OW - Italy Flashcards
Italy
When were the DOC laws introduced in Italy? Which was the first?
1963
Vernaccia di San Gimignano
Italy
When was DOCG introduced? Awarded? Which were the first DOCGs?
1963 1980 Brunello di Montalcino Barolo Vino Nobile di Montepulciano
Italy
What were the Goria laws? When were they introduced?
Attempt to reform watered down DOCs
Added IGT which first appeared in 1994
1992
Italy
What are PGI and PDO?
Protected Geographical Indication (equivalent of IGT)
Protected Designation of Origin (equivalent of DOC/G)
Recognized by the EU
Italy
When was the appellation system in Italy transferred to Brussels? What was the result?
2011
Many DOCs applied to become DOCGs and, in effect, watering down the DOCG system
Italy
What are the regions of Northern Italy?
Piedmont Valle d'Aosta Lombardy Liguria Emilia-Romagna Trentino-Alto Adige Veneto Fruili-Venezia Giulia
Italy
What are the three provinces of Piedmont?
Asti
Alessandria
Cuneo
Italy
What are the soils of the Piedmont?
Calcerous marl and sandstone
Italy
What is the name for southern exposures in the Piedmontese dialect?
Sori
Italy
What are the trio of Piedmont red grapes?
Nebbiolo
Dolcetto
Barbera
Italy
What is the ripening order and major characteristics of the three Piedmont red grapes?
Dolcetto - earliest with tannic, fruity, low acid wines
Barbera - high acid and low tannin
Nebbiolo - late ripening, high acid and high tannin
Italy
What is the most planted grape in the Piedmont?
Moscato Bianco (aka Muscat a Petits Grains)
Italy
What are the white grapes of the Piedmont?
Cortese
Arneis
Erbaluce
Favorita (Vermentino)
Italy
What are the DOCGs for whites in Piedmont?
Asti
Moscato d’Asti
Cortese di Gavi (frizzante, spumante, tranquillo)
Roero (Roero Arnes and Roero Arneis Spumante)
Erbaluce di Caluso
Alta Langa (MT Sparkling)
Italy
What are the DOCGs for reds in Piedmont?
Barberesco Barbera d'Asti Barbera del Monferrato Superiore Barolo (Chinato as well) Brachetto (normale or spumante) Dolcetto di Dogliani Superiore Dolcetto di Ovada Superiore Gattinara Ghemme Roero Dolcetto di Diano d'Alba Ruche di Castagnole Monferatto
Italy
What are the DOCG Riservas for reds in the Piedmont?
Barbaresco
Barolo
Gattinara
Ghemme
Italy
What are tortonian soils? Where are they found? What are their effects on the wine?
Soils with a high proportion of calcerous marl. Often found in La Morra and Barolo. Makes for a softer style of wine.
Italy
What are helvetian soils? Where are they found? What are their effects on the wine?
Sandstone soils common in Monforte d’Alba and Serralunga d’Alba. Makes for a more structured wine.
Italy
What were the ageing requirements for Barolo before 2010? After?
Before - 3 years of ageing, at least 2 in oak or chestnut casks
Today - 38 months from Nov 1 of harvest year, only 18 months in oak
Italy
What are the ageing requirements for Barolo Riserva?
Ageing 62 months prior to release including 18 in wood
Italy
Who are winemakers considered to be traditionalists in Barolo?
Giacomo Conterno
Bartolo Mascarello
Guiseppe Rinaldi
Italy
Who are winemakers conisdered to be modernists in Barolo?
Paolo Scavino
Luciano Sandrone
Elio Altare
Italy
What are the three main villages of Barbaresco?
Barbasco
Neive
Treiso
Italy
What are the ageing requirements for Barbaresco?
Min 26 months with at least 9 months in casks
Italy
What are the ageing requirements for Barbaresco Riserva?
Min 50 months from Nov 1 of harvest year with a minimum of 9 months in wood
Italy
What are the main communes of Barolo?
Barolo La Morra Serralunga d'Alba Castiglione Falletto Monforte d'Alba
Italy
What are the main crus of the Barolo commune?
Cannubi
Brunate (Shared with La Morra)
Sarmassa
Italy
What are the main crus of the La Morra commune?
Brunate (Shared with Barolo)
Cerequio
Le Rocche
Italy
What are the main crus of the Serralunga d’Alba commune?
Lazzarito
Cerretta
Italy
What are the main crus of the Castiglione Falletto commune?
Bricco Rocche
Monprivato
Villero
Bricco Fiasco
Italy
What are the main crus of the Monforte d’Alba commune?
Bussia
Ginestra
Santo Stefano
Italy
What are the main crus of the Barbaresco commune?
Asili
Roncagliette
Marinega
Rabaja
Italy
What are the main crus of the Neive commune?
Serraboella
Gallina
Basarin
Italy
What are the main crus of the Treiso commune?
Pajore
Bricco di Treiso
Italy
What is Roero DOCG?
NW bank of Tanaro River, opposite Barolo and Barbaresco
Reds - min 95% Nebbiolo
Whites- Arneis
Italy
What is Gattinara DOCG?
Spanna (Nebbiolo) based reds from the Sesia river
Sometimes blended with Vespolina, Bonarda, and Bonarda di Gattinara
Italy
What is Ghemme DOCG?
Spanna (Nebbiolo) based reds from the Sesia river
Sometimes blended with Vespolina, Bonarda and Uva Rara (Bonarda Novarese)
Italy
What is Barbera d’Asti DOCG?
