Veneto Flashcards
Where is Veneto?
Northeastern Italy
Venice and Verona are within this region
What is the general climate in here?
Cool Mediterranean
What are the main grape varieties you can find here?
White grapes:
•Garganega
•Glera
•Trebbiano di Soave
•Chardonnay
•Pinot Grigio
Red grapes:
•Corvina
•Rondinella
•Molinara
•Corvinone
•Raboso
What do the large appellations Delle Venezie DOC / Trevenezie IGP encapsulate?
includes the entire regions of Veneto, Friuli, and the Trentino portion of Trentino-Alto Adige
What is Prosecco DOC?
Spumante wines made in the Charmat method (tank method) from the Glera grape variety (min 85%)
the best of these Prosecco DOC can be found where?
Treviso province, labelled as Prosecco DOC Treviso
What are the DOCGs in Prosecco?
•Asolo Prosecco DOCG
•Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco DOCG
What is Asolo Prosecco DOCG?
Sparkling wines produced between the towns of Asolo and Cornuda (north of Veneto)
What is Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco DOCG?
•in Treviso province, south facing slopes
•subzone (Cartizze) 11.5% abv
•Treviso and Asolo the only permitted district to add their names on label
•min 85% Glera
•min alcohol 10.5% abv
•Superiore only for Spumante (min alcohol 11% abv)
What are the requirements if you found ‘Rive’ on the Prosecco label?
•must be hand-harvested
•vintage dated
•must come from one of the 43 rives
•min 11.5% abv
What is Soave DOC?
•min 70% Garganega, max 30% combined Trebbiano di Soave and Chardonnay
•min alcohol 10.5% abv
•may not be released until Dec 1 of the harvest year
What is Soave Superiore DOCG?
•min 70% Garganega, max 30% combined Trebbiano di Soave and Chardonnay
•min alcohol 12% abv
•may not be released until April 1 of the year following harvest
What is Soave Superiore Classico DOCG?
•higher quality, produced in an inner delimited area
•min alcohol 11% abv
•may not be released until Feb 1 of the year following harvest
What is Recioto di Soave DOCG?
Sweet white wine made from Appasimento grapes
•min 70% Garganega, max 30% Trebbiano di Soave, max 5% other white
•grapes must be dried to min 14% abv potential
•12% abv acquired Recioto di Soave, 11.5% abv for Spumante style
•grown in Classico region, sometimes can be affected by botrytis
•can be Spumante also
What is Tank Method called in Italy?
Charmat method
What is Valpolicella DOC?
•min alcohol 11% abv
•45-95% Corvina or Corvinone
•5-30% Rondinella
•max 25% other red grapes (of this 25%, max 15% non-aromatic red grapes, max 10% native Italian red grapes)
What is Valpolicella Superiore DOC?
•min alcohol 12% abv
•min aging 1 year from Jan 1 after harvest year
What are the sub-regions in Valpolicella DOC?
Classico and Valpantena
which they are permitted to add their names in the label
these are the same for Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG
What is Recioto della Valpolicella DOCG?
•used appassimento method to dry the grapes
•grapes cannot be vinified until Dec 1
•min alcohol 12% abv (grapes are harvest at min 11% natural potential alcohol, then dried to achieve at least 14% potential alcohol)
•approx 50g/L residual sugar
What is appassimento method?
•grapes are picked earlier to retain acidity and prevent over ripeness
•grapes are laid out on bamboo racks, straw mats or wooden crates in well-ventilated rooms (fruttai)
•drying process may lasts from 1-6 months, cause water to evaporate, increase sugar concentration
•once dried, grapes are pressed and fermentation begins. If stops early: sweet wines (Recioto), if full fermented, dry high-alcohol wines (Amarone)
•aged in Slovenian oak for min 2 years from Dec 1 after harvest
What is the name for the well-ventilated room for appassimento method grapes?
fruttai
What is ripasso (repassed) method?
•grapes skins from Recioto or Amarone that has been drained off are added to a vat that filled with freshly Valpolicella base wines (finished fermentation)
•yeasts are also transferred to ferment the remaining sugar on the grape skins, kick off the 2nd fermentation
•this helps to enhance colour, additional flavours, complexity, higher alcohol, tannins
What is Valpolicella Ripasso DOC?
•must used Ripasso method, production may not be more than double of the volume from the wines that used Ripasso process (Recioto, Amarone)
•min alcohol 12.5% abv (SUPERIORE: 13%)
•may not be released until Jan 1 of second year after harvest
What is Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG?
•min alcohol 14% abv (min 11% abv potential alcohol at harvest, then dried to 14%)
•45-95% Corvina / Corvinone
•5-30% Rondinella
•max 25% other red grapes (of this 25%, max 15% non-aromatic red grapes, max 10% native Italian red grapes)
•grapes cannot be vinified before Dec 1
•min aging 2 years from Jan 1 after harvest, RISERVA: min 4 years from Nov 1 of harvest year
