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What grapes are used in the production of Franciacorta DOCG?

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Chardonnay, Pinot Nero, and Pinot Bianco

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Vintage Franciacorta requires what % of the grapes to be harvested in the stated year?

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85%

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What are the aging requirements of a Franciacorta DOCG wine?

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A minimum of 18 months maturing on is lees and may not be released until 25 months after harvest.

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What are the aging requiremenst for a vintage Franciacorta DOCG wine?

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May not be released for 37 months after harvest.

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What is required for a vintage Franciacota DOCG wine to be labeled riserva?

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A minimum of 5 years maturing on its lees with a release after a minimum of 67 months.

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Franciacorta Rosé DOCG is made using what method?

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Blending rather than saignée and requires a minimum of 25% Pinot Nero.

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In addition to Franciacorta DOCG, what is another DOCG of Lombardy that creates sparkling wine in the traditional method?

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Oltrepò Pavese Metodo Classico DOCG

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What primary grape is used to make traditional method sparkling wines in Oltrepò Pavese Metodo Classico DOCG?

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A minimum of 70% of Pinot Nero must be used.

If more than 85% Pinot Nero is used the bottle may be labeled varietally.

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What is the most important DOCG zone in Lombardy?

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Franciacorta DOCG

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What is the most important red wine producing area in Lombardy?

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Valtellina

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What type of wine is produced in Valtellina Superiore DOCG?

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Red wine from the Nebbiolo grape (known as Chiavennasca).

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What are the aging requirements for Valtellina Superiore DOCG?

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24 months with 12 in cask

Riserva wines are aged for 3 years

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What type of wine is produced in Sforzato di Valtellina DOCG?

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A recioto style produced from the Nebbiolo grape.

The grapes are dried prior to fermenting the wine dry.

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What are the aging requirements for Sforzato di Valtellina DOCG wines?

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Aged for at least 2 years.

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What geographic features surround the Piemonte region?

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The Apennines and the Alps.

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What river flows eastward, cutting through the heart of Piemonte?

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The Po River

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Describe the climate of Piemonte?

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Piemonte experiences a continental climate with a “rain shadow” effect provided by the Alps.

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Although they can vary by specific mesoclimate, describe the soil of Piemonte.

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Thinner, calcareous marl and sandstone soils with varying percentages of clay and sand.

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What are the 3 major red varietals of Piemonte?

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Nebbiolo

Barbera

Dolcetto

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What is the most planted red grape of Piemonte?

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Barbera

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What is the most planted white grape of Piemonte?

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Moscato Bianco

Mostly used in the production of sparkling wines of Asti.

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What are the 2 most prestigious DOCGs in Piemonte?

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Barolo and Barbaresco

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What are the aging requirements for Barolo red wines?

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38 months with 18 in oak

Barolo Riserva requires a total of 62 months

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Describe the division in wine making between the “traditionalists” and the “modernists” of Barolo (and Barbaresco).

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“Traditionalists” mostly age the wines in large neutral casks after extended macerations of 30-50 days requiring the consumer to cellar the wine for years before it was approachable.

“Modernists” embrace the use of barriques, shorter macerations, and a rounder style of wine.

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Although Barolo is produced in 11 comunes, what 5 communes make up 90% of the DOCG’s demarcated land?

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La Morra

Barolo

Serralunga d’Alba

Monforte d’Alba

Castiglione Falletto

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What 3 towns produce the majority of the Nebbiolo wines in Barbaresco DOCG?

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Barbaresco

Neive

Treiso

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What are the aging requirements for Nebbiolo in the Barabersco DOCG?

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Minimum of 2 years with 9 months in cask

Riserva requires a minimum of 4 years.

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What similarities do Barolo and Barbaresco have with Burgundy?

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The wines show similar aromatic richness

The Langhe has a similar climate

Emphasis on single vineyards and on domaine bottling

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29
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What is Barolo Chinato?

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A DOCG aromatized wine that is flavored with quinine.

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What grape is used to produce the fresh and floral white wines of Roero DOCG?

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Arneis

31
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List some other appelations of Barolo that produce Nebbiolo based red wines

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Roero DOCG

Gattinara DOCG

Ghemme DOCG

Lessona DOC

Sizzano DOC

Carema DOC

32
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What 3 DOCG’s in Barolo produce red wine from Barbera?

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Barbera d’Asti

Barbera del Monferrato

Nizza

33
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What are the aging requirements for Barbera d’Asti?

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Barbera d’Asti may be released as normale after a 4 month aging period.

34
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What are the aging requirements for Barbera del Monferrato?

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Barbera del Monferrato must be superiore with 14 months of aging (6 in cask) prior to release.

35
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Which DOCG in Barolo produces an aromatic red wine from the local Ruchè grape?

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Ruchè di Castagnole Monferrato DOCG

36
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What are the 3 DOCG’s of Barolo that produce wine from 100% Dolcetto?

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Dogliani DOCG

Dolcetto di Diano d’Alba DOCG

Dolcetto di Ovada Superiore DOCG

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Gavi DOCG’s dry, mineral-tinged and generally still white wines are produced from what grape?

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Cortese

38
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What area is the largest producer of DOCG wines in Italy?

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Asti DOCG

39
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What grape is used to produce the frizzante/spumante wines of Asti?

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Moscato Bianco

40
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In Asti DOCG, where does secondary fermentation generally take place?

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In stainless steel tanks using the Charmat Method.

