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Sicily Flashcards

1
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Body of water that separates Sicily from Calabria

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Strait of Messina

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2
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Englishman who discovered and first fortified Marsala to ship to his home country

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John Woodhouse

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3
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Sicily

Climate

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Arid, Mediterranean

  • Quality vineyards found in the higher altitudes - which allow large diurnal swings that even ripening process
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4
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Sicily

5 native white grapes

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  • Cataratto
  • Inzolia
  • Grecanico
  • Carricante
  • Grillo
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5
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Zibibbo

Synonym (aka)

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Muscat of Alexandria

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6
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Sicily

5 native red grapes

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  • Nero d’Avola
  • Frappato
  • Perricone
  • Nerello Mascalese
  • Nerello Capuccio
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7
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Calabrese

Synonym (aka)

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Nero d’Avola

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8
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Sicily

Island’s most planted grape

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Cataratto

  • Found only in the vineyards of Western Sicily
  • Utilized in the Marsala blends and the Alcamo Bianco DOC table wines
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9
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Marsala

White Grapes

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  • Grillo, Inzolia, Catarratto, Ansonica (Inzolia), Damaschino
  • Grillo and Inzolia most preferred
  • oro and ambra styles
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10
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Etna DOC

Red Grapes

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  • Min 80% Nerello Mascalese, Max 20% Nerello Mantellato (Nerello Cappuccio)
  • Max 10% non-aromatic white grapes suitable for cultivation in Sicilia
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Etna DOC

White Grapes

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Bianco:

  • Min 60% Carricante
  • Max 40% Catarratto Bianco Comune or Cataratto Bianco Lucido
  • Max 15% Trebbiano and/or Minnella Bianca and/or other non-aromatic white grapes suitable for cultivation in Sicilia

Bianco Superiore: Min 80% Carricante, Max 20% Trebbiano and/or Minnella Bianca and/or other …

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12
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Etna

Main soil type

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Volcanic soil

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Faro DOC

Grapes

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Rosso (Red Wine Only DOC)

  • 45-60% Nerello Mascalese
  • 15-30% Nerello Cappuccio
  • 5-10% Nocera
  • Max 15%, alone or combined, Calabrese (Nero d’Avola), Gaglioppo (Montonico Nero), Sangiovese
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14
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Sicily

Most planted red grape

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Nero d’Avola

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15
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What is the 1 DOCG of Sicily?

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Cerasuolo di Vittoria

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16
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Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG

Grapes

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  • 50-70% Nero d’Avola (Calabrese)
  • 30-50% Frappato
  • Red Wine Only DOCG
17
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Red Wine Only DOCG

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18
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What does Cerasuolo mean?

A

cherry-red

19
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Sicily

5 DOCs for sweet wines

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  • Moscato di Noto DOC
  • Moscato di Siracusa DOC
  • Malvasia delle Lipari DOC
  • Moscato di Pantelleria DOC
  • Marsala DOC
20
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Moscato di Noto and Moscato di Siracusa

Size in ha

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  • Moscato di Noto 88 ha (LARGER)
  • Moscato di Siracusa 37 ha
21
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DOC for sweet wines from the mini island located off the northern coast of Sicily

  1. What is the DOC for sweet wines from the mini island located near the African coast?

Moscato di Pantelleria

  1. What was the wine that possessed such character as to dupe the Greek god Apollo into assuming that he was drinking ambrosia—a beverage, reserved for gods, that confers immortality upon the imbiber?

Moscato

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Malvasia delle Lipari DOC

22
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DOC for sweet wines from the mini island located near the African coast

A

Pantelleria / Moscato di Pantelleria / Passito di Pantelleria DOC

23
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The wine that possessed such character as to dupe the Greek god Apollo into assuming that he was drinking ambrosia—a beverage, reserved for gods, that confers immortality upon the imbiber

A

Moscato di Pantelleria

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