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Tuscany Flashcards

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Vino Nobile di Montepulciano clone

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Pugnolo Gentile

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Vino Nobile di Montepulciano aging

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2 years

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Vino Nobile di Montepulciano varieties

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Min 70% Sangio. Canaiolo, Mammolo, Trebbiano, Gamay.

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Vino Nobile di Montepulciano soils

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Higher in sand than Montalcino or Chianti Classico, with heavy, cool clay

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Vino Novile di Montepulciano zones

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2 distinct areas, hills around Montepulciano, hills around Vailiano. Vineyards on flat plains do not qualify for Vino Nobile

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Vino Nobile di Montepulciano subzones

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  1. Names may appear on labels
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Montepulciano style

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Between Chianti and Brunello, combining elegance, structure. Soils give deeply colored, austere Sangio which requires bottle aging, or modern blending with IV and new Fr. oak

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Vino Nobile di Monepulciano producers

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Contucci, Boscarelli

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Rosso di

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Signifies a red wine from an Italian zone whose name it precedes is often a declassified version of a long-lived, more serious wine. Allowed for release March following vintage. Earlier maturing

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Vernaccia Di San Gimignano DOCG

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Sandstone. High altitude, large diurnals. 500 ha (declining)

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Vernaccia di San Gimignano style

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Light, crisp, refreshing, mineral saltiness, ripe yellow fruit, beeswax with age

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Bolgheri DOC climate

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Maritime, earlier ripening grapes

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Sassicaia subzone created

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1994

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Bolgheri DOC varieties

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Based on CS, ML. Sangio may be no more than 50%

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Maremma DOC style

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Based on some inclusion of IV

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Maremma DOC Important DOCGs

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Morellino di Scansano (min 85% Sangio), Montecucco Sangiovese (85% Sangio), Val di Cornia Rosso (Sangio, CSmMerlot blends)

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Maremma DOC Important DOCs

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Montecucco (whites based on Vermentino, reds w min 60% Sangio), Val di Cornia Bianco (Vermentino, Asononica), Monteregio di Massa Marittima (Vermentino/Sangio w IV)

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Carmignano DOCG

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Vineyards located on a series of low hills between 50-200 m above sea level

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Carmignano DOCG style

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Lower acidity and softer tannins than Chianti. 10% whites may be, but rarely, blended in

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Barco Reale DOC

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Younger wines, also applies to Vin Santo, and its rosé, long history as Vin Ruspo

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Carmignano DOCG producers

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Ugo Contini-Bonacossi of Villa Di Capezzana (zone’s major producer, planted CS in late 70s w vines from Lafite), Fattoria di Bacchereto (amphorae)

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Vin Santo

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‘Holy wine’ Tuscany’s classic dessert wine

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Vin Santo varieties

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Trebbiano Toscano, Malvasia (Sangio for Occhio di Pernice)

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Vin Santo vini

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50-300 l barrels, 2nd hand, traditionally chestnut but now often oak. Never topped up, resulting in ullage and oxidation

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DOCs under which Vin Santo is produced

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Chianti Classico, Chianti Rufina, Chianti, Montepulciano, Colli del’Etruria Centrale, Val d’Arbia

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Vin Santo issues

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Wild variation in quality, land divided between many small holders. Serious VA a consequence of barrel maturation

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DOC Vin Santo aging

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3 years min. Better producers may age up to 10 years w/out racking

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Vin Santo producers

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Traditional - Avignonesi, Capezzana, Gontodi, Isole e Olena, Felsina Berardenga, Poliziano, Rocca di Montegrossi, San Giusto a Rentennano, Selvapiana

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Antinori

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Founded 1895, family run. Tignanello. Ventures in every important region in IT, Antica in Napa, Col Solare w Ste Michele

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Biondi-Santi

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Responsible for 1st wine labeled Brunello di Montalcino. Forefront of classic Brunello style

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Frescobaldi

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Noble Florence family since 13thc. Among largest landholders in Tuscany

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Ricasoli

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Old, powerful Tuscan family. Ricasoli négociant firm. Single-vineyard Chianti Rufina, Montesodi, among 1st superior all Sangio aged in small barrels

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Sassicaia

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Trail-blazing Sassicaia wine. Predominantly CS. Made by Mario Incisa della Rochetta at Tenuta San guido

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Tignanello

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Antinori’s single-vineyard in 1970, then ground-breaking Vino da Tavola in 1971

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