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Liguria - online Flashcards

1
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Where is Liguria located and what are its borders?

A 
NW of Italy
France
Piemonte
Emilia Romagna
Toscana
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2
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What is the topology like?

A

Steep cliffs into the Ligurian sea

Crescent shaped

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3
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Where does Liguria region rank?

A

3rd smallest region

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4
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What are the 3 most prominent grapes?

A

Vermentino
Pigato
Rossese

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5
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What was the original tribe?

A

Liguri

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6
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What areas were famous in Roman times and which area did Pliny write about?

A

Cinque Terre

Luni - Pliny the Elder

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7
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What was the powerful city state and its capital found in Liguria?

A

Genoa

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8
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Who took over Liguria in the 19th century?

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France and Napoleon

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9
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What are the 4 main provinces of Liguria?

A

Imperia
Savona
Genoa
La Spezia

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10
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What are the 2 main subzones?

A

Riviera di Ponente the West Coast

Riviera di Levante the East Coast

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11
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What is the largest and driest subzone?

A

Riviera di Ponente

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12
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Where is the majority of wine growing?

A

Riviera di Ponente

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13
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What area has steep cliffs, caves and scattered beaches?

A

Riviera di Levante

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14
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What is the topography breakdown of Liguria?

A

65% mountains
35% hills
NO FLAT LAND
Heroic viticulture

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15
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What are the 2 mountain ranges in Liguria?

A 
Maritime Alps (N)
Ligurian Apennines (NE)
Merge with coast
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16
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What are the soils in Ponente?

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Poor soils

Reddish, calcareous marl

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17
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What are the soils in Levante?

A

Poor soils

Clay, sand, limestone mix

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18
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What is the seasonal Ligurian climate?

A 
Mediterranean - humid, breezes
Spring - mild, little rain
Summer - Warm & Dry - DROUGHT ISSUE
Autumn - Mild, Highest rain
Winter - Mild on Coast, cooler inland valleys, rain
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19
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Where is it driest in Liguria?

A

Ponente

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20
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Where is it wettest and why in Liguria?

A

Levante due to prevailing winds

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21
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What causes wide range of meso-climates in Liguria and where?

A

Many inland valleys in Ponente

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22
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What is the best way to describe the Ligurian climate?

A

Mountain ranges running through the region. offer protection from cold northerly winds

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23
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How many grape varieties grown in Liguria?

A

More than 100

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24
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What type of grapes dominate indigenous or international?

A

Indigenous
Co-planing within vineyards
International very little mostly IGT wines

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25
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Is Liguria white or red?

A

70% white

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26
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What is the largest planted grape?

A

Vermentino

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27
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What are the two most important white grapes?

A

Vermentino and Pigato

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28
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What is Liguria’s red grape?

A

Rossese

29
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Where is Pigato most important?

A

Savonia
Imperia
Varietals for Riviera Ligure di Ponente DOC

30
Q

What is identical to Vermentino?

A

Pigato

31
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What is the character difference between Vermentino and Pigato?

A

Pigato is musky

Vermentino - aromatic herbs, mineral-salty

32
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Describe Bosco

A

Grown in Levante
Right on the sea
Blended with Vermentino & Albarola
Adds structure & Body

33
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Describe Rossese

A

Identical to Tibouren (France)
Most widely planted red (10%)
Almost all in Ponente
Dolceacqua DOC

34
Q

Describe Ormeasco

A 
Dolcetto synonym
West Liguria
Dry & sweet 
Lighter than Piemonte Dolcetto
Ormeasco di Pornassio
35
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Liguria’s training system

A

Guyot suitable on poor, dry hillside soils
Cordone - suitable on medium-poor soils - mechanical prunning
Alberello - Ponente tradition
Pergola (low) - Levante tradition

36
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Production in Ponente

A

Entirely focused on varietals red & white

37
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Production in Levante

A

Varietals and blends

White and Red

38
Q

Riviera Ligure di Ponente DOC

A 
Western Riviera
San Remo to Genoa
Largest DOC
Pigato & Vermentino varietals
Rossese for reds
Albenganese - Pigato
Finlese - Vermentino
39
Q

What town has the best Pigato?

