Barolo/Barbaresco

Question 1

In what year did Gaja start labeling wines under Barolo/Barbaresco?

Answer 1

2013

Question 2

G Conterno produces Barolo from which 3 MGA

Answer 2

Francia, Ceretta, Arione (all in Seralunga)

Question 3

1st producer of Barolo to list a single vineyard

Answer 3

Marcarini. 1958 Brunate

Question 4

In what commune is Villero?

Answer 4

Castiglione Falletto

Question 5

Which 3 communes of Barolo are entirely within DOCG boundaries?

Answer 5

Barolo, Castiglione Falletto, Serralunga d’Alba

Question 6

Name 3 minor communes of Barolo

Answer 6

Verduno, Grinzane Cavour, Novello, Diano d’Alba, Cherasco, Roddi

Question 7

What is the name of the two tributaries of the Tanaro river that split Barolo

Answer 7

Talloria di Castiglione, Talloria dell Annuniziata

Question 8

Permitted vineyard elevation to quality as Barolo DOCG

Answer 8

170-540 meters

Question 9

what year did Barbaresco and Barolo recognize MGA

Answer 9

Barbaresco 2007

Barolo 2010

Question 10

1st vintage of Gaja’s Sori Tilden

Answer 10

1970

Question 11

1st vintage of Produttori del Barbaresco Rabaja

Answer 11

1967 - 1st year they produced single vineyard wines

Question 12

Santo Stefano (Barbaresco) is a monopole of?

Answer 12

Castello di Nieve

Question 13

Santo Stefano is within which MGA?

Answer 13

Albessini

Question 14

Producer that historically elevated Cannubi Boschis?

Answer 14

Luciano Sandrone. Releases wine as Aleste as of 2013

Question 15

Which cru, next to Falletto is made mostly by Pio Cesare

Answer 15

Ornato in Serralunga d’Alba

Question 16

Name 3 Produttori del Barbaresco cru wines made

Answer 16

Rabaja, Asili, Ovello, Montestafano, Montefico

Question 17

Name 5 MGA of Castiglione Falletto

Answer 17

Bricco Rocche, Villero, Monprivato, Fiasco, Pira, Rivera

Question 18

Name a producer of Villero. Where is Villero

Answer 18

Vietti, G Mascarello, Brovia, Oddero

In Castiglione Falletto

Question 19

Primary producer of Monprivato. Where is Monprivato

Answer 19

G Mascarello

In Castiglione FAlletto

Question 20

Name a producer of Rivera. Where is Rivera?

Answer 20

Elvio Congo

In Novello

Question 21

Is Elio Altare considered a traditionalist or modernist?

Answer 21

Modernist pioneer

Question 22

Brunate is shared between which communes?

Answer 22

Barolo and La Morra. Primarily in La Morra

Question 23

Top wine of Aldo Conterno, how long does it age before release

Answer 23

Gran Bussia. Ages 9+ years

Question 24

Bussia is shared between which communes

Answer 24

Barolo and Monforte d’Alba

Question 25

Name a producer of Bussia (shared b/w Barolo and Monforte d’Alba)

Answer 25

Prunotto and Aldo Conterno (top dawg)

Question 26

Aldo Conterno monopole within Bussia

Answer 26

Bussia Colonnello

Question 27

Largest cru of Serralunga d’Alba

Answer 27

Fontanafredda

Question 28

Who owns the Falletto cru? Where is it?

Answer 28

Bruno Giacosa | Serralunga d’Alba

Question 29

Name a producer of Barolo Margheria

Answer 29

Massonlio, Luigi Pira

Question 30

Noteworthy producers in Serralunga

Answer 30

Fontanafredda, Cappellano, Massolino

Question 31

Southernmost cru of Serralunga. Who is it a monopole of?

Answer 31

Arione. Monopole of Giacomo Conterno since 2015

Question 32

Northernmost cru of Serralunga?

Answer 32

Fontanafredda

Question 33

Who owns the Francia vineyard? Where is it?

