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Italy

When were the DOC laws introduced in Italy? Which was the first?

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1963

Vernaccia di San Gimignano

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When was DOCG introduced? Awarded? Which were the first DOCGs?

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1963
1980
Brunello di Montalcino
Barolo
Vino Nobile di Montepulciano
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What were the Goria laws? When were they introduced?

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Attempt to reform watered down DOCs
Added IGT which first appeared in 1994
1992

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Italy

What are PGI and PDO?

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Protected Geographical Indication (equivalent of IGT)
Protected Designation of Origin (equivalent of DOC/G)
Recognized by the EU

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Italy

When was the appellation system in Italy transferred to Brussels? What was the result?

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2011

Many DOCs applied to become DOCGs and, in effect, watering down the DOCG system

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Italy

What are the regions of Northern Italy?

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Piedmont
Valle d'Aosta
Lombardy
Liguria
Emilia-Romagna
Trentino-Alto Adige
Veneto
Fruili-Venezia Giulia
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Italy

What are the three provinces of Piedmont?

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Asti
Alessandria
Cuneo

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Italy

What are the soils of the Piedmont?

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Calcerous marl and sandstone

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Italy

What is the name for southern exposures in the Piedmontese dialect?

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Sori

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Italy

What are the trio of Piedmont red grapes?

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Nebbiolo
Dolcetto
Barbera

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Italy

What is the ripening order and major characteristics of the three Piedmont red grapes?

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Dolcetto - earliest with tannic, fruity, low acid wines
Barbera - high acid and low tannin
Nebbiolo - late ripening, high acid and high tannin

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Italy

What is the most planted grape in the Piedmont?

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Moscato Bianco (aka Muscat a Petits Grains)

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Italy

What are the white grapes of the Piedmont?

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Cortese
Arneis
Erbaluce
Favorita (Vermentino)

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Italy

What are the DOCGs for whites in Piedmont?

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Asti
Moscato d’Asti
Cortese di Gavi (frizzante, spumante, tranquillo)
Roero (Roero Arnes and Roero Arneis Spumante)
Erbaluce di Caluso
Alta Langa (MT Sparkling)

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Italy

What are the DOCGs for reds in Piedmont?

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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
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Italy

What are the DOCG Riservas for reds in the Piedmont?

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Barbaresco
Barolo
Gattinara
Ghemme

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Italy

What are tortonian soils? Where are they found? What are their effects on the wine?

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Soils with a high proportion of calcerous marl. Often found in La Morra and Barolo. Makes for a softer style of wine.

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Italy

What are helvetian soils? Where are they found? What are their effects on the wine?

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Sandstone soils common in Monforte d’Alba and Serralunga d’Alba. Makes for a more structured wine.

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Italy

What were the ageing requirements for Barolo before 2010? After?

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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

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Italy

What are the ageing requirements for Barolo Riserva?

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Ageing 62 months prior to release including 18 in wood

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Italy

Who are winemakers considered to be traditionalists in Barolo?

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Giacomo Conterno
Bartolo Mascarello
Guiseppe Rinaldi

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Italy

Who are winemakers conisdered to be modernists in Barolo?

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Paolo Scavino
Luciano Sandrone
Elio Altare

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Italy

What are the three main villages of Barbaresco?

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Barbasco
Neive
Treiso

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Italy

What are the ageing requirements for Barbaresco?

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Min 26 months with at least 9 months in casks

