Northeast Italy Flashcards
What is a culinary specialty of Alto Adige?
Speck - cured meat from hind leg of pig (pair w/ vernatsch)
Soil type of Alto Adige?
Volcanic Granite - Porphyry
What is the key growing area for Pinot Noir in Alto Adige?
Basse Atesina - Eastern Quadrant
What famous co-op is from the Val d’Adige DOC?
Cantina Terlan (PG, SB, CH, PB)
In which sub zone is the Lago di Caldaro located?
Oltradige
Which zones of Alto Adige are most planted to apple orchards?
Merano and Venosta - NW
What 2 red grapes are most prominent in and around Bolzano?
Schiava (Santa Maddelena) and Lagrein (Gries - unofficial)
Name a producer from the Valle Isarco
Abbazia di Novacella (monastery founded in 1142) - sylvaner, kerner
What is another german name for schiava/vernatsch
Trollinger
What areas constitute the TRE VENEZIE?
Veneto,
Friuli-Venezia-Giulia,
Trentino-Alto Adige
Bolzano sits at the confluence of which 2 rivers?
Adige and Isarco (Eisack)
What are Italy’s 5 autonomous regions?
Trentino-Alto Adige (last to join the country), Sicily, Sardinia, Friuli-Venezia-Giulia, Valle d’Aosta
The Dolomites range is part of what larger mountain chain?
The Southern Limestone Alps
What is the climate of Alto Adige?
Alpine-continental - Dolomites cradle the region (rainshadow) and warm air is drawn up from the Adriatic over Lake Garda - SPRING FROST and HAIL remain challenges
What are the best sites for Pinot Nero in Alto Adige?
Basse Atesina, Mazzon, Val Venosta
Good producers of Alto Adige Pinot Nero
Manincor, Girlan, Castelfeder
What types of grapes could end up in appasimento wines from Alto Adige?
Vespolina, Moscato Rosa
Val d’Adige stretches into Verona?
TRUE!
Colli di Bolzano DOC in Alto Adige produces wines from which variety?
Schiava (grossa, gentile, grigia)
Alto Adige DOC white wines must contain a minimum 75% combined of which 3 varieties?
PG, PB, Chard
Subzone with the sparsest plantings in Alto Adige
vinschgau (valle venosta)
Mountain Pass that joins Austria to Alto Adige
Brenner
Kretzer is? Which DOCs can use it?
rose usually from lagrein
Trentino,
Terroldego,
Valdadige
‘Scelto’ or ‘Auslese’
Higher minimum % abv, Lago di Caldaro (Kaltersee) schiava
Kerner is a crossing of___ x ___,
predominantly planted in ___?
schiava grossa x riesling,
Valle Isarco
What does valpolicella mean?
Latin and Greek for Valley of many cellars
Soils of Valpolicella?
Volcanic (soave), Glacial, limestone, and clay
Name one DOCG for wines based on the raboso grape (Veneto)
Piave Melanotte - 15-30% dried grapes, min 8 g/L (70% raboso piave, 30% veronese);
Friularo di Bagnoli - rosso, riserva, VT, passito (amarone style)
What style of wine is produced in Montello DOCG (Veneto) ?
Cabernet based blends with merlot, CF and/or carmenere - rosso, rosso superiore
What are the 2 passito style wines made in Colli Conegliano DOCG ?
Refrontolo (marzemino, also rosso style);
Torchiato di Fregona (glera, verdiso, boschera, bianco passito only) Both min. 30 g/L RS
What is the difference between Reccioto and Amarone?
Reccioto is typically sweet to semi-sweet (50g/L +) and the grapes dried for longer, can also be spumante;
Amarone must be under 12 g/L RS and is higher abv (acquired of 12% for recioto, 14% for amarone)
Which zones of production may make Soave Superiore?
Classico, Colli Scalieri - 33 new geographical mentions, Anselmi
Grapes allowed for Soave
70% garganega,
30% trebbiano di soave, chardonnay;
pinot blanc
What does ‘col fondo’ mean?
sur lie - wine is tank fermented, then second fermented in bottle without disgorgement (supposed to be the original style of prosecco)
What is Conegliano Refrontolo? DOCG (Colli di Conegliano)
Rosso - 95% marzemino, can be passito style
What is Torchiato di Fregona? DOCG (Colli di Conegliano)
white passito style from glera - grapes dried for min. 150 days (usually 15-16% abv)
Key producers of Asolo Prosecco Superiore DOCG (18 communes)
Montelvini, Case Paolin, Villa Sandi, Amadio, Belle Casel
Conegliano Valdobiaddene Rive DOCG
steep hillsides - named for hamlets or frazzione (43) - hand-harvest mandatory, vintage dated - only spumante style
Garganega DOCG’s
Soave Superiore,
Recioto di Soave,
Recioto di Gambellara
Cartizze DOCG
Grand Cru of prosecco - 107ha
What is the soil of Cartizze?
sandstone, marl
Cartizze altitude?
