Italy (Piedmont) Flashcards
4 Italian classifications from low to high
IDG - Indicazione Geografica Tipica
Vino da Tavola - Table Wine
DOC - Denominazione di Origne Controllata
DOCG - Denominazione di Origne Controllata e Granatita
17 DOC’s of Piedmont
Alta Lange Asti Barbaresco Barbera d'Asti Barbera del Monferrato Superiore Barolo Brachetto d'Acqui Dogliani Dolcetto di Diano d'Alba Dolcetto di Ovada Superiore Erbaluce di Caluso Gattinara Gavi Theme Nizza Roero Ruche di Castagnole Monferato
Climate, Mountains, River, and Hills of Piedmont
Continental
Apennines and Alps
Po River
Langhe Hills
Monferrato Hills
Prized grape of Piedmont
Nebbiolo
3 major grapes of Piedmont and flavor profiles
Nebbiolo: think skinned, high acid, high alcohol, high tannin
Dolcetto: tannic, dark fruity, low tannin “Sweet little one”
Barbera: red fruit, high acid, low tannin, crunchy
5 white grapes of Piedmont
Moscato Bianco Cortese Arneis Erbaluce Favorita (vermentino)
What river runs along Barolo and Barbaresco
Tanaro River
Differences in flavor profile for Barolo and Barbaresco
Barolo: powerful and long lived KING
Barbaresco: Slightly softer QUEEN
11 communes of Barolo
La Morra Barolo Serralunga d'Alba Monforte d'Alba Castiglione Falletto Diano d'Alba Novello Verduno Grinzane Cavour Cherasco Roddi
Aging Barolo and reserva VS Barbaresco and reserva
Barolo: N: 3 years Nov 1 (18 months cask)
R: 5 years Nov 1 (18 months cask)
Barbaresco: N: 2 years (9 months in cask 1 in bottle) Released 3rd year
R: 4 Years (9 months in cask) released 5th year
3 traditionalists and 3 modernists
T: Giacomo Conterno
Bartolo Macarello
Giuseppe Rinaldi
M: Paolo Scavino
Luciano Sandrone
Elio Atare
What makes a winemaker a modernist
embrace barriques, shorter macerations, rounder style
2 soils of Barolo
Tortonian: higher calcareous marl (softer style)
(vineyards: La Morra, Barolo)
Serravallian: sandstone ( more structure)
(vineyards: Monforte d’Alba, Serralunga d’Alba)
3 major towns of Barb
Barbaresco
Neive
Treiso
Top 2 Barbaresco Producers
Bruno Giacosa (traditionalist) Produttori del Barbaresco (co-op)
River and locaition of Roero
Tanaro River
opposite of Barolo and Barbaresco
Rivers and location of Gatinara and Ghemne DOCG
Strattles Sesia River
on the Hills north east of the Po River
Aging for Barbera d’Asti normale and Aging for Barbera del Monferrato superior
N: 4 months
S: 14 months (6 months in cask)
Newest Piedmontese DOCG in 2014 and what varietal is significant there?
Nizza
newest DOCG after 3 years
100% Barbera
Name 3 100% Dolcetto DOCG’s
Dogliani
Dolcetto di Ovada Superior
Dolcetto di Diano d’Alba
Which Dolcetto DOCG must be 100% superior and aging requirements
Ovada
1 year
Who is Dogliani DOCG famous
Winemaker was Luigi Einaudi, 2nd president of Italian Republic 1948
First Piedmontese still white DOCG and what varietal
Gavi (Cortese di Gavi)
Grape: Cortese
Largest DOCG producer in Italy
Moscato d’Asti
What is the most common method for Spummante
Charmat
What grape is use in Asti
Moscato Bianco
What sparkling method is used in Alta Langa
Traditional
Aging for Alta Langa spummante and reserva
S: 2.5 years
R: 3 years
2 Alta Langa producers
Fontanafredda
Enrico Sarafino
