Marche

Question 1

What styles are made in Cònero DOCG?

Answer 1

Cònero Riserva

Min 85% Montepulciano; max 15% Sangiovese

Significant Production Rules:

Minimum alcohol level: 12.5%

Aging: Minimum 2 years

Question 2

What are the main white DOPs in Marche?

Answer 2

Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi DOC (Castelli di Jesi Verdicchio Riserva DOCG)

Verdicchio di Matelica DOC (Verdicchio di Matelica Riserva DOCG)

Offida DOCG

Question 3

What styles are made in Vedicchio di Matelica DOC?

Answer 3

Verdicchio

Verdicchio Spumante

Verdicchio Passito

minimum 85% Verdicchio

Question 4

What is a synonym for Verdicchio?

Answer 4

Trebbiano di Soave

Question 5

What is Pergola?

Answer 5

DOC of Marche producing Rosato (Ro, RoFr, RoFrSw) and varietal wine from a Minimum 60% Aleatico

Traditional high training of vines overhead

Question 6

What styles are made in Vernaccia di Serrapetrona DOCG?

Answer 6

Rosso Spumante ONLY (secco or dolce) from a min 85% Vernaccia Nera (aka Garnacha)

Question 7

What styles are made in Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi DOC?

Answer 7

Verdicchio

Verdicchio Spumante

Verdicchio Passito

Verdicchio Classico

Verdicchio Classico Superiore

minimum 85% Verdicchio

Question 8

What styles are made in Piceno DOC?

Answer 8

Rosso (Rd): 35–85% Montepulciano; 15–50% Sangiovese; max 15% OANRG

Sangiovese (Rd): Min 85% Sangiovese

Novello (Rosso)

Superiore (Rosso)

Significant Production Rules:

Aging: For Superiore: wine may not be released before November 1 of the year following the harvest

Question 9

What styles are made in Rosso Cònero DOC?

Answer 9

Rosso: Min 85% Montepulciano + OANRG

Significant Production Rules:

Minimum alcohol level: 11.5%

Aging: No minimum specified

Question 10

What styles are made in Offida DOCG?

Answer 10

Pecorino (>85%)

Passerina (>85%)

Offida Rosso (>85% Montepulciano)

Question 11

What is Castelli di Jesi?

Answer 11

A series of fortified medieval hilltop towns (rather than castles) connected by wheat fields, olive trees and the Verdicchio vine, about a 30-minute drive south and inland from Ancona (the regional capital of Marche).

Question 12

What styles are made in Verdicchio di Matelica Riserva DOCG?

Answer 12

Verdicchio di Matelica Riserva ONLY

Minimum 85% Verdicchio

Minimum Alcohol: 12.5%

Aging: 18 mos from Dec 1 of the harvest year

Question 13

What are the main red DOPs in Marche?

Answer 13

Vernaccia di Serrapetrona DOCG

Rosso Piceno DOC

Offida DOCG

Cònero (Cònero Riserva) DOCG / Rosso Cònero DOC

Question 14

What is the difference between Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi DOC and Verdicchio di Matelica DOC?

Answer 14

Matelica experiences a more continental climate than the Castelli di Jesi, and it inhabits the only valley—the Esino—in the Marche that runs parallel to the coast, protected from maritime influence. The vineyards in Matelica are generally higher in elevation (320-400m vs 200-350m in the Castelli di Jesi) and they experience a greater diurnal temperature variation. Harvests in Matelica often begin ten days or more later

Question 15

What styles are made in Lacrima di Morro DOC?

Answer 15

Rosso

Rosso Superiore

Rosso Passito

Min 85% Lacrima

Lacrima is an intensely aromatic red grape, like Sicily’s Frappato or Piemonte’s Ruchè

Question 16

What styles are made in Castelli di Jesi Verdicchio Riserva DOCG?

Answer 16

Castelli di Jesi Verdicchio Riserva

Castelli di Jesi Verdicchio Riserva Classico

Min 85% Verdicchio

Min Alcohol: 12.5%

Aging: 18 mos from Dec 1 of the harvest year, including at least 6 mos in the bottle

Question 17

Who makes “Sessi Neri” and “Praelludium”?

Answer 17

Fattoria le Terrazze

“Sessi Neri” - 100% Montepulciano, DOCG Cònero Rosso Riserva

“Praelludium” - DOC Cònero with 15% Syrah