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Sicilia Flashcards

1
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What 3 grapes can make up Faro DOC?

A

Nerello Mascalese
Nerello Cappuccio
Nocera

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2
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What is the most widely planted international grape in Sicilia?

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Syrah

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What are the requirements for Etna Bianco and Etna Bianco Superiore DOC?

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60% Carricante and

80% for Superiore and only from village of Milo

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4
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What are the 3 principle grapes of Contea di Sclafani (or Valledolmo-Contea di Sclafani) DOC?

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Nero d’Avola
Perricone
Catarratto

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5
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What are the 2 biotypes of Catarratto Bianco and which is considered to be of the higher quality?

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Catarratto Bianco Comune

Catarratto Bianco Lucido - highest quality

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6
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What red grape from Mount Etna is often compared to Pinot Noir and Nebbiolo?

A

Nerello Mascalese

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7
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Where is Carricante almost exclusively grown?

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The slopes of mount Etna

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8
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Grillo means ‘cricket’ in Italian but that is not the reason for the grape variety’s name. What is?

A

Grilli means ‘pips’ in the local Sicilian dialect

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9
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Why might Zibibbo have been given its name?

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During arab rule the Arabic ‘zabib’ means dried grape. Lots of raisin production during Arab rule .

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10
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What is Carricante high in how does this affect vinification?

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High in malic acid and therefore undergoes malolactic fermentation to softens its acidity

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11
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What label term can replace Vergine on Marsala?

A

Soleras

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12
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What is Italy’s largest region?

A

Sicilia

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13
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What is the most renowned wine on Pantelleria, what style is it and what grape variety?

A

Passito di Pantelleria made from air-dried Zibibbo grapes

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14
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What are the blending requirements for Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG?

A

50-70% Nero d’Avola
30-50% Frappato
Min 13% abv
1st June following harvest

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15
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What are the 3 active volcanoes of the Sicilian region and where are they?

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Etna - on Sicilia

Volcano and Stromboli are Aeolian archipelago

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16
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What is the largest island in the Mediterranean?

A

Sicilia

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17
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What type of wine is the majority of Sicilian production?

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60% white

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18
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What is the signature wine of Etna DOC?

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Etna Rosso - min 80% nerello Mascalese

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19
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How any DOCGs does Sicilia have?

A

1

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20
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What variety is mainly grown in the Aeolian Islands?

A

Malvasia di Lipari

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21
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What topography dominates Sicilia?

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Hills - 62%

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22
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Where is Catarratto’s stronghold?

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Western Sicilia where it was made into Marsala

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23
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What are the 2 main IGTs for Sicilia?

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Terre Sicilane IGT and Sicilia IGT

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24
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When was the Marsala region delineated?

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1931 (before DOC system)

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25
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What is the largest of Sicilia’s small islands?

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Pantelleria

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26
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What nickname does the island of Pantelleria have?

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Perla Nera (black pearl)

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27
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What is a ‘contrade’?

A

Small geographic sub-divisions within territories

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28
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What other crop is grown on Pantelleria?

29
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What grape varieties are allowed in Marsala?

A

Grillo
Catarratto
Inzolia
Damaschino

30
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What is a synonym for Zibibbo?

A

Muscat of Alexandria

31
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Where in Sicilia is the Marsala region?

A

West Coast

32
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What style of wine does Malvasia do Lipari produce?

A

Sweet and passito

33
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Can Contrade officially be used on Etna wine labels?

34
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What style of wine does Zibibbo create on Pantelleria?

A

Sweet and passito wines

35
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What is the most widely planted red grape in Sicilia?

A

Nero d’Avola

36
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What is considered the most authentic and complex style of Marsala?

A

Marsala Vergine

37
Q

What separates Sicilia from North Africa?

A

Canale di Sicilia

38
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What is Grillo a natural crossing between?

A

Catarratto Bianco and Zibibbo

39
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What does ‘Cerasuolo’ refer in Cerasuolo di Vittoria?

A

The cherry colour of the wine

40
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What is the highest and largest active volcano in Europe?

41
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What variety is almost exclusive to the slopes of mount Etna and is considered higher quality than Nero d’Avola?

A

Nerello Mascalese

42
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What is the appellation around the large active volcano on Sicilia?

43
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What is a synonym of Inzolia?

44
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What is the name IRW in Sicilia?

A

The Instituto Regionale Della Vite e del vino - government institute to improve winemaking (and now olive oil too)

45
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What is the traditional grape of Eloro DOC?

A

Nero d’Avola

46
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What is Frappato?

A

A red grape native to Sicilia

47
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What was Nero d’Avola historically known as and why?

A

Calabrese as Calavrisi was a Sicilia word for the town where it came from

48
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What is Concia in terms of Marsala?

A

Marsala Superiore and Marsala Fine are Marsala Conciati. Concia is the process of adding grape spirit, mosto cotto and mosto concentrato to the base wine

49
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What is Marsala speciali?

A

Marsala with herbs etc added

50
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What does the Malvasia delle Lipari DOC cover?

A

The aeolian islands

51
Q

What is a biotype of Corinto Nero?

A

Sangiovese

52
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What is the climate of Sicilia?

A

Mediterranean

53
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What are the names of the 3 administrative districts of Sicilia first introduced by the Arabs?

A

Val di Mazara
Val di Noto
Val Demone

54
Q

What separates Sicilia from Calabria?

A

Strait of Messina

55
Q

What is Siracusa?

A

An ancient city in Sicilia founded by the Greeks.

56
Q

What could Zibibbo be a natural cross between?

A

Moscato Bianco and Axina de Tres Bias

57
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What vine training method is often used with Nero d’Avola?

58
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What is Sicilia’s only DOCG?

A

Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG

59
Q

What is Sicilia Barocca?

A

Baroque architecture from southern Italy

60
Q

What is Eloro Pachino?

A

A sub-zone of Eloro DOC for Nero d’Avola

61
Q

What is the most widely planted grape in Sicilia?

A

Catarratto Bianco - 33%

62
Q

What sea is to the east of Sicilia?

A

Ionian Sea

63
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What are the 2 flagship wines of Pantelleria DOC?

A

Passito di Pantelleria and Moscato di Pantelleria

64
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What tribe gave their name to Sicilia?

65
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What is Alberello Pantesco

A

The traditional low bush trained alberello on Pantelleria

66
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What was Marsala originally known as?

A

Vino Perpetuo (perpetuum)

67
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What was Mamertinum?

A

A famous Sicilian wine during the Roman period

68
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What sea is to the north of Sicilia?

A

Tyrrhenian

IWS - Unit 2 - Central & Southern Italy (12 decks)

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