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# 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
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# Italy What are the main communes of Barolo?
``` Barolo La Morra Serralunga d'Alba Castiglione Falletto Monforte d'Alba ```
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# Italy What are the main crus of the Barolo commune?
Cannubi Brunate (Shared with La Morra) Sarmassa
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# Italy What are the main crus of the La Morra commune?
Brunate (Shared with Barolo) Cerequio Le Rocche
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# Italy What are the main crus of the Serralunga d'Alba commune?
Lazzarito | Cerretta
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# Italy What are the main crus of the Castiglione Falletto commune?
Bricco Rocche Monprivato Villero Bricco Fiasco
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# Italy What are the main crus of the Monforte d'Alba commune?
Bussia Ginestra Santo Stefano
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# Italy What are the main crus of the Barbaresco commune?
Asili Roncagliette Marinega Rabaja
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# Italy What are the main crus of the Neive commune?
Serraboella Gallina Basarin
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# Italy What are the main crus of the Treiso commune?
Pajore | Bricco di Treiso
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# Italy What is Roero DOCG?
NW bank of Tanaro River, opposite Barolo and Barbaresco Reds - min 95% Nebbiolo Whites- Arneis
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# Italy What is Gattinara DOCG?
Spanna (Nebbiolo) based reds from the Sesia river | Sometimes blended with Vespolina, Bonarda, and Bonarda di Gattinara
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# Italy What is Ghemme DOCG?
Spanna (Nebbiolo) based reds from the Sesia river | Sometimes blended with Vespolina, Bonarda and Uva Rara (Bonarda Novarese)
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# Italy What is Barbera d'Asti DOCG?
DOCG from Asti and Alessandria in Piemonte | Min 85% Barbera
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# Italy What is Barbera del Monferrato Superiore DOCG?
DOCG for red from Asti and Alessandria in Piemonte | Min 85% Barbera
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# Italy What is Ruche di Castagnole Monferrato DOCG?
DOCG for red from Asti in Piemonte | Min 90% Ruche grape
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# Italy What are the DOCGs for Dolcetto in the Piedmont?
Dogliani Dolcetto di Ovada Superiore Dolcetto di Diano d'Alba
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# 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
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# Italy What are the minimum ageing requirements for Dolcetto superiore?
One year
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# Italy What is special about Diano d'Alba DOCG?
Can have menzioni geografiche agguntive on the label | 77 sori are classified with superior exposures
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# Italy What is special about Dogliani and Luigi Einaudi?
Second president of Italian Republic and originally a winemaker
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# 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
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# 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
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# Italy What is Asti DOCG?
Asti/Moscato d'Asti Fully sparkling from Moscato Bianco Charmat at 2 atmospheres
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# 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
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# Italy What is Brachetto d'Acqui DOCG?
Sweet sparkling reds from Brachetto | Some dry and still versions but extremely rare
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# Italy What is the river in the Valle d'Aosta DOC?
Dora Baltea
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# Italy What are the DOCGs of Lombardy?
Franciacorta Oltrepo Pavese Metodo Classico Sforzato di Valellina Valellina Superiore
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# Italy What is Franciacorta DOCG?
MT wines from Chardonnay, Pinot Nero and Pinot Bianco (50%) max
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# Italy What is Franciacorta Saten?
Only white grape Franciacortia, must be bottled at less than 5 atmospheres Must be brut
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# Italy What is Franciacorta Rose?
Minimum 25% from Pinot Nero | Blending rather than saignee
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# 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 ```
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# Italy What is Franciacorta Riserva?
Aged on lees min 5 years and released after 67 months
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# 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
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# Italy How long must NV Oltrepo Pavese Metodo Classico DOCG age? Vintage?
15 months on lees for NV | 2 yrs for vintage
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# 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)
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# 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
