Tuscany Flashcards
What is the only DOCG in Tuscany who require the inclusion of Cabernet Sauvignon?
- Carmignano
Which DOC is shared between Tuscany & Liguria?
- Colli di Luni
Which river flow close to Chianti Rufina?
- Sieve River
What Governo all’uso Toscano means on a bottle of Chianti DOCG?
- Partially dried grapes (or potentially fresh grapes or must) are added midway through fermentation, particularly if it is stuck
What is the southernmost Chianti DOCG subzone?
- Colli Senesi
Which of Chianti DOCG subzones have the longest aging requirements?
- Colli Fiorentini & Rufina (may not be released until September 1 of the year following the harvest)
What is the name of the historic bottle of Chianti wines?
- Fiasco
What is the two most important soils in Chianti Classico DOCG?
- Galestro = friable clay schist
- Alberese = hard calcareous marlstone
What is the third soil seen in Chianti Classico?
- Macigno, a grayish-blue sandstone found in the south
What is the minimum aging requirement of a Chianti Classico Gran Selezione?
- Total : 30 mt.
- Oak : ?
- Bottle : 3 mt.
How is call a red/rosé Vin Santo?
- Vin Santo Occhio di Pernice
Who produces the first labelled Brunello?
- Ferruccio Biondi-Santi (1865)
True/False
Brunello di Montalcino DOCG must be bottle in a Bordelaise bottle with a cork stopper
- True
What’s the name of the 100% syrah cuvée of Le Macchiole?
- Scrio
What is the Primum Familia Vini?
- Primum Familiae Vini, also known as PFV, is an international association of some of the world’s finest wine producing families from France, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain, the “Leading Wine Families”.
Can you name some producers member of PFV?
- Tenuta San Guido
- Antinori
-Joseph Drouhin - Symington
- Famille Perrin
- Pol Roger
- Egon Müller
-Vega Sicilia - Hugel
What’s the name of Sangiovese in Vino Nobile di Montepulciano?
- Prugnolo Gentile
What’s the name of Sangiovese in Brunello di Montalcino?
- Brunello
What’s the grape variety in the Galatrona cuvée of Petrolo?
- 100% Merlot
What are the UGA within Greve?
- Montefioralle
- Lamole
- Panzano
What are the four historic villages of Chianti Classico?
- Greve
- Radda
- Gaiole
- Castellina
In which UGA can we find the highest-elevation vineyard in Chianti Classico?
- Radda
True or False ? Chianti Classico allow a 20% of white grape variety in their blend
- False, not authorized since 2006
- Banned from Chianti Classico in 2005
- Effective with 2006 vintage
What is the minimum of Sangiovese in a Chianti Classico?
- 80%
Which year the production zone of Chianti was officially delimited?
- 1716
What are the four UGA located on the western side of Chianti Classico?
- San Casciano Val di Pesa
- San Donato in Poggio
- Castellina in Chianti
- Vagliagli
What are the four UGA located on the eastern side of Chianti Classico?
- Greve (with Montefioralle, Lamole, Panzano)
- Radda
- Gaiole
- Castelnuovo Berardenga
What is the minimum aging for Chianti Classico Annata?
- may not be released until October 1 of the year following the harvest
What is the minimum aging for Chianti Classico Riserva?
- min 24 months aging from January 1 of the year following the harvest, including 3 months in bottle
Who is producing Vigna del Sorbo Chianti Classico Gran Selezione?
- Fontodi
Who is producing Batàr? What is the blend?
- Querciabella
- 50/50 Chardonnay and Pinot Blanc (Gouges)
What is the first vintage of Sassicaia?
- 1968
What is the project of Gaja in Bolgheri?
- Ca’ Marcanda
Who owns Guado al Tasso project?
- Antinori
When IGT was created in Italy?
- 1992
When was created Bolgheri Sassicaia DOC?
- A subzone of Bolgheri since1994, official DOC since 2013
What is the sole DOCG in Tuscany for sweet wine?
- Elba Aleatico Passito (sweet red)
What is the minimum of Sangiovese for a Vino Nobile di Montepulciano?
- 70%
What is the minimum aging for Vino nobile di montepulciano?
- min 24 months aging from January 1 of the year following the harvest
Minimum aging for Vino nobile di Montepulciano Riserva ?
- Total : 36 mt.
- Oak : ?
- Bottle : 6 mt.
- min 36 months aging from January 1 of the year following the harvest, with 6 months in bottle
Where is located Avignonesi?
- Vino Nobile di Montepulciano (produces also super Tuscan)
What’s the river close to Firenze?
- Arno river
Castelnuovo dell’Abate, Sant’Angelo in Colle and Torrenieri are subzones of which DOCG?
- Brunello di Montalcino
What is the Brunellogate scandal?
- In 2008, Italy’s financial police sequestered whole batches of wines from several producers after their investigations had shown that these were not the mandatory 100% Brunello, but illegal blends which contained international varieties
What is the minimum aging for rosso di Montalcino?
- may not be released until September 1 of the year following the harvest
What is the minimum aging for Brunello di Montalcino?
- Total: 60 months
- Wood: 24 months
- Bottle: 4 months
What is the minimum aging for Brunello di Montalcino Riserva?
- Total: 72 months
- Wood: 24 months
- Bottle: 6 months
What grape variety is used for Masseto Toscana?
- 100% merlot
What are the main soils in Brunello di Montalcino?
- Galestro (north)
- Clay (south)
What is the most arid DOCG of Tuscany?
- Brunello di Montalcino
What is the minimum % of Sangiovese in a Chianti DOCG?
- 70%
Who create the modern Chianti formula? (sangiovese based with other red and white)
-Bettino Ricasoli (1870)
What was the most challenging vintage between 2013, 2014 and 2015 in Tuscany?
- 2014
- Cool and wet summer