Central Italy ✅ Flashcards
(146 cards)
1
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Give the precise location of Tuscany
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Between the Apennines mountains and the Tyrrhenian sea
2
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Name the mountain range crossing all central Italy
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Apennines mountains
3
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When was the first geographique delimitation of the Chianti zone?
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1716
4
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Name the of the traditional Chianti bottle?
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Fiasco
5
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Explain the following term:
Fiasco
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Traditional Chianti bottle
The poor quality of the glass was hidden with straw
6
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Why is Marquis Mario della Rocchetta famous for?
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- Creator & owner of Tenuta San Guido
- 🍇 Visionnary man, beleive in Bordeaux blend in Marmera & Bolgheri wine region.
➙ 🎉 He created the first Super-Toscan wine and mouvement with Sassicaia in 1968
Its first commercial vintage
7
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First commercial vintage of:
Sassicaia
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1968
owned by Marquis Mario della Rocchetta
8
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What style of wine was leading the industry in Tuscany prior 1960’s?
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- Cheap, low quality wines
- Chianti was the main wine region with large scale wineries
9
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Name the second Super Toscan wine bottled shortly after Sassicaia?
When was it?
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Tignanello
🏠 Produced by Piero Antinori
➙ Nephew of Marquis Mario della Rocchetta
🎉 First commercial vintage: 1971
10
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What is the argentinian winery owed by:
Marquis della Rocchetta
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Winery Chacra
🧭 Based in Rio Negro area
➙ In Patagonia
Pinot Noir focus wines
11
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Name all DOCG of
Tuscany
➙ 11 in total
Name them
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- Chianti
- Chianti Classico
- Carmignano
- Vernaccia de San Grimignano
- Vino Nobile de Montepulciano
- Brunello de Montalcino
- Montecucco Sangiovese
- Morellino di Scansano
- Rosso della Val di Cornia
- Survereto
- Elba Aleatico Passito
12
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What is the climate of Tuscany?
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☀️ Dry maritime climate
Fungal diseases can be an issue by the coast
➙ Winters can be cold and harsh, follow by long and warm summers
13
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Name the 3 main soils of Chianti?
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- Galestro: soft friable schist clay
- Albarese: Harder marlstone from limestone
- Macigno: Grayish-blue sandstone
14
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Explain the following term:
Galestro
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🪨 Soft friable schist clay
🧭 From the Chianti area and surrounding
Alberese & Macigno are the 2 other mail soils here
15
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Explain the following term:
Alberese
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🪨 Hard marlstone from limestone
🧭 From the Chianti area and surrounding
Galestro & Macigno are the 2 other soils here
16
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explain the following term:
Macigno
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🪨 Greyish-blue sandstone
🧭 From the Chianti area and surrounding
Galestro & Alberese are the 2 other soils here
17
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Name the 2 common accessories variety blended with Sangiovese in Tuscany?
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- Canaiolo: for softening the wine
- Colorino: add power and color to the wine
Cabernet Sauvignon is also used as blending agent in lower proportions
18
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What is the most planted red grape of Italy?
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Sangiovese
19
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Name some synonyms of:
Sangiovese
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- Prugnolo Gentile: Montepulciano
- Brunello: Montalcino
- Brunelletto: Grossetto
- Guarnacciola: Calabria
- Morelino: Scasano
- Niellucio: Corsica
- Corinto Nero: Isola di Lipari
- Puttannella: Calabria
20
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Name the DNA parentage of the Sangiovese?
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🍇 Ciliegiolo x Calabrese di Montenuovo
➙ Natural crossing between a Tuscan and Calabrian varieties
21
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Name the grape from the following natural crossing:
Ciliegiolo x Calabrese di Montenuovo
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🍇 Sangiovese
22
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Name the most planted white variety of Italy?
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Trebbiano Toscano
23
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What was the first delimited wine zone in Europe?
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🧭 Chianti
➙ 🎉 1716
Modern Chianti zone was established in 1932 & received DOCG in 1984
24
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What are the 7 Chianti-sub zone created 1932?
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- Classico
- Rùfina
- Colli Fiorentini
- Colli Senesi
- Colli Pisane
- Colli Aretini
- Montalbano
25
# Name the newest:
**Sub-zone of Chianti**
🧭 **Montespertoli**
➙ 🎉 Rewarded in 1997
26
Name the most **quality consistenc sub-region** of Chianti?
