Veneto COPY Flashcards
How many DOCGs are in Veneto? What are they?
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Amarone della Valpolicella Bardolino Superiore Colli Asolani Colli di Conegliano Colli Euganei Fior d'Arancio Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Fiurlaro di Bagnoli Lison Montello Rosso Piave Malanotte Recioto della Valpolicella Recioto di Soave Soave Superiore
What communes are in the Classico zone of Amarone della Valpolicella?
Fumane, Negrar, Marano, Sant’Ambrogio, San Pietro in Cariano
What are the GR of Amarone?
Corvina (45-95%)
Rondinella (5-30%)
Other (max 25%)(max 10% of single variety)
What is the minimum alcohol of Amarone?
14% grapes are harvested at 11% natural potential alcohol, then dried to achieve 14%
What is maximum RS of Amarone?
12 g/l
- For every .1% of alcohol exceeding 14%, an additional .10 g/l of residual sugar is allowed.
- For every .1% of alcohol exceeding 16%, an additional .15 g/l of residual sugar is allowed.
What are aging requirements of Amarone?
-Minimum 2 years from Jan 1
Riserva - Minimum 4 years from November 1 of harvest year
What is the yield-vineyard requirement of Amarone?
No more than 65% of a producer’s total maximum yield can be used to produce Amarone.
What is the maximum yield of Amarone?
12 tons/ha
When was Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG established?
2010
What are the Gr of Bardolino Superiore DOCG?
Corvina Veronese (35-65%) Rondinella (10-40%)
Barbera, Molinara, Sangiovese, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Rossignola, Marzemino (max 20%)
What is the minimum alcohol of Bardolino Superiore DOCG?
12%
What is the maximum RS of Bardolino Superiore DOCG?
6 g/l
What are aging requirements of Bardolino Superiore DOCG?
Minimum 1 year from Nov 1 of harvest year.
What is maximum yield of Bardolino Superiore DOCG?
9 tons/ha
What are the GR of Colli Asolani DOCG?
Glera (min 85%)
Verdiso, Bianchetta, Trevigiana, Perera, Glera Lunga (max 15%)
Spumante: Pinot Nero, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Grigio, Chardonnay (max 15%)
What is the minimum alcohol of Colli Asolani DOCG?
10.5%
Spumante Superiore - 11%
What are GR for “Torchiato di Fregona”?
Glera (min 30%)
Verdiso (min 20%)
Boschera (min 25%)
What are the GR for Colli Euganei Fior d’Arancio DOCG?
Moscato Giallo (min 95%)
What is a “rive”?
Hillside vineyard
What are GR for Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco DOCG?
Glera (Prosecco) (min 85%)
Verdiso, Bianchetta, Trevigiana, Perera, Glera Lunga (max 15%)
Pinot Nero, Pinot Bianco, Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio (max 15% for Spumante)
How many “Rives” are there?
43
What is the maximum press yield of Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco DOCG?
70 liters per 100kg of grapes
What are maximum yields of Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco DOCG?
- Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco - 13.5 tons/ha
- Spumante Superiore with mention of “Rive” - 13 tons/ha
- Spumante Superiore di Cartizze - 12 tons/ha
What are the principal soils of Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco DOCG?
Clay and limestone with a mix of alluvial and glacial. The soils of Valdobbiadene consist of moraines, sandstone and clay.
What are the Gr of Lison DOCG?
Tai (Friularo)(min 85%)
What are the GR of Piave Malanotte?
Raboso Piave (min 70%) Raboso Veronese (max 80%)
-15-30% of grapes must be dried until at leat December 8 of harvest year
What is Bellussi/Raggi vine training?
Training cordons overhead on wires in a pattern similar to the spokes of a wheel.
What are GR of Recioto della Valpolicella DOCG?
Corvina (45-95%)
Rondinella (5-30%)
other (max 25%)
What is minimum alcohol of Recioto della Valpolicella DOCG?
14% - harvested at 11% - dried to 14%
What are maximum yields of Recioto della Valpolicella?
12 tons/ha
What is recioto?
A dried wine with a stopped fermentation.
What are the Gr of Recioto di Gambellara DOCG?