DOCG from Asti and Alessandria in Piemonte
Min 85% Barbera
Italy
What is Barbera del Monferrato Superiore DOCG?
DOCG for red from Asti and Alessandria in Piemonte
Min 85% Barbera
Italy
What is Ruche di Castagnole Monferrato DOCG?
DOCG for red from Asti in Piemonte
Min 90% Ruche grape
Italy
What are the DOCGs for Dolcetto in the Piedmont?
Dogliani
Dolcetto di Ovada Superiore
Dolcetto di Diano d’Alba
Italy
Does Dolcetto di Dogliani and Dolcetto di Diano d’Alba have to be superiore to be DOCG?
No, only Dolcetto di Ovada has to be superiore to be DOCG
Italy
What are the minimum ageing requirements for Dolcetto superiore?
One year
Italy
What is special about Diano d’Alba DOCG?
Can have menzioni geografiche agguntive on the label
77 sori are classified with superior exposures
Italy
What is special about Dogliani and Luigi Einaudi?
Second president of Italian Republic and originally a winemaker
Italy
What is Gavi DOCG? Where is it located? What are the styles?
Can either be Cortese di Gavi or Gavi di Gavi
Located in the extreme southern portion of the Alessandria province
Can be tranquillo, spumante or frizzante
Italy
What is Erbaluce di Caluso DOCG? Where is it located? What are the styles?
White wines from high acid, herbal Erbaluce
South of Carema
Still, spumante or passito
Italy
What is Asti DOCG?
Asti/Moscato d’Asti
Fully sparkling from Moscato Bianco
Charmat at 2 atmospheres
Italy
What is Alta Langa DOCG? What are the ageing requirements? How fast was the rise of the DOCG?
MT Sparkling from Pinot Noir and Chardonnay
Normale - 30 months
Riserva - 3 yrs
Experimental plantings in 1994, DOC 2002, DOCG 2010
Italy
What is Brachetto d’Acqui DOCG?
Sweet sparkling reds from Brachetto
Some dry and still versions but extremely rare
Italy
What is the river in the Valle d’Aosta DOC?
Dora Baltea
Italy
What are the DOCGs of Lombardy?
Franciacorta
Oltrepo Pavese Metodo Classico
Sforzato di Valellina
Valellina Superiore
Italy
What is Franciacorta DOCG?
MT wines from Chardonnay, Pinot Nero and Pinot Bianco (50%) max
Italy
What is Franciacorta Saten?
Only white grape Franciacortia, must be bottled at less than 5 atmospheres
Must be brut
Italy
What is Franciacorta Rose?
Minimum 25% from Pinot Nero
Blending rather than saignee
Italy
What is Franciacorta Millesimato? How long is it aged? How does it differ from its champagne equivalent?
Vintage Franciacortia 37 months (although in practice, much longer) Only 85% needs to be from stated year
Italy
What is Franciacorta Riserva?
Aged on lees min 5 years and released after 67 months
Italy
What is Oltrepo Pavese Metodo Classico DOCG?
MT from Pinot Nero (min 70%)
If min 85% PN can be labeled Pinot Nero or Pinot Nero Rose
Italy
How long must NV Oltrepo Pavese Metodo Classico DOCG age? Vintage?
15 months on lees for NV
2 yrs for vintage
Italy
What is Valtellina Superiore DOCG? What is the style of wine produced there? How long is it aged?
Located in Lombardy, Northernmost outpost for Nebbiolo (Chiavennasca)
Lighter, angular style of red
24 months (12 in cask)
Italy
What is Sforzato di Valtellina DOCG?
DOCG for red wine in Sondrio in Lombardy
Recioto wine from Nebbiolo
Dry, aged two years, min 14% alcohol
Italy
What is Moscato di Scanzo DOCG? Where is it? How long is it aged? How is it bottled?
DOCG in Bergamo, west of Franciacorta in Lombardy
Sweet passito red from Moscato
Aged a min of 2 years
Bottled in sleek and slender futura
Italy
What is the best known DOC in Liguria? What is the grape?
Cinque Terre DOC
Bosco
Italy
What are the DOCGs of Emilia-Romagna?
Albana di Romagna
Colli Bolognesi Classico Pignoletto
Italy
What is Albana di Romagna DOCG? What makes it famous? What is its most promising style?
DOCG for wide range of styles in Corli-Cesena, Ravenna and Bologna in Emilia-Romagna
Covers wide range of possible styles from Albana grape
First white DOCG, promoted in 1987
Passito
Italy
What is Colli Bolognesi Classico Pignoletto DOCG?
DOCG for whites from Modena and Bologna in Emilia Romagna
Tart dry wines from min 95% Pignoletto
Italy
What is the most famous wine of Emilia-Romagna?
Lambrusco
Italy
What are the four DOCs for Lambrusco in Emilia Romagna? for Lombardy?
Lambrusco Grasparossa di Castelvetro Lambrusco di Sorbara Lambrusco Reggiano Lambrusco Salamino di Santa Croce Lambrusco Montovano
Italy
What are the red grapes typically found in the Trentino-Alto Adige?
Schiava
Lagrein
Teroldego
Marzemino
Italy
What is different about the labeling for the Trentino-Alto Adige?
Much varietal labeling
Italy
How much of the production in the Trentino-Alto Adige is DOC? How much is done by cooperatives?
75% for both
Italy
What are the white DOCGs of the Veneto?
Recioto di Soave Soave Superiore Recioto di Gambellara Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Asolo Prosecco Colli Euganei Fior d'Arancio Lison
Italy
What are the red/white DOCGs for the Veneto?
Colli di Conegliano DOCG