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# 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
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# Italy What is the best known DOC in Liguria? What is the grape?
Cinque Terre DOC | Bosco
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# Italy What are the DOCGs of Emilia-Romagna?
Albana di Romagna | Colli Bolognesi Classico Pignoletto
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# 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
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# 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
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# Italy What is the most famous wine of Emilia-Romagna?
Lambrusco
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# 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 ```
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# Italy What are the red grapes typically found in the Trentino-Alto Adige?
Schiava Lagrein Teroldego Marzemino
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# Italy What is different about the labeling for the Trentino-Alto Adige?
Much varietal labeling
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# Italy How much of the production in the Trentino-Alto Adige is DOC? How much is done by cooperatives?
75% for both
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# 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 ```
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# Italy What are the red/white DOCGs for the Veneto?
Colli di Conegliano DOCG
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# Italy What are the red DOCGs for the Veneto?
``` Bardolino Superiore Amarone della Valpolicella Recioto della Valpolicella Piave Malanotte Friularo di Bagnoli Montello Rosso ```
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# Italy What is Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG? What are the grapes?
Passito wine made from Corvina (45-95), Rondinella, and no more than 15% total of Molinara, Negrara and Oseleta
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# Italy What are the requirements for Valpolicella DOCG Superiore?
Higher minimum alcohol and minimum of one year of aging
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# Italy What are the lofts where the appassimento process takes place called?
Fruttai
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# Italy How is Recioto della Valpolicella different from Amarone?
Typically dried for four months while Amarone only 3
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# Italy What are the ageing requirements for Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG? Riserva?
2 years from the Jan 1 after harvest | 4 years from Nov 1 of harvest year
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# Italy Can producers use new oak in Amarone? Name some producers?
Yes Dal Forno Allegrini Botti used by Giuseppe Quintarelli
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# Italy Can Recioto della Valpolicella be spumante?
Yes
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# Italy What are additional labels that can be attached to Amarone and Recioto?
Classico or Valpantena if they originate in those areas
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# Italy What are the alcohol requirements for Valpolicella Ripasso DOC? Superiore?
12.5% | 13%
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# Italy What is Bardolino Superiore DOCG? Where is it? What are the ageing requirements? What is the name of the rose form?
Red wine from Corvina and Rondinella Between Lake Garda and Valpolicella Classico 1 year of aging prior to release and an additional 1% alcohol Bardolino Chairetto
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# Italy What is Recioto di Soave DOCG? How is it made? Can it be spumante?
Wines made mostly from dried Garganega, botrytis is encouraged, barrel fermented Yes, there is a spumante form
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# Italy What is Soave Superiore DOCG? What is the blend? How is Superiore different from Soave? How is it aged? What are the riserva criteria? Spumante?
DOCG around the area of Soave 70% Garganega, plus Trebbiano di Soave, Chardonnay and Pinot Bianco Covers wine from specified sub-regions (Classico or Colli Scaligeri) Min one year (min 3 months bottle aging) 2 years for riserva Only for Soave DOC and Recioto di Soave DOCG, not for Superiore
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# Italy What is Recioto di Gambellara DOCG?
DOCG for whites in Vicenza in Veneto | Sweet still and sparkling wines from passito Garganega
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# Italy What are the DOCGs for Prosecco?
Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco DOCG | Asolo Prosecco DOCG (Formerly known as Prosecco Montello e Colli Asolani)
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# Italy What is the most noteworthy cru Prosecco? How big is it? How is it labeled? What is its style?
Cartizze 106 ha Valdobbiadene Superiore di Cartizze Fully sparkling and dry )17-35 g/L)
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# Italy What are the vintage requirements for Prosecco?
85% of a stated year's harvest
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# Italy What is Colli Euganei Fior d'Arancio DOCG?
Still, sparkling and passito wines from Moscato Giallo near Padua
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# Italy What is Piave Malanotte/Malanotte del Piave DOCG? Is it apassimento?
