Piemonte Flashcards
Giacomo Conterno: Modern or Traditional?
Traditional
Who makes Monfortino? Where is the vineyard?
Giacomo Conterno
1978-2014: 100% Francia
2015-Onward: A Blend of Francia, Ceretta, and Arione
Serralunga d’Alba
How much is Monfortino on a wine list?
2010 = $2000
Where is Giacomo Conterno Cascina Francia? Price?
Serralunga d’Alba
2015 = $650
Francia is a monopole of whose?
Giacomo Conterno
Where is Giacomo Conterno Arione? Price?
Serralunga d’Alba
2015 = $560
Name some traditional producers of Barolo
Giacomo Conterno
Guiseppe Mascarello
Bartolo Mascarello
Guiseppe Rinaldi
Roagna
Fratelli Brovia
Cappellano
Giacomo Borgogno
Bruno Giacosa (Barbaresco)
Name some modernist producers of Barolo and Barbaresco.
Luciano Sandrone (in between)
Prunotto
Ceretto
Paolo Scavino
Domenico Clerico
Elio Altare
Gaja
What are the three separate bottlings of Aldo Conterno’s Bussia? Where are the parcels for these bottlings located?
Vigna Cicala
Vigna Romirasco
Vigna Colonello
-comes from the Soprana vineyard within the Bussia cru.
Bussia is split between Barolo and Monforte d’Alba.
What is Aldo Conterno’s Granbussia? Price on a list?
In the best years, he produces a selection from within each of three parcels and calls it Granbussia.
Located in Monforte d’Alba
About $800-$1200
Top wines of Produttori
Barbaresco Rabajà: Inaugural vintage 1967.
Barbaresco Montestefano
Barbaresco Asili
Barbaresco Pora: Inaugural vintage 1967.
Barbaresco Ovello: Inaugural vintage 1970.
Francia is a monopole of whose?
Giacomo Conterno
Giacosa makes two lines of wines. What are they, and what is the difference?
Casa Vinicola Bruno Giacosa is the negoce.
Azienda Agricola Falletto di Bruno Giacosa are the estate wines.
Giacosa: wines
Asili, 15-18mos in large neutral french oak
Asili Riserva, in select vintages, 2 years in wood
Rabaja, last vintage 2005 (vines were excluded in the reclassification, so the juice is now sold in bulk)
Santo Stefano, last vintage 2011
Falletto, Falletto Riserva
Le Rocche del Falletto, highest altitude, oldest vines, longer skin maceration. First vintage 1997.
Le Rocche del Falletto Riserva, select vintages, three years in cask
Where is Falletto?
Serralunga d’Alba
Which 2000s vintages did Giacosa not produce?
2006
2010
Who makes Monprivato? Where is it located? Price?
Guiseppe Mascarello
Castiglione Falletto
$500
Is Monprivato a monopole?
No, but they own 93%, and they are the only producer to so-label the wines.
What is Monprivato Ca’ d’Morissio?
Price?
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.
$1500
The vineyards of Sori Tildin and Costa Russi are located in which cru? Commune? Who makes wine from here? Price?
Roncagliette
Barbaresco
Gaja
$1200
Where is Gaja’s San Lorenzo vineyard located? Cru? Commune?
Secondine
-Barbaresco
Gaja
$1200