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Piemonte Flashcards

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Bricco

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Indicates highest part of an elevation in the landscape, as a vineyard with a steep gradient at the top of a hill

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Bricco 1st used

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Luciano de Giacomi for 1969 Bricco del Drago. a blend of Dolcetto and Nebbiolo from Alba

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Sorì

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Vineyard sites of the highest quality, particularly with SE exposure (morning sorì). Evening sorì has a SW exposure

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Sorì 1st used

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Angelo Gaja for Sorì San Lorenzo Barbaresco 1967

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Gaja

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Established 1856. Angelo Gaja introduced small barrel maturation, IV in 1960s. Now labels as DOC Langhe Nebbiolo

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Renato Ratti

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Based in La Morra. Part of modernist Barolo producers, but keen to promulgate terroir. In 1979 drew up first maps of best Barolo vineyards

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Piemonte climate

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Continental. Rain shadow. Autumn hail worry in Barbaresco. Long summers and warm autumns

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Piemonte soil

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Thinner, calarous marl, sandstone with varying % of sand and clay. Mountains create distinct mesoclimates

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Piemonte varieties

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Red-Nebbiolo, Barbera, Dolcetto. White-Moscato Bianco (#1 planted), Cortese, Arneis, Favorita (Vermentino), Erbeluce. IV-CS, CH, ML, SY, SB

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Langhe DOC soils

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Clay, marl

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Langhe DOC varieties

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Langhe DOC used for IV. Other wines can use Langhe to declassify. ex Langhe Dolcetto, Langhe Rosso (Barbera), Langhe Nebbiolo

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Barolo subzones

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  1. Important-Barolo, La Morra, Castiglione Falletoo, Serralunga d’Alba, Monforte d’Alba
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La Morra, Barolo soils, style

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Calcareous marls of Tortonian. Compact, fresher, more fertile, give fruitier, aromatic wines which age relatively rapidly for Barolo

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Castiglione Falleto, Monforte d’Alba, Serralunga d’Alba soils, style

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Helvetian epoch, more compressed sandstone, less compact, poorer, less fertile give more intense, structured wines that mature slower

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Barolo viti

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56 hl/ha. Can reach 14-15% abv. Lower yields lead to riper tannins

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Barolo aging

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Min 2 yrs cask (previously 3). 38 m from 11/1 of harvest year, w 18 in oak. Riserva-62 m from 11/1 of harvest year, 18 m in oak

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Barolo viti

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Traditional fermentation as long as 2 mths. Modern 10-14 day fermentations, shorter time in wood and longer in bottle, pumping over rather than submerged cap

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Barolo traditionalists

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Giacomo Conterno, Bartolo Macarell, Giuseppe Rinaldi

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Barolo modernists

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Paolo Scavino, Luciano Sandrone, Elio Altare

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Barolo good vintages

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96, 01, 99, 00, 98, 97

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La Morra crus

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Rocche, Cerequio

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Barolo crus

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Cannubi, Sarmazza, Brunate

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Castiglione Falletto crus

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Rocche, Villero, Monprivato

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Monforte d’Alba crus

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Bussia, Ginestra, Santo Stefano di Perno

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Serralunga d’Alba crus

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Lazzarito, Vigna Rionda

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Barbaresco townships

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Barbaresco, Treiso, Nieve

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Barbaresco soils

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Calcareous marl of Tortonian epoch

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Barbaresco style

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Soft, fruity, perfumed aromas. Similar to Barolo from La Morra and Barolo

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Barbaresco climate

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More maritime affected

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Barbaresco viti

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Nebbiolo ripens earlier due to proximity of Tanaro River

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Barbaresco vini

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Min 12.5%. Min 26 m from 11/1 9 m oak. May release 3rd year post 12/1. Riserva-50 m from 11/1 9 m in oak. May release 5th year after harvest post 12/1

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Barbaresco vineyards

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Asili, Montestefano, Rabaja

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Nieve vineyards

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Albesani, Gallina

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Treiso vineyards

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Pajore

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Barbaresco producers

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Produttori del Barbaresco, Angelo Gaja, Bruno Glacosa

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Gavi DOC

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Cortese. 70 hl/ha. Commercial success in 60/70s due to La Scolca Estate

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Gattinara DOCG

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Spanna (Nebbiolo), sometimes softened by Bonarda/Vespolina. Some oak for best wines.

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Roero DOC

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Nebbiolo/Arneis. Sandy soils

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DOCG’s for Barbera

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Nizza, Barbera d’Asti, Barbera del Monferrato Superiore

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