Southern Italy - Sicily - GuildSomm Flashcards
Number of DOCGs in Sicily
ONE! Cerasuolo di Vittoria
What natural phenomena seperates Sicily from Calabria?
Strait of Messina
Main grapes of Cerasuolo di Vittoria
Nero d’Avola and Frappato
What is Zibibbo and where is it found in Sicily?
Muscat d’Alexandria.
Found best in sweet Moscato di Pantelleria and Passito di Pantelleria DOCs.
Most heavily planted grape in Sicily (and therefor the third most cultivated grape in Italy)
Catarratto
Typical grapes blended into Marsala
Catarrato, Inzolia, Grillo
Major grape of Etna DOC (w/r)
Nerello Mascalese (r), Carricante (w)
Most planted red grape in Sicily
Nero d’Avola
Other than Etna DOC, what other DOC has a majority of Nerello Mascalese?
Faro DOC (sicily’s extreme northeastern coast). Best producer: Palari
sweet wine DOC from Malvasia and styles found
Malvasia delle Lipari DOC (island of Lipari).
sweet, passito, or fortified
Major white and red grapes of Sicily
w) Catarratto, Inzolia, Grillo, Grecanico, Carricante, Zibibbo, Malvasia.
r) Nero d’Avola, Frappato, Perricone, Nerello Mascalese, Nerello Cappuccio
Synonym for Nero d’Avola
Calabrese
Major producers of Sicily
Planeta, COS, Palari, Marco de Bartoli, Frank Cornellisen
