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Prosecco Flashcards

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Describe the typical style and characteristics of Prosecco including DOC and DOCG level quality and price levels

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  • Light to med (-) apple and pear
  • Light body
  • Med - med (+) acid
  • Low - med alcohol
  • Brut - Demi-Sec, Extra Dry most common

DOC - good quality, mid-price with some inexpensive

DOCG - good - very good quality, mid-price with some premium

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Describe the climate of Prosecco DOC

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Warm, moderately continental with moderate rainfall

Flat plain has moist air + fog so requires spraying

Plain has more fertile soil

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Describe the size and situation of Prosecco DOC

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  • 23,000ha
  • Former IGTs incl. 9 provinces within Veneto and Friuli
  • Mainly plains with some hills / mountains
  • Treviso / Trieste may be added
  • 82% of production
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Describe the climate of Prosecco DOCG

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Still warm and continental overall but…

  • Cooling influence of altitude + higher diurnals
  • Poorer soils on hillsides
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Describe the size and situation of Conegliano Valdobbiadene DOCG

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  • 7,700 ha
  • Either or both town names must be used
  • Hilly - 200-320m ASL
  • Spumante - can add Superiore and omit Prosecco (no difference in winemaking or quality)
  • 16% of production
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Describe the size and situation of Asolo Prosecco DOCG

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  • 1,800 ha to south of Valdobbiadene
  • Within Spumante, Superiore may be added
  • 2% of production
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Describe the characteristics of the Glera variety

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  • Vigorous
  • Semi-aromatic
  • High yields
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What is Glera vulnerable to?

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  • Diseases: susceptible to millerandage, powdery mildew, downy mildew, grapevine yellows
  • Susceptible to drought
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Why is Glera usually trained long with 8-12 buds?

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First two buds don’t bear fruit

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At what densities is Glera usually planted and why?

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Low - med (3000VPH) due to vigour

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What grapes can be used to make Prosecco?

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Glera min of 85% but some local and int’l varieties may also be used

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12
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Which pruning/training systems are often used in Prosecco?

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  1. Sylvoz
  2. Double-arched cane
  3. Guyot
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What is Sylvoz pruning and where is it used?

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High cordon system, shoots hang down

Best on fertile, flat sites in DOC to achieve high yields - sometimes used in DOCG

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What are the advantages and disadvantages of Sylvoz pruning / training?

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+ Inexpensive to establish

+ Reduces winter pruning

+ compatible with machine harvesting

+ high cordon provides frost protection

  • may encourage overcropping
  • requires careful monitoring / trimming to avoid shady canopy
  • difficult to distribute clusters evenly
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What is double-arched pruning and where is it used?

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Replacement cane pruning where canes are bent into arches Hillside DOCGs

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What are the advantages and disadvantages of double-arched cane pruning / training?

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+ Improves evenness of growth and fruitfulness

+ Increased ventilation

+ Reduces fungal disease pressure

  • Labour intensive
  • individual branches must be tied in on each plant
  • Requires repeated shoot thinning to keep the canopy open
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What is Guyot, where is it used, what are the advantages?

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Single or double, replacement cane pruning

Used on flat land

+ Possible to work with machines

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Describe vineyard management in Prosecco DOC

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  • Large vineyards
  • Flat land with work and harvest done mechanically
  • High yields with lower concentration
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Describe vineyard management in Prosecco DOCG

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  • Work and harvest mechanical or by hand depending on steepness of slopes
  • Steepest parts are terraced on grassy banks (ciglione) and have to be maintained
20
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Why do DOCG sites produce better wines?

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DOCG is hillier

  • Less fertile soils
  • due to better drainage and poor nutrient contents on slopes
  • Slopes (esp. south facing) increase sunlight
  • Larger diurnal range, slower growth –> Longer season for grapes to ripen before sugar is too high, acid too low, reduced yield but increased concentration
21
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What Cartizze, Rive and sui lieviti tell you about where the grapes must have come from and how they were harvested?

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DOCG grapes, picked by hand

22
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Outline the winemaking process and the decisions winemakers can make

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  1. Destemmed or wholebunch (preserves primary fruit) fruit
  2. Fermentation 15-20 days at ~18c to preserve fruit
  3. Malo blocked to preserve primary fruit and retain acid
  4. 2nd ferment ~ 1 month at 12-15c to preserve fruit
  5. Few weeks on lees 6. Chilled, filtered, bottled
23
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What age requirements do Prosecco DOC and DOCG require?