41
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What is the general alcohol level of Moscato d’Asti?

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4.5% to 6.5%

42
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Which DOCG of Barolo produces sparkling wine in the same style Champagne and Franciacorta?

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Alta Langa DOCG

43
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What grapes are used to produce the sparkling wines of Alta Langa DOCG?

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Chardonnay and Pinot Noir

44
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What are the aging requirements of the sparkling wines of Alta Langa DOCG?

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  • Spumante* wines may not be released for 30 months after harvest
  • Riserva* wines may not be released for 36 months.
45
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What style of wine is produced from Brachetto d’Acqui DOCG?

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Generally sparkling reds that are ususally sweet and suitable as a dessert accompaniment.

46
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Among the 20 wine producing regions of Italy, which one ranks last in volume of production?

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Valle d’Aosta

47
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What was Italy’s first (and most regularly ridiculed) white wine DOCG?

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Romagna Albana DOCG

48
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What grape is used to make the white wines of Romagna Albana?

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The Albana grape in a range of styles. The most promising versions are passito.

49
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What grape is used to produce the white wines of Bolognesi Pignoletto DOCG and Pignoletto DOC?

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Grechetto

Pignoletto used to be a synonym for Grechetto up until the DOC was created which barred those producers outside of the DOC/DOCG from using the term.

50
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Where is the frizzante red wine Lambrusco made?

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In the central provinces of Modena and Reggio found in Emilia-Romagna.

51
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Name some DOC’s that produce Lambrusco

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Lambrusco Grasparossa di Castelvetro

Lambrusco di Sorbara

Lambrusco Salamino di Santa Croce

52
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Trentino-Alto Adige is known for the production of what type of wine?

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White wine

Although the region supplies a larger quantity of reds than whites.

53
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What grape, produced in Alto Adige, receives its name (if not its origin) from the local village of Tramin?

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Gewürztraminer

54
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What are some grapes of Trentino-Alto Adige used to produce red wines?

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Schiava

Lagrein

Teroldego

Cab Sauv, Cab Franc, Merlot, Pinot Nero

55
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What are some grapes of Trentino-Alto Adige used to produce white wine?

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Gewürztraminer

Müller-Thurgau

Pinot Grigio

Pinot Bianco

Chardonnay

Sauvignon Blanc

56
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What region produces more wine than any other in Italy?

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Veneto

57
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What are the grapes used to make the red wines of Valpolicella DOC?

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Corvina (45%-95%)

blended with Rondinella.

Molinara, Negrara and Oseleta may not exceed 15% of the blend.

58
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What are the requirements for wines labeled superiore of the Valpolicella DOC?

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Minimum of 1 year of aging and a higher minimum alcohol.

59
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Describe the appassimento process used to make recioto style wines.

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The grapes are dried for over 3 months in special lofts before fermentation, concentrating sugar and extract.

60
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What are the differences between the the wines of Recioto della Valpolicella DOCG and Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG?

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Recioto della Valpolicella wines are usually dried for an additional month and the resulting wine is semi-sweet to sweet.

Whereas Amarone della Valpolicella is fermented to dryness or near dryness and spends an additional 2 years aging prior to release.

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What does riserva inidcate on a bottle of Amarone?

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That the wine was aged for a minimum of 4 years.

(rather than the minimum of 2 years for non riserva)

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Describe the process used to make the wines of Valpolicella Ripasso.

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The wine is “re-passed” over and re-fermented with the unpressed skins of grapes previously fermented for Amarone or Recioto wine.

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What style of wine is produced in Bardolino DOC and Bardolino Superiore DOC?

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Red blends using the same grapes as Valpolicella, Corvina and Rondinella. The wines are usually lighter and more neutral is style that the wines of Valpolicella.

Bardonlino Superiore wines require 1 year of aging and an additional 1 percent of alcohol.

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What is the principal and most important white wine in Veneto?

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Soave DOC

65
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What grapes are used to produce the white wines of Soave DOC?

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Garanega (70%)

Trebbiano di Soave and Chardonnay

66
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What makes Soave Superiore DOCG different from Soave DOC?

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Soave Superiore DOCG covers wine from a specified sub region (classico region) of Soave DOC.

Soave Superiore wines are aged for at least 1 year and may be called riserva with a minimum of 2 years of aging.

67
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Describe the wines of Recioto di Soave DOCG.

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Grapes produced in the same ddelimited area as Soave Superiore are dried from 4 to 6 months. Botrytis is encouraged and the wines may be spumante.

68
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What method is used for secondary fermentation in the production of Prosecco?

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The Charmat method where the wine undergoes secondary fermentation in large autoclaves, which keep the wine under pressure.

69
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What is the difference between spumante wines and frizzante wines?

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  • Spumante* wines are fully sparkling with a minimum 3.5 atmospheres of pressure.
  • Frizzante* wines are slightly sparkling with 1.0-2.5 atmospheres of pressure.
70
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What is the name of the grape used to make Prosecco?

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Glera,

Although, being that Prosecco is synomous with Glera, only those wines that are NOT produced at the Prosecco DOC level will list the grape as Glera.

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In order for a Prosecco produced at the DOCG level to be released with a vintage date, what % of the wine must be harvested in the stated year?

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85%

72
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In the 2 DOCG zones that produce Prosecco, what is the minimum % of the wine that must be made from the Prosecco grape (Glera)?

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85%

73
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Although Friuli receives the most acclaim for its white wines, what is the most planted grape?

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Merlot

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