
What is Monica?
Red grape variety found in Sardegna
Name the best communes of Barolo DOCG.
Serralunga d’ Alba
Monforte d’ Alba
Castiglione Falletto
La Morra
Name the three communes of Barbaresco DOCG.
Barbaresco
Neive
Treiso
Name a few top vineyards of Barolo DOCG.
Cannubi Brunate Cerequio Monprivato Parafada Parussi
Grape varieties allowed in Conero DOCG.
Montepulciano (mnm 85%)
Sangiovese (max 15%)
Grape varieties allowed in the production of Oltrepo Pavese Metodo Classico DOCG.
Pinot Nero (70% mnm)
Chardonnay
Pinot Bianco
Pinot Grigio
Umbrian name for Trebbiano Toscano.
Procanico
Synonym of Nebbiolo in Valtellina.
Chiavennasca
Lacrima Christi is produced in what DOC? What province is this located in?
Vesuvio DOC
Campania
Who is responsible for making the first Marsala? When and where?
John Woodhouse
1773
Sicily
If Valtellina Superiore wines are bottled in the neighbouring territory of Switzerland what is the label term used?
Stagafassli
What does “Sori” mean in northern Italy?
Prized vineyards with southern exposure
What DOCG is said to produced the most quintessential expression of Barbera?
Barbera d’Asti
What is the major red grape of Basilicata and the DOCG here dedicated to it?
Aglianico
Aglianico del Vulture Superiore
Antinori produced two major Super-Tuscan wines following Sassicaia, when was this, and who was the person behind it? What grapes?
1971 Tignanello (85% Sangiovese, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Cabernet Franc)
1978 Solaia (80% Cabernet Sauvignon 20% Cabernet Franc)
Piero Antinori
What are the grape requirements for Cesanese del Piglio?
Minimum 90% combined Cesanese di Affile and/or Cesanese comune
Name five of the best Barolo and Barbaresco crus.
Barolo: Cannubi, Brunate, Monprivato, Bricco Fiasco, Bricco Boschis, Bussia
Barbaresco: Rabaja, Pajè, Asili, Pora, Pajorè
What is the name of the bottle that Chianti was traditionally served in?
Fiasco
What style of wine is Sannio DOC? What is the grape used?
Sweet Passito wines
Falanghina
Still wines produced within the boundaries of Franciacorta may be released as which DOC?
Curtefranca
Major grape(s) of Frascati Superiore?
Malvasia Bianca di Candia and/or Malvasia del Lazio (minimum 70%)
Synonym for Vermentino in Piedmont.
Favorita
Prestige cuvee of Ca’Del Bosco.
Annamaria Clementi
Italian word for “vintage” when referring to Franciacorta?
Millesimato
Italian name for botrytis?
Muffa Nobile
Premier appellation of Schiava varietal wines?
Santa Maddalena (St. Magdalener)
Ageing requirements for Aglianico del Vulture Superiore Riserva?
4 years (2 in bottle and 2 in barrels)
Ageing requirements for Oltrepò Pavese Metodo Classico NV and Vintage.
NV: 15 months on lees
Vintage: 24 months on lees
Name of the former subzone of Barbera d’Asti that was recently approved as DOCG in 2014.
Nizza
Name of the mountain range that runs north-south through Italy.
Apennine Mountains
Name three producers in Barolo that are considered traditional and three modern.
Traditional: Giacomo Conterno, Giuseppe Rinaldi, Bartolo Mascarello
Modern: Paolo Scavino. Elio Altare, Luciano Sandrone
Which region of Italy is home to Lambrusco?
Emilia-Romagna
Name the two DOCGs of Umbria and the year(s) of establishment.
Montefalco Sagrantino (1992) Torgiano Rosso Riserva (1990)
Which DOCG produces the most potent style of Dolcetto? What are the other DOCGs dedicated to producing wines form Dolcetto?
Dolcetto di Ovada Superiore (most potent)
Dogliani
Dolcetto di Diano d’Alba/Diano d’Alba
Name the five DOCGs of Lombardia and their years of establishment.
Franciacorta (1995) Scanzo/Moscato di Scanzo (2009) Oltrepò Pavese Metodo Classico (2007) Sforzato di Valtellina/Sfurzat di Valtellina (2003) Valtellina Superiore (1998)
What is Barolo Chinato?
Aromatized digestif wine, flavoured with quinine
Orvieto DOC is shared between what two provinces?
Umbria and Lazio
Name the only DOCG of Basilicata and the year of establishment.
Aglianico del Vulture Superiore
2010
Major grape of the Donnas region of Valle d’Aosta?