Garganega (100%)
What are the communes of Recioto di Soave Classico?
Soave, Monteforte d’Alpone
What are the GR of Recioto di Soave DOCG?
Garganega (min 70%)
Trebbiano di Soave, Chardonnay, Pinot Bianco (max 30%)
What is the minimum alcohol of Recioto di Soave DOCG?
16%
- 12% effective for Recioto di Soave
- 11.5% effective for Recioto di Soave Spumante
What is the minimum residual sugar of Recioto di Soave?
70 g/l
What communes comprise Soave Superiore Classico?
Soave, Monteforte d’Alpone
What are the GR of Soave Superiore?
Garganega (min 70%)
Trebbiano di Soave, Chardonnay, Pinot Bianco (max 30%)
What are the minimum alcohols of Soave Superiore DOCG?
12%
Riserva - 12.5%
What is the maximum RS of Soave Superiore DOCG?
6 g/l
What are GR for Arcole Rosso and Rosato?
Merlot (min 50%)
What are GR of Bardolino?
Corvina Veronese (35-65%)
Rondinella (10-40%)
Molinara, Rossignola, Barbera, Sangiovese, Marzemino, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon (max 10% each)
85% of Bardolino novello grapes must go through what?
Carbonic maceration
What are the GR for Breganze Rosso?
Merlot (min 50%)
What are GR of Gambellara?
Garganega (min 80%)
Pinot Bianco, Chardonnay, Trebbiano di Soave (max 20%)
What are the GR for Lugana?
Trebbiano di Soave (min 90%)
What are GR of Piave Rosso?
Merlot, Cabernet (min 50%)
What are GR of Prosecco?
Prosecco (min 85%)
Verdizo, Bianchetta, Perera, Glera Lunga, Chardonnay, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Grigio, Pinot Nero (max 15%)
What are GR of Soave?
Garganega (min 70%)
Trebbiano di Soave, Chardonnay (max 30%)
What is the one subzone of Soave DOC?
Colli Scaligeri
What are the GR of Valdadige Terradeiforti?
Chardonnay (min 60%)
What are GR of Valdadige Rosso and Rosato?
Schiava, Enantio (Lambrusco)(min 50%)
Merlot, Pinot Nero, Teroldego, Lagrein, Cabernet, Cab Franc (max 50%)
What are GR of Valpolicella?
Corvina Veronese (45-95%) Rondinella (5-30%)
What is the one official subzone of Valpolicella?
Valpantena
What are GR of Valpolicella Ripasso?
Corvina Veronese (45-95%) Rondinella (5-30%)
What are GR of Venezia Rosso?
Raboso Piave, Raboso Veronese (min 70%)
What are GR of Venezia Rosso?
Merlot (min 50%)
Who might be considered the best Prosecco producer in Conegliano?
Nino Franco
Who are some top producers of Soave?
Pieropan
Az Agr Gini
Roccolo
Tammellini
Who are some top Ripasso producers?
Tommaso Bussola
Musella
Cesari
Nicolis
Who are some top Valpolicella producers?
Zenato Allegrini Cesari Roberto Mazzi Tommasi
What are the four fingers?
Valleys of Valpolicella, surrounding the communes of Fumane, Marano, Negrar, Sant’Ambrogio, and San Pietro in Cariano.
Which came first, Valpolicella or Recioto?
Recioto
What is a fruttai?
a grape-drying loft
What is “traditional” appassimento oak usage?
Slavonian botti
What is the average length of time for drying Amarone grapes?
120 days
How much weight do Corvina grapes lose in the drying process?
35-45%
What country does Veneto border to the north?
Austria
What are the 4 areas of the Veneto?
The Northern Alpine zone, the hill zone, the lower plain, and the coastal territory
What is the main valley of Veneto?
Po Valley
What is the Venetian Lagoon?
A flat terrain with ponds, marshes and islands.
Who were the Euganei?
A semi-mythical proto-Italic ethnic group that lived in Veneto, in 2nd millenium BC, in the Bronze Age
Trebbiano di Soave is actually what grape?
Verdicchio Bianco
