Piemonte /northern Italy

Question 1

Barolo best vintages

Answer 1

61 89 90 00 01 10 15

11=hot

Question 2

Barolo worst vintages

Answer 2

2. 3. 9. 14

Question 3

Traditional producers of Barolo

Answer 3

Giacomo Borgogno -Barolo
Oddero
Damilano (kind of)
Elvio Cogno
Giuseppe and Francesco Rinaldi

Question 4

Modernist producers of Barolo

Answer 4

Elio Altare

Sandrone

Renatto Ratti

Ceretto

Dominico Clerico

Roberto Voerzio

Scavino

Question 5

Grape varietal for Gavi DOCG

Answer 5

70% córtese (can have trebbiano too)

Question 6

Red grapes of Piemonte

Answer 6

Barbera -most planted
Nebbiolo
Dolcetto
Freisa
Bonarda
Grignolino
Croatina
Pelaverga
Quagliano
Braquetto

Question 7

Piemonte white grapes

Answer 7

Moscato
Córtese -Gavi
Arneis
Erbaluce
Malvasia
Favorita
Timmoraso -full body

Question 8

What are the 2 northernmost DOCs for Nebbiolo in Piemonte?

Answer 8

N-S

Gattinara and Ghemme

Question 9

What’s Spanna?

Answer 9

The name for Nebbiolo in the northern appellations of Piemonte

Question 10

What’s special about Carema DOC?

Answer 10

It’s located on the mountains near valle d’ Aosta.

Only 2 wineries makes it.

They use Pergola vine training system

Question 11

What’s the grape for Dogliani?

Answer 11

DOC for Dolcetto, located in the SW of the langhe

Question 12

Different soils of Barolo

Answer 12

Limestone -la morra and Barolo

Sandstone -monforte, serralunga, castiglione

Question 13

Name of the river that passes thru barbaresco

Answer 13

Tanaro river

Question 14

Name the comunes of barbaresco

Answer 14

Barbaresco, Neive, Treiso and San Rocco (Alba)

Question 15

Barbaresco aging requirements

Answer 15

26 months (9 in oak) normale
50 months (24 in oak) riserva

Question 16

Top producers of barbaresco

Answer 16

Pio cesare (powerhouse Barolo too)

Gaja (adds a little barbera)

Moccagata

Roagna

Albino and Bruno Rocca

Produttory del barbaresco

Question 17

Name the main comunes of Barolo

Answer 17

11 in total

Verduno to the north

La morra and Barolo -west

Castiglione falleto -middle

Serralunga and monforte to the east

Monforte is the southernmost

Question 18

Barbarescos best vineyards

Answer 18

Asili -mineral elegant

Rabaja -big and fleshy

Santo stefano

Question 19

Barolos best vineyards

Answer 19

Cannubi

Question 20

First vintages of the modernists

Answer 20

85 and onwards

Question 21

Who makes monfortino?

Answer 21

Conterno, one if not the longest lived barolos needing at least a decade or two to be approachable

Question 22

What’s the second label of Gaja?

Answer 22

Ca’Marcanda magari

Question 23

What’s Barolo aging requirements?

Answer 23

3 yrs after Jan 1st of the year following the harvest of which 2 must be in oak chestnut or oak
13% min alc

5 for riserva

As opposed to barbaresco which is only 26 mnts 9 in Oak

Question 24

What does “satén” mean in a label of franciacorta?

Answer 24

Satén means blanc de Blancs,

With only the use of Chardonnay and Pinot blanc

Question 25

Where's Lake Garda?

Answer 25

It's in veneto, west of Bardolino and north of Lugana DOC (turbiana)

Question 26

Where's Lugana DOC?

Answer 26

In veneto and Lombardy, south of lake Garda Uses only turbiana (like trebbiano and verdicchio) And makes white wines in all styles,- vendemia tardiva and Spumante Bardolino and valpolicella are to the north east

Question 27

What's maggiorina??

Answer 27

Is a local trellising system used in the foothills of the alps (Boca) Where 4 vines wind to form a cup

Question 28

Name the subzones of Valtellina

Answer 28

* Grumello * Inferno * Maroggia * Sasella * Valgella

Question 29

What does stagafassli mean?

Answer 29

It's a term to denote that a wine from Valtellina or Lombardy was bottled in Switzerland, and even though all the fruit comes from a subzone or Valtellina it can not be labeled as such or riserva

Question 30

How's barbera del monferrato different from the other barberas?

Answer 30

Its slightly sparkling and sweeter

Question 31

What's sforzato?

Answer 31

It's a passito wine from Valtellina, same as an Amarone, the grapes are dried in mats on the sun but fermented to dryness, in this case they use Nebbiolo or chiavanesca

Question 32

Where's Lugana DOC? And what type of wine is it?

Answer 32

It's a DOC for whites made of trebbiano in Lombardi, in between veneto to the east and Lombardía to the west

Question 33

Lake near franciacorta

Answer 33

Lago d’Iseo