Piemonte Flashcards
DOCGs of Piemonte (17)
Alta Langa
Brachetto d’Acqui
Asti
Barbaresco
Barolo
Barbera d’Asti
Barbera del Monfererato Superiore
Nizza
Dogliani
Dolcetto di Diano d’Alba
Dolcetto di Ovada Superiore
Erbaluce di Caruso
Gattinara
Gavi
Ghemme
Roero
Ruche di Castagnole Monferrato
Terre Alfieri
Aging requirements for Barolo
Normale:
38 mos from Nov 1
18 mos wood
Barolo riserva:
62 mos from Nov 1
18 mos wood
aging requirements Barbaresco
Normale: 26 mos from nov 1
9 mos wood
Riserva: min 50 mos Nov 1
9 mos wood, May be released after Jan 1 of fifth year following harvest
Communes of production Barbaresco
Barbaresco
Neive
Trieso (a frazione of Barbaresco)
San Rocco Seno d’Elvio (Part of Alba)
Province of Barbaresco
Cuneo
Alta Langa (2011):
Vintage Dated:
250 m elevation min
Min. 90% Pinot Noir and/or Chardonnay
Spumante (9 mos lees, total production 30 mos)
Riserva (9 mos lees, total production 36 mos
Rosato
Rosato Riserva
Producers of Alta Langa
Fontanafredda
Enrico Serafino
Ettore Germano
Asti metodo classico must undergo secondary fermentation and spend this much time on lees
9 months
Another name for Charmat method in Italy
Martinotti
max time for second fermentation and Moscato d’Asti (not classico)
Max pressure
1 month
2.5 bars
Geographic designations of Martinenga (Marchesi di Gresi)
Camp Gros
Gaiun
Permitted elevation for Barolo
170-540 meters
Complete northern exposures prohibited
Permitted elevation for Barbaresco
Max 550 Meters
Vineyards with complete Northern exposures prohibited
Max yields for Barolo DOCG
8 tons/ha
56 hl/ha
7.2 tons/ha for wines labeled with menzioni geografiche aggiunitive
Vigna vineyards must be 7 years old
What year was DOCG Barolo established
1980
this producer was elected the second president of the Italian republic in 1948 and is the most famous of Dogliani
Luigi Einaudi
first dry white to be promoted to DOCG level in Piedmont (1998)
Gavi (100% Cortese)
Sometimes frizzante, spumante
DOCs and DOCGs for Nebbiolo in Piemonte other than Barolo and Barbaresco
Roero (2004) sandy soil (Tanaro River)
Gattinara (max 10% Vespolina and Bonarda Novarese)
Ghemme (Max 15% Vespolina and Bonarda Novarese) Both straddle Sesia River
Lessona
Terre Alfieri
Boca
Called Spanna
largest producing commune of DOCG wine in Italy with 650,000hl of wine
Asti
Chaptalization is not permitted in this style of Asti wine
Vendemmia Tardiva
DOCGs for Dolcetto
Dogliani
Dolcetto di Ovada Superiore
Dolcetto di Diano d’Alba
Vendemmia Tardiva Asti must be aged this long
One year from date of harvest
Barbera del Monferrato must be superiore. True or False?
True. must spend 14 months aging prior to release with 6 months in cask
What year was Ruche di Castagnole Monferrato created in the Monferrato hills?
2010
3 Communes of Production for Barolo
Entirely included in DOCG
Barolo
Castiglione Falleto
Serralunga d’Alba. (Being Christina Stanley)
Communes of Production Barolo
Partially included in DOCG
Monforte d’Alba
La Morra
Diano d’Alba
Novello
Verduno
Grinzane Cavour
Cherasco
Roddi
5 Main townships (communes) of Barolo where 90% of DOCG zone is concentrated
Barolo*
Castiglione Falleto*
Serralunga d’Alba*
Monforte d’Alba
La Morra
*entirely in DOCG
Because Christina Stanley Makes Love
Subzones for Asti DOCG
Canelli
Strevi
Santa Vittoria d’Alba
Aging requirements for Dolcetto di Ovada Superiore DOCG
12 months from Nov 1
Superiore “Vigna” 20 mos from Nov 1
Superiore “Riserva” 24 mos minimum
Min alc Barolo:
13% for all styles (12.5% potential at harvest)
What year was Nizza added as DOCG, originally a subzone of Barbera d’Asti
2014
Original Gaja bottlings:
(Barbaresco to Langhe in 2000, back to Barbaresco in 2013)
Sori San Lorenzo (Secondine)
Sori Tildin (Roncagliette)
Costa Russi
What year did Barolo and Barbaresco become DOCGs
1980, two of the first DOCGs with Brunello and Vino Nobile de Montepulciano
This river cuts through Piemonte dividing the Roero from Langhe providing a moderating influence
Barolo and Barbaresco along the river
Tanaro river
This became a DOCG in 2020 (Piedmont)
Terre Alferi
In Asti
Arneis for white
Nebbiolo Reds
Monforte d’Alba and Serralunga d’Alba (East) have this soil type, which adds structure to the wine
Serravallian (Helvetian) sandstone soil
(Tortonian in the west)
Difference between vineyards of Barbaresco and Barolo
Vineyards of Barbaresco generally slightly lower and warmer than those of Barolo, (tho max elevation is higher than Barolo)
so harvest is often earlier
Roero Arneis must be this % Arneis
95%
Subzones of Barbera d’Asti
Tinella
Colli Astiani
What year did the crus of Barbaresco achieve MGA (menzioni geographic aggiunitive) status?
