Viaitaly3 Flashcards

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Alto Adige valdadige/etschtaler DOC

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White grapes:
Max 80% Trebbiano
PB, PG, Riesling italico
Muller, nosiola, SB, garganega, chard

Rosso: Lagrein max 50% teraldego, merlot, PN, CF, CS, min 50% schiava, enantico

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Giovanni delmasso

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Created more than 100 crosses of grapes

Started in 1931

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Chatus

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Piedmont
Red
Aka bournin, Nebbiolo di dronerno, brunetta, brachet
Unrelated to Nebbiolo
Not sure if native or from France
Sensitive to hail and odium 
Used in blends
Mutation= Nebbiolo pairole 
Deep hued wines, spicy and herbal
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Valentino Nero

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Crossing
Chatus and dolcetto
Piedmont
Red

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5
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Soperga

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Crossing
Chatus and barberA

Piedmont
Red

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Sennen

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Crossing
Trentino
Merlot & teraldego 
Accumulates sugar while preserving acidity 
IGT delle Venezie 
Moving into Sicily
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San Michele

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Crossing
Piedmont
Chatus * Barbera

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San Martino

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Crossing
Piedmont.
Chatus & dolcetto

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9
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Rebo

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Crossing 
Trentino
Merlot * teraldego 
3 clones, dark hue, dark fruit and herbs 
Used in DOC trentino and lots of IGTs
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10
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Nigra

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Crossing
Veneto
Red
Merlot & Barbera 
Rare
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Nebbiera

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Crossing
Piedmont
Chatus & Barbera

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Merlese

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Emilia Romagna
Crossing
Sangiovese & merlot

1 clone
Copyright U of Bologna
Bell pepper, almond, dark berry

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13
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Manzoni Moscato

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Crossing
Veneto
Red
Raboso Piave & moscato d’Amburgo

Mostly for off dry sparkling pink
High acidity

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14
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Manzoni Rosa

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Crossing
Pink
Veneto
Trebbiano toscano& Gewürztraminer 
Intense floral and spice, peach, apricot, rose
Used for sweet rose 
Used to blend
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15
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Manzoni rosso

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Crossing
Veneto
Glera & Cabernet ( sauv or franc)
Vigorous, needs heat and high clay soils

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16
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Manzoni Bianco

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Crossing 
Veneto, trentino, FVG, Puglia, Sicily
White
Originally called Incrocio
Possibly Riesling & PB (or chard)
2 clones, plantings on the rise
Poor yield, thick skinned but sunburn 
Early harvest
In blend adds acidity and spiciness
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17
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Gosen

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Crossing
Trentino
Red
Carmenere & teroldego
Cabesque herbal note
Allowed in IGTs delle Venezie 
also in Sicily
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Goldtraminer

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Crossing
Trentino
White
Trebbiano toscano & gewerzt
Golden berries, good for late harvest and air dried
Thick skinned
Higher terpenes than Gewürztraminer
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19
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Fubiano

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Crossing
Piedmont
White
Furmint & Trebbiano toscano 
Makes good prosecco like spk
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20
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Fedit 51

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Crossing
Veneto, ER, FVG, Lazio
Malvasia Bianca lunga Toscana, garganega
Late everything for growth

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21
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Ervi

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ER
Crossing
Barbera & Croatina
Red fruit, low acidity, soft tannins

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22
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Cove

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Crossing
Piedmont
Selfling of Harslevelu

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23
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Bussanello

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Crossing
Piedmont
White
Riesling italico & furmint 
Aromas of jasmine, pear, red apple
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24
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Albarossa

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Crossing
Piedmont
Red
Was supposed to be crossing of Nebbiolo and Barbera but.... 
Barbera & chatus
In Aqui & Asti 
Ruby red wine, fruity, notes of tobacco 
Full bodied 
2010 DOC albarossa min  12 m aging
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25
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Lambrusco Maestri

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ER
Hardy, dependable producer, ripens early, vigorous
Plantings on the rise
Also planted in auz and Argentina 
Gives fruitiest creamiest expression
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26
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Lambrusco Graparossa

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ER
Aka Lambrusco castelvetro
After town which is birthplace 
4 biotypes 
Considered best quality Lambrusco
Reaches ripeness at lower temps
Only one on hillsides 
More tannic than othe Lambruscos
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27
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Grignolino

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Piedmont
Light coloured reds and roses
Very fruity, high acid and surprising tannins
Name comes from grignole =many pips
Have to take care pressing to prevent bitterness
Has 2 DOCs
Asti and Monferrato Casale

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Asti

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1st Asti in 1870 by Carlo Gianca (studied in champagne )
Increase in popularity post WW2
Promoted to DOCG in 1993

Dropped Spumante to help rep
100% Moscato Bianco

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Brachetto

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Piedmont
Aka Borgogna
DOCG brachetto dAqui 
   Both still and sparkling 
DOC = red wine 85% brachetto and often slightly sparkling 

Also 10% of blend in DOC Ruche di Castiglione Monferrato
Light bodied, aromatic, strawberry
Sparkling is sweet similar to Lambrusco

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Ruche

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Piedmont
Small production
DOC in 1987 but only covers 40ha

Med bodied pepper, wild berries, floral notes
Med acidity and light tannins

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Lambrusco Marani

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ER
Rare variety hillside plantings
Can handle wet soils
Fruity, tannic good acidity