Still reds from near Verona and Treviso based on Raboso Piave 15-30% of grapes must be apassimento
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# Italy What is Lison DOCG?
DOCG shared between Veneto and Fruili | Whites based on Tai (Fruilano)
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# Italy Montello Rosso/Montello DOCG? What is the blend?
Still reds from near Treviso | 40-70% Cab, 30-60% Merlot, Cab Franc and/or Carmenere, 15% other
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# Italy What is Friularo di Bagnoli DOCG?
Reds, VT or passito from Padova in the Veneto | Made from Raboso Piave
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# Italy What is Colli di Conegliano DOCG?
DOCG for reds, whites and passito from Treviso in Veneto | Many different white and red grapes allowed
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# Italy What are the DOCGs of Friuli-Venezia Giulia?
Ramandolo Colli Orientali del Friuli-Picolit Lison (shared with Veneto) Rosazzo
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# Italy What is Ramandolo DOCG?
DOCG for white wine from Udine in Fruili | Passito wine from Verduzzo Friulano
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# Italy What is Colli Orientali del Friuli-Picolit DOCG?
DOCG for white from Udine in Friuli | Passito wines from Picolit
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# Italy What is Rosazzo DOCG?
DOCG for whites in Udine in Fruili | Whites from a min 50% Friulano (Tai), 20-30 Sauvignon, 20-30 Pinot Bianco/Chard, also other varieties
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# Italy When was legislation introduced delimiting Chianti?
1716
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# Italy What is the name of the traditional Chianti bottle?
Fiasco
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# Italy What are the allowed grapes of Chianti?
``` Sangiovese Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Colorino Canaiolo Nero ```
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# Italy What are the red Tuscan DOCGs?
``` Brunello di Montalcino Carmignano Chianti Chianti Classico Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Morellino di Scansano Montecucco Sangiovese Suvereto Rosso della Val di Cornia Elba Aleatico Passito ```
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# Italy What are the white Tuscan DOCGs?
Vernaccia di San Gimignano
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# Italy What are the Chianti DOCG subzones?
``` Classico Rufina Colli Fiorentini Motespertoli Colli Aretini Colline Pisane Colli Senesi Montalbano ```
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# Italy What is the general recipe for Chianti?
70-100% Sangiovese (Senesi min 75%) | Max 15% Cabernet grapes
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# Italy What are the white grapes that were formerly blended into Chianti Classico?
Trebbiano Toscano | Malvasia
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# Italy What is Governo? How is it indicated on labels?
Traditional practice of initiating MLF by refermenting the juice of dried grapes Governo all'uso Toscano
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# Italy When may Chianti Normale be released?
March 1 following harvest
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# Italy Which sub-zones of Chianti require additional ageing for their normale?
Rufina Montespertoli Colli Fiorentini
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# Italy How long must a Chianti Riserva be aged?
Two years
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# Italy What are the requirements for Chianti Superiore?
An additional half degree of alcohol and lowered vineyard yields
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# Italy When was Chianti Classico upgraded to DOCG?
1984
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# Italy Who delimited the original Chianti Classico zone?
Grand Duke Cosimo III de Medici
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# Italy What are the four villages of Chianti Classico?
Radda Gaiole Castellina Greve
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# Italy What are the soils of Chianti Classico
Galestro - soft, friable marl-like | Alberese - sandstone
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# Italy What is the minimum level of Sangiovese required for Chianti Classico?
80%
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# Italy What is the minimum level of alcohol for Chianti DOCG vs Chianti Classico DOCG?
11.5% vs 12%
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# Italy What are the ageing requirements for Chianti Classico DOCG? Riserva? What are the alcohol requirements for Riserva?
1 year | 2 years, 12.5%
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# Italy Who isolated the first Brunello clone and when? When was the first riserva released?
Clemente Santi of Tenuta Greppo's Biondi-Santi in 1865 | 1888
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# Italy What are the ageing requirements for Brunello? Riserva? When is it released?
Cask for two years min and additional four months in bottle, six months for riserva May not be released until Jan 1 after 5th yr following harvest, 6th for riserva
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# Italy What is soil like in Montalcino?
Varied with galestro in higher altitiude vineyards | Clay is predominant is the warmer southern areas
