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Italy - Piedmont Flashcards

1
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What is the name of the river that runs through Piedmont?

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The Po river

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What does the word Sori mean in the Piedmontese dialect?

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A prized southern exposure

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How many DOC and DOCGs are there in Piedmont?

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17 DOCGs

42 DOCs

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What province are Barolo and Barbaresco located in?

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Cuneo Provence

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What river are Barolo and Barbaresco located on?

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Tanaro river

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When was the cru system legalised in Barolo?

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2010

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What % of grapes must come from the vineyard stated on a Barolo label?

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100%

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What is the minimum alcohol level for Barolo?

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13%

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What are the ageing requirements for Barolo?

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38 months from November 1 of the harvest year, including 18 months in wood.

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What are the ageing requirements for Barolo Reserva?

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62 months from November 1 of the harvest year, including 18 months in wood.

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Name the 11 communes of production in Barolo

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Barolo
Castiglione Falletto
Serralunga d'Alba 
Monforte d'Alba
La Morra
Diano d'Alba
Novello
Verduno
Grinzane Cavour
Cherasco
Roddi
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12
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Name some important vineyards on the Barolo commune:

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Cannubi
Bricco della Viole
Brunate
Cerequio
Rue
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13
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Name some important producers based in the Barolo commune?

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Rinaldi
Bartolo Mascarello
Sandrone

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Who owns the majority of the monprivato vineyard?

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Giuseppe Mascarello

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Name some important vineyards in Castiglione Falletto

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Rocche di Castiglione
Villero
Monprivato
Brico Boschis
Brico Roche
Fiasco
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16
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Name some important producers based in the Castiglione Falletto commune

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Vietti
Giuseppe Mascarello
Cavallotto

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17
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Name some important vineyards in La Morra?

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Brunate
Cerequio
Arborina
La Serra
Rocche dell Annunziata
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18
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Name some important producers based in La Morra?

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Roberto Voerzio

Elio Altare

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19
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Name the tributaries of the Tanaro river

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Talloria dell’Annunziata

Talloria di Castiglione

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20
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Name some important vineyards in Monforte d’Alba

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Bussia
Ginestra
Mosconi
Bricco San Pietro

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21
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Name some important producers based in Monforte

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Aldo Conterno
Domenico Clerico
Giacomo Conterno

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22
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Name some important vineyards in Serralunga

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Falletto
Francia
Vignarionda
Ceretta

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23
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What is considered to be the greatest vineyard in Verduno

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Monvigliero

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24
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Name a producer from Verduno

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Burlotto

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25
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What is considered to be the greatest vineyard in Novello

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Ravera

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26
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Name a producer from Novello

A

Elvio Cogno

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27
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Name some important producers based in Serralunga

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Cappellano

Massolino

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Name the communes of production in Barbaresco

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Barbaresco
Neive
Treiso (a frazione of Barbaresco)
San Rocco Senodelvio (part of Alba)

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29
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What is the minimum alcohol fro Barbaresco

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12.5%

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What are the ageing requirements for Barbaresco

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Minimum 26 months from November 1 of the harvest year (minimum 9 months in wood), may be released after January 1 of the third year following the harvest

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31
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What are the ageing requirements for Barbaresco Riserva?

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Minimum 50 months from November 1 of the harvest year (minimum 9 months in wood), may be released after January 1 of the fifth year following the harvest

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32
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In what year were Barbaresco’s crus defined?

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2007

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33
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Name some important vineyards in the Barbaresco commune

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Asili
Montestefano
Rabaja
Roncaglie
Rio Sordo
Sori Tildin
Martinenga
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34
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Name some important vineyards in the Neive commune

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Santo Stefano
Bricco di Neive
Basarin
Serraboella

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35
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Name some important vineyards in the Treiso commune

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Pajore

Roncagliette

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36
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Name the single vineyard bottlings of Angelo Gaja

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Costa Russi
Sori San Lorenzo
Sori Tildin

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37
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What is Barolo Chinato?

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A DOCG aromatised wine flavoured with Quinine

38
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Which DOCG lies on the opposite bank of the Tanaro river

A

Roero DOCG

39
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What are the red and white grapes of the Roero DOCG

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White: Min 95% Arneis
Red: Min 95% Nebbiolo

40
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Which river runs through the Gattinara and Ghemme DOCGs?

A

The Sesia River

41
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What wine styles are allowed in the Gattinara DOCG?

A

Red wines based on minimum 90% Spanna with 10% Bonarda di Gattinara and Vespolina

42
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What wine styles are allowed in the Ghemme DOCG?

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Red wines based on a minimum 85% Spanna, combined maximum 15% Vespolina and Uva Rara (Bonarda Novarese)

43
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What wine styles are produced in the Lessona DOC?

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reds based on Nebbiolo

44
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What wine styles are produced in the Sizzano DOC

A

reds based on Nebbiolo

45
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What wine styles are produced in the Carema DOC?

A

reds based on Nebbiolo

46
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Name the DOCGs based on the Barbera grape

A

Barbera d’Asti
Barbera del Monferrato Superiore
Nizza

47
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Name the DOCGs of the Monferrato hills

A

Barbera d’Asti
Barbera del Monferato Superiore
Nizza
Ruche di Castagnole Monferrato

48
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What are the ageing requirements for Barbera del Monferrato Superiore

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14 months aging prior to release, including six months in cask

49
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What wine styles are allowed in Ruche di Castagnole Monferrato?

