Lm. Test Questions, Italy Flashcards
What grape is used for a wine from Gavi?
a) Cortese
b) Arneis
c) Verdicchio
a) Cortese
What region produces Valtellina wines from Nebbiolo?
a) Piemonte
b) Lombardy
c) Liguria
b) Lombardy
What is the minimum ageing requirement for Barolo RISERVA, and how many months in Oak?
a) 4 years
b) 3 years
c) 5 years
c)
5 years.
18 months
Which of the following is not one of the principal communes for the wines of Barolo?
a) Castiglione
b) La Morra
c) Dogliani
c) Dogliani
What are the typical flavours of a wine made from Arneis?
a) lychee and spice
b) peach and apricot
c) lemon and vegetal
b) peach and apricot
What % of Sangiovese must be used in a Carmignano?
a) 100
b) 50
c) 20
b) 50
What grape is used for a Vino Nobile di Montepulciano wine?
a) Montepulciano
b) Sangiovese
c) Dolcetto
b) Sangiovese
Which area in Tuscany is known for producing the Super Tuscan wines?
a) Montalcino
b) San Gimignano
c) Bolgheri
c) Bolgheri
What type of wine does the Frascati DOC produce?
a) White
b) Red
c) Rosé
a) White
What is the traditional grape used in Soave?
a) Trebbiano
b) Garganega
c) Vermentino
b) Garganega
What region is known for its Verdicchio wines?
a) Tuscany
b) Umbria
c) Marche
c) Marche
What is the dominant grape used in Conero DOCG and Rosso Piceno DOC?
a) Sangiovese
b) Nero d’Avola
c) Montepulciano
c) Montepulciano
What region does Umbria have a similar climate to?
a) Basilicata
b) Tuscany
c) Trentino-Alto Adige
b) Tuscany
What region is the Frascati DOC in?
a) Umbria
b) Abruzzo
c) Lazio
c) Lazio
What grape is used for Taurasi DOCG?
a) Agiorgitiko
b) Aglianico
c) Primitivo
b) Aglianico
What is Sicily’s traditional red variety?
a) Frappato
b) Nero d’ Avola
c) Negroamaro
b) Nero d’ Avola
What region is the wine Aglianico del Vulture in?
a) Basilicata
b) Puglia
c) Campania
a) Basilicata
Which grape is the same as the Primitivo grape?
a) Grenache
b) Zinfandel
c) Sangiovese
b) Zinfandel
How long must a wine from the DOCG of Taurasi be aged before release?
a) 2 years
b) 3 years
c) 4 years
b) 3 years
What style of wine is an Orvieto?
a) Red
b) White
c) Rosé
b) White
What grape is the Cannonau of Sardinia?
a) Negroamaro
b) Grenache
c) Merlot
b) Grenach
What is the name given to the ventilated room for drying grapes?
Fruttaio
What kind of wine is a Bardolino Chiaretto DOC?
Rose
How many communes are there in Barolo?
5
Which two communes represent Softer, Fruitier, Earlier Maturing Barolo?
La Morra.
Barola
Which two communes represent more structured, longer to mature Barolo?
Monforte.
SerraLunga
Which commune in Barolo has the qualities of the other groups within the commune.
Castiglione
Which DOC overlaps both Barolo DOCG and Barberesco DOCG?
Langhe
What grape is used in Barberesco DOCG
Nebbiolo
What is the minimum age required for Barolo?
And how many months in Oak?
3 Years.
18 Months
What is the varietal Cabernet Sauvignon used in making a Super Tuscan?
Sassicaia
Which grape is in the single grape higher quality Frascati?
Malvasia
Which two grapes are typically used to make simple low priced blends of Frascati?
Malvasia.
Trebbiano
What is quantitatively to be Italy’s most important white wine?
Soave
Where is Conero?
Marche
Which two types of wine is Marche know for?
Verdicchio.
Conero
Umbria is know for which wine?
Orvieto
Name the four grapes in Orvieto?
Trebbiano.
Grechetto.
Malvasia.
Verdello
Arneis grape is typically grown where?
Roero
Where is Roero located?
Piemonte
Where would you find Schiava and Lagrein?
Alto Adige
Schiava and Lagrein, Red or White?
Red
Where is Collio?
Friuli Venezia
Trentino is know for which red grape?
Teroldego
Name the three grapes of Valpolicella?
Cor vin one.
Ron din ella.
Mol in ara.
What style of wine is a Passito di Pantelleria ?
Sun dried / Moscato Grapes
Luscious dessert wine.
Island of Pantelleria (50 km south of Sicily)
What 3 regions make up the toe, instep and heel of the boot in Italy?
Basilicata. (Inside Step)
Calabria. (Toe)
Puglia (Heal)
Where would you find Selice Salentino?
Puglia
Taurasi DOCg is located in which region?
Campania
Where would you find Copertino?
Puglia
Which Italian region could be compared with California’s Central Valley and Australia’s Riverina?
Puglia
Name the two grapes you would find in Salice and Copertino?
Negroamaro.
Malvasia Nera
Primitivo, typically where would you find it?
Puglia IGT wines