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# Italy What are the fraziones of Brunello?
Sant Angelo in Colle Castelnuovo Abate Torrenieri
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# Italy What are the ageing requirements for Rosso di Montalcino DOC?
1 year prior to release | Cask ageing is not required
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# Italy What is the encepagement for Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG?
min 70% Sangiovese (Prugnolo Gentile) | Max of 30% other Tuscan varieties, no more than 5% white
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# Italy What are the ageing requirements for Vino Nobile di Montepulciano? Riserva?
``` 2 years (can do 18 in wood plus 6 months in alternative container or 12 months in wood and 6 in bottle and 6 in alternative container) 3 years including at least 6 months in bottle ```
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# Italy What is Morellino di Scansano DOCG? When was it awarded?
Southern Maremma DOCG awarded in 2006 | Min 85% Sang
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# Italy What is Carmignano DOCG? What is the blend?
Low altitude territory which overlaps Chianti Montalbano | Min 50% sang, 10-20% cab or cab franc required
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# Italy What is Rosso dell Val di Corina DOCG? When was it elevated?
Min 40% Sand Max 60% Merlot and Cab Max 20% other red grapes (Except Aleatico) 2011
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# Italy What are the ageing requirements for Chianti DOCG for Normale, Riserva and Superiore? Alcohol?
Normale - 11.5% March 1 year after harvest Riserva - 12% 2 years from Jan 1 of year following harvest Superiore - 12% Sept 1 after harvest
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# Italy What are the ageing and alcohol requirements for Chianti Classico DOCG? Riserva?
Normale - 12%, Oct 1 after harvest | Riserva - 12.5%, 24 months from Jan 1 after harvest including 3 months in bottle
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# Italy What is Suvereto DOCG?
DOCG for reds in Livorno from Cabs/Merlot plus a max 15% other red Tuscan grapes
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# Italy What were the two wines that started the VdT revolt?
1968 Sassacaia | 1971 Tignanello
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# Italy What is Elba Aleatico Passito DOCG?
DOCG for passito dessert wines from Aleatico, though to be a red skinned mutation of Muscat Blanc a Petit Grans
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# Italy What is Vernaccia di San Gimignano?
White wine produced from Vernaccia di San Gimignano in Siena province
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# Italy What is vin santo? What are the grapes authorized?
Passito dessert wine from Tuscany made from Trebbiano and Malvasia typically, Grechetto is allowed
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# Italy What is Occhio di Pernice?
Version of Vin Santo with a min 50% Sangiovese
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# Italy What are the barrels used for Vin Santo?
Caratelli from chestnut is traditional (allows rapid oxidization)
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# Italy How long does ageing last for Vin Santo?
3-8 years
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# Italy Can Vin Santo be Liquoroso?
Yes
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# Italy What are the DOCGs of Umbria?
Sagrantino di Montefalco | Torgiano Rosso Riserva
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# Italy What is the most famous wine of Umbria?
Orvieto
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# Italy What is the encepagement of Orvieto?
Min 40% Grechetto | 20-40% Trebbiano Toscano or Procanico
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# Italy What is Sagrantino di Montefalco DOCG? What are the ageing requirements? What is unusual about this DOCG?
DOCG in Perugia (Umbria) from 100% Sagrantino - very high in alcohol and tannin Aged min 30 months including 12 in wood Used to be strictly a passito area - DOCG allows both styles
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# Italy What is Torgiano Rosso Riserva DOCG? What are the ageing requirements?
DOCG produced from 70-100% Sangiovese from Perugia (Umbria) | 3 years with at least 6 months in bottle
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# Italy What are the DOCGs of the Marches?
``` Vernaccia di Serrapetrona Conero Rosso Riserva Offida Castelli di Jesi Riserva Verdicchio Riserva Verdicchio di Matelica Riserva ```
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# Italy What is Verdicchio di Matelica Riserva DOCG?
DOCG for Verdicchio in the Marches
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# Italy What is Castelli di Jesi Riserva Verdicchio Riserva DOCG?
DOCG for Verdicchio in the Marches
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# Italy What are the characteristics of Verdicchio?
Green tinged with distinctive lemony, stony character and bitter almond tang
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# Italy What is Carmignano DOCG?
DOCG from Prato in Toscano with a minimum 50% Sangiovese plus 10-20 Cab Franc/Sav, 20% Canaiolo Nero, and 10% other white and 10% other red
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# Italy What is Montecucco Sangiovese DOCG?
DOCG from Grosseto in Toscana with a min 90% Sangiovese
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# Italy What is Suvereto DOCG?
