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Liguria COPY Flashcards

1
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Costa de Sera, Costa de Campu and Costa da Posa are subzones of what DOC

A

Cinque Terre

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2
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What style of wine is Cinque Terre Sciacchetrà

A

Sweet white passito

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3
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What are the three main grapes of Cinque Terre DOC

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Vermentino, Bosco and Alberola

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4
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Bianchetta Genovese is genetically identical to what other Ligurian grape

A

Albarola

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5
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Rossese is known as what grape in France

A

Tibouren

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6
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What was the first DOC in Liguria

A

Rossese di Dolceaqua DOC

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7
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In which wine region is Bosco a native grape

A

Liguria

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8
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What is the minimum aging requirement for Cinque Terre Sciacchetrà Riserva

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36/12

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9
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What is the % of Rossese in Rossese di Dolceaqua DOC

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95%

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10
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In which part of Liguria would Pigato likely be grown, western or Eastern Riviera.

A

Western

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11
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What is the name for Dolcetto in Liguria

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Ormanesco

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12
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Which is the third smallest region in size

A

Liguria
Valle d’Aosta is smallest and then Molise
Liguria has less area under vine than Molise

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13
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Which description of Liguria is correct?

a. Soils rich with few stones
b. Maritime Alps & Ligurian Apennines border Liguria
c. Liguria is largely mountainous and hilly
d. There is flat land available for vines

A

b & c
a- Soils is calcareous marl (west)
and clay, sand, limestone (east)
d. There is no flat land to farm

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14
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Where can Cinque Terre and Portofino be found?

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Levante

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15
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What is the climate of Liguria?

A

Mediterranean
Hot & Humid
Sea breezes & altitude
Plenty of rain fall (autumn, winter)

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16
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How do prevailing winds impact Levante

A

Brings more rain than Ponente

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17
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What area has a wide range of meso-climates?

A

Ponente

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18
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What sentence best describes Liguria’s climate?

a. Mountain ranges running through the region protect from cold northerly winds
b. The sea increases the diurnal temperature swings
c. The central area around Genoa is wetter
d. Average annual temperature is highest inland

A

a.

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19
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What is spring, summer, autumn and winter climates of Liguria?

A

Spring - mild, little rain
Summer - warm, dry, moderating sea breeze
Autumn - mild, most rainfall
Winter - Mild on coast, colder inland, significant rain

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20
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How many grapes are grown in Liguria?

A

Over 100

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21
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What are the grapes and vineyards like in Liguria?

A

Most are indigenous

Co-planted in vineyard

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22
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Are international grapes popular and how are they used?

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Very few international grapes

Used for IGT wines

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23
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What is the % of white/red grapes

A

White 70%

Red 30%

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24
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What is the most planted whites / red?

A

Vermentino (20%) & Pigato

Rossese

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25
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Where is Pigato primarily found?

A

Savona
Imperia
Producing Riviera di Ponente DOC varietals

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26
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What grape is genetically identical to Pignato?

A

Vermentino

But distinct characters

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27
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Where is Bosco mainly grown and how is it used?

A 
Levante
Vineyards on the sea
Used for blending with Vermentino & Albarola
Structure / Body
Cinque Terre Bianco DOC
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28
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What are the 2 primary red grapes in Liguria?

A

Rossese (10%)

Ormeasco

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29
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Where is Rossese mainly planted?

A

Ponente

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30
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What is the primary grape in Dolceacqua DOC

A

Rossese

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31
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What is Ormeasco common name?

A

Dolcetto

Dry & Sweet

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32
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What is the difference between Ligurian Ormeasco and Piemonte Dolcetto?

A

Ormeasco (Dolcetto) herbal / lighter

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33
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Where is Ormeasco primarily made and in what form?

A

Ormeasco di Pornassio DOC

Dry and Sweet red wines

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34
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What is the common vine training style?

A

Guyot
Horizontally trained
Poor, dry hillside soil

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35
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What is the traditional training in Ponente?

36
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What is the traditional training in Levente?

A

Pergola (Cinque Terre)

Lower to the ground

37
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What can be grown in Levente?

A

Varietals & Blends

Red & White

38
Q

What can be grown in Ponente?

A

Only SINGLE VARIETALS

39
Q

How much do white wines contribute to Liguria’s total production?

A

More than half

40
Q

What is Liguria’s largest DOC?

A

Riviera Ligure di Ponente DOC

San Remo to Genoa

41
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Riviera Ligure di Ponente DOC

A

Varietal Vermentino & Pigato

Rossese

42
Q

Where is the best area for Pigato?

A

Albenganese,

Riviera Ligure di Ponente DOC

43
Q

Where is the best area for Vermentino?

A

Finalese

Riviera Ligure di Ponente DOC

44
Q

What is the most distinctive wine in Liguria?

