Weeks 7 Sparkling and Dessert Wines Flashcards
Oltrepo Pavese Metodo Classico
DOCG, Lombardy, sparkling only, classical method, chardonnay and pinot noir
Brachetto d’Acqui
DOCG for a Piedmont full sparkling and sweet red
What is Lambrusco and where is it associated
Emilia-Romagna, a red grape makes frizzante wines
What are the two regions that can make Proseco?
Veneto and Fruili Gulia Venezia
Moscato d’Asti
Not technically a DOCG, not as sweet as the above or as sparkling
Recioto della Valpolcella
DOCG, Veneto, sweet red, corvina
What does passito mean
Wines made from dried grapes
What grapes are used in Proseco?
Glera
Define Abbaccato
Off-dry, slightly sweet
Recioto di Gambellera
DOCG, Veneto, sweet white, garganega
Proseco is a DOC/DOCG located _____
DOC all of Fruili Guilia Venezia most of Veneto
Occhio di Pernice
A Vin Santo made with Sangiovese - Roasato or Red
Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco
DOCG within Veneto
Alta Langa
DOCG, Piedomont, sparkling only, classical method, chardonnay and pinot noir amd pinot bianco
Asolo Proseco
DOCG withing Veneto
Vin Santo del Chianti
A DOC for a Vin Santo wine
Pantelleria
DOC, Sicily, Zibbio grape, dried white or red? and sweet – island to the south of Sicily
Franciacorta
DOCG, Lombardy, sparkling only, classical method, chardonnay and pinot noir
Trento
DOC, sparkling only, alto aldige, chardonnay and pinot noir
Two types of grapes used to make sparkling wine in the the Method Classic?
Chardonnay and Pinot Noir
Vin Santo del Chianti Classico
A DOC for a Vin Santo wine
Name four types of wine made by the Metodo Charmat
Brachetto, Lambrusco, Asti, and Proseco
Name three ways to increase the sugar to water ratio in grapes
Dry them, Boytritus (noble rot or muffa nobile), or late harvest which lets them overripen
Three types of grapes used to make sparkling wine in the tank method?
Lambrusco, Glera, Moscato
Name the three DOC for Lambrusco in Emilia-Romagna
Lambrusco: Salamino di Sante Croce, Grassparossa di Castelvestro, Sorbara
Asti
DOCG in Piedmonte, sparkling wines, sweet (Asti Spumante) from Moscato grapes 100%
Recioto di Soave
DOCG, Veneto, sweet white, garganega
Marsala
DOC, Sicily, can be made with blended whites (Ansonica, Cattaratto, Grillo) or blended reds (Nerello Mascalese, Nero d’Avola)
Two names for tank method of fermenting sparkling wines
Metodo Charmat or Metodo Martinotti
Define Amabile
Semi-sweet, only for sparkling