DOCG from Livorno in Toscana with Reds from Cab Sav and or Merlot
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# Italy What is Rosso della Val di Cornia DOCG?
DOCG from Livorno and Pisa in Toscana with min 40% Sang, Max 60% Merlot and Cab and max 20% other red grapes (mins Aleatico)
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# Italy What is Conero Rosso Riserva DOCG?
DOCG in Ancona in Marche with a min 85% Montepulciano and max 15% Sang
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# Italy What is Offida DOCG?
DOCG from Ascoli Piceno and Fermo in the Marche Whites from Pecorino and Passerina Reds from min 85% Montepulciano
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# Italy What are the DOCGs of Abruzzo?
Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Colline Teramane
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# Italy What is Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Colline Teramane DOCG?
DOCG from Teramo in Abruzzo requiring wines min 90% Montepulciano and max 10% Sangiovese
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# Italy What are the DOCGs of Lazio?
Cesane del Piglio Frasci Superiore Cannellino di Frascati
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# Italy What is Frascati Superiore DOCG? What is its alcohol requirement?
DOCG from Roma in Lazio for white wines with a min 70% from Malvasia Bianca di Candia and/or Malvasia del Lazio 13%
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# Italy What is Cannellino di Frascati DOCG?
DOCG for late harvest whites from Roma in Lazio | min 70% from Malvasia Bianca di Candia and/or Malvasia del Lazio
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# Italy What is Cesanese del Piglio DOCG?
DOCG for reds in Frosinone in Lazio | Min 90% Cesanese di Affile and/or Cesanese comune
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# Italy What are the DOCGs of Molise?
None | The most prominent DOC is Biferno which does reds and rosatos from Montepulciano and Aglianico and whites from Trebbiano
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# Italy What are the DOCGs of Campania
Taurasi Fiano di Avellino Greco di Tufo Aglianico del Taburno
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# Italy What is Taurasi DOCG?
DOCG for reds from Avellino in Campania | Min 85% Aglianico
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# Italy What is Aglianico del Taburno DOCG?
DOCG for reds from Benevento in Campania | Min 85% Aglianico
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# Italy What is Greco di Tufo DOCG?
DOCG for whites from Avellino in Campania | Min 85% Greco, max 15% Coda di Volpe
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# Italy What is Fiano di Avellino DOCG?
DOCG for whites in Avellino in Campania | Min 85% Fiano, Max 15% Trebbiano Toscana, Coda di Volpe and Greco
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# Italy What are the DOCGs of Apulia?
Primitivo di Manduria Dolce Naturale Castel del Monte Rosso Riserva Castel del Monte Nero di Troia Riserva Castel del Monte Bombino Nero
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# Italy What is Primitivo di Manduria Dolce Naturale DOCG?
DOCG for sweet wine from Brindisi and Taranto in Puglia | 100% Primitivo and the grapes may be dried
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# Italy What is Castel del Monte Bombino Nero DOCG?
DOCG for rosato from Barletta-Andria-Trani in Puglia | Min 90% Bombino Nero
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# Italy What is Castel del Monte Nero di Troia Riserva DOCG?
DOCG for reds from Barletta-Andria-Trani in Puglia | Min 90% Nero di Troia
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# Italy What is Castel del Monte Rosso Riserva DOCG?
DOCG for reds from Barletta-Andria-Trani in Puglia | Min 65% Nero di Troia
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# Italy What are the DOCGs for Basilicata?
Aglianico del Vulture Superiore
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# Italy What is Aglianico del Vulture Superiore DOCG?
Still reds from Potenza in Basilicata | 100% Aglianico
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# Italy What are the DOCGs of Calabria?
None
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# Italy What are the DOCGs of Sicily?
Cerasuolo di Vittoria
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# Italy What is Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG?
DOCG for red wine in Ragusa, Caltanissetta and Catania in Sicilia 50-70% Nero d'Avola (Calabrese 30-50% Frappato
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# Italy What is the most famous wine of Sicily?
Marsala
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# Italy When was Marsala DOC created?
1969
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# Italy What is the most planted grape in Sicily?
Catarratto
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# Italy What are the grapes used in Marsala Oro/Ambra? Rubino?
Grillo, Ansonica (Inzolia), Catarratto, Damaschino | Perricone, Calabrese (Nero d'Avola) and Nerello Mascalese
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# Italy What are the DOCGs of Sardinia?
Vermentino di Gallura
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# Italy What is Vermentino di Gallura?
DOCG in Sassari and Nuoro in Sardegna | Whites from 95% Vermentino

Wine - Old World Regions (11 decks)

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