Italy - Northern Italy (Piedmonte) Flashcards
This region in Italy is called “the foot of the mountain”
Piedmont
What Mountains surround Piedmont
Apennine Mountains on 3 sides
The Alps
What river cuts through the heart of Piedmont
Po River
What is the climate of Piedmont
Continental
What key nature feature protects Piedmont from certain weather
Rain shadow effect from the Alps
Where is it geographically located
On the border of Switzerland and France
What other geographical features
Tanaro River
Langhe Hills
What is the soil type of Piedmont
Differences in soil types
White wines in Piedmont
Arneis ⚪️
Moscato ⚪️
Cortese ⚪️
Main red grapes of Piedmont
Nebbiolo 🔴
Dolcetto 🔴
Barbera 🔴
Spanna: Local name for Nebbiolo in Gattinara and Ghemme 🔴
What are the two most famous DOCGs of Piedmont
Barolo
Barbaresco
What are the aging requirements in Piedmont for Barolo
38 months total aging with a min of 18 months in oak.
What are the aging requirements in Piedmont for Barbaresco
26 months total aging with a min of 9 months in oak
What are classifications in Piedmont
IGP, DOC, DOCG
Types of wine in Piedmont
Dry, sweet, sparkling, red, white
Piedmont label terms
Normale
Riserva
What is Nebbia
Local name of fog rolling off the foothills of the Alps
What is Sorì
Best site (privileged site)
What should you pair with?
Big tannins require meat or fat
Service of Beverage
Long range of ageability for Barolo and Barbaresco
Top Barolo producers
Ceretto
Vietti
Giacomo Conterno
Bruno Giacosa
Sandrone
Elio Altare
Giuseppe Mascarello
Top Barbaresco producers
Gaja
La Spinetta
Ceretto
Produttori del Barbaresco
Vietti
Bruno Giacosa
Best vintages of Barolo
2013
2016
2019
2020
2021
Best vintages of Barbaresco
2020
2019
2017
2016
2015
2013
Dry red wine from the Nebbiolo grape variety (there are 3!)
Barolo DOCG
Barbaresco DOCG
Roero DOCG
Ghemme DOCG (known as Spanna)
Gattinara DOCG (known as Spanna)
Off-dry, semi-sparkling white
wine from the Moscato grape variety
Moscato d’Asti DOCG
Dry white wines, made from the Cortese grape variety
Gavi DOCG
Dry red wines made from the
Barbera grape variety.
Barbera d’Asti DOCG
Fully sparkling Moscato
Asti DOCG
Off-dry, semi-sparkling red
wine from Brachetto
Brachetto d’Acqui DOCG
Metodo Classico sparkling wines,
min combined 90% Pinot Noir and/or Chardonnay
Alta Langa DOCG
Dry white wines from Arneis
Roero Arneis DOCG
Top Barbaresco Vineyards
Ovello
Montestefano
Pora
Asil
Top Barolo Vineyards:
Cannubi
Brunate
Monprivato
What is the main grape in Moscato D’Asti
Moscato Bianco - a riper version
What is the difference between Moscato Spumante and Moscato D’Asti
Spumante is a full sparkling wine and Moscato D’Asti is a frizzante partiality sparkling
- Spumante higher alcohol / D’Asti lower alcohol
Where do they grow more traditional method sparkling wines in Piedmont
Alta Langa DOCG
