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Sicily (Sicilia) Flashcards

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1
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Sicily

Most planted grape

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Cataratto

  • 3rd most cultivated grape in Italy, despite only vineyards in Western Sicily
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Who is credited with the discovery of Marsala?

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John Woodhouse

  • Englishman
  • Discovered on Sicily’s western edge
  • 1773, first to fortify to ensure safe shipment to his home country
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Marsala

  • Styles
  • Grapes
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  • Oro/Ambra:
    • Grillo, Ansonica (Inzolia), Catarratto, Damaschino
  • Rubino:
    • Perricone, Calabrese (Nero d’Avola), Nerello Mascalese
    • max. 30% white grapes
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Malvasia delle Liparia DOC

  • Location
  • Styles
  • Grapes
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Malvasia delle Lipari DOC

  • Small group of islands off the northern coast of Sicily
  • Bianco, Passito, Liquoroso
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Narrow waterway that separates Sicily from Calabria

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Straight of Messina

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Sicily

Producers that have led the resurgence of higher quality / lower yields in recent years

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  • Marco de Bartoli (Marsala)
  • Planeta
  • Palari
  • COS
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Faro DOC

  • Location
  • Style
  • Grapes
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  • Sicily’s extreme NE coast
  • Rosso only
    • 45-60 Nerello Mascalese
    • 15-30 Nerello Cappuccio
    • 5-10 Nocera
    • max 15, alone or comb, Calabrese (Nero d’Avola), Gaglioppo (Montonico Nero), Sangiovese
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Marsala

Sweetness levels

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  • Secco: max. 40 g/l rs
  • Semisecco: 40-100 g/l rs
  • Dolce: min. 100 g/l rs
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Sicily

Major white grapes

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  • Cattaratto
  • Carricante
  • Inzolia
  • Grillo
  • Grecanico
  • Zibbibo
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Zibbibo synonym

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Muscat of Alexandria

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Nero d’Avola synonym

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Calabrese

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Sicily

Most planted red grape

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Nero d’Avola

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Sicily

Sole DOCG

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Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG

  • Normale and Classico
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Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG

Grapes

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  • 50-70% Nero d’Avola
  • 30-50% Frappato
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Cerasuolo di Vittoria

Soils

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Iron-rich clay over limestone

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DOC contiguous with Cerasuolo di Vittoria

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Vittoria

  • Rosso: 50-70% Nero d’Avola, 30-50% Frappato
  • Novello: 80% Nero d’Avola and Frappato
  • Varietal: Calabrese, Frappato, Ansonica (Inzolia)
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Sicily

Sweet wine DOCs

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  • Moscato di Noto DOC & Moscato di Siracusa DOC (SE; east of Vittoria)
  • Malvasia delle Lipari DOC (N; off the coast)
  • Moscato di Pantelleria DOC & Passito di Pantelleria DOC (SW; off the coast)
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Etna DOC

Styles

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  • Bianco: 60% Carricante, + Catarratto Bianco Comune, Catarratto Bianco Lucido, +
  • Bianco Superiore: 80% Carricante, +
  • Rosato/Rosso/Riserva: 80% Nerello Mascalese, plus Nerello Mantellato, +
  • Spumante: rosato or bianco, 60% Nerello Mascalese, +
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Etna Rosso Riserva aging

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  • 4 yrs, 1 yr wood
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Etna Spumante aging

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  • Metodo Classico
  • 18 mos on the lees
21
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Besides Etna, another DOC based on Nerello Mascalese

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Faro DOC

  • Rosso only
  • 45-60% Nerello Mascalese, 15-30% Nerello Mantellato, 4-10% Nocera
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Sicily

DOC that covers the island

A

Sicilia DOC

23
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Hottest, driest region of Italy

A

Sicily

24
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Political event that created the original demand for Marsala

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The War of the Spanish Succession

(England v. France)

25
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Sicily’s other major grape-derived product

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Concentrated grape musts, made by vacuum-evaporating or cooking down unfermented juice

26
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latifondo

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  • System of land ownership in Italy
  • Overturned by the Agrarian reforms of the 1950’s
27
Q

mezzadria

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Sharecropping

  • More prevalent in the NORTH than the south of ITALY
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Two biggest wine producers in the latter part of the 20th century (accounting for nearly all production other than Marsala)

A
  • Corvo-Duca di Salaparuta
  • Conte Tasca d’Almerita / Regaleali

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