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None

24
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Since 2014, what have winemakers been allowed to do?

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Adjust sugar after wine racked off lees after 2nd ferment - traditionally no adjustment and required sugar added at tirage

25
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The amount of sugar added for tirage impacts what two aspects of the final wine?

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  1. Pressure
  2. Sweetness
26
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How might the winemaking for a premium Prosecco (most likely DOCG) differ?

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  1. Slow 2nd ferment down (lower temp)
  2. Age wine on lees for few months e.g. Charmat lungo (on lees for at least 9 months) with lees agitated while in tank
27
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Describe the style and production of Col Fondo

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  • Lightly cloudy, dry, frizzante
  • Second ferment in bottle and undisgorged
  • It may be bottle-aged for a short time
28
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How can you identify a Col Fondo Prosecco?

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  • Phrase “rifermentazione in bottiglia”
  • Crown cap
  • Sediment in bottle
29
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T/F Col Fondo wines may only come from DOCGs?

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False

30
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What term must Col Fondo wines be called from 2020?

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sui lieviti (on the lees)

31
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What is “tranquillo”?

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Still Prosecco - produced in tiny quantities

32
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Give the max yields for the following denominations.. 1. DOC 2. DOCG - Rive - Superiore di Cartizze / Cartizze 3. Asolo

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  1. DOC - 125 hL/ha
  2. DOCG - 94.5 hL/ha
    - Rive - 90hL/ha
    - Superiore di Cartizze / Cartizze - 85 hL/ha
  3. Asolo - 94.5 hL/ha
33
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Outline three key rules that DOC/DOCGs must follow

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  1. 85% Glera
  2. Sold in bottle
  3. If labelled vintage, 85% grapes from that vintage
34
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What does “rive” mean and what rules are associated with wines that carry that label?

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Rive = slope of a steep hill, followed by name of single commune / vineyard e.g. “Rive di Soligo”

  1. Grapes grown from one of 43 Rive
  2. Hand-harvested
  3. Lower max yield
  4. Vintage declared
35
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What is Superiore di Cartizze / Cartizze DOCG?

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A single, 108ha vineyard within Valdobbiadene

Wine not usually called Prosecco, but Vadobbiadene

36
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Describe the style of Superiore di Cartizze / Cartizze DOCG

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  • Spumante only
  • Fuller bodied
  • RS >Brut
37
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What makes the Cartizze DOCG special?

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Steep hillsides with v. good drainage

38
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Describe the broad trends within the Prosecco DOC

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  • 50% of Italy’s sparkling wine production
  • x2 production 2011-16
  • 75% Spumante, 25% Frizzante
39
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Describe the structure of the Prosecco DOC

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  • 10,000 growers with average vineyard holding of 2.5ha
  • 1,200 producers of base wine
  • 350 producers of sparkling wine Growers sell to co-ops who make base wine and sell on to private companies to finish, market and sell
40
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What role does Treviso play within the Prosecco DOC?

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Most important area for grapes and sale of base wine to bottlers

41
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Where is Prosecco DOC sold?

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25% domestically

  • 50/50 hospo/retail 75% export with sales tripling in a decade UK, US, Germany account for 2/3 of exports by vol.
42
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Describe how Prosecco is perceived and consumed in its key export markets

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  • Prosecco itself is a soft brand seen as an everyday luxury
  • Alternative to cheapest Champagne and still rosé
  • Used for Prosecco cocktails e.g. Mimosas
43
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What is the key aim of the Prosecco DOC given its recent success?

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  • Stabilise and maintain current sales levels despite increased comp
  • Innovate new style e.g. Prosecco rosé
  • Protect name e.g. Australian producers using name Prosecco for Glera based wines and other sparkling wine being sold on tap
44
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What recent changes have been made to the Prosecco DOC?

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  • Prosecco Rose using Pinot Nero
  • Brut Nature and Extra Brut
45
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What different styles of Prosecco DOCG are most popular?

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  • Extra Dry - 60%
  • Brut - 30%
  • Extra Brut introduced in 2019 (0-6 g/L RS)
46
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Describe the structure of Prosecco DOCG production and where it is sold

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32 companies accounts of 90% of production 60% sold in Italy 40% sold at export Top three markets are Germany, UK and Switzerland

47
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What are the challenges for Prosecco DOCG? (1)

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  1. Improve recognition of superior quality and achieve a better price (esp. since DOCG is fully planted)

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