A

Albenganese

40
Q

What town has the best Vermentino?

A

Finalese

41
Q

Dolceacqua DOC

A 
Rossese
Regarded by Napolean
1st DOC '72
French Border
Most distinctive Ligurian
42
Q

What is the most distinctive wine in Liguria?

A

Rossese di Dolceacqua DOC

43
Q

What was the first DOC in Liguria?

A

Rossese di Dolceacqua DOC

44
Q

What is unique about Rossese

A

Very terroir sensitive
Needs water-retaining hillsides
Protected from wind

45
Q

How many hamlets in Rossese di Dolceacqua DOC

A

38

Can amend name on label

46
Q

What % Rossese in Dolceacqua DOC

A

95%

47
Q

Is there a Superiore Rossese di Dolceacqua DOC

A

Yes
1 year age
13% ABV

48
Q

Pornassio DOC grape

A

Ormeasco (95%)

49
Q

What region is entirely in the mountains of Liguria?

A

Ormeasco di Pornassio DOC

up to 800m

50
Q

What is the character of Ormeasco di Pornassio DOC

A 
Dry
Floral
Fruity
Spicy
Bitter finish
51
Q

Is Superiore Ormeasco di Pornassio DOC allowed?

A

Yes
1 year age
Higher ABV

52
Q

What styles are produced in Ormeasco di Pornassio DOC

A

Dry
Rosato (Sciac-trà)
Superiore

53
Q

What is the difference between Sciac-trà and Schiacchetrà

A

Sciac-trà - sweet red passito - Pornassio

Schiacchetrà - sweet white passito - Cinque Terre

54
Q

Chose correct statement

a. Albenganese is known for Pigato
b. Riviera Ligure di Ponente DOC stretches from San Remo to W Genoa
c. Riviera di Levante has the most are under vine

A

a & b

Ponente has the most area

55
Q

What area does not border the sea?

A

Pornassio DOC

56
Q

What does Cinque Terre mean?

A

Five lands

Refers to the 5 fishing villages

57
Q

What appellation in Liguria has been renowned since the Romans?

A

Cinque Terre DOC

58
Q

What is Cinque Terre’s claim to fame?

A

Sciacchetrà - rare passito

Not made every year

59
Q

How close are Cinque Terre’s vines to the sea?

A

The are close enough to get sprayed by sea water

60
Q

What are the vineyards like in Cinque Terre?

A

Super steep
Grapes harvest with monorails
Heroic

61
Q

What wines does Cinque Terre DOC produce

A 
Only dry white
Bosco - Structure (>40%)
Albarola - Acidity (<40%)
Vermentino - Perfume (<40%)
also auxiliary grapes (<20%)
62
Q

What do the blended grapes add in Cinque Terre?

A

Bosco - Structure
Albarola - Acidity
Vermentino - Perfume

63
Q

What wines do Cinque Terre Sciacchetrà DOC produce

A

Sweet passito
Bosco, Albarola, Vermentino
Dried on Graticci
Only in Best Years.

64
Q

Colli di Luni DOC

A

Inter-regional with Toscana
Covers most of E Liguria
3 towns in Toscana
Roman town of Luni

65
Q

What are the wines of Colli di Luni DOC?

A

Vermentino - varietal
Albarola - varietal
Bianco - Blended Vermentino and TT
Rosso - Sangiovese based

66
Q

What statement is correct?

a. Sciacchetrà is made every year
b. Sciacchetrà is produced in very tiny quantities
c. Sciacchetrà is sweet white passito

A

b & c

Sciacchetrà only produced in best year

67
Q

What is the major commercial port in Liguria?

A

Genoa

68
Q

What is the Cinque Terre blend

A

Albarola, Bosco, Vermentino

69
Q

What was the 1st Ligurian DOC?

A

Dolceacqua DOC

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