Answer 33

Giacomo Conterno, 1st vintage in 1978 | Serralunga d’Alba

Question 34

Who produces “Monfortino”

Answer 34

Giacomo Conterno. 1st vintage 1920

Question 35

Most common soil found in Castiglione Falletto

Answer 35

Helvetian sandstone

Question 36

Which commune borders Castiglione Falletto to the east

Answer 36

Serralunga d’Alba

Question 37

Notable producers within Castiglione Falletto

Answer 37

Vietti, Scavino, Brovia

Question 38

Which cru is shared between Castiglione and Monforte d ‘alba

Answer 38

Bussia

Question 39

Name a few MGA of Castiglione Falletto

Answer 39

Monprivato, Bricco Boschis, Fiasco, Villero, Bricco Rocche

Question 40

Who owns Bricco Rocche (Castiglione Falletto)

Answer 40

Ceretto

Question 41

Who owns the majority of Fiasco (Castiglione Falletto)

Answer 41

Scavino

Question 42

What province is Barolo in

Answer 42

Cuneo

Question 43

Aging req for Barolo? Riserva

Answer 43

``` 36 mo (18 in wood) 62 mo (18 in wood) ```

Question 44

Which sub zones of Barolo are known for tortonian soils

Answer 44

Barolo and La Morra

Question 45

Best Barolo vintages of 60s

Answer 45

1961, 1964

Question 46

Best Barolo vintages of 70s

Answer 46

1971, 1974, 1978

Question 47

Best Barolo vintages of 80s

Answer 47

1982, 1985, 1989

Question 48

Best Barolo vintages of 90s

Answer 48

1999

Question 49

Best Barolo vintages of 00s

Answer 49

2001, 2008

Question 50

Best Barolo vintages of 2010s

Answer 50

2010, 2013

Question 51

Primary river that flows through Barolo

Answer 51

Tanaro

Question 52

What MGA may be labeled as Cannubi

Answer 52

Cannubi Boschis, Cannubi Muscatel, Cannubi San Lorenzo, Cannubi Valletta

Question 53

Which MGA are shared between Barolo and La Morra

Answer 53

Brunate, Cerequio, Fossati

Question 54

In which commune will you find Rocche dell’Annunziata?

Answer 54

La Morra

Question 55

Which cru contains the vineyards of Gatineau and La Rosa

Answer 55

Fontanafredda

Question 56

Top Treiso MGA

Answer 56

Pajore, Marcarini, Bricco di Treiso

Question 57

Gaja single vineyard wines from Barbaresco

Answer 57

San Lorenzo, Costa Russi, Sori Tilden

Question 58

Martinenga MGA is a monopole of who? Where is it?

Answer 58

Marchesy di Gresy. Barbaresco

Question 59

2 famous vineyards within Roncagliette MGA

Answer 59

Sori Tilden, Costa Russi

Question 60

Top Nieve MGA (g,c,s,b)

Answer 60

Gallina, Curra, Serraboella, Basarin

Question 61

Perno and Bussia are in what commune

Answer 61

Monforte d’Alba

Question 62

Name a few Cannubi producers

Answer 62

Michele Chiarlo, Luigi Einaudi, Damilano, Palo Scavino, Ceretto

Question 63

Top Barbaresco (commune) MGA

Answer 63

Asili, Martinenga, Ovello, Roncagliette, Secondine

Question 64

Does Nebbiolo typically ripen earlier in Barbaresco or Barolo>

Answer 64

Barbaresco. Closer to Tanaro River

Question 65

Communes of Barbaresco

Answer 65

Nieve, Treiso, Barbaresco, San Rocco Senodelvio

Question 66

Barbaresco aging req? RSV?

Answer 66

``` 26 months (9 in oak) 50 months (9 in oak) ```

Question 67

Min abv for Barolo? Barbaresco?

Answer 67

BArolo 13% | Barbaresco 12.5%

Question 68

Who produces Monfortino? Monprivato? MArtinenga?

Answer 68

Monfortino - Giacomo Conterno Monprivato - Giuseppe Mascarello Martinenga - Marchesi di Gresy

Question 69

What is the 1431 Statute of La Morra

Answer 69

Loss of right hand or death for uprooting Nebbiolo vines

Question 70

Northernmost Barolo cru? Commune? Producer

Answer 70

Monvigliero, Verduno, GB Burlotto

Question 71

To be named Vigna what % of grapes must be from that vineyard

Answer 71

100%

Question 72

only truly bad BArolo/Barbaresco vintage of 2000s?

Answer 72

2002