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Red wines from a min. 90% Ruchè, plus max. 10% combined Barbera and Brachetto

50
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When did Nizza receive DOCG status?

51
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Name the 3 DOCGs based on 100% Dolcetto

A

Dogliani
Dolcetto di Ovada Superiore
Dolcetto di Diano d’Alba

52
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How many sori are classified as superior exposures in the Dolcetto di Diano d’Alba DOCG?

53
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What was the first still white wine to be promoted to DOCG status in Piedmont?

54
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What wine styles are made in the Erbaluce di Caluso DOCG?

A

Still, Spumante and Passito wines from the Erbaluce grape

55
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Where is the largest producer of DOCG wine in Italy?

A

Asti/Moscato d’Asti DOCG

56
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Describe the sparkling wines of Asti

A

Always fully sparkling (spumante) the wines are comprised solely of Moscato Bianco secondary fermentation is usually via the Charmat method

57
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Describe the sparkling wines of Moscato d’Asti

A

Slightly sparkling (frizzante) made from riper Moscato Bianco grapes. 2 atmospheres of pressure allowed, Delicate style with alcohol levels between

58
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What type of wine is produced in the Alta Langa DOCG

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White and rose traditional method sparkling wines made from Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grapes.

59
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What are the ageing requirements for Alta Langa Spumante?

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Total production process must not be less than 30 months

60
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What are the ageing requirements for Alta Langa Spumante riserva?

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Total production process must not be less than 36 months

61
Q

What wine styles are permitted in Brachetto d’Acqui

A

Still, sparkling and passito wines made from 97% Brachetto

62
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What is the principal grape variety used in the wines of the Carema, Boca, and Lessona DOCs?

63
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what does piemonte mean?

A

Foot of the mountain

64
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name three production techniques of traditional barolo producers, three of modernists

A

aging in botti / foot trodding / stem inclusion / open vat ferment with no temp control

smaller oak aging with more new wood (barrique) / roto fermenters / green harvesting / cellar hygine

65
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DOC year for barolo and barbaresco? DOCG?

A

1966 / 1980

66
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what are the following: formazione di lequiq / Marne di sant’agata fossilli / Arenaire di Diano?

A

SOil series of barolo

formazione di lequiq: calcium carbonate (marl stone) and sandstone (serralunga/monforte)

Marne di sant’agata fossilli: blue/grey marl with clat found in barolo and la morra

Arenaire di Diano: middle ground

67
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main difference in the soils of barolo and barbaresco?

A

Sandier soil series in barbaresco

68
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where is the coolest area of barolo and why? warmest? highest altitudes?

A

South east serralunga due to cool wind being sucked up from the Apennine mountains. North west - gab in the alps and apennine range and allows more Mediterranean influence (Ampitheater)

La Morra = highest

69
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which is warmer and why, barbaresco/barolo?

A

Barbaresco, more influence of the tanaro and lower overall altitudes

70
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budding and ripening of nebbiolo?

A

early budding and very late to ripen

71
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years for MGA’s in barbaresco and barolo

A

2007 = barbareco
2010 = barolo

72
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what side of the tanaro is roero on? What is the ‘le rocche’ here?

A

North - steep sandy cliffs formed by river erosion

73
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2 piemonte docg that allow you to make red and white wine?

A

Roero and Terre Alfieri

74
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what are the two subzones of barbera d’asti and what side of the tanaro are they on? what year was nizza elevated?

A

TInella / Colli astiani

south of tanaro

2014

75
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what is the italian synonym for the charmat method?

A

martinotti method

76
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what’s the general atmosphere pressure for asti spumante?

77
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min abv of asti and sweetness styles made

A

6% and all now

78
Q

max pressure for asti frizzante

79
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new docg of piemonte as of 2023?

A

canelli docg (100% moscato bianco, hand harvested , made in the moscato d’asti style)

80
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what subzone of asti may make VT wine?

A

santa vittoria d’alba

81
Q

wines labeled from the communes of tassarolo or Rovereto are made of what grape?

82
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what are the main soils of the Gavi DOCG?

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Limestone-rich clays “White Earth” better for Whites - Calcareó/Mornozó , “Red Earth” more brown Iron rich soils for red wines - Arcailloso

83
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where would you find the subzones Monleale and Terre di Libarna? Regulations?

A

Colli Tortonesi DOC

Monleale = barbera 85%

Terre di Libarna = Varietal Timorasso (95% min) / white blends of 60% timorasso / red wines of60% barbera

84
Q

what are the two clones of pelaverga called?

A

Pelaverga Grosso / Pelaverga Piccolo

85
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what body of water moderates erbaluce di caluso?

min rs for appassimento

min lees aging for sparkling

min amount of erbaluce

A

lake viverone (allows for botrytis appassimento wines) min RS of 70 g/l

15 mo on lees

100% erbaluce

86
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firt producer to make a cru barolo bottling

A

Prunotto - busia 1961

87
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min vineyard age for a barolo vigna wine to be labeled

88
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what two chain of hills create the variable exposures of barolo/barbaresco?

A

Langhe / Monferrato

89
Q

name two offspring of nebbiolo

A

Freisa and Vespolina and arneis as offspring, as well as the rare red Piedmontese grape Bubbierasco

90
Q

two most palnted grapes in piemonte

A

barbera / moscato

91
Q

first white wine docg of piemonte

92
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what happened in 2023 in roero

A

they lost their whole crop to hail

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