VIA Regions, dates, names Flashcards
Millerandage
Irregular fruit set that causes berries to be non-uniform in size and maturity
Original Chianti recipe by Bettino Ricasoli
Sangiovese, canajolo, malvagia - has changed when DOCG 1984
First Chianti documented when
13 century
Barolo communes
Novela
Serralunga d’Alba
Monforte d’Alba
Castigliane Faletto
Barolo
Diano d’Alba
Verduno
Roddi
Cherasco
Grinzane Cavour
La Morra
Barbaresco communes
Barbaresco
Treiso
Neive
San Rocco Seno d’Elvio
Malvasia group
Malvasia Bianca di Candia
Malvasia Bianca Lunga
Malvasia del Lazio
Malvasia Istriana
Malvasia Nera di Brindisi
Malvasia Nera di Lecce
Malvasia di Candia Aromatica
Malvasia di Lipari
Malvasia di Casorzo
Malvasia di Scierano
Lambrusco family
Lambrusco sorbara
Lambrusco grasparossa
Lambrusco salamino
Lambrusco maestri
Lambrusco marani
Moscato family (5)
Moscato Bianco
Moscato d’Alessandria/zibbibo
Moscato Giallo
Moscato di Scanzo
Moscato Rosa
Valpolicella 5 regions
Sant’Ambrogio di Valpolicella
San Pietro in Cariano,
valleys of Fumane,
Marano and
Negrar di Valpolicella.
Vernacchia di Serrapetrona DOCG
Marche.
min 40% Air-dried grapes Vernaccia Nera
Sparkling red wine
7 subzone of Valle d’Aosta
Blanc de Morgex et de la Salle
Enfer d’Arvier
Torrette
Nus
Chambave
Arnad-Montjovet
Donnas
Lighter->darker Valle d’Aosta red grape varieties (6 of them)
Lightest, aromatic - Prie Rouge (Premetta)
Petit Rouge
Cornalin - firm tan, med acid
Mayolet - med tan, med acid
Fumin - firm tannin, high acid
Vuillermin - high tannin, fresh acidity
Albarola
AKA Bianchetta Genovese
AKA La Spezia, Sarzana (Tuscany)
Liguria: Golfo del Tigullio DOC, Val Polcevera DOC (blend w/Pigato, Bosco)
Tuscany: Massa Carara, Piza
Falanghina
2 distincts cultivars:
Falanghina Flegrea and Falanghina Beneventana
Lemon yellow collar both
Flegrea: white flowers, fresh herbals
Beneventana: “yellow” flowers, apples, banana peach
Forastera
Campania
Ischia island, DOC Ischia Forastera, part of blend
white grape
The good forester is herbal, rich mouthfeel
Nebbiolo name in Valle d’Aosta
Picotendro
Nebbiolo name in nord Piedmont (Alta Langhe)
Spanna
Garganega name in Sicily
Grecanico Dorato
Colli Bolognesi Pignoletto grape
Grechetto di Todi/Grechetto Gentile
Emilia-Romagna
Surrounding Bologna
soil - marl, conglomerate
Colli Martani DOC grape, where
Grechetto di Todi/Grechetto Gentile
near historic town Todi
Umbria
Grechetto aromas (both)
Grechetto di Orvieto: pear, hazelnut, floral
Grechetto di Todi/Grechetto Gentile: citrus and herbal
Vendimmia tardiva meaning
late harvest
Grillo 2 biotypes
Grilo Vecchio
Grillo Nuovo - more widely planted, less susceptible to millendage
Grillo parents
Catarratto Bianca Lungo + Moscato d’Alessandria
High anthocyanin meaning
Deep ruby cooler with purple hues
Nasco
white grape from Sardinia
one of oldest grape
DOC Nasco di Cagliari
best Nasco - sweet one
Nebbiolo soils
marine sedimentary soils from 3 geological stages with layers of sandstone and clay called flysch.
Roero - marine-sedimentary rock&sand of lake or river origin
alto Piedmont - ancient volcanic soil to sandy to alluvial
Valtellina - alluvial, sandy, rocky
Durella grape
white grape, Veneto
Lessini Durello DOC
Gambellara DOC
Pecorino regions and resurrected by who
Guido Cocci Grifoni in 1980s
Marche, Abruzzo
Marche: Offida DOCG
Pignolo resurrected by who, region
Walter Filiputti
Abbazia di Rosazzo
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Ribolla Gialla 2 grand cru’s
Oslavia - higher altitude&cooler nights -,Emory, mineral, higher acid wines
Rosazzo - warmer mesoclimate - richer, deeper wines
Ruche parents
Croatina x Malvasia di Aromatica di Parma (Malvasia Odorosissima)
Ruche resurrected by who
Don Giacomo Cauda
Montefalco Sagrantino DOCG zones (5)
Montefalco
Bevagna
Castel Ritaldi
Gianno dell’Umbria
Gualdo Cattaneo
Friuli Colli Orientali DOC (Schipettino 2 subzones)
Cialla (1995)
Schioppettino di Prepotto (2008)
High rotondone meaning
pepper
Who bring Teroldego to intentional stage
Elisabetta Foradori
to limit vine’s natural vigor:
mass selection the estate’s oldest and and most high quality yielding vines
Best area for Teroldego
Piana Rotaliana sandy, gravelly plain at the foot of the Dolomites (calcareous, granitic, porphyr) - original and best site for variety
Timorasso who rescued?
Walter Messia winemaker
first 100% Timorasso 1987
Timorasso region
Colli Tortonesi (Piedmont)
Verdicchio biotypes
Trebbiano di Soave
Trebbiano di Lugana (AKA Turbiana)
2 sub varieties of Verduzzo Friulano
Verduzzo Giallo - hillside, sweet, Ramandolo DOCG
Verduzzo Verde - flatland, dry
Marzemino grape
2 group name
Trentino-Alto Adige, red grape
offspring of Teroldego
parent Refosco del Peduncolo Rosso
2 main groups:
Marzemino Gentile
Marzemina Padovana
Mostly blended Colli di Conegliano DOCG and Botticino DOC
Pashto examples can be found, abbocato, med-sweet, sparkling in E-R and Veneto.
Valtellina Cru’s
Maroggia
Sassella
Grumello
Inferno
Valgella
River name in Valtellina
Adda river
Soil in Valtellina
Schist mixed with moraine (deposits left by ancient glaciers) and alluvial
Good drainage