Puglia Flashcards
Where does Puglia rank on the wine production in italy?
Largest in all of central / southern.
Competes with Veneto and EMR for all of italy
Who was the enologist that helped focus Puglia toward quality wine production?
Severino garofano
What is unusual about Puglia’s topograpy?
Substantial amount of hills. Less than 2pct of mountains. Plains.
What is the name of the second largest plain in italy located in puglia?
Taviolere
What is the name of the type of soil found in puglia?
Karst – dried out limestone.
Type of climate of Puglia
Mediterranean
What is typical of the soils of puglia?
Reddish soils → terre rossa
Typical training methods of puglia?
Alberello, old.
Guyot more popular now
What is the method of producing rosatos in puglia?
Lacrima teardrop method, historical
now, direct press and or direct press (bleeding the tank)
What are the I Trulli?
Small round houses with conical rooves.
Where is the home of Puglia’s rosato production?
Salento
What is characteristic of the styles of wine produced in Puglia?
One of the main centers for the production of rosato style wines.
How many mountains are in Puglia?
Least mountain area in italy.
Which area is particularly associated with
the Bombino Nero grape?
Castel del Monte
Which grape variety is Copertino DOC
based on?
Negro Amaro
What is not characteristic of Karst topography
deep, fertile topsoils
T/F: Puglia is Italy’s largest white wine producer
False
T/F: Puglia is italy’s least mountainous region
True
T/F: Puglia is best known for rosato
true
T/F: Puglia is known as the wine reservoir of europe
True
What separates Puglia from Campania
The monti dauni mountain range
The term Terra Rossa refers to
Soils rich in iron oxide