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Piedmont Producers Flashcards

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Bartolo Mascarello

year founded, location

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  • 1920, by Giulio Mascarello, Bartolo’s father
  • Barolo proper
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Bartolo Mascarello

winemaking

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  • Fermentation in glass lined concrete
  • Spontaneous fermentation as much as possible (but not dogmatic)
  • 40-50 days
  • Aging in botti
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Bartolo Mascarello

vineyards

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  • Cannubi
  • San Lorenzo
  • Rué (SW of Sarmassa)
  • Le Rocche
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Giuseppe Rinaldi

year founded, location

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  • 1890, by Giuseppe Rinaldi, the current Giuseppe (Beppe)’s grandfather
  • Barolo proper
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Rinaldi

Brunate Riserva

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  • Single vineyard riserva bottling
  • Made only in top vintages and released after 10 years of barrel age
  • Made by Beppe’s father Battista, discontinued by Beppe in 1990 (he prefers the tradition of blending sites)
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“Last of the Mohicans”

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  • Bartolo Mascarello
  • Beppe Rinaldi
  • Teobaldo Cappellano
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Giuseppe “Beppe” Rinaldi

viticulture and winemaking

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  • No chemicals; Copper and sulfur against fungal disease
  • Fertilizing only with manure, for 4-5 years when the vines are young
  • Spontaneous fermentation in wooden vats, 20-30 day maceration, Botti only
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Historically, what are Giuseppe Rinaldi’s two wines?; what vintage did this change?; why?

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  • Cannubi San Lorenzo-Ravera
  • Brunate-Le Coste
  • 2010, when the ruling was passed that a bottle can bear a single vineyard name, or none
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Rinaldi wines, post 2010

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  • Brunate
    • includes max 15% allowed Le Coste
  • Tre Tine
    • Le Coste, Ravera, Cannubi San Lorenzo
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Cannubi San Lorenzo-Ravera v. Brunate-Le Coste

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  • CSL-Ravera
    • _​_rounder, more succulent, more approachable earlier
  • Brunate-LC
    • more austere, firmly structured, intensely floral
  • Presumably, the Brunate will continue to be more austere and long lived than the Tre Tine?
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Francesco Rinaldi: family relationship

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  • Cousin to Giuseppe
  • Poderi are entirely separate
  • Traditionalist philosophy is the same
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Francesco Rinaldi: wines

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  • Brunate
  • Cannubbio (Cannubi)
  • Grignolino
  • Dolcetto
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Who owns Bricco Boschis; where is it?

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  • Cavallotto
  • Castiglione Falletto
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Climats within Bricco Boschis

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  • Vigna San Giuseppe
  • Vigna Colle Sudovest
  • Punta Marcello
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Scavino: winemaking

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  • 1st in Piedmont to use rotary fermenters, 1993
  • Today, some of the wine sees the old rotary fermenters, and the rest sees new open top tanks with nets to keep the cap submerged
  • Some pumpovers to release CO2
  • First year in barrique, 15-20% new, then into large neutral cask
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Scavino: top wines

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  • Bric Fiasc: first vinified separately in 1978, the wine that put them on the map
  • Cannubi
  • Carobric (Rocche di Castiglione)
  • Bricco Ambrogio (Roddi)
  • Monvigliero (Verduno)
  • Rocche dell’Annunziata Riserva (La Morra)
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When was Giuseppe Mascarello founded; where?

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1881, in Monchiero, outside the boundaries of Barolo. However, their prime real estate is in Castiglione Falletto.

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Is Monprivato a monopole of Giuseppe Mascarello?

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Yes

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What is Monprivato Ca’ d’Morissio?

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  • A riserva made in qualifiying years, from a small parcel of very old Michet clone (less productive than Lampia) vinified and aged apart
  • If good enough it will see 1-2 more years of age in large wood; if not, it will be blended into Monprivato
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Giuseppe Mascarello: modern or traditional?

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  • Mostly traditional - 25 day fermentation, large cask.
  • Fermentation split between stainless (modern) and glass-lined cement (traditional)
  • They do bottle by cru
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When was Cappellano founded?; where?

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1870; Serralunga d’Alba

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Who invented Barolo Chinato?

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Giuseppe Cappellano (son of founder Filippo), in the late 1800’s - anecdotal

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Cappellano: vineyards

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2ha in the Gabutti cru, purchased from a grower named Otin Fiorin in the 1980’s (namesake of Cappellano’s barolo)

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Cappellano: wines

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  • Otin Fiorin Piè Rupestris
    • 70 yo vines grafted on rupestris
  • Otin Fiorin Piè Franco
    • ungrafted vines planted in 1989
  • Both wines aged 3.5-4 years in slavonian oak, Traditional vinification
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Where is Elio Altare?

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La Morra

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Elio Altare: winemaking

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  • Rotary fermenters since 1993, regular removal of seeds during fermentation to minimize harsh tannin
  • After 3-4 days in the fermenter, racked into barrique (30% new)
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Elio Altare: wines

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  • Arborina
    • standard bearer, estate vineyard
  • Brunate
    • leased vineyard, 1995-2009
  • Vigna Bricco
    • leased vineyard in Serralunga d’Alba (since 2005)
  • Will produce Cannubi in the future
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Where is Giacomo Conterno?; what is the relationship to Aldo Conterno?

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  • Monforte d’Alba
  • Giovanni and Aldo Conterno are the sons of Giacomo Conterno. Aldo split off in 1969, and Giovanni continued at Giacomo Conterno
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When did Giacomo Conterno purchase his estate vineyard?; what and where?

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  • 1974; From 1920 to 1974, wine was made from purchased grapes
  • Cascina Francia, Serralunga
  • All estate wine comes from Cascina Francia; Monfortino is named in honor of the home village
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Giacomo Conterno: wines

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  • Cascina Francia
    • normale; aged 4 years in large oak
  • Monfortino
    • Riserva; aged 7 years in large oak; selected grapes; not made in all vintages
  • Cerretta
    • debut vintage 2010
  • Barbera
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Aldo Conterno: winemaking innovation

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  • Moved from submerged cap to pumpovers and limited fermentation and maceration times to minimize tannin; Stainless steel fermentation
  • HOWEVER, no barrique, ever, and still using large slavonian oak
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Aldo Conterno: wines

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  • Barolo/Barolo Bussia
    • Pre 2009, blend of vineyards within Bussia and Barolo
    • Post 2009 (destructive mudslide), all fruit is from Bussia and labeled as such
  • Colonello
  • Bussia Cicala
  • Romirasco
  • Gran Bussia
    • Riserva, made in worthy years
    • 70% Romirasco, 15% Cicala, 15% Colonello
    • Pre 2005, vinified separately then blended, 35 day maceration
    • Post 2005, vinified together, 60 day maceration
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When was Gaja founded?; where?

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  • 1859 - oldest winery in Barbaresco
  • Barbaresco proper
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First vintage for Gaja’s single vineyard Barbarescos?

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  • Sori San Lorenzo, 1967
  • Sori Tilden, 1970
  • Costa Russi, 1978
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When did Gaja declassify the single vineyard Barbaresco’s to Langhe DOC?

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1996

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Varietal blend on Gaja’s Langhe DOC wines?

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For the Nebbiolo based wines, 6-8% Barbera

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Gaja: wines from Piedmont

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  • Sori San Lorenzo, Sori Tilden, Costa Russi
  • Sperss (Serralunga, Langhe DOC)
  • Conteisa (La Morra, mostly Cerequio, Langhe DOC)
  • DaGromis (Serralunga and La Morra, Barolo DOCG)
  • Darmagi (Cab Sauv, Barbaresco, Langhe DOC)
  • Sito Moresco (equal parts Nebbiolo/Cab Sauv/Merlot, Barbaresco, Langhe DOC)
  • Alteni di Brassica (Sauv Blanc, barrique, Barbaresco and Serralunga, Langhe DOC)
  • Gaia & Rey (Chardonnay, Treiso, Langhe DOC)
  • Rossj-Bass (Chardonnay, Piedmont, Langhe DOC)
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Gaja: wines from elsewhere

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  • Brunello di Montalcino, Rennina, Sugarille
  • Ca’Marcanda (Maremma) -
  • Promis: Merlot, Syrah, Sangiovese
  • Magari: Merlot, Cab Sauv, Cab Franc
  • Ca’Marcanda: Merlot, Cab Sauv, Cab Franc
  • Vistamare: Vermentino, Viognier
  • Grappa: Sperss, Darmagi, Gaia & Rey

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