Italy- Piedmont Flashcards
What is the only DOCG for international varieties in Piedmont
- Alta Langa
- min 90% Pinot Noir and/or Chardonnay
What DOCGs in Piemonte are producing sparkling wines
- Alta Langa
- Erbaluce di Galuso
- Brachetto d’ Acqui
- Moscato d’ Asti
Name the DOCGs for Dolcetto in Piedmont
- Dogliani
- Diano d’ Alba/ Dolcetto di Diano d’ Alba
- Dolcetto di Ovada Superiore
Name the DOCGs for Barbera in Piedmont
- Barbera d’ Asti
- Barbera del Monferatto Superiore
- Nizza
What is the red Grape of Roero DOCG
min 95% Nebbiolo
What is the synonym for Nebbiolo in Ghemme and Gattinara
Spanna
What are the blending varieties of Gattinara and Ghemme
Vespolina and Bonarda (Uva Rara)
What is Uva Rara?
Where do you find it?
- Synonym for Bonarda Novarese
- Ghemme in Piedmont
Maximum pressure for Moscato d’ Asti
2.5 bars
Nizza is located within what DOCG
Barbera d’ Asti
What are the communes of production of Barolo
- Cherasco
- Verduno
- Roddi
- Grinzane Cavour
- Diano d’Alba
- La Morra
- Barolo
- Novello
- Castiglione Faletto
- Serralunga d’ Alba
- Monforte d’ Alba
When were the crus of Barolo legally defined
2010
What is “sori”
Cru in Piedmont
Aging requirements for Barolo
- Barolo Normalle: 38 months from November 1st,
18 months in cask - Barolo Riserva: 62 months from November 1st,
18 months in cask
Minimum alcohol for Barolo
12.5% ABV
What were the first DOCG in Piedmont?
When were they promoted?
Barolo 1980
Barbaresco 1980
Permitted vineyard elevation for Barolo
170- 540 meters
Northern exposure vineyards in Barolo are excluded from the DOCG, true or false
True
What are the geological periods of the soils of Barolo
- Tortonian
- Helvetian (Langhien and Serravalian are grouped together)
What are the soils of the main communes of Barolo
- Tortonian, calcareous marl in La Morra and Barolo
- Langhien, less fertile with higher deposits of sandstone in Monforte and Serralunga
Top soris of Castiglione Faletto
Bric del Fiasco
Bricco Roche
Monprivato
Top soris of La Morra
Rocche dell’Annunziata
Brunate
la Serra
Cerequio (shared with Barolo)
Top soris of Barolo
Brunate (shared with La Morra)
Sarmassa
Cannubi
Top soris of Serralunga d’Alba
Lazaritto
Vigna Rionda
Ornato
Falletto
Francia
Name some of the “modern” producers of Barolo
Paolo Scavino
Roberto Voerzio
la Spinetta
Elio Altare
Aging requirements for Barbaresco
- Barbaresco: 26 moths from November 1st, 9 months in oak,
may not be released before January 1st of the 3rd year following harvest - Riserva: 50 months from November 1st, 9 moths in oak, may not be released before January 1st of the 5th year following harvest
Barbaresco communes of production
- Neive
- Barbaresco
- Treiso
- Alba (partly in Barbaresco) San Rocco Seno d’ Elvio
What is the Barbaresco term for single vineyards
Brics or Bricco
When did the Bricco’s of Barbaresco become official
2007
What styles of wine are produced in Erbaluce di Caluso
- White
- Spumante (traditional method)
- Passito
What DOCGs are north of the Po River
- Gattinara
- Ghemme
- Erbaluce di Caluso
Grape of Gavi
Cortese
First DOCs of Piedmont
When were they established
Barolo 1966
Barbaresco 1966
What is the only cru exclusively within San Rocco Seno d’Elvio?
Rocche Massalupo
What is the highest altitude for Barbaresco?
550 meters
What does Bricco mean?
Jug- though, in wine growing term it means Upper Plot
What is the smallest Cru in Barbaresco
Rabaja Bas
Who was the first to label a Barbaresco?
When?
Domizio Cavazza, professor of oenology at the Oenological School of Alba and founder of the Barbaresco Coop, or Produttori di Barbaresco
Synonym for Vermentino in Piemonte
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