Piemonte Flashcards
Alta Langhe DOCG Ageing
30 months on lees
Ris 36 months
Erbaluce Topo
Gentle hills around lakes Candia and Viverone
Barbera del Monferrato Superiore DOCG and BArbera del Monferrato DOC training
Guyot
Timorasso
Location
Ageworhty ?
Acid
Aroma
Colli Tortonesi
Can age well
hi
Mineral Floral citrus honey
Grignolino del Monferrato Casalese DOC profile
pale ruby red
hi acid and tannin
Barbera d’Asti DOCG loc
Large part on Monferrato
Asti at center
Grape #2 overall
Moscato Bianco
Barbaresco min ABV
12.5%
4 top grapes? total % for Piemonte
Barbera, Moscato, Dolcetto, Nebbiolo. 70%
Barbera d’Asti DOCG Superiore zones (2)
Tinella
Colli Astiani
Dolcetto di Ovada DOC grapes / ageing
97% Dolcetto, no min req
Asti DOCG soil
Terre Bianche
Sizzano Loc
North of Fara
Diano d’Alba Superiore Ageing
10 months
Colli Tortonesi DOC grapes (2 white 2 red)
Timorasso
Barbera
Dolcetto
Cortese
What is the #1 red producing DOCG in Piemonte
Barbera d’Asti DOCG
Ghemme Ageing
34 / 18
Ris 46 / 24
Catch all DOC West of Sesia
Coste della Sesia
Langhe Nebbiolo DOC Loc / Grape
All of Langhe / 85 Nebbiolo
Barbaresco Influence
Tanaro warms
Barbera d’Asti DOCG Profile
Deep Ruby - Purple
Sour red berry
Hi Acid
Low - moderate tannin
Best are full body and complex spicy rich
Brachetto d’Acqui DOCG soil
Compact white calcareous
some areas significant sand
where is the best location for Barbera del Monferrato Superiore DOCG and BArbera del Monferrato DOC best wines ?
Area between Casale Monferrato and Vignole
Barbera del Monferrato Superiore DOCG and BArbera del Monferrato DOC cover areas
Entire Asti plus part of Alessandria
LArge part of Monferrato
Grignolino d’Asti DOC loc
Hill N and S of Asti
% red
2/3
Nizza DOCG Ageing
18 / 6
ris 30 /12
Dolcetto d’Alba Superiore Ageing and characteristiic
Higher ABV
1 year
What is the DOCG for Arneis
Roero Arneis DOCG
Asti DOCG profile / style
aromatic sweet spumante and lightly fizzy
DOCG shared withe Moscato D’asti DOCG
Barbera d’Alba Superiore Ageing
12 / 4
Barbera d’Asti DOCG
drink or hold
maturation vessels ?
Most for early drinking in stainless
Some traditional large botti
Modern in new oak
Sone combo
Barbera del Monferrato Superiore DOCG and BArbera del Monferrato DOC grapes (4)
In Basso blending grape
in Alto blending grape
85% Barbera
15% Freisa Grignolino Dolcetto
most 100%
traditional blend Freisa in Basso, Dolcetto in Alto
Ruche di Castagnole Monferrato DOCG Grapes (3)
90% Ruche
Barbera or Brachetto
Carema Profile
Lighter / leaner than Barolo
Freisa
Location
Color
aroma
Acid / tanniin
still frizz spumante ?
sweetness
sup req
finish
most common style
All of Asti
pale ruby red
hi acid / tannin
still fizz spumante
off dry and med sweet
still / age
bitter
off dry , frizz
Barolo Ageing
38 / 18
Ris 62 /18
Bramaterra Soil
Volcanic and marine
Staglieno role
Barolo solved fermentation for dry
Barbaresco Loc
Right bank of Tanaro, East of Alba, closer to river than Barolo
GAVI DOCG Riserva reqs
Single vineyard, 1 year / 6 in bottle
Sparkling Ris - MT, single vineyard
Dolcetto d’Alba style East of Alba
lighter
BArbera del Monferrato DOC profile
easy , every day red fruit, hi acid
Barbaresco Aspects
South
Freisa d’Asti DOC profile
Hi acid
hi tannin
Pale ruby
red berry straw raspberry
roses violets
bitter on palte
Barbera d’Alba Loc
Both sides of Tanaro
Right bank almost all of lower Langhe inlcuding B and B
Left bank includes Roero
Who is credited with rise of Barbaresco
Gaja
Nizza DOCG climate
warm / riper fruit
Langhe DOC Labeling rule
85% stated varietal
Brachetto d’Acqui DOCG grapes
97% brachetto
Ruche di Castagnole Monferrato DOCG soil
Sabbie Astiane
Boca Grapes
70-90% Nebbiolo
Up to 30% Vespolina , Uva Rara
GAVI DOCG MGAs / communes
18 /11
Dolcetto based DOCS in Langhe
Dogliani, Dolcetto di Diano d’Alba, Dolcetto d’Alba
Carema Loc
Val d’Aosta border
Dora Baltea valley
Asti DOCG sparkling Profile
sweetness
cork
drink or hold
abv
atm
color
mousse style
vintage dating ?
