Puglia Flashcards
What northern Puglian wine is a blend of white snd red grapes and what is the principle grape and blending requirement?
Cacc’e mmitte di Lucera DOC
Nero di Troia
15-30% white grapes
Who drove the push for quality in Puglia?
Severino Garofano
What is considered to be Puglia’s most important appellation for Primitivo?
Primitivo Di Manduria
What appellation was the first to receive a DOCG status in Puglia and what style of wine?
Primitivo di Manduria Dolce Naturale DOCG - sweet red appassimento wine
What are5’the 2 most productive IGTs in Puglia?
Puglia IGT and Salento IGT
What Puglian DOCG is dedicated to Rosato wine?
Castel del Monte Bombino Nero DOCG
Where can the most karatic landscapes be seein in Puglia?
Murghe plateau
What are the TRULLI?
Conical puglian houses
Are Bombino Nero snd Bianco related?
No
What Puglian DOC is named after a 13th century octagonal castle?
Castel del Monte
What is the only regional DOC of Puglia?
Aleatico di Puglia
Which region is synonymous with Rosato?
Puglia
What vine training system is common in Puglia?
Albarello (and more recently Tendone)
What dominates the topography of puglia?
Plains snd Hills
What area of Puglia is particularly known for Rosatos?
Salento
What is the Italian term for Karst?
Carsico
Who produced the first commercial Rosato wine in Italy and what is it called?
Leone de Castris from Salento - Cinque Rose/ Five Roses based on Nero Amaro
What method is used to make Puglia’s rosatos?
Salasso
What grape is synonymous with the Castel del Monte appellation?
Nero di Troia
What Puglian grape’s name refers to the words for black and bitter?
Negro Amaro
Which DOC is considered to be the epicentre of Puglian Primitivo?
Gioia del Colle
What does the name Primitivio likely refer?
The grape’s early ripening trait
Which region is known as the ‘wine reservoir’ of Europe?
Puglia
What is considered to be the principle DOC of Negro Amaro?
Salice Salentino DOC
What are Rosato wines referred to as in Puglia?
Lagrimas
Which grape is associated with the Manduria area?
Primitivo
Which grape is associated with the Salentino area?
Negro Amaro
Which grape is associated with the Castel del Monte area?
Nero di Troia
Which Puglian grape is often used for Rosato?
Bombino Nero
Which Puglian grape is late ripening with thick skins?
Nero di Troia
Which Puglian grape is reliable adaptable and resistant to drought?
Negro Amaro
Which Puglian grape thrives when trained using alberello?
Primitivo
What is the least hilly/mountainous region in Italy?
Puglia