Lazio

Question 1

Cannelliono di Frascati DOCG What is this wine as a style?

Answer 1

This is a sweet wine made from late harvest, grapes are permited to be dried after harvest

Question 2

Cannelliono di Frascati DOCG grapes?

Answer 2

Mainly Malvasia

Question 3

Cesanese del Piglio DOCG What are the grapes and ageing?

Answer 3

Riserva min 20 months of which 6 in bottle
Mainly Cesanese di Affile and/or Cesannese Comune

Question 4

Frascati Superiore DOCG grapes and ageing?

Answer 4

Mainly Malvasia di Candia and/or Malvasia del Lazio
Riserva 1 year of which 3 months in bottle

Question 5

Frascati DOC Grapes?

Answer 5

Mainly Malvasia and/or Trebiano, some Greco
This is dry white but also some semi-sweet, sweet and sparkling is made

Question 6

Est! Est!! Est!!! di Montefiascone DOC grapes?

Answer 6

Mainly Trebiano and some Malvasia

Question 7

Est! Est!! Est!!! di Montefiascone DOC history?

Answer 7

At 1110 AD Bishop Fugger was traveling to Rome for Coronation of Emperor Henry V
He send sevents ahead to mark Est! on inns that serve good wine so it will be sutable for Bishop to stay
Servent was so impressed with wine in inn of village of Montefiascone that he wrote Est! Est!! Est!!!
Bishop enjoyed wine so much that he stayed in inn for rest of life