Trentino Alto Adige Flashcards
Marzemino grape
Trentino Alto Adige
Offspring of Teroldego
Mozart citing in Don Giovanni
2 main group: Marzemino Gentile and Marzemino Padovana
Botticino DOC (Lombardy), Breganze DOC (Veneto)
Trentino DOC (Tre.A.A)
Lagrein
Trentino Alto Adige
name from Vallagarina
like warm climate Bolzano
Alto-Adige DOC, Trentino DOC, Valdadige/Etschtaler DOC
Nosiola
Trentino Alto Adige
Valle dei Laghi - perfect microclimate for airdrying grapes
Nosiola - named after Hazelnut
Trentino Vino Santo- longest drying grapes of any vin Santo
Can be dry or sweet
Teroldego
“The golden one from Tyrol”
Elisabetta Foradori brought Teroldego to international stage
Piana Rotaliana - sandy gravelly plain at the foot of Dolomites
high anthocyanin
Teroldego Rotariana DOC
Teroldego best place
Piana Rotaliana
Rotariana Teroldego DOC
Schiava group
they are all unrelated
Schiava Gentile
Schiava Grigia
Schiava Grossa
“vineis sclavis” - vines enslaved.
DOC often blended all 3 or 2
most planted grape in Alto Adige
Schiava Grand Cru
Santa Maddalena (warm area, best subzone for Schiava)
Meranese
Colli di Bolzano (cooler to compare St Maddaleba)
Lago di Caldaro (exclusively Schiava)
Casteller Rosso
Subregions of AA DOC
Val Venosta
Meranese
Val d’Adige
Bolzano
Valle Isarco
Oltradige
Bassa Allesino
Grand Cru for Lagrein
Gries
Val d’Adige famous winery
Terlano
across valley limestone soil - Adriano
Nosiola place
Lago dei Laghi
(Airdried)
Best subzone for Schiava
Santa Maddalena
Terlano soil
porphyr