Italy NW: Valle d'Aoste, Emilia Romagna, Liguria Flashcards
sub appellations of the Valle d’Aosta DOC
Arnad-Montjovet (nebbiolo)
Blanc de Morgex et de la Salle
Chambave (p. rouge, chambave muscat)
Donnas (nebbiolo)
Enfer d’Arvier (petite rouge)
Nus (malvoisie)
Torrette (petite rouge)
What synonym for Nebbiolo is used in the Aosta Valley?
Picoutener / Picotendro (in Donnas and Arnad-Montjovet)
La Salle
subzone in Valle d’Aosta
Prie Blanc / Blanc de la Morgex
still, sparkling, late harvest
Which grapes are likely to be bottled varietally in Valle d’Aosta?
Petite Arvine
Gamay
Petite Rouge
Fumin
Prematta
What is the mountain near Aosta Valley?
Mont Blanc (Western Alps)
(Monte Bianco)
Along which river are most of the vineyards in the Valle d’Aosta?
Dora Baltea, a tributary of the Po
Name 3 producers Valle d’Aosta
Ermese Pavese - Blanc de Morgex
Ottin - Pinot Noir
Grosjean - Pinot Noir, Petite Arvine
Top red and white grapes in Liguria?
White: Pigato (Vermentino), Bosco
Red: Rosesse (Tibouren), and Ormeasco (Dolcetto)
List the DOCs of Liguria
most well known: Cinque Terre DOC
higher quality: Colli di Luni
Riviera Ligure di Ponente
What was Italy’s first white wine DOCG? Where is it?
Romagna Albana DOCG, in Emilia Romagna. 1987
What are the two DOCGs in Emilia Romagna? Styles of wine made in each?
Romagna Albana - golden white wines made from Albana
Colli Bolognesi Pignoletto - tart dry white wines made from Grechetto
Lambrusco DOCs
Lambrusco di Sorbara DOC
Lambrusco Grasparossa di Castelvetro DOC
Lambrusco Salamino di Santa Croce DOC
Aosta Valley unofficial growing areas
Alta Valle- up to 1300 m (4300’)
Media Valle
Bassa Valle- close to Carema, in Piedmont (nebbiolo here)
Aosta Valley soils / climate
glacial moraininc, deposits of granite, sand. large stones
continental, large diurnal shifts
Valle d’Aosta DOC
styles
white, rose, red
spumante
novello
vendemmia tardiva
flétri passito)
red grapes are nearly 60% of production
Liguria climate / geography
Mediterranean, mountains protecting vineyard areas from the cold northern winds and exposing grapes to the warm breezes of the sea. The capital city of Genoa essentially divides Liguria in half, with the Ponente in the west and the Levante in the east.
very mountainous- where the Alps and Appenines meet.
Pigato
from “pigau” in Ligurian dialect, meaning “spotted.”
genetically identical to Vermentino, though different biotypes. Pigato typically planted in higher hills of western Ponente in Liguria, Vermentino planted in the eastern Levante, closer to the sea
sgruttu
marly clay soils in western Liguria- Rosesse (Tibouren) planted on it
Sciacchetrà
sweet passito wine found in the Cinque Terre DOC of the Levante. It is a specialty of the Spezia province that is made by air-drying a blend of white grapes, including a minimum of 80% Bosco, Albarola, and/or Vermentino