300m altitude, very steep
Cartizze vine training?
doppio capovolto - double bow
Cartizze producers?
Villa Sandi,
Adami,
Bisol,
Mionetto
Prosecco DOC must contain _ percent of Glera
85%
Other grapes allowed for Prosecco (up to 15%)
Verdiso, Bianchetta Trevigiana, Perera, Glera Lunga, CH, PB, PG, PN
Grapes for Prosecco are mostly machine harvested T or F
TRUE
Valpolicella subzones
Classico : Fumane, Negrar, Marano, Sant’Ambrogio, San Pietro in Cariano;
Valpantena,
Valpolicella Orientale (unoffical),
Illasi
Colli Asolani - other names for Asolo
Pearl of Treviso,
City of 100 Horizons - foot of Venetian Alps, 450 m alt.
Sui Lieveti wines (Asolo Prosecco)
single harvest, second fermentation in bottle - 90 days on the lees and not disgorged so have sediment
spumante wines qualify for “superiore” above what abv?
11%
Mountain range north of the Veneto
Montelesini
Amarone passed to DOCG in what year, Barolo?
2010; 1980
What style of vine training is common in Valpolicella?
pergola, guyot;
pergola creates a horizontal screen to shade the grape bunches in increasingly warm vintages
When did the Veneto surpass southern Italy in production?
in the 1990s
Valpolicella racks
Gratici - shelves for the fruttai lofts
Cartizze sugar levels
17-35 g/L (Secco / Dry) - most prosecco normale is Extra Dry
Stone retaining terraces in Valpolicella
Marogne
Recioto meaning?
Little ears - clusters on the edges that got the most sun
What does Amarone mean?
Great bitter
Valpolicella producers
Masi, Allegrini, Bussola, Bertani, Quintarelli, Dal Forno, Zyme, Tedeschi, Roccolo Grassi
If Amarone alcohol goes over 14%, can you have higher residual sugar?
YES, + 0.1 g/L for every 0.1%
What is the largest viticultural zone in Veneto?
Piave
- north of the venetian lagoon
- signature grapes are raboso and manzoni bianco, also a DOC cheese
How much Amarone allowed to be made in a vintage?
65% of yield
Single vineyard Soaves
La Rocca,
Capitel Foscarino,
Calvarini
Friuli Venezia Giulia most planted grape, red grape?
pinot grigio, merlot
Rosazzo DOCG
Friulano based blends - based on Livio Felluga “Terra Alta”
What are the major geo influences on Friuli?
The Julian Alps, hills and folds down to the Adriatic Sea
What is ponca?
layered sandstone, chalky limestone, and clay - Colli Orientali / Collio
What is flysch di Cormons?
another name for ponca
What is the typical blend of Collio Bianco?
Friulano,
Ribolla Gialla,
Malvasia Istriana
Where is Josko Gravner based?
Oslavia (near to Radikon and Primosic)
DOC and DOCG shared between Friuli and Veneto
Lison DOCG,
Lison Pramaggiore DOC
Verduzzo is made where?
Ramandolo DOCG in Friuli
What is the specialty of Carso? (Coastal Trieste)
Refosco - Terrano
Key producers of Friuli
Miani (Colli Orientali), Borgo del Tiglio (Collio), Damijan (Collio), Ronco del Gnemiz (Colli Orientali), Vie di Romans (Friuli Isonzo), Gravner (Venezia Giulia IGT), Venica & Venica (Collio), Radikon (Venezia Giulia IGT), Meroi (Colli Orientali), Primosic, Livio Felluga (Rosazzo)
What are the soil differences between Conegliano and Valdobbiadadene?
More sandstone and moraine in Conegliano (warmer)
Clay and limestone in Valdo
Amarone and Recioto may not be vinified before..
Dec. 1 - you can’t shortcut the drying times
