Lombardia Flashcards
Lombardia:
1. where does it rank in ITA for population?
2. Capital city?
3. Does Lombardia have a lot of indigenous varieties?
4. what is the most widely planted grape?
- first
- Milan
- No
- PN
Lombardia borders:
1. N
2. S.
3. W
4. E
- SUI
- E-M
- Piemonte
- T-AA, Veneto
Lombardia:
1. What 4 lakes from W->E?
2. What’s the climate in north vs south?
3. When does the rain fall and where?
4. what % mtn/hills/plains?
- Maggiore, Como, Iseo, Garda
- Alpine, continental (Padana Plain)
- most rain in spring and fall, north near Alps gets most
- 41% mtn, 12% hills, 47% plains
Lombardia rivers: which one…
1. forms most of the south border with E-M?
2. Influences Valtellina?
3. forms part of the border with Piemonte?
4. separates Franciacorta from the Bergamo Hills?
- Po
- Adda
- Ticino
- Oglio
Erbamat:
1. what is it really high in?
2. what helps it very subceptible to botyris?
- malic acid
- thin skin, compact bunches
- what is Turbiana also called?
- what is Croatina called in Oltrepo Pavese?
- Groppello is know as ___ in the local dialect
- What is main Groppello variety?
- Trebbiano di Lugana
- Bonarda
- “fist” (grapes in tightly packed bunches)
- Groppello Gentile
- What 2 varieties of Lambrusco are grown in SE Lombardia?
- Where is Moscato di Scanzo exclusively planted?
- what is Neb called in Valtellina?
- Lambrusco Maestri and Lambrusco Viadanese
- hills of Bergamo
- Chiavennasca
- What’s the better known name for Ughetta?
- where are Chard and PN mainly found?
- Vespolina
- Franciacorta, Oltrepo Pavese
- How many DOC/DOCG in Lombardia in 2023?
- 21 DOC, 5 DOCG
Valtellina:
1. what is the traditional vine training method? what is used more now?
2. what is “a girapoggio”?
3. soil traits?
- allevamento ad archetto (arched canes), less bowed form of Guyot
- planting rows E-W across slope to enable some mechanization (traditional is N-S planting)
- granite, schist, acidic, shallow, poor water holding
Rosso di Valtellina DOC:
1. wine reqs?
- 90% Chiavennasca, 6m age
Valtellina Superiore DOCG:
1. how does elevation affect wines?
2. wine reqs?
- lower elevation- more delicate, midslope most powerful and finesse, highest most perfumed/fruit forward, less structure than midslope (!)
- 90% (most 100%), 24/12m, riserva 36/12
Valtellina Superiore DOCG subzones, name the distinguishing traits of:
1. Valgella
2. Inferno
3. Grumello
4. Sassella
5. Maroggia
- Largest, most easterly
- Can get really hot in summer months
- Grumello Castle, more sheltered subzone
- one of the warmest, most famous
- Smallest, most recent (2002)
Sforzato di Valtellina DOCG:
1. how are grapes handles/processed?
2. wine reqs?
- air dried via appassimento in traditional fruittaio drying rooms (aided by Lake Como La Breva winds)
- 14%+ ABV, 20/12m
Alpi Retiche IGT:
1. which province and wine reqs?
- Sondrio, 85% varietal
Franciacorta DOCG:
1. who started the modern history of the region in the 1950’s?
2. the region is south of Lake ___ and between what two rivers?
3. ___ represents 80% of total plantings. ____ cannot exceed 50% by law. ____ from 2017 can up to 10% of blend. Lately more ____ has been included cause it can be harvested earlier.
4. Differences between western and eastern half?
5. How many subzones?
- Franco Ziliani
- Lake Iseo, Oglio/Mella rivers
- Chard, PN, Erbamat, Pinot Bianco
- West- fuller/richer, East- more elegant, higher acidity
- 134
Franciacorta DOCG, NV:
1. wine reqs?
2. bottle pressure?
3. styles?
- 18+ months lees
- 5-6 atms
- Pas Dose, extra brut, brut, extra dry, sec/dry, demi-sec
Franciacorta DOCG, Millesimato:
1. wine reqs?
3. styles?
- 85%+ wine from the stated vintage, 30+ m lees
- Pas Dose->extra dry
Franciacorta DOCG, Riserva:
1. wine reqs?
3. styles?
- Vintage bottles made in exceptional years, 60+m on lees
- Pas Dose->extra dry
Franciacorta DOCG, Saten:
1. wine reqs?
2. NV, millesimato, riserva bottling reqs?
3. atms?
- Chard dominant Blanc de blancs, 50% max pinot binaco, no Erbamat, 24m lees
- must be bottled as Brut
- max 5 atms (softer, creamier, silkier mouthfeel
Moscato di Scanzo DOCG:
1. claim to fame?
2. grape? area?
3. How made?
4. aging reqs?
- smallest DOCG in ITA
- Moscato di Scanzo, hills of Bergamo
- fully ripe/overripe grapes (no botyris) picked by hand and air dried 3+ weeks
- 24m
Lugana DOC:
1. grapes?
2. what are the 3 types of still dry wine?
3. what lake is directly north?
4. what is a “cru site for Turbiana”
4. what other styles other than dry?
- 90% Turbiana/Trebbiano di Lugana
- Lugana (few months after harvest, 90% production), Lugana Superiore (12m), Lugana RIserva (24m)
- Lake Garda
- hamlet of San Benedetto di Lugana
- spu and tarvica (very small amounts)
Rivera del Garda Classico DOC:
1. main grape?
2. main flagship style?
3. what’s the subzone?
4. what’s the bianco grape?
- Groppello
- Chiaretto
- Valtenesi (chiaretto and rosso only)
- Riesling
Lambrusco Mantovano DOC:
1. what are the main Lambrusco grapes used?
2. what are the two subzones?
- Lambrusco Maestri, Lambrusco Viadanese
- Oltrepo Montovano (east, right bank of Po), Viadanese Sabbionetano (west, left bank)
Oltrepo Pavese:
1. small or big production?
2. most widely planted grape?
- big (most productive subregion in Lombardia)
- Croatina (Bonarda is on DOC labels, Croatina only on IGT)
Oltrepo Pavese Metodo Classic DOCG:
1. claim to fame?
2. wine reqs?
3. age reqs?
4. what is Cruase?
- 2nd metodo classico to get DOCG (#1 Franciacorta), focuses on PN
- 70%+ PN, max 30% chard/PB/PG. 85% PN if you want PN on label
- NV 15m, milllesimato (V) 24m
- Rose, 85%+PN, best of OP’s roses
Oltrepo Pavese DOC:
1. claim to fame?
2. most distinctive wines?
- first DOC in subregion (1970)
- Barbera, Malvasia, Moscato
Bonarda dell’Oltrepo Pavese DOC:
1. wine reqs?
2. most common style?
- 85%+ Coratina, max 15% Barb/Uva/Ughetta)
- frizz (traditionally finished with RS due to tannins)
Buttafuoco dell’Oltrepo Pavese DOC:
1. wine reqs?
2. claim to fame among OP appellations?
- 25-65% Croatina, 25-65% Barbera, max 45 Uva/Ughetta
- Only one that does not cover entire OP subregion
