Southern Italy Red Wine

Question 1

What is your favourite Italian wine?

Answer 1

Really?

Question 2

Cannonau di Sardegna DOC is located in which region?

Answer 2

Sardegna

Question 3

Which wine has received world wide attention due to its high levels of antioxidant compounds thought to contribute to the longevity of the island’s people?

Answer 3

Cannonau

Question 4

What is Sicilia’s most prolific grape variety and the cornerstone of its blend?

Answer 4

Nero d’Avola

Question 5

Etna DOC is located in which region?

Answer 5

Sicilia

Question 6

Taurasi DOCG is located in which region?

Answer 6

Campania

Question 7

Sicilia Nero d’avola DOC is located in which region?

Answer 7

Sicilia

Question 8

What was Southern Italy’s first DOCG?

Answer 8

Taurasi DOCG

Question 9

What are the three noble red varieties of Italy?

Answer 9

Nebbiolo, Sangiovese, Aglianico

Question 10

What is the king of Campanian red grapes?

Answer 10

Aglianico

Question 11

Primitivo di Manduria DOC is located in which region?

Answer 11

Puglia

Question 12

TRUE OR FALSE

Puglia has a reputation for producing darkly coloured, fruit-forward, richly alcoholic wines

Answer 12

True

Question 13

The greatest concentration of Cannonau can be found around the province of?

Answer 13

Nuoro

Question 14

TRUE OR FALSE

The Sicilia Nero D’Avola DOC covers the whole island?

Answer 14

True

Question 15

Eloro DOC is known for crafting outstanding wines from which grape?

Answer 15

Ner d’Avola

Question 16

TRUE OR FALSE

Some vineyards on Mt Etna date back to the pre phylloxera era

Answer 16

True - when phyllozera finally made its way to Etna, it only attacked the lower elevation vineyards. Higher elevation vineyards, with more volcanic soils, survived

Question 17

TRUE OR FALSE

The Etna DOC wraps around the north, east and south part of the volcano

Answer 17

True

Question 18

What gives a distinctive reddish hue to the landscape in Puglia?

Answer 18

Iron oxide

Question 19

TRUE OR FALSE

Taurasi DOCG vineyards are planted in soils rich in volcanic materials

Answer 19

True

Question 20

Cannonau is genetically identical to which grape variety?

Answer 20

Grenache/Garnacha

Question 21

What is Sardegna’s most planted variety?

Answer 21

Cannonau

Question 22

Which grape variety is historically known as Calabrese?

Answer 22

Ner d’Avola

Question 23

TRUE OR FALSE

Nero d’Avola vines are often trained on Pergolas

Answer 23

False - They are trained low to the ground to absorb the heat reflected from the earth.

Question 24

What is principle grape variety of Etna DOC

Answer 24

Nerello Mascalese

Question 25

Is Nerello Mascalese an early or late ripening variety?

Answer 25

late

Question 26

Aglianico is a thick or thin skinned variety?

Answer 26

Thick

Question 27

What is Primitivo known as in the United States?

Answer 27

Zinfandel

Question 28

Primitivo is an early or late ripening grape?

Answer 28

Early - hence the name

Question 29

Which wine, coming from the granitic soils around Nuoro, can display a stoney, mineral quality as well as nuances of Mediterranean scrub?

Answer 29

Cannonau di Sardegna DOC

Question 30

Which grape is often compared to Pinot Noir and Nebbiolo for its ability to express nuances of terroir

Answer 30

Nerello Mascalese

Question 31

Which fruit-forward, rich and ripe wines (typically high in alcohol) often posses a touch of sweetness to help balance the slightly rustic tannins

Answer 31

Primitivo di Manduria DOC

Question 32

Which wine has the nickname 'Barolo of the South'

Answer 32

Aglianico

Question 33

What minimun % of Cannonau is required to be labelled as Cannonau di Sardegna DOC

Answer 33

85% - BUT MOST ARE 100%

Question 34

Cannonau di Sardegna Riserva DOC as what ageing requirements?

Answer 34

2 years - with at least 6 months in barrel

Question 35

Does Cannonau di Sardegna have a classico zone?

Answer 35

yes

Question 36

Which subzone is especially well regarded for crafting outstanding examples of Nero d'Avola?

Answer 36

Pachino in the Eloro DOC

Question 37

Nero d'avola DOC wines must contain what minimum percentage of Nero d'Avola?

Answer 37

85%

Question 38

Nero d'Avola Riserva DOC wines must be aged for a minimum of how many years?

Answer 38

2

Question 39

Etna DOC must contain what minimum percentage of Nerello mascalese?

Answer 39

80% - although most are 100%

Question 40

Etna Rosso Riserva wines have what ageing requirements?

Answer 40

4 years with at least 1 in oak

Question 41

What are the ageing requirements for Primitivo di Manduria Riserva

Answer 41

2 years - with 9 months in oak

Question 42

Primitivo di Manduria DOC must contain what minimum percentage of Primitivo?

Answer 42

85%

Question 43

Taurasi DOCG wines must contain what minimum percentage of Aglianico?

Answer 43

85% - although most are monovarietal

Question 44

What are the ageing requirements for Taurasi DOCG

Answer 44

3 years with at least 1 year in oak

Question 45

What are the ageing requirements for Taurasi Riserva

Answer 45

4 years with at least 18 months in oak