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Lambrusco Salamino

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ER
Aka lam galassi & Lambruchino & lam salamino di Santa Croce
5 biotypes
Most planted Lambrusco
Late ripener, good yield, resists humidity
Intense cherry aroma
Often found in off dry style

33
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ER
Aka lam mantovano & gropello ruperti
Made in 2 sub zones:
      Viadenese sabbiotano
       Oltralpo Mantovano
Finding single varietal is hard as DOC allows up to 85% different Lambrusco varieties
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Lambrusco Viadanese

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Lambrusco Burghi

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Rare grape variety, mixed up with Lambrusco di Rivalta and Lambrusco corbelli

Burghi has reddish veins on leaves
Thick skinned

35
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Lambrusco di Fiorano

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Rare grape
Grown near town of Fiorano
Likes hillsides
Most often used in blends

36
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Lambrusco Montericco

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Produces lower alcohol higher acidity wines

37
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Lambrusco Gonzaga

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Very rare
Not in registry
Found in old vineyards in ER

38
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Lambrusco Nobel

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Only in experimental vineyards not in national registry

39
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Lambrusco Benetti

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Recently rediscovered
Starts late, ripens late
Resists rot

40
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Refosco group

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Not a family
Aka Refosk-Slovenia
Documented as early as 1390

41
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FVG main whites

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Tocai friulano
Pinot Grigio
Sauv B
Chard
PB
Picolit
Ribolla gialla
Malvasia Istraina
Verduzzo
Glera
Muller th
Riesling
Tra miner aromatico
42
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FVG main reds

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Merlot
CF
CS
Refosco
Cabernet
Pignolo
Schioppettino 
Tazzelenghe 
Terrano (refosco clone)
43
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Colorino group

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Tuscany, Liguria, Lazio, Marche, Umbria
Red
Historically used as colouring agent
Low yielder, sparse bunches, disease resistant

Not a family, named for colour not relAtion
Can give reductive notes and green notes in cool
Many vineyards are a mix of different colorinos
Although in many areas typically Tuscan
Blended in chianti up to 10%
Some bottled as IGTs
DOC Montecarlo-Tuscany
DOC Lago di Corbara-Umbria

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Aglianico del Vulture

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DOC 1971
Approx 500masl
Harsh winters warm summers, eastern slopes = highest concentration of vineyards 
Towns: rionero, biarile, Melfi
DOCG in 2011 
Vecchio= aged 3yes
Reserva =5 yrs 2 in oak.
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Colorino del Valdarno

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Most important, late ripener
Clear pulp
Many believe from domestication of wild grape

46
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Colorino di Pisa

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Coloured pulp
Possibly same as Alicante Bouchet
Red stalks

47
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Colorino di Lucca

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Coloured pulp, red stalks

48
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Colorino Americano

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Coloured pulp

Hybrid with American grapevines

49
Q

Greco group

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For most part Greek origin or native varieties used to make wine in Greek style
Individual Grecos ID’d by colour or town
Most unrelated to each other

50
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Greco tasting notes

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Very yellow, big fat, high alcohol
Almost oily texture
Yellow flowers, honey peach, pear, ripe tropical fruit

51
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Aglianico

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Basilicata, Campania
Back to 700BC
Slow growing, late ripening
Small berries, thick skin

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Greco

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Campania, Lazio, Puglia, Tuscany
Greco di Tufo
Ripens late, big bunches, sensitive to rot/peronospora
Low vigor and productivity, heat resistant,
Trials in California

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Greco Bianco

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Lazio
Genetically same as Malvasia di Lipari
Makes Greco di gerace and Greco di Bianco

54
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Greco Giallo

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Lazio
Sometimes mixed with Trebbiano Giallo
Not many plantings
Not registered

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Greco Moro

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Lazio
Not registered
Takes name from dark colour of berries, have rusty hue when ripe

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Greco Nero

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Calabria, Sardinia
Italys most abundant Greco 
5 different varieties In calabriA
Greco Nero di Sibari
Greco Nero di Verbicaro
Greco Nero di Lamenzia
Greco Nero di Scilla
57
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Groppello group

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Grop= fist= compact bunches

58
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Groppello Gentile

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Lombardy

Has biotype: groppellone

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Groppello di breganze

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Veneto

60
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Groppello ruperti

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Not a true groppello it’s a Lambrusco

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Groppello dei Berici

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Veneto
Has bright acidity good tannins,
Cherry, violet,
Tobacco, pepper

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Groppello di Mocasina

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Lombardy
Has downy undersurface to leaves 
Vigourus sensitive to botrytis 
Historically blended 
Light in colour and low acid but adds perfume and smoothness
63
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Groppello di Revo

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Lombardy\trentino
Believed to be most ancient of all groppellos
Historically important but phylloxera changed that
Black pepper

64
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Groppello gentile

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Lombardy, trentino
Sensitive to water retention in soils needs sand or gravel

Valtenesi=grand cru

Most used groppello for rosato and light reds

65
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Lambrusco family

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ER mainly but also Lombardy, trentino, veneto, Puglia

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Lambrusco di Sorbera

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ER
Most abundant
Most fragrant, lightest, violet notes 
Oldest Lambrusco ripens early, loves sand
3 biotypes
67
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Greco di tufo

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2 grand crus
Santa Paolina & Tufo
1 premier cru= Montefusco
All 3 are on right side of sabato river with south to SE exposure
Tufo= extremely steep slopes volcanic w clay limestone chalk & sulphur 500-600masl
San Paulin & montefulsco= lower altitudes, less steep, more clay and iron, bigger wines