Liguria

Question 1

LIGURIA borders:
W?
E?
S?
N?
NE?

Answer 1

west- France
east- Toscana
south- Ligurian Sea
north- Piemonte
NE- E-M

Question 2

Liguria capital?
Which is drier? Ponente or Lavante?

Answer 2

Genova
Ponente

Question 3

Liguria- when does most ppt fall?
Overall Liguria climate?

Answer 3

Autumn and Winter
Mediterranean

Question 4

Liguria:
What % is mountains, hills, plains?

Answer 4

65%, 35%, 0%

Question 5

Liguria:
Difference in soils between Ponente and Lavante?

Answer 5

Ponente: reddish calcareous marls
Levante: deep, heavier clays mixed with sand and LS

Question 6

Liguria:
Most widely planted grape?
What grape of the Ponente is genetically identical?

Answer 6

Vermentino
Pigato

Question 7

What is another name for Albarola?
Where is it mainly grown?

Answer 7

Bianchetta Genovese
Levante

Question 8

Bosco:
1 Native to _____
2 Mainly grown where?
3 usually varietal or blended?

Answer 8

1 La Spezia
2 Levante
3 Blended (with Vermentino and Albarola)

Question 8

Rossese:
1 where grown?

Answer 8

Ponente

Question 8

Granaccia:
1 other names?
2 where grown?

Answer 8

1 Cannonau/Alicante
2 Ponente

Question 9

What are maixei/maje?

Answer 9

Dry terraced stone walls in local dialect

Question 10

What are main training systems in
1 Ponente
2 Levante

Answer 10

1 albarello
2 pergola

Question 11

Liguria:
1 how many DOCs?
2 what % of wines DOC? IGT? generic?

Answer 11

1 eight
2. 70%, 15%, 15%

Question 12

Cinque Terre DOC:
1. any red wines?
2. what grapes are used in white blend, and their roles?
3.what are the 3 subzones?

Answer 12

1. no
2. Bosco (structure), Vermentino (perfume), Albarola (acid). 80%+ min
3. Costa de Sera, Costa de Campu, Costo da Posa

Question 13

Cinque Terre Sciacchetra DOC:
1. grapes dried on racks called ____
2. min ABV?
3. riserva aging?

Answer 13

1. graticci
2. 11.5%
3. 36m

Question 14

Colli di Luni DOC:
What are the 4 wines produced?

Answer 14

CdL Vermentino (90%+)
CdL Albarola (85%+)
CdL Blanco (based on Vermentino and Trebbiano Tosacano)
CdL Rosso (85%+ Sangiovese)

Question 15

Val Polcevera DOC:
1 near what major city?
2 bianchi from what grapes?
3. rosso from what grapes?
4. what is the one subzone?

Answer 15

1. coastal hills around Genova
2. Albarola, Vermentino in blends and varietals
3. Dolcetto, Ciliegiolo, Sangiovese
4. Coronata (white blends only)

Question 16

Riviera Ligure di Ponente DOC:
what are the five wines produced?

Answer 16

Riviera Ligure di Ponente Pigato (95%+)
Vermentino (95%+)
Moscato (Moscato Biano in dry, frizzante, passito)
Rossese (90%+) also in passito
Granaccia

Question 17

Riviera Ligure di Ponente DOC subzones= match subzone with grape:
1. Albenganese
2. Finalese
3. Riviera dei Fiori
4. Taggia
5. Quiliano

Answer 17

1. PIgato
2. Vermentino
3. Rossese
4. sweet Moscato Bianco
5. dry Granaccia

Question 18

Rossese di Dolceacqua DOC:
1. claim to fame?
2. wine reqs?
3. how many MGAs?

Answer 18

1. first Liguria region to receive DOC
2. 95% Rossese, 13%_ ABV
3. 38

Question 19

What is Sciactra?

Answer 19

Rosato made from Ormeasco