Piemonte /northern Italy Flashcards
Barolo best vintages
61 89 90 00 01 10 15
11=hot
Barolo worst vintages
- 14
Traditional producers of Barolo
Giacomo Borgogno -Barolo Oddero Damilano (kind of) Elvio Cogno Giuseppe and Francesco Rinaldi
Modernist producers of Barolo
Elio Altare
Sandrone
Renatto Ratti
Ceretto
Dominico Clerico
Roberto Voerzio
Scavino
Grape varietal for Gavi DOCG
70% córtese (can have trebbiano too)
Red grapes of Piemonte
Barbera -most planted Nebbiolo Dolcetto Freisa Bonarda Grignolino Croatina Pelaverga Quagliano Braquetto
Piemonte white grapes
Moscato Córtese -Gavi Arneis Erbaluce Malvasia Favorita Timmoraso -full body
What are the 2 northernmost DOCs for Nebbiolo in Piemonte?
N-S
Gattinara and Ghemme
What’s Spanna?
The name for Nebbiolo in the northern appellations of Piemonte
What’s special about Carema DOC?
It’s located on the mountains near valle d’ Aosta.
Only 2 wineries makes it.
They use Pergola vine training system
What’s the grape for Dogliani?
DOC for Dolcetto, located in the SW of the langhe
Different soils of Barolo
Limestone -la morra and Barolo
Sandstone -monforte, serralunga, castiglione
Name of the river that passes thru barbaresco
Tanaro river
Name the comunes of barbaresco
Barbaresco, Neive, Treiso and San Rocco (Alba)
Barbaresco aging requirements
26 months (9 in oak) normale 50 months (24 in oak) riserva