Italy - TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE / FRIULI / VENETO Flashcards
What country borders Friuli
Northeastern Italy - border of Slovenia
What countries border Trentino-Alto Adige
Northeastern Italy- border of Austria and Switzerland
Geography of Veneto
Northeastern Italy, includes Venice and Verona
Climate of Trentino-Alto Adige/Friuli
Cool Continental
Climate of Veneto
Cool Mediterranean, closer to the east
Geography of Trentino-Alto Adige/Friuli
Alps
Classification of Veneto / Fruili
IGP, DOC, DOCG
What are the main white grapes of Friuli
Pinot Grigio ⚪️
Sauvignon ⚪️ - (Sauvignon Blanc)
Friulano ⚪️
Pinot Bianco⚪️
Chardonnay ⚪️
Ribolla Gialla ⚪️
What are the main white grapes of Veneto
Garganega ⚪️
Glera ⚪️
Trebbiano di Soave ⚪️
Chardonnay ⚪️
What are the main white grapes of Trentino-Alto Adige
Pinot Grigio ⚪️
Chardonnay ⚪️
Sauvignon Blanc ⚪️
Pinot Bianco ⚪️
Winemaking in Friuli
Orange wine and natural wines
What red grapes are in Friuli
- Merlot 🔴
- Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso 🔴
What red grapes are in Trentino-Alto Adige
Pinot Nero🔴
Teroldego 🔴
Lagrein 🔴
What red grapes are in Veneto
Corvina 🔴
Rondinella 🔴
Label terms - fruili, Venezia Giulia, Veneto
(-) Classico
(-) Superiore
(-) Secco
(-) Amabile
(-) Charmat
(-) Appassimento
(-) Recioto
Classico Veneto
A red wine from the Valpolicella DOC, made from grapes grown in the traditional Classico viticultural zone
Superiore Valpolicella
Indicates that the wine must be aged for a year minimum and have one percent higher minimum alcohol content than the regular Valpolicella DOC
Secco Veneto
Dry white wine from the Veneto region of Italy
Amabile
Refers to a wine that is medium-sweet, with a natural sugar residue of 12–45 grams per liter
Charmat
Sparkling wine method
Involves carbonating the wine in large stainless steel tanks. It’s also known as the Tank Method, the Marinotti method, metodo Italiano, or cuve close
Appassimento
An Italian winemaking technique that involves drying grapes before fermentation. The word “appassimento” translates to “fading” or “withering” in Italian
Recioto
Recioto” indicates this is a wine made in the same manner as Amarone, but sweeter, with “port-like” qualities
What’s special about the history of Alto Adige
Many of the producers in Alto-Adige are co-ops
History of Amarone
(-) Vat of wine intended for Recioto was left unattended, accidentally allowing the fermentation to go too long
(-) When the cellar master, Adelino Lucchese, found this barrel, he discovered that rather than the sweet Recioto wine that was intended, they had a dry wine instead.
(-) This initially seemed like a big loss, but when they tasted the wine, they found it was rich and robust. It also carries a pleasant bitter (amaro) quality, hence it was eventually called Amarone, and a new style was born.
Producers/Proprietary Brand of Trentino-Alto Adige
(-) Cantina Terlano
(-) Tiefenbrunner
Producers/Proprietary Brand of Friuli
(-) Jermann
(-) Movia
(-) Livio Felluga
(-) Schioppettino
(-) Josko Gravner
Producers/Proprietary Brand of Veneto, Amarone
(-) Bertani
(-) Masi
(-) Allegrini
(-) Tommasi
(-) Dal Forno
(-) Quintarelli
Producers/Proprietary Brand of Veneto, Prosecco:
(-) Bisol
(-) Mionetto
(-) La Marca
(-) Zonin
(-) Zardetto
Prosecco DOC
Spumante wines made in the Charmat method from the Glera grape variety.
Describe wines from
Soave DOC/Soave Superiore DOCG
Dry white wines made mostly from the Garganega grape variety.
Superiore has elevated alcohol and longer minimum aging requirements
Valpolicella DOC
Dry red wines primarily from the
Corvina and Rondinella grape varieties.
Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG
Red wine primarily from Corvina with Rondinella.
Uses the Appassimento process of drying the grapes and concentrating sugars.
Minimum 14% abv and residual sugar is often perceptible.
Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Spumante
Superiore DOCG
More specific designation for Prosecco, higher alcohol requirement
Recioto di Soave DOCG
Sweet white wine made from
Garganega grapes dried in the Appassimento method
Recioto di Valpolicella DOCG
Sweet red wine made from Corvina and Rondinella grapes dried in the Appassimento method.
Valpolicella Ripasso DOC
Corvina and Rondinella
grapes.
Use of the remaining must and lees from the production of Recioto della Valpolicella and/or
Amarone della Valpolicella.
Young wine is combined with the lees and goes through a short second fermentation. This leads to wines with more flavor, tannin, and alcohol.
Trentino-Alto Adige DOC
- Alto-Adige (Südtiroler) DOC
- Trentino DOC
- Valdadige DOC
Friuli DOC
- Friuli Isonzo DOC
- Friuli Colli Orientali DOC
- Friuli Grave DOC
Trentino-Alto Adige AOC laws
Most of production is DOC status single grape variety wines.
Delle Venezie DOC/Trevenezie IGP regions
Includes the entire regions of Veneto, Friuli, and the Trentino portion of Trentino-Alto Adige
