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.

Trentino-Alto Adige/Friuli/Veneto Flashcards by Ashley Dombalis

Trentino-Alto Adige/Friuli/Veneto map

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Trentino-Alto Adige geography (location and features)

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

Single grape variety wines, noted on wine label

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Trentino-Alto Adige climate

Cool continental

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Friuli geography (location and features)

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

Cool continental

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Friuli winemaking

*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)

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

Cool Mediterranean

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Trentino-Alto Adige white grapes

Pinot Grigio
Chardonnay
Sauv Blanc
Pinot Bianco

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Veneto white rapes

Garganega
Glera (Prosecco)
Trevviano di Soave*
Chardonnay

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Friuli white grapes

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

Pinot Nero

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Veneto red grapes

Corvina
Rondinella

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Friuli red grapes

Merlot
Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso*

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Delle Venezie DOC /Trevenezi IGP

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

Trentino-Alto Adige DOCs

Alto-Adige DOC
Trentino DOC
Valdadige DOC

Most production is DOC status and single grape variety wines

Friuli DOCs

Friuli Isonzo DOC
Friuli Colli Orientlali DOC
Friuli Grave DOC

Veneto DOCs

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*

Prosecco DOCG

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

Soave DOC/Soave Superiore DOCG

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

if you see SOAVE think WHITE

Valpolicella DOC

Dry red wines
Corvina and Rondinella grape varieties

if you see VALPOLICELLA think RED

Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG

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

Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Spumante Superiore DOCG

More specific designation for Prosecco
Higher alcohol requirement

Recioto di Soave DOCG

Sweet white wine Gargenega grapes dried in the Appassimento method. ## Footnote if you see SOAVE think WHITE

Recioto di Valpolicella DOCG

Sweet red wine Corvina and Rondinella grapes dried in the Appassimento method. ## Footnote If you see VALPOLICELLA think RED

Valpolicella Ripasso DOC

* 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

What does Recioto mean?

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

Trentino-Alto Adige producers to know

Cantina Terlano Tiefenbrunner Many of the producers in Alto-Adige are co-ops

Friuli producers to know

Jermann Movia Livio Felluga Schioppettino Josko Gravner

Veneto, Amarone producers to know

Bertani Masi Allegrini Tommasi Dal Forno Quintarelli

Veneto, Prosecco producers to know

Bisol Mionetto La Marca Zonin Zardetto

Amarone history

* 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

Food pairings

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

Botti

Large slavonian casks