Italy - Umbria

Question 1

Umbria General Info

Answer 1

Umbria, one of Italy’s few landlocked regions, has a much less illustrious reputation for wine than Tuscany, its neighbor to the west.

The small region lies in the shadow of the Apennines, its climate moderated by maritime winds funneling from the Tyrrhenian Sea.

Slow to develop and rustic in comparison to its neighbors—Umbria, ironically provided the noted physicist Enrico Fermi with a wine to toast the first successful nuclear reaction of the Manhattan Project: Orvieto.

Question 2

DOCG of

Umbria

[north-south]

Answer 2

Torgiano Riserva DOCG
(70% Sangiovese ~ 12.5% min ABV)
{3 years min aging - 6 mo. bottle}
- made by Lugnorotti -

Sagrantino di Montefalco DOCG
(rosso - passito)
(100% Sagrantino)
{37 mo. aging - 4 mo. bottle}

Question 3

Torgiano Riserva DOCG

(Rd!)

Answer 3

Red Only!!

70% min Sangiovese

~9 tons/ha~
~12.5% min ABV~

*3 years min aging
**6 months min in bottle
**released 11/1 on 3rd year after harvest

1 Producer Only:
Lugnorotti

Question 4

Sagrantino di Montefalco DOCG

(Rd, Pst)

Answer 4

Red - ‘Vigna’ - Passito

100% Sagrantino

~8 tons/ha~

*37 months min aging from 12/1
**12 months min in wood
**4 months min in bottle

Rosso
~13% min ABV~

Rosso w/ ‘Vigna’
~13.5% min ABV~

Passito
~18% min ABV~
~{14.5% actual}~

Question 5

“Major” DOC of

Umbria

Answer 5

STORM

Spoleto DOC

Torgiano DOC

• *Orvieto DOC**
• (shared w/ Lazio)*

Rosso Orvietano DOC

Montefalco DOC

Question 6

DOC of

Umbria

Answer 6

(majors = STORM)

Spoleto

Torgiano

Orvieto
(shared w/ Lazio)

Rosso Orvietano

Montefalco

Amelia

Assisi

Colli Altotiberini

Colli del Trasimeno

Colli Martani

Colli Perugini

Todi

Question 7

What body of water regulates Umbria’s climate?

Answer 7

Tyrrhenian Sea

Question 8

Spoleto DOC

(W!)

Answer 8

Bianco - Trebbiano Spoletino

Bianco
50% min Trebbiano Spoletino

• *Trebbiano Spoletino**
• Normale - Superiore - Spumante - Passito*

85% min Trebbiano Spoletino

Question 9

Torgiano DOC

(Rd, W, Rs, VT, V.Snt, Spk)

Answer 9

Rosso - Bianco - Bianco Spumante
Rosato - Varietal
Vendemmia Tardiva - Vin Santo

Bianco - Vin Santo
50-70% Trebbiano Toscano
(aka: Procanico - Ugni Blanc)

*Vin Santo: 3 years min aging

Bianco Spumante
50% Max Chardonny
50% Mac Pinot Nero

Rosso - Rosato
50% min Sangiovese

Vendemmia Tardiva
50% min Chardonnay

Varietal
85% of stated:
W: Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio, Riesling Italico
Rd: Cab Sauv, Merlot, Pinot Nero

Question 10

What is the aging requirement of

Torgiano DOC Vin Santo?

Answer 10

*3 years min aging

50-70% Trebbiano Toscano
(aka: Procanico - Ugni Blanc)

Question 11

Orvieto DOC

(W!)

Answer 11

(shared w/ Lazio)

• *Bianco - Classico - Superiore**
• Secco - Abboccato - Amabile - Dolce - VT*

40% min Greccheto
20-40% Trebbiano Toscano
(aka: Procanico - Ugni Blanc)

Made in 7 communes in Umbria & Lazio:
CAMP-COB
Castel Giorgio
Allerona
Montecchio
Porano
Castel Viscardo
Orvieto
Baschi

Question 12

Rosso Orvietano DOC

(Rd!)

Answer 12

• *Red Only!!**
• Rosso - Varietal*

Rosso
70% min combined:
Aleatico, Cab Sauv, Cab Franc,
Merlot, Sangiovese, Pinot Nero,
Canaiolo, Montepulciano,
Ciliegiolo

Varietal
85% min of stated

All ‘major’ varieties except
Montepulciano

Question 13

Montefalco DOC

(Rd, W)

Answer 13

Rosso - Rosso Riserva - Bianco

Bianco
50% min Grechetto
20-35% Trebbiano Toscano
(aka: Procanico - Ugni Blanc)

Rosso
60-70% Sangiovese
10-15% Sagrantino

*18 months min aging

Rosso Riserva
*30 months min aging

Question 14

What is the aging requirement of

Torgiano Riserva DOCG?

Answer 14

*3 years min aging

**6 months min in bottle

**released 11/1 on 3rd year after harvest

Question 15

What is the aging requirement of

Sagrantino di Montefalco DOCG?
(rosso)

Answer 15

*37 months min aging from 12/1

**12 months min in wood

**4 months min in bottle

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Passito
*37 months min aging from 12/1
** 4 months min in bottle

Question 16

What is the aging requirement of

Sagrantino di Montefalco DOCG?
(passito)

Answer 16

*37 months min aging from 12/1

**4 months min in bottle

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Rosso
*30 months min aging from 12/1
**12 months min in wood
**4 months min in bottle

Question 17

What is the aging requirement of

Montefalco (rosso riserva) DOC?

Answer 17

Rosso Riserva
*30 months min aging

60-70% Sangiovese
10-15% Sagrantino

Rosso
*18 months min aging

Question 18

What is the aging requirement of

Montefalco (rosso) DOC?

Answer 18

Rosso
*18 months min aging

60-70% Sangiovese
10-15% Sagrantino

Rosso Riserva
*30 months min aging