WSET L3 Southern ITaly Flashcards
What are the general climatic features of Southern Italy?
- hot and dry inland, humid near the coast
- the sea breezes and Apennine mountains bring cool air
- Agriculture is important with varying altitudes, soils and vine training methods
Which grape is this: white, medium acid, medium-full body, stone fruits, melon, mango, can develop wax and honey with age if oaked
Fiano di Avellino DOCG, made from Fiano grape in Campania
What is Greco di Tufo DOCG like?
White wine from Campania, high acid, medium body, green apples, stone fruit, passionafruit mostly unoaked, some lees, honey and mushroom with age
What kind of wine does Aglianico make
Taurasi DOCG, deep colour, high tannin, high acidity, dark fruit flavours, matured in oak, develops earth, forest floor
What is Basilicata like
Mountainous: up to 900 metres above sea level, with a vast high plain surrounding extinct volcano Mount Vulture
What is the main wine of Basilicata?
Aglianico del Vulture DOC
What wines are Puglia IGT
Negroamaro and Primitivo: simple fruity red wines for early drinking made in high yields
What wint is Salice Salentino DOC
Negroamaro made in low yields, high quality, full bodied, medium tannin, medium acidity, high alcohol with baked red and black fruits.
What is the dominant grape in Sicilia DOC and what is it like?
Nero d’Avola: Medium-full bodied, medium acidity and tannin, plums and black cherries, fruity and early drinking to concentrated and complex.
What are white wines from Sicily like
unoaked, citrus and stone fruit flavours
What wine is made from Nerello Mascalese and Nerello Cappuccio?
Etna DOC, from old low-yielding vines at high altitudes, fragrant with high acid and high tannin with sour cherry cranberry and raspberry
What are good Etna DOC wines like when aged
Medium body, high acid, citrus fruit, stony steely character with honey and wax
