Viaitaly3 Flashcards

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

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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

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Lambrusco Viadanese

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Rare grape variety, mixed up with Lambrusco di Rivalta and Lambrusco corbelli Burghi has reddish veins on leaves Thick skinned

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

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Produces lower alcohol higher acidity wines

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Very rare Not in registry Found in old vineyards in ER

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Only in experimental vineyards not in national registry

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Recently rediscovered Starts late, ripens late Resists rot

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

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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 ```

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``` Merlot CF CS Refosco Cabernet Pignolo Schioppettino Tazzelenghe Terrano (refosco clone) ```

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

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Coloured pulp Possibly same as Alicante Bouchet Red stalks

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Coloured pulp, red stalks

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Coloured pulp | Hybrid with American grapevines

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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

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

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

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

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Lazio Sometimes mixed with Trebbiano Giallo Not many plantings Not registered

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

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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 ```

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Grop= fist= compact bunches

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Lombardy | Has biotype: groppellone

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Not a true groppello it's a Lambrusco

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

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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 ```

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

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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

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ER mainly but also Lombardy, trentino, veneto, Puglia

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``` ER Most abundant Most fragrant, lightest, violet notes Oldest Lambrusco ripens early, loves sand 3 biotypes ```

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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