UMBRIA

Question 1

ILCUORE VERDE D’ITALIA

Answer 1

THE GREEN HEART OF ITALY (UMBRIA)

Question 2

ANCIENT UMBRIAN TRIBE?

Answer 2

UMBRI

Question 3

ONLY LANDLOCKED REGION IN CENTRAL/SOUTHERN ITALY?

Answer 3

UMBRIA

Question 4

UMBRIA’S LANDSCAPE RATIO?

Answer 4

71% HILLS
29% MOUNTAINS

UMBRIA IS ITALY’S HILLIEST REGION

Question 5

UMBRIA’S MAIN VALLEY

Answer 5

VAL TIBERINA

Question 6

UMBRIA LAKES

Answer 6

LAKE TRASIMENO (NEAR TOSCANA BORDER) LARGEST LAKE OF CENTRAL/SOUTHERN ITALY

Question 7

SOILS OF UMBRIA (4)

Answer 7

1. ALLUVIAL/LACRUSTINE (HILLS AND VALLEYS CENTRAL)
2. CLAY/SAND/GRAVEL (ORVIETO, LAKE CORBARA)
3. SANDSTONE, MARL, CLAY (HILLS EAST OF LAKE TRASIMENO, MONTEFALCO, TORGIANO
4. VOLCANIC TUFO/BASALT (SW CORNER AROUND ORVIETO

Question 8

TUFO/TUFF

Answer 8

SOFT POROUS VOLCANIC ROCK

Question 9

TUFFEAU

Answer 9

MARINE LIMESTONE SOIL (TYPICAL OF LOIRE)

Question 10

TUFA

Answer 10

LIMESTONE BUT MADE OF CALCIUM CARBONATE PRECIPITATES

Question 11

UMBRIA DOMINATED BY WHITE OR RED?

Answer 11

ALMOST EQUAL

Question 12

UMBRIA’S MOST WIDELY PLANTED GRAPE

Answer 12

SANGIOVESE

Question 13

UMBRIA’S MOST DISTINCTIVE VARIETAL

Answer 13

SAGRANTINO

Question 14

TREBBIANO TOSCANO SYNONYM

Answer 14

PROCANICO

Question 15

2 GRECHETTO’S

Answer 15

ORVIETO= TRADITIONAL TO UMBRIA
TODI= ACTUALLY PIGNOLETTO

Question 16

TREBBIANO NATIVE TO UMBRIA?

Answer 16

SPOLETINO

Question 17

NAME BOTH DOCG OF UMBRIA

Answer 17

MONTEFALCO SAGRANTINO DOCG

TORGIANO ROSSO RESERVA DOCG

Question 18

MOST PROMINENT FIGURE OF UMBRIAN WINE

Answer 18

GIORGIO LUNGAROTTI

VIGNA MONTICCHIO- RUBESCO

Question 19

FIRST DOC OF UMBRIA

Answer 19

TORGIANO-1968

Question 20

TORGIANO ROSSO RISERVA DOCG?

Answer 20

70% SANGIO
MIN 36 MONTHS AGING
EMBODIED BY RUBESCO

Question 21

WHO SAVED SAGRANTINO?

Answer 21

ARNALDO CAPRAI, CANTINA FOLIGNO, ADANTI TARDIOLI

Question 22

MONTEFALCO SAGRANTINO DOCG?

Answer 22

APPLIES TO SECCO & PASSITO
100% SAGRANTINO
37/12

Question 23

MONTEFALCO DOC?

Answer 23

A. ROSSO= 60-80% SANGIOVESE + 10-25% SAGRANTINO
MIN 18 MONTHS
RISERVA= 30/12

B. BIANCO= 50% SPOLETINO + 50% TT & GRECCHETTO

Question 24

COLLI MARTANI DOC?

Answer 24

KNOWN FOR GRECCHETTO DI TODI.

ALSO SANGIO AND TT

Question 25

SPOLETO DOC?

Answer 25

WHITE WINE ONLY

CREATED TO PROTECT/REGULATE TREB SPOLETINO

Question 26

GAMAY DEL TRASIMENO?

Answer 26

NOT RELATED TO GAMAY NOIR

BIOTYPE OF CANNONAU!

Question 27

LA RUPE?

Answer 27

LARGE TUFF CLIFF IN ORVIETO

Question 28

WHAT WINES OF UMBRIA HAVE THE LONGEST STANDING REPUTATION

Answer 28

WHITES OF ORVIETO

Question 29

WHERE WERE ORVIETO WINES TRADITIONALLY VINIFED?

Answer 29

3 LAYER UNDERGROUND CAVES

RESULTED IN STUCK FERMENTATION SO LIGHT BUBBLY.

Question 30

DID ORVIETO WHITES TRADITIONALLY HAVE NOBLE ROT?

Answer 30

YES/ ABBOCCATTO

Question 31

PULCIANELLA

Answer 31

OBLATE STRAW COVERED FLASK SIMILAR TO A FIASCO

Question 32

ORVIETO DOC

Answer 32

INTERREGIONAL WITH LAZIO
WHITE ONLY
LARGEST/MOST PRODUCTIVE DOC IN UMBRIA

60%- GRECHETTO & PROCANICO (BEST EXAMPLES USUALLY MORE GRECCHETTO

40%- VERDELLO, DRUPEGGIO, MALVASIA BIANCA LUNGA

Question 33

ONLY ITALIAN BOTRYTIZED WINE ENTIRELY REGULATED BY THE DISCIPLINARE?

Answer 33

ORVIETO DOC MUFFA NOBILE (VINO MUFFATO)

Question 34

DOES ORVIETO CLASSICO REQUIRE STRICTER PRODUCTION STANDARDS?

Answer 34

NO!