2007
Standard producer of Chinato
Capellano
Pio Cesare
from chinchona bark, south America
Modernists of Barolo
Paolo Scavino
Luciano Sandrone
Elio Altare
Domenico Clerico
Traditionalists of Barolo
Giacomo Conterno
Bartolo Mascarello
Guiseppe Rinaldi
Province of Barolo AND Barbaresco
Cuneo
Monforte d’Alba
Serralunga d’Alba
Castiglione Falletto
Have this soil:
Helvetian (Serravallian) sandstone provide more structure
What is the minimum percentage of alcohol for:
Barbera d’Asti
Barbera d’Asti Superiore
Barbera d’Asti Superiore with a subzone
12% Barbera d’Asti
12.5% Barbera d’Asti Superiore
13% Barbera d’Asti Superiore con indicazione della sottozone
Aging requirements for:
Barbera d’Asti
Barbera D’Asti superiore
Barbera d’Asti Superiore Tinella and Astiani
Barbera d’Asti: four months from November 1 of the harvest year
Barbera d’Asti superiore: 14 months from November 1 of the harvest year six months oak
Tinella, Astiani: 24 months from October 1 of harvest year six months oak six months bottle
Min abv Barbera del Monferrato Superiore DOCG
13%
Map of piedmont
Map of Barbaresco
Map of Barolo
Who is Camillo Benson?
The father of Modernist Barolo, small barriques
Bruno Giacosa, a traditionalist, showed the world in the 1960s that Barbaresco can stand up to Barolo with this bottling
1968
Barbaresco Santo Stefano
Albesani Cru, Neive
Now made by Castello di Neive
The Nascetta (white) grape has its own subzone in Langhe:
Novello (Elvio Cogno a producer, also Le Stretti and Vietti)
Which of the 2000’s vintages saw extreme hail damage in Barolo
2002
most of Piedmont’s grape-growing occurs in the foothills south of this valley in these provinces.
Po Valley, in the provinces of Asti, Alessandria, and Cuneo
These mountains provide a “rain shadow” effect in Piemonte
Alps
Earliest ripening grape in Piemonte
Dolcetto, the “little sweet one”
legal menzioni geografiche aggiuntive for Barbaresco and Barolo on labels happened these years:
2007 Barbaresco
2010 Barolo followed suit.
These two Uva Rara clones are used respectively in Ghemme and Gattinara
Bonarda Novarese, is used for blending in Ghemme
Bonarda di Gattinara is used in Gattinara.
Ruchè di Castagnole Monferrato became DOCG in this year
2010
Diano d’Alba DOCG wines may include menzioni geografiche aggiuntive on the label. 75 are included MGA. Name some
Sorì Bric del Ciabot,
Sorì Cristina
Sori della Sorba
Sorì della Sorda
first still white wine in Piedmont to be promoted to the DOCG level.
Cortese di Gavi (Gavi) 1998
located in the extreme southern portion of Alessandria province and shares its western border with Ovada
When did Erbaluce di Caruso get DOCG
2010
Which ripens first, second, third in Piemonte?
Nebbiolo
Dolcetto
Barbera
Dolcetto 1
Barbera 2
Nebbiolo 3
Who makes “Rocche dell’Annunziata Torriglione”
Roberto Voerzio (La Morra)
Very expensive
Who Makes Barolo Ginestra Ciabot Mentin? Where is it?
Domenico Clerico
The “Ciabot” is situated in Monforte d’Alba
Who makes Percristina? (Piemonte)
Monforte d’Alba, Mosconi Cru
Dominio Clerico
What year was the DOC system introduced
Same year as DOCG
The Denominazione di Origine Controllata (DOC) system was introduced in 1963 as a means of formalizing and protecting Italian wine appellations.
First DOCGs
1980, when Brunello di Montalcino, Barolo and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano were upgraded from DOC
Vino da Tavola, or table wine, cannot bear any geographical designation other than:
“Italy” itself
After Gorias Law was approved in 1992, when did the first IGTs appear?
The first IGTs appeared in 1994
Today, IGTs (Italy) are considered to be this in the eyes of European wine law
PGIs
DOC and DOCG wines are considered PDO (Protected Designation of Origin), on par with France’s AOC/AOP.
IGT status may be used as a springboard to DOC, and regions recognized as DOC for at least five years may apply for DOCG status.
Synonym for Vermentino in Piemonte
Favorita
Dolcetto di Ovada Superiore:
Dolcetto di Ovada Superiore: 12 mos from Nov. 1
Dolcetto di Ovada Superiore Riserva: 20 mos
Dolcetto di Ovada Superiore “Vigna”: 24 mos
Barbera del Monferrato Superiore DOCG:
Barbera del Monferrato Superiore (9 tons/ha)
Barbera del Monferrato Superiore “Vigna” (8 tons/ha)
14 mos from Nov. 1, 6 mos. oak
Nizza DOCG:
100% Barbera
Min. 18 months, 6 months in oak from Jan. 1 (Same for Nizza “Vigna”)
Rosso Riserva and Rosso Riserva Vigna: Min. 30 months, 12 months oak from Jan. 1