MS Questions 18.05.2024 Flashcards
What are the 2 districts of Fitou AOP? What is the soil for each?
Fitou Maritime - coastal clay and limestone
Fitou Montagneux - mountainous schist
Which AOP separates Fitou Maritime from Fitou Montagneux?
Corbieres AOP
What are the two subzones designations for red wine in Saint-Chinian AOP?
Berlou
Roquebrun
How much Grenache Noir is required in Banyuls Grand Cru?
min 75%
Name the AOPs in Languedoc producing red wines only.
Boutenac AOP
Fitou AOP
Minervois-La Livinière AOP
Terrasses du Larzac AOP
Where is Malepere AOP? Grapes and wine styles?
Languedoc-Rousillon.
Red - min 50% Merlot
Rose - min 50% Cabernet Franc
Where is Fronton AOP? What is the main grape?
Southwest France.
min 50% Negrette.
What is the minimum percentage of Fer required in Marcillac AOP?
80%
What is the minimum RS for Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh Blanc?
Min 45 grams.
Name the principal varieties for Pineau des Charentes AOP Blanc.
Ugni Blanc, Folle Blanche, Colombard.
With which property are the Laplace family associated and which appellations does it produce?
Chateau d’Aydie
Madiran, Pacherenc du Vic Bilh
Which appellation in SW France produces Vin de Paille and with which grapes?
Correze
White - Chardonnay and Sauvignon blanc
Red - Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc
What is the min % of Cot required in Cahors?
min 70%.
Which AOP in SW France produces exclusively dry white?
Gaillac Premières Côtes AOP
What is the minimum and maximum alcohol for Pineau des Charentes AOP?
min 16%
max 22%
What are the communes where Barbaresco can be produced?
Treiso
Barbaresco
Neive
San Rocco Seno d’Elvio (part of Alba)
What are the ageing requirements for Barbaresco?
Barbaresco - 26 months from Nov 1st with min 9 months in wood
Barbaresco Riserva - 50 months from Nov 1st with min 9 months in wood
What is the synonym for Nebbiolo in Gemme and Gattinara DOCGs?
Spanna
Where is Carema DOC? What style of wine does produce?
In Piedmont, Italy close to Valle d’Aosta. Producing reds from Nebbiolo.
Where is Alta Langa DOCG? What style of wines does it produce?
Piedmont, Italy.
Traditional method sparkling form PN and Chardonnay
What is the synonym for Nebbiolo in Vale d’Aosta?
Picotendro
What are the sub-appellations of Vale d’Aosta?
Arnad-Montjovet
Blanc de Morgex et de la Salle
Chambave
Donnas
Enfer d’Arvier
Nus
Torrette
What is the primary grape in Oltrepo Pavese Metodo Classico DOCG?
min 70% Pinot Nero
What is the synonym for Nebbiolo in Valtellina?
Chiavennasca
What is the ageing requirements for Valtellina Superiore?
24 months with min 12 months in wood
3 years for riserva
How is the bottle in which Moscato di Scanzo is bottled called?
“Futura” - it holds 500ml.
Where can you find the grape Rossesse? How is it called in France?
Liguria, Italy.
Is the main red grape in Riviera Ligure di Ponente DOC and Rossesse di Dolceacqua DOC
Tibouren
What is the minimum alcohol %for Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG?
How about for Recioto della Valpolicella DOCG?
14 % abv
12% abv
Where is Breganze Torcolato DOC? Grapes and Style?
Veneto, Italy
Sweet passito wines from 100% Vespaiolo
Who is producing Fieramonte Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva?
Allegrini
Who is producing ‘Summus’ Toscana IGT? What is the dominant grape?
Banfi, Cabernet Sauvignon.
Which Italian term for Single Vineyard is popular in Sicily?
Contrada
Nerello Calabrese is a popular synonym for which grape?
Nero d’Avola
Who is producing Casalferro, where and from which grape?
Barone Ricasoli, Toscana IGT. 100% Merlot; was 100% Sangiovese when released.
What kind of disease is Anthracnose? What is it causing it?
Fungal disease caused by the fungus Elsinoe ampelina.
Who developed the biodynamic calendar known as the Farmer’s Almanac and in which year?
Maria Thun, 1962
What are the French and English terms for the system of propagation where a shoot from a vine is laid down into the ground and it roots and forms a new vine that may be separated from the mother vine?
Provignage or Layering
What is the name for the area directly around the plant roots, where microbes are concentrated?
Rhizosphere
What are Dogridge, Fercal and Harmony?
Rootstocks
Which enzyme can be added to a finished wine to prevent malolactic fermentation ?
Lysozyme, derived from egg whites. It will not protect against yeast or acetic acid bacteria.
