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.
True or False: Bartolo Mascarello blends vineyard sites? Price?
False
$500-$600
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
Where is the Sperss vineyard? Producer?
Serralunga
Gaja
What is the grape of Darmaji? Producer?
Cabernet Sauvignon Blend
Gaja
What is Sito Moresco? Producer?
Equal parts Nebbiolo/Cab Sauv/Merlot, Barbaresco, Langhe DOC.
Gaja
What is Alteni di Brassica? Producer?
Sauv Blanc, barrique, Barbaresco and Serralunga, Langhe DOC
Gaja
What is Gaia & Rey?
Producer?
Chardonnay, Treiso, Langhe DOC
Gaja
What is Rossj-Bass? Producer?
Chardonnay, Piedmont, Langhe DOC
Gaja
What is Rinaldi Brunate Riserva? Price?
A 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).
$1800 on wine searcher
Who are the “Last of the Mohicans?”
Bartolo Mascarello
Beppe Rinaldi
Teobaldo Cappellano
Historically, what are Giuseppe Rinaldi’s two wines? What vintage did this change? Why?
Cannubi San Lorenzo-Ravera (Barolo)
Brunate-Le Coste (Barolo)
2010, when the ruling was passed that a bottle can bear a single vineyard name, or none.
Rinaldi wines, post 2010
Tre Tine (Le Coste, Ravera, Cannubi San Lorenzo)
Brunate (which will include the max 15% allowed of Le Coste)
Who owns Bricco Boschis, and where is it?
Cavallotto
Castiglione Falletto
Where is Elio Altare?
La Morra
Altare: winemaking
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).
Altare: wines
Arborina: standard bearer, estate vineyard (La Morra) $400
Brunate: leased vineyard, 1995-2009 (La Morra/Barolo)
Vigna Bricco: leased vineyard in Serralunga d’Alba (since 2005)
Will produce Cannubi in the future
When was Cappellano founded, and where?
1870 in Serralunga d’Alba
Who invented Barolo Chinato?
Giuseppe Cappellano (son of founder Filippo), in the late 1800’s - anecdotal.
Cappellano: vineyards
2ha in the Gabutti cru - Serralunga
Purchased from a grower named Otin Fiorin in the 1980’s (namesake of Cappellano’s barolo).
Cappellano: wines
Otin Fiorin Piè Rupestris: 70yo 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.
Where is Giacomo Conterno? What is the relationship to Aldo Conterno?
Monforte d’Alba
Giovanni and Aldo Conterno are the sons of Giacomo Conterno. Aldo split off in 1969, and Giovanni continued at Giacomo Conterno.
Giacomo Conterno: wines
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
Where is Roagna?
Barbaresco proper
Roagna: vineyards
Asili, Pajè, Crichët Pajè, Montefico
Castiglione Falletto: Pira, Carso
Roagna Vecchie Vigne
60-65yo
Scavino: winemaking
First in Piedmont to use rotary fermenters in 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.
Who makes Bric del Fiasc? Cru?
Fiasco
Castiglione Falletto
$280
Where is Rocche dell’ Annunziata located?
Important producer?
La Morra
Paolo Scavino
Who makes the bottling Ciabot Mentin? Commune? Cru?
Domenico Clerico
Ginestra
Monforte d’Alba
Who makes the bottling Pajana? Commune? Cru?
Domenico Clerico
Ginestra
Monforte d’Alba
What is special about Clerico’s Barolo ‘Percristina’? What vineyard and village do the grapes come from?
Made for his daughter who died in a tragic accident. Only released in the best vintages.
Aged for 3 years barrique, constant tastings to select the best barriques, then assembling in barrel.
2 years in barrel (25 hL), 5+ years in bottle.
Mosconi - Monforte d’Alba
Francia is a monopole of whose?
Giacomo Conterno
Which of the following of Elio Grasso’s bottlings is aged in French Barrique?
Gavarini Chiniera
Casa Mate
Runcot
Runcot
