Trentino-Alto Adige, Friuli, Veneto, and rest of Northern Italy Flashcards
What two rivers converge at the Alto Adige capitol city of Bolzano creating the y-shaped valley where the region’s famed vines are grown?
Adige (Etsch) and the Isarco (Eisach)
What mountain range protects the Alto Adige from cool northern winds?
Alps
What is the most planted red grape of Alto Adige?
Schiava
What proportion of production in the Alto Adige is controlled by Cooperatives?
2/3
What shift in regards to vine training method has resulted in elevated quality in Alto Adige?
The move away from Pergola to lower-yielding Guyot. However many of the old local varieties that survive are trained to Pergola.
What are the 3 DOCs of the Alto Adige (Bolzano/Bozen)?
Lago di Caldero DOC (Schiava)
Valdadige DOC
Alto Adige DOC
What are the 7 subregions of Alto Adige DOC?
Colli di Bolzano Meranese Santa Maddalena Terlano Valle Isarco Valle Venosta Lago di Caldero
What is the other name for Alto Adige DOC?
Südtirol DOC
What is the other name for Lago di Caldero DOC?
Kalterersee DOC
What is the minimum percentage of Schiava required for Lago di Caldero DOC?
min 85%
What are 3 cooperatives making quality wine in Alto Adige?
Cantine Terlano
San Michele Appiano
Cantina Tramin
What is the Alto Adige name for single vineyard?
Leiten
What is the minimum/maximum amount of Corvina for Amarone?
min 45% / max 95%
What are the grape requirements for Amarone?
45-95% Corvina
5-50% Rondinella
up to 50% Corvinone in place of Corvina
up to 15% of any red variety authorized in the province of Verona
What is Corvinone?
Red grape native to Veneto and once thought to be a mutation of Corvina. Both are distinctively different grapes and used for the production of Amarone, Bardolina, Recioto, Ripasso, and Valpolicella.
Amarone was first created as a result of a recioto scapata, or an escaped Recioto. What does this mean?
The original intention when this wine was first produced was to make a sweet wine. A barrel accidentally continued to ferment completely to dryness and thus the style was born.
Recioto della Amarone and Amarone are similar in style but what distinction makes them different?
Amarone must be fermented to dryness with a maximum RS of no more than 12g/L and min of 14% alcohol.
What is the max RS for Amarone?
Maximum 9g/L at 14% abv and up to 12g/L at 16% abv as stipulations permit leeway for alcohol levels at increments above 14% abv to balance the level of alcohol
What are the stipulations regarding the max RS level in Amarone in regards to abv?
Max 9g/L RS at 14% and up to a max of 12g/L as a result of the following
For every 0.10% increase in alcohol above 14% abv and below 16% abv, an additional 0.10g/L is permitted
For every 0.10% increase in alcohol above 16% abv an additional 0.15g/L is permitted
What is the maximum percentage of produce a producer is allowed to convert into Amarone production?
Max 65%; the remainder must be used for Valpolicella DOC and Valpolicella Ripasso DOC
What are the 5 subzones of the Classico area for Amarone Production from North to South?
Marano Fumane Negrar Sant'Ambrogio San Pietro in Cariano
What are the aging requirements for Amarone?
Normale:
min 2 years from January 1 of the year following harvest
Riserva:
min 4 years from January 1 of the year following harvest
For how long must grape be dried for the production of Amarone? What is the minimum natural potential abv following the drying process?
Grapes must be dried until at least December 1 of the harvest year and must be dried to achieve 14% natural potential alcohol
What happens on a molecular level during the drying process to contribute to richness in the final product of Amarone?
Acids metabolize and tannins polymerize contributing to the richness that Amarone is known for.
Traditionally why were the best grapes grown for Amarone production high on the hillsides?
Because they would be above the fog line which warded off the development of botrytis that is so common below it.
What is the traditional aging vessel for Amarone?
Botti is the traditional vessel though barrique seems to be more of a norm.
What are 5 top producers of Amarone?
Bertani Quintarelli Dal Forno Tommaso Bussola Roccolo Grassi
Aquileia DOC produces whites and reds from what two grapes respectively?
Whites from min 50% Friulano
Reds from min 50% Refosco
Colli Bolzano or Bozner Leiten wines are wines made from a min of what grape?
Min 85% Schiava/Vernatch
What is the DOC of Fausto Maculan?
Breganze DOC in the Veneto
What is the principal red grape of Carso (Carso-Kras) DOC?
Min 70% Terrano
What is the name of Collio DOC in Slovenia?
Goriška Brda