A

Rossese di Dolceacqua DOC

Near French Border

45
Q

What wine did Napolean praise?

A

Rossese di Dolceacqua DOC

46
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What % Rossese in Rossese di Dolceacqua DOC?

47
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How many hamlets in Rossese di Dolceacqua DOC?

48
Q

What Ligurian grape is terroir sensitive?

A

Rossese
Likes water-retaining hillsides
Protected from winds

49
Q

What Ligurian DOC is entirely in the mountains?

A

Ormeasco di Pornassio DOC

up to 800m

50
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What % of Dolcetto in Ormeasco di Pornassio DOC

51
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Is Ormeasco di Pornassio DOC dry or sweet?

A

Traditionally dry

52
Q

What is Sciac-trà?

A

Sweet red passito

from Ormeasco Pornassio

53
Q

What is the difference between Sciac-trà and Schiaccetrà?

A

Sciac-trà- Pornassio - sweet red passito

Schiaccetrà - Cinque Terre - sweet white passito

54
Q

What statement is correct?

a. Albenganese is particularly known for Pigato
b. Levante has the most area under vine
c. Ponente streches from San Remo to W Genoa

A

a & c

Ponente has the most area under vine

55
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What DOC does not border the sea in Liguria

A

Pornassio DOC

56
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What DOC borders France?

A

Dolceacqua DOC

57
Q

What was Liguria’s 1st DOC?

A

Dolceacqua

58
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What DOC can produce dry red, rosato or sweet red passito from which grape?

A

Pornassio DOC

Dolcetto (Ormeasco)

59
Q

What does Cinque Terre mean?

A

Five lands

60
Q

Where do vineyards abut the sea in Liguria and require monorails?

A

Cinque Terre

61
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What can Cinque Terre DOC produce?

A

Only White
Blends of Bosco, Albarola and Vermentino
Dry & Passito

62
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What does Bosco add to a blend?

63
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What does Albarola add to a blend?

64
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What does Vermentino add to a blend?

65
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What 2 styles of wine in Cinque Terre?

A

Dry & Passito

66
Q

Describe Cinque Terre Sciacchetrà

A

Sweet white Passito
Only made best years
Use Graticci to dry

67
Q

What is the inter-regional DOC in Liguria?

A

Colli di Luni DOC

Toscana

68
Q

What wines does Colli di Luni produce?

A

Vermentino (90%)
Albarola (85%)
Bianco: Vermentino & TT blend
Rosso: Sangiovese-based

69
Q

Is Sciacchetrà made every year?

A

Only the best years

70
Q

What is Sciacchetrà?

A

Sweet white passito

71
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How much Sciacchetrà is produced?

A

Very tiny quantities

72
Q

What DOC only produces whites?

A

Cinque Terre DOC

73
Q

What is the major commercial port in Liguria?

74
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What are the blending grapes with Vermentino in Cinque Terre DOC?

A

Bosco

Albarola

75
Q

Which statements are correct?

a. Most Ligurian vines found in Levante
b. Genoa is port and capital of Liguria
c. Most vines are inland
d. France forms western border, Toscana eastern

A

B & D

a. most vines in Ponente
c. most vines on cliffs on the sea

76
Q

Which statements are correct?

a. Ponente refers to west coast
b. Ponente is entirely single varietal
c. Riviera Ligure di Ponente DOC is Liguria’s smallest in area
d. Ponente is rainiest

A

a & b
c - Val Polcevera DOC is Liguria’s smallest
d. Levante gets more rain

77
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What is Liguria’s smallest DOC?

A

Val Polcevera DOC

78
Q

Which statements are correct?

a. only 10 types of grapes
b. International grapes over 50%
c. Sangiovese is most widely planted red
d. More than 70% of vines are white

A 
d
a - more than 100 grapes
b. very little international grapes
c. Rosses is most planted red.
Sangiovese found in Luni
79
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Who was the first to plant vines in Liguria?

A

The Liguri tribe

80
Q 
White or red?
Rossese
Ormeasco
Pigato
Vermentino
Bosco
Albarola
A 
Rossese - red
Ormeasco -red
Pigato - white
Vermentino - white
Bosco - white
Albarola - white
81
Q

What are the three main grapes of Cinque Terre DOC?

A

Vermentino
Bosco
Albarola

82
Q

What is the name for Dolcetto in Liguria?

83
Q

Bianchetta Genovese is genetically identical to what other Ligurian grape?

84
Q

In which wine region is Bosco a native grape?

85
Q

Rossese is known as what grape in France?

86
Q

Costa de Sera, Costa de Campu and Costa da Posa are subzones of what DOC?

A

Cinque Terre DOC

87
Q

In which part of Liguria would Pigato likely be grown, the Western or Eastern Riviera?

A

Ponente

Western Riviera

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