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Week8 Luxury Wines Flashcards

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How many hectacres are planted? How many barrels?

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90,000 hectaliters or a million cases

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How much ageing does a Barbaresco DOCG get versus a riserva Barbaresco DOCG

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two years normal, four years (9 months in a barrel)

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Brunello di Montalcino has an annual production of what in hectaliters and cases

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66,000 hectaliters or 730,000 cases

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What subzone of Chianti is Brunello di Montalcino located within?

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Colli Senesi

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What is the percent alcohol in Brunello?

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12.5 %

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How many producers make Barolo?

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194

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How many communes are within the Chianti Classico DOCG?

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Nine

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What grape is used in making Barolo? Where is it made? Percent of this grape?

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Nebbiolo, Piedmont, 100%

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The Barolo DOCG and the Barbaresco DOCG are both located in what DOC within Peidmont

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Langhe DOC

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How much ageing does a Brunello DOCG get versus a riserva Brunello DOCG

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Four years plus 2 years in barrel; Five years plus 2 years in barrel

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What is a MEGA?

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menzioni geografiche aggiuntive which is a sub-geographic component within a DOCG

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Barbaresco has an annual production of what in hectaliters and cases

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30,000 hectaliters and 330,000 cases

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What are the three types of Chianti Classico that can be made?

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Chianti Classico DOCG, Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG, Chianti Classico Gran Selezione DOCG (top)

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Name the six basic types of luxury Italian wines

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Barolo, Barbaresco, Amarone della Valpociello, Chianti Classico Gran Selezione, Bolgheri Super Tuscan, Brunello di Montalcino

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What are the two Bolgheri DOCs?

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Bolgheri DOC and Bolgheri Sassacaia

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Which of the six luxury wines of Italy is a DOC

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Bolgheri

17
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What year did the Gran Selezione Chianti Classico get defined as a DOCG?

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2014

18
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What is the minimum alcohol level of a Barolo DOCG?

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13.0%

19
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True or False: All Italian luxury wines are red wines

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TRUE

20
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How many MEGAs are there in Barolo?

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There are 181 including the 11 communes (=villages)

21
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What is the minimum level of alcohol in Barbaresco?

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12.5%

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What is the minimum alcohol level in the three types of Chianti Classico?

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Chianti Classico DOCG (12%, 80% Sangiovese), Chianti Classico Riserva (12.5%) and Chianti Classico Gran Selezione (13%)

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How much ageing does a Barolo DOCG get versus a riserva Barolo DOCG

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Three years normal, five years (18 months in a barrel)

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Chianti Classico has an annual production of what in hectaliters and cases

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Total 275,000 hectaliters, or 3 million cases; 11,000 hectaliters and 125,000 cases for Gran Selezione

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What grape is in Brunello di Montalcino?

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100% Sangiovese (note: Chianti is 80%)

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What are the three communes within the Barbaresco DOCG?

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Barbaresco, Nieve, Treiso

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What grape is used in making Barbaresco? Where is it made? Percent of this grape?

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Nebbiolo, Piedmont, 100%

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What commune is found in Bolgheri DOC?

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Categanato Carducci

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