WSET L3 Central Italy

Question 1

What is the general structure of Sangiovese wine?

Answer 1

High acid, high tannin, late ripening, likes a warm climate

Question 2

What is a general flavour profile of Sangiovese wine?

Answer 2

Red cherry, plums, dried herbs, high acid, high tannin, often oak aged adding spice, meat, game with age

Question 3

What s Chianti DOCG like

Answer 3

High volume production, grapes sourced from a all over the region (Sangiovese grape mostly)

Question 4

What are 2 Chianti subzones that produce bette quality Chianti wine?

Answer 4

Chianti Rufina DOCG and Chianti Colli Sensei DOCG

Question 5

What is different about Chianti Classico DOCG wine

Answer 5

Grown at a higher altitude, ripens more slowly, acidity is higher, more herbal, must be aged for 12 months

Question 6

What are the ageing requirements for Chianti Classico Reserva DOCG?

Answer 6

24 months aged, 3 in bottle

Question 7

How is Gran Selezione Chianti different

Answer 7

It is the highest level of Chianti wine, it must be aged for 30 months but it is the producers choice whether it is aged in oak

Question 8

What are legal requirements for Brunello di Montalcino DOCG?

Answer 8

Made entirely from Sangiovese, 5 years minimum ageing, 2 of which in oak

Question 9

What are legal requirements for Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG?

Answer 9

A sangiovese led blend, aged for 2 years minimum before release

Question 10

What are Super-Tuscan wines made from

Answer 10

Bordeaux varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon etc

Question 11

What are declassified Brunello di Montalcino and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano wines called

Answer 11

Rosso Di Montalcino DOC and Rosso di Montepulciano DOC

Question 12

What are Toscana IGT, Bolgheri DOC and Maremma Toscana DOC wines made from

Answer 12

Bordeaux Varieties (Mainly Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Syrah

Question 13

What is the main white wine from Umbria called and what are it’s Characteristics

Answer 13

Orvieto DOC made from Trebbiano and Grechetto, light body, high acid, ripe grapfruit and peaches, best mostly grechetto made protectively

Question 14

What is Umbria’s most prestigious red wine?

Answer 14

Sagrantino di Montefalco DOCG, from thick skinned sagrantino grape

Question 15

What is Lazio’s best know wine?

Answer 15

Frascati DOC made with Malvasia and Trebbiano in the cool high altitude hills, fresh and unoaked, medium bodied, medium acidity with citrus fruit flavours (Malvasia sometimes provides floral and orange blossom)

Question 16

Where is the Verdicchio grape from and what is it’s most famous classification

Answer 16

Marche, Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi DOC

Question 17

What is the verdicchio grape like

Answer 17

High acid, flavours of green apples, lemons and sometimes fennel and almonds, range from simple and fruity to more concentrated. can develop honey with age

Question 18

What are the red wines used in Marches most famous red and what is the classification called

Answer 18

Montepulciano and Sangiovese, Conero DOCG

Question 19

What is Montepulciano d’Abruzzo DOC like?

Answer 19

IT has high levels of colour and tannin, medium acidity, black plum and cherry flavours, from simple and fruity unoaked to concentrated and matured in oak for a short time