Umbria Flashcards
What mountains affect Umbria?
The Apennines
What is Trebbiano Toscano called in Umbria?
Procanico
What DOC is shared between Lazio and Umbria?
Orvieto DOC
What is the cepage of Orvieto DOC?
min 60% Trebbiano Toscano/Procanico and Grechetto
max 40% OSWG
What is the sub zone of Orvieto DOC?
Classico
What styles can Orvieto DOC be?
Dry
Classico
Secco, abboccato, amabile, Dolce, Superiore, VT, Muffa Nobile
What DOC is for red wines made in the Orvieto area?
Lago di Corbara DOC
What are the grapes of Lago di Corbara DOC?
Bianco: min 60% Grechetto and SB
Rosso: min 70% comb or separate CS, Merlot, PN, and Sangio
What producer was instrumental in the creation of Torgiano Rosso Riserva DOCG? What year?
The Lungraotti family
1990
What are the DOCGs of Umbria?
Torgiano Rosso Riserva DOCG
Montefalco Sagrantino DOCG
What is the min amount of Sagrantino in Montefalco Sagrantino DOCG? What styles can be made?
100%
Secco or Passito
What is the RS range for Montefalco Sagrantino Passito DOCG?
80-180 g/l
What is the aging for Montefalco Sagrantino DOCG?
Secco: 37 mo from 12/1 w 12 mo wood and 4 mo btl
Passito: 37 mo from 12/1 w 4 mo btl
What is the cepage of Torgiano Rosso Riserva DOCG?
min 70% Sangiovese
max 30% OSRG
What is the aging for Torgiano Rosso Riserva DOCG?
min 3 yrs from 11/1 w 6 mo in btl
What is Antinori’s estate in Umbria?
Castello della Sala
What are the top three red grapes of Umbria by acreage?
Sangiovese
Merlot
Sagrantino
What are Umbria’s two white-only DOCs?
Orvieto DOC
Spoleto DOC
What is Lungarotti’s signature wine called?
Rubesco
What is the grape of Bea’s Arboreus?
Trebbiano Spoletino (same grape as Spoleto DOC)
What is Bea’s top red called?
Montefalco Sagrantino Secco Pagliaro