Picotendro (Nebbiolo)
Producer responsible for the creation of the Brunello style.
Biondi-Santi
Major red grape of Calabria.
Gaglioppo (48% of total plantings)
What is the name of the only DOC monopole in Italy and what are it’s grape requirements?
Bolgheri Sassicaia
Minimum 80% Cabernet Sauvignon plus 20% maximum other grapes of Tuscany
Name Italy’s first white wine DOCG.
Romagna Albagna (1987)
Name the only DOCG in Sicily.
Cerasuolo Di Vittoria
Name the four DOCG’s of Puglia.
Castel del Monte Bombino Nero
Castel del Monte Nero di Troia Riserva
Castel del Monte Rosso Riserva
Primitivo di Manduria Dolce Naturale
Nero di Troia is a local grape of Puglia. Name a synonym of this variety.
Uva di Troia
What is Susumaniello?
Red grape of Puglia
Most iconic producer of Barolo Chinato DOCG.
Cappellano
Name the only DOCG of Italy that Erbaluce grape is exclusively used, producing the best examples of this variety.
Erbaluce di Caluso/Caluso DOCG
Name the grape variety used in Ramandolo DOCG.
Verduzzo Friulano
In which DOC of Italy do we find the rare white grape Vitovska (Vitouska)?
Carso/Carso-Kras DOC (Friuli-Venezia Giulia)
Main white grape variety used in Ciro DOC.
Greco Bianco
In which region of Italy is Offida DOCG located and name the three main grape varieties used in its wines.
Marche
Passerina / Pecorino / Montepulciano
Synonym of Trebbiano di Soave.
Verdicchio
Main grape variety used in Vino Nobile Di Montepulciano DOCG.
Sangiovese (Prugnolo Gentile) [minimum 70%]
Name the three DOCG’s of Lazio.
Cannellino di Frascati
Cesanese del Piglio/Piglio
Frascati Superiore
Minimum ageing of a Marsala Vergine Stravecchio.
10 years (including 9 years and 8 months in barrel)
Name the three sweetness levels of Marsala.
Secco - maximum 40 gr./lt.
Semisecco - 40 to 100 gr./lt.
Dolce - minimum 100 gr./lt.
Synonym of Nero d’Avola.
Calabrese
Name the subzones of Montepulciano d’Abruzzo DOC.
Alto Tirino Casauria (Terre di Casauria) Teate Terre dei Peligni Terre dei Vestini
Grape and ageing requirements for Conero DOCG.
Montepulciano (minimum 85%) / Sangiovese (maximum 15%)
2 years minimum ageing
Name the second grape variety that is allowed to be used in Trebbiano d’Abruzzo DOC.
Bombino Bianco
Local synonym of Trebbiano Toscano in Orvieto DOC.
Procanico
Maximum vineyard elevetion of Barolo DOCG and Barbaresco DOCG.
Barolo DOCG: 540 m.
Barbaresco DOCG: 550 m.
Name the subzones of Asti DOCG.
Canelli
Santa Vittoria d’Alba
Strevi
Moscato d’Asti cannot exceed ……….. atmospheres of pressure.
2,5 atm
Alternative name of Charmat method (Cuve clos) in Asti DOCG.
Martinotti method
Minimum and maximum level of alcohol for Moscato d’Asti.
4,5 - 6,5
Ageing requirements for Franciacorta DOCG.
Spumante - minimum 18 months on the lees
Rose and Saten - minimum 24months on the lees
Millesimato - minimum 30 months on the lees
Riserva - minimum 60 months on the lees
What is Nieddera?
Promising Sardinian red grape variety
Main grape variety used in Fara DOC.
50-70% Nebbiolo (Spanna)
Which grape is widely used in the wines of Caluso?
Erbaluce
Most famous and most highly prized wine of Italy in the Roman period.
Falernian (Falernum)
When was the Prosecco grape officially renamed to Glera?
2009
Lacrima di Morro d’Alba DOC. In which region of Italy is it located and which is the grape that must be at least 85% of the wine?
Marche
Lacrima
Sangiovese Grosso’s official registered name.
BBS 11
When did Malta introduce its DOK and IGT production protocols?
2007
Which winery of Malta is owned by Antinori?
Meridiana
Minimum ageing requirements for Cialla Riserva Colli Orientally Del Friuli Picolit DOCG.
48 months
Synonym of Puglia’s Verdeca in Greece.
Lagorthi
What is the grape variety used in the production of Blanc de Morgex et de La Salle?
Prié Blanc