Name 2 main producers int his region
**Rufina**
* Fattoria Selvapiana
➙ *Also know for Pomino DOC*
* Frescobaldi
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What are the **current blending rules** for **Chianti DOCG**?
There is one exception. Name it.
* 🍇 **70% of Sangiovese**
* + 30% max combined
➙ Canaiolo
➙ Colorino
* *15% max Cabernet Sauvignon & Merlot*
⚠️ **Colli Senesi**: 75% min Sangiovese ⚠️
| White grapes are not mandatory anymore & no more than 10%
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**In 2006**, **Chianti Classico** received a massive change in its rules
What was it?
White Grapes are **not allowed for blending** onward
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# Explain the following term:
**Governo** in Chianti?
**Freshly pressed wine** is **re-fermentation with dried grapes** during the malo-lactic fermentation
➙ For strengthening the wine
| Practice must be labelled
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# Aging of:
🪵**Chianti DOCG**🪵
* **Straight Chianti**: March 1st H+1
* **Montespertoli**: May 1st H+1
* **Rufina & Colli Fiorentini**: September 1st H+1
* **Riserva**: 2 years of aging
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When did **Chianti** received it own **DOCG**?
🎉 **1984**
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What makes a **Chianti Superiore** different from a **straight version**?
* 🥃 At least 12% ABV
➙ *rather than 11,5% for straight Chianti*
* 🍇 Lower yields
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When did **Chianti Clasicco** received its own **DOCG**?
🎉 **1984**
➙ *On the same year as Chianti DOCG*
34
Name the **4 main communes** of **Chianti Classico DOCG**
* **Florencia province:**
➙ Greve
* **Siena Province:**
➙ Gaiole, Castellina, Radda
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Name all 3 communes of **Chianti Classico DOCG** within the **Florencia Province**
* Greve in Chianti
* San Casciano di Pesa
* Barberino Tavarnelle
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Name all 5 communes of **Chianti Classico DOCG** within the **Siena Province**
* Radda in Chianti
* Gaiole in Chianti
* Castellina in Chianti
* Castelnuovo Berardenga
* Poggibonsi
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Name the **main rules** of **Chianti Classico DOCG**
🍇 80% of Sangiovese mininum
🧭 From the historical Classico zone
🥃 Must reach 12% ABV minimum
💰 Not release prior October 1st H+1
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# Name the aging rules of:
🪵 **Chianti Classico DOCG** 🪵
* **Chianti Classico**: not release prior 1/10/H+1
* **Riserva**:
➙ 🛢️ 24 months aging in wood
➙ 🍾 3 extra months in bottle
* **Gran Selezione**:
➙ 🛢️ 30 months aging in wood
➙ 🍾 3 extra months in bottle
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Date the introduction of **Gran selezione** in **Chianti Classico DOCG**
**2013**
🛢️ 30 months aging minimum
➙ 🍾 with 3 extra months in bottle
🥃 13% ABV mini
🍇 Made from Estate's fruit only
40
# Explain the following term:
**Alberello**
**Traditional bush vine trellising system** of the Chianti wine region
| Most vineyards are replace by simple Guyot nowadays
41
# Explain briefly
**Carmignano DOCG**
| Explain it
**Northern Toscany**
🍇 50% Sangiovese
➙ + 15-20% of Cabernet Franc and/or Cabernet Sauvignon
➙ Maximum 20% of Canaiolo Nero
🪵 **Classic**: 8 months aging in wood minimum
🪵 **Riserva**: 12 months aging in wood minimum
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# Give the aging rules for:
**Carmignano DOCG**
| Riserva?
* **Classic**
➙ 🛢️ 8 months aging in oak
➙ 💰 Not released prior 1/06/H+2
* **Riserva**:
➙ 🛢️ 12 month aging in oak
➙ 💰 Not released prior 29/09/H+3
| Most often, wooden cask is made of Chesnut in Carmignano DOCG
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# Name the communes of production of:
**Carmignano DOCG**
* Carmignano
* Poggio a Caiano
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Name the **4 first DOCG** of Italy to be rewarded.
➙ Precise the year.
**1980**
* Barolo DOCG
* Barbaresco DOCG
* Brunello di Montalcino DOCG
* Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG
45
**What