Lombardia Flashcards
Which winegrowing region is a particular favorite of Croatina?
Otlrepo Pavese
This grape is used to produce single varietal wines but also as an important component in red blends as often blended with Croatina.
Barbera (!)
What is the minimum percentage required for Pinot Nero for Oltrepo Pavese Metodo Classico DOCG?
What is the maximum percentage of Chardonnay/PInot Bianco or PInot Grigio?
70% Pinot Nero
Up to 30% Chardonnay/PInot Bianco/Pinot Grigio
What does Oltrepo mean or refer to?
Oltre-Po means beyond the Po River.
Oltrepo is in the southwestern corner of Lombardia, south of the Po River and at the foothills of the Northern Apennines, bordering Piemonte and Emilia-Romagna.
This grape is native to Piemonte where it is known as Vespolina.
In Lombardia it is grown in Oltrepo Pavese to blend with Croatina and Barbera.
Ughetta (Vespolina)
This DOC covers exactly the same area as Franciacorta but it is dedicated to Rosso and Bianco with a minimu,m of 50% Chardonnay and maximum of 50% Pinot Bianco while some premium examples are crafted from 100% Chardonnay.
Curtefranca DOC
What is the Lambrusco variety used to produce Lambrusco Mantovano DOC?
Lambrusco Viadanse
The name refers to a group of varieties that share similar characteristics. Gentile version is considered to be the leader of the grouping.
Widely planted in the Lake Garda area, often is produced as rosato due to its large berries.
Groppelo(!)
What are top 4 most widely planted grapes in Lombardia?
- Croatina 16%
- Pinot Nero 13%
- Chardonnay 12%
- Barbera 11%
What are the minimum on lees requirements for Vintage (millesimato) and for Riserva Franciacorta wines?
Vintage: minimum of 30 months on less
Riserva: minimum of 60 months of lees ageing (made only in exceptional years)
What are two of most well known of 19 villages entitled to produce Franciacorta?
- Erbusco
- Adro
Which wines are immortalized by the famous Latin poets Virgil and Carullus?
Valtellina and Simione
True or False
Lombardia is the largest in terms of size
False - It is the fourth largest in terms of size
Situated on the southern part of Lake Garda, this DOC is inter-regional, shared between Lombardia and Veneto, although the majority of the appellation is contained within Lombardia.
Lugano DOC (!)
What is the only DOCG in Oltrepo Pavese?
Oltrepo Pavese Metodo Classico DOCG (!)
What is the traditional name of Rosato wines made in the area surrounding Lake Garda in both Lombardia and Veneto?
Chiaretto
What style of wine is considered to be the flagship of Riviera del Garda Classico DOC? What is called lcoally?
Charetto (Rosato)
What are five official sub zones of Valtellina Superiore DOCG?
- Valgella (the largest and most easterly)
- Inferno (meaning “hell”, most structured wine)
- Grumello
- Sassella (well known)
- Maroggia (the most recent and smallest sub zone)
This DOC occupies the western and southern side of Lake Garda. The appellation focuses primarilly on red Groppello.
Riviera del Garda Classcio DOC (!)
What four minor DOCs of Oltrepo Pavese?
- Sangue di Giuda (Sangue di Giude dell’Otrelpo Pavese) DOC (sweet rad based on the same grape make up as Buttafuoco)
- Oltrepo Pavase Pinot Grigio DOC
- Categgio DOC (red from Barbera, Croatina, Ughetta and PInot Nero)
- San Colombano Al Lambro (San Colmbano) DOC (the only DOC that lies partly within the administrative province of Milan).
What is the name of appellation first created for the production of still wine made in Fraciacorta area initially and then was subsequently given the current appellation name so that Franciacorta only refers to sparkling wine by keeping Franciacorta appellation name?
Curtefranca DOC
What are two large lakes in Lombardia?
Lake Garda and Lake Como
The grape’s name translates as “rare grape”.
Most plantings are in Oltrepo Pavese blended to Croatina, Barbera in small quatities to provide aromas of red fruit and spice.
Uva Rara
Name the four sectors of Lombardria from north to south (topographically)
- The Alps (includes Valtellina)
- The Prealps (includes Franciacorta, the hills around Brescia and Bergamo and the hills around Lake Garda)
- The Padana Plain (Pianura Padana) - flat expanses of the centreal and southern part of Lombardia)
- The Apennines Foothills (small southwestern corner of Lombardia between Piemonte and Emilia-Romagna) Includes Oltrepo Pavese
Oltrepo Pavese appellation for still Pinot Nero grape.
Pinot Nero dell’Oltrepo Pavese DOC
Along with Franciacorta, what is common to these wine regions: Asti, Marsala, Champagne and Sherry/Jerez?
They are not required to state the PDO level (Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantia) on the label. The mane Franciacorta is enough to identify the wines’s place of origin.
True or False:
Lombardia has the largest number of lakes in the entire country.
True
What are three main grape varieteis Franciacorta is produced from?
- Chardonnay
- Pinot Nero
- Pinot Bianco
Valtellina’s vineyards can be popularly described as?
“Heroic”
Slopes are so steep that the grapes mut be placed into baskets that are worn as backpacks
Who is atrributed to started the modern history of Franciacorta in the 1950s when he experimented with the production of bottle fermented sparkling wine.
Franco Ziliani
Name three minor DOCs of Garda Lombardo (two inter regional DOCs and the other south of Lake Garda).
- Garda DOC (inter-regional DOC shared between Lombardia and Veneto and coveres the entire Garda Lombardo)
- San Martino della Battaglia DOC (inter regional DOC shared between Lombardia and Veneo producing Friulano)
- Garda Colli Mantovani DOC (lies in the hills to the south of Lake Garda in the province of Mantovani)
when and what is the first official release of traditional method sparkling wine released by Franco Ziliani?
1961
Pinot di Franciacorta (made from Pinot Bianco)
What is the minimum percentage Pinot Nero must be included in Franciacorta Rose and what is the minimum lees ageing?
Minimuim of 35% Pinot Nero
Minimum of 24 months on lees
Broadly what are three climatic zones that can divide Lombardia?
- The Alpine Zone (north)
- The Lakes Zone (north central)
- The Padana Plain (Pianura Padana)
Which country and four regions border on Lombardia?
Switzerland to the north, Emilia-Romagna to the south, Piemonte to the west, Trentino-Alto Adige and Veneto to the east
What are three type s of still dry wine made in Lugana DOC(!)?
- The Lugana (the youngest, released a few months after harvest)
- The Lugana Superiore (min. 12 months ageing)
- The Lugana Riserva (min 24 months with at least six months in bottle)
This red variety is the second most widely planted variety in Lombardia after Croatina. It represents 13% of Lamobardia’s total vineyard plantings.
Most are found in Oltrepo Pavese.
Pinot Nero (!)
This DOC area has been considered historically to produce a classic dry Oltrepo Pavese style red wine with Croatiina and Barbera.
Buttafuoco (or Buttafuoco dell’Oltrepo Pavese) DOC !)
What is the main grape used in Oltrepo Pavese Metodo Classico DOCG (!) ?
Pinot Nero
What is the minimum time non vintage Franciacorta wine must be spent on lees?
18 months
The is period is the longest minimum lees ageing requirement in t he world for non vintage traditional method sparkling wine (Champagne requires only 12 months on the lees)