Dense Mousse
pale color
7% ABV
5-6 ATM
floral
sweet
Blossom, rose, stone fruit
moderate acid
mushroom cork
drink young
vintage age not req’d
Gattinara Profile
Like Barolo with less ABV, lighter color, lighter body
Age worthy
Camillo Benso role
Barolo solved fermentation for dry
Barbera d’Asti DOCG Ageing
4 months
Superiore 14 / 6
Carema Soil
Glacial over metamorphic schist
Soil brought up from valley to terraces
Asti DOCG training
Guyot
Asti DOCG sparkling vintage label req?
no
Diano d’Alba soil
Whitish sandstone
1 Grape
Barbera
Canavese vineyard area name / city
Ivrea moraine basin and city of Ivrea
GAVI DOCG Grapes
100% Cortese
Langhe DOC Subzone
grape
color
sweetness
ages ? effect ?
Nascetta
Nascetta grape 100%
Dry and passito
well structured, aromatic herbs citrus tropical fruit
Ages to honey and balsamic
Asti DOCG grapes
Moscato Bianco
Diano d’Alba Grapes
100% Dolcetto
Dolcetto d’Alba style in Barolo / Barbaresco
full structured
What is largest produiction area in Piemonte
Asti DOCG
Arneis
Location
AKA
Body
Aroma
Challenges
Roero
Nebbiolo Bianco
MEd to full
perfumed complex white flowers stone fruit pear
Grignolino
Location
Color
Aroma
Body
ABV
Acid / Tannin
Ageable ?
Monferrato
pale ruby
Flowers red fruit, herbs
light
moderate
hi / hi
young
Roero DOCG Nebbiolo Profile
Medium weight
Lighter softer less tannic earlier mature than B & B
Finesse perfume
Barolo MGAs
181, 11 Communes
Ruche di Castagnole Monferrato DOCG loc
bank of Tanaro ?
NE of Asti few miles
Left bank of Tanaro
7 hilltop towns
Barolo vineyard level
mid-slope
Barbaresco Communes
Nieve, Treiso, Barbaresco, San Rocco Seno d’Elvio
Brachetto d’Acqui DOCG styles
Still or slightly fizzy sparkling and passito
Majority sparklling
best still or slightly fizzy
passito least common
Brachetto
Location
sweetness
still frizz or spum ?
Aroma
AKA
Acqui Terme (Alessandria)
Frizzante Sparkling still sweet
Strawberry Raspberry
Red equiv of Moscato d’Asti
Dogliani Profile
Black fruit
moderate acid
higher tannin
Deep purple
Nebbiolo biotypes
Lampia most popular
Michet
Bolla
Rose - not really
Dolcetto d’Alba grapes
100% Dolcetto
Colli Tortonesi DOC styles
blends or single ?
still frizz spum ?
Rosso / bianco blends
single varietals
still frizzante spumante
Barolo Grapes
100% Nebbiolo
Erbaluce Dry Profile
Acid, mineral
Floral, citrus, green apple, herbaceous
Nizza DOCG Loc
SE of Asti
18 villages around Nizza Monferrato
Considered a historic area
Roero Arneis DOCG
dry or sweet
still frizz spum ?
oak ?
Dry, still, spumante
Rich Texture
White flower pear apple almond peach
Mostly unoaked
Barbaresco Ageing
26 /9
Ris 50 / 9
Erbaluce Passito Ageing
3 years
Lessono Grapes
Only minor DOC that can be 100% Nebbiolo
Min 85% Nebb
15% Uva Rara, Vespolina
Ghemme Loc
East of Sesia across from Gattinara
Canavese district location
South of Val d’Aosta
Diano d’Alba Profile
Less structured more fruity than Dogliani
Lower ABV
Waht is oldest grape
Freisa
Barbera del Monferrato Superiore DOCG profile
elegant structured
velvet tannin
complex
oak
Barolo best Crus site traditional locations
where snow melts first
Barbera del Monferrato Superiore DOCG and BArbera del Monferrato DOC frizzante allowed ?
DOC only