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Trentino-Alto Adige/Friuli/Veneto Flashcards

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Trentino-Alto Adige/Friuli/Veneto map

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Trentino-Alto Adige geography (location and features)

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Northernmost wine region in Italy
Northeasten Italy on border of Austria and Switzerland
Well drained limestone soil, warm in summer
Mix of Italian and German speaking population

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Trentino-Alto Adige winemaking

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Single grape variety wines, noted on wine label

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Trentino-Alto Adige climate

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Cool continental

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Friuli geography (location and features)

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Northeastern Italy, on border of Slovenia
Alps make up the northern border, vineyards at foothills
Adriatic Sea influence
DINURAL SHIFTS
Marl soil

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Friuli climate

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Cool continental

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Friuli winemaking

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*Known for white wines from Pinot Bianco, Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio, and Sauv

  • Orange/natural wines also important!
  • Made using ancient method in clay anforas.
  • Made from Riobolla Gialla grape - made with months of skin contact and oxidized style.
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Veneto geography (location and features)

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Northeastern Italy
Trentino-Alto Adige & Austria to North, Lombardy to west, E-R to south, and Adriatic Sea to east.
Po River to South
Flat in south/east
Hills in north/west (were most vineyards are)

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Veneto climate

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Cool Mediterranean

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Trentino-Alto Adige white grapes

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Pinot Grigio
Chardonnay
Sauv Blanc
Pinot Bianco

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Veneto white rapes

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Garganega
Glera (Prosecco)
Trevviano di Soave*
Chardonnay

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Friuli white grapes

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Pinot Bianco
Chardonnay
Pinot Grigio
Sauv Blanc
Friulano* - related to Sauv blanc
Ribolla Gialla* - orange wines

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Trentino-Alto Adige red grapes

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Pinot Nero

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Veneto red grapes

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Corvina
Rondinella

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Friuli red grapes

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Merlot
Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso*

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Delle Venezie DOC /Trevenezi IGP

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Includes the entire regions of Veneto, Friuli and Trentino portion of Trentino-Alto Adige

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Trentino-Alto Adige DOCs

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Alto-Adige DOC
Trentino DOC
Valdadige DOC

Most production is DOC status and single grape variety wines

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Friuli DOCs

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Friuli Isonzo DOC
Friuli Colli Orientlali DOC
Friuli Grave DOC

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Veneto DOCs

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  • Prosecco DOC
  • Soave DOC/Soave Superior DOCG
  • Valpolichella DOC
  • Amarona della Valpolicella DOCG
  • Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecoo Spumante Superiore DOCG*
  • Recioto di Soave DOCG*
  • Rcioto di Valpolicella DOCG*
  • Valpolicella Ripasso DOC*
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Prosecco DOCG

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Spumante wines made in the Charmat method from the Glera grape variety.

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Soave DOC/Soave Superiore DOCG

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  • Dry white wines
  • Garganega grape variety
  • Superiore has elevated alcohol and long minnimum aging requirements.

if you see SOAVE think WHITE

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Valpolicella DOC

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Dry red wines
Corvina and Rondinella grape varieties

if you see VALPOLICELLA think RED

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Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG

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  • DRY Red wines
  • Corvina and Rondinella variety
  • Use Appassimento process of drying the grapes and concentrating the sugars
  • Min 14% abv and residual sugar is often perceptible

If you see VALPOLICELLA think RED

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Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Spumante Superiore DOCG

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More specific designation for Prosecco
Higher alcohol requirement

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Recioto di Soave DOCG

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Sweet white wine
Gargenega grapes dried in the Appassimento method.

if you see SOAVE think WHITE

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Recioto di Valpolicella DOCG

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Sweet red wine
Corvina and Rondinella grapes dried in the Appassimento method.

If you see VALPOLICELLA think RED

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Valpolicella Ripasso DOC

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  • Corvina and Rondinella
  • Use remaining must and lees from production of Recioto della Valpolicella and/or Amarona della Valpolicella
  • Young wine combined with lees and goes through short second fermentation
  • Leads to wine with more flavor, tannin, and alcohol
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What does Recioto mean?

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Dessert wine made from grapes that were dried on mats after picking (Apassimento)

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Trentino-Alto Adige producers to know

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Cantina Terlano
Tiefenbrunner

Many of the producers in Alto-Adige are co-ops

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Friuli producers to know

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Jermann
Movia
Livio Felluga
Schioppettino
Josko Gravner

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Veneto, Amarone producers to know

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Bertani
Masi
Allegrini
Tommasi
Dal Forno
Quintarelli

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Veneto, Prosecco producers to know

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Bisol
Mionetto
La Marca
Zonin
Zardetto

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Amarone history

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  • The name Amarone means “great bitter one”
  • Accidently invented in 1938 when a winemaker left a recioto barrel fermenting in his cellar only to discover the nose and palette were “liquid gold”.
  • Less sweet that recioto because fermented longer so yeast ate more of the sugar
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Food pairings

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Amarone and Parmasean cheese (Amarone’s Port-like body, deep bitter chocolate mocha dried fig earthy flavors go well with cheese)

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Botti

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Large slavonian casks

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