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Piemonte /northern Italy Flashcards

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1
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Barolo best vintages

A

61 89 90 00 01 10 15

11=hot

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Barolo worst vintages

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      1. 14
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Traditional producers of Barolo

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

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Elio Altare

Sandrone

Renatto Ratti

Ceretto

Dominico Clerico

Roberto Voerzio

Scavino

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5
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Grape varietal for Gavi DOCG

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70% córtese (can have trebbiano too)

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6
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Red grapes of Piemonte

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

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Moscato
Córtese -Gavi
Arneis
Erbaluce
Malvasia
Favorita
Timmoraso -full body
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What are the 2 northernmost DOCs for Nebbiolo in Piemonte?

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N-S

Gattinara and Ghemme

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9
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What’s Spanna?

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The name for Nebbiolo in the northern appellations of Piemonte

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10
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What’s special about Carema DOC?

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

Only 2 wineries makes it.

They use Pergola vine training system

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What’s the grape for Dogliani?

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DOC for Dolcetto, located in the SW of the langhe

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Different soils of Barolo

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Limestone -la morra and Barolo

Sandstone -monforte, serralunga, castiglione

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Name of the river that passes thru barbaresco

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Tanaro river

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Name the comunes of barbaresco

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Barbaresco, Neive, Treiso and San Rocco (Alba)

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Barbaresco aging requirements

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26 months (9 in oak) normale
50 months (24 in oak) riserva
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16
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Top producers of barbaresco

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Pio cesare (powerhouse Barolo too)

Gaja (adds a little barbera)

Moccagata

Roagna

Albino and Bruno Rocca

Produttory del barbaresco

17
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Name the main comunes of Barolo

A

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

18
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Barbarescos best vineyards

A

Asili -mineral elegant

Rabaja -big and fleshy

Santo stefano

19
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Barolos best vineyards

A

Cannubi

20
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First vintages of the modernists

A

85 and onwards

21
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Who makes monfortino?

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

22
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What’s the second label of Gaja?

A

Ca’Marcanda magari

23
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What’s Barolo aging requirements?

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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

24
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What does “satén” mean in a label of franciacorta?

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Satén means blanc de Blancs,

With only the use of Chardonnay and Pinot blanc

25
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Where’s Lake Garda?

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

26
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Where’s Lugana DOC?

A

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

27
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What’s maggiorina??

A

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

28
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Name the subzones of Valtellina

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  • Grumello
  • Inferno
  • Maroggia
  • Sasella
  • Valgella
29
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What does stagafassli mean?

A

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

30
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How’s barbera del monferrato different from the other barberas?

A

Its slightly sparkling and sweeter

31
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What’s sforzato?

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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

32
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Where’s Lugana DOC? And what type of wine is it?

A

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

33
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Lake near franciacorta

A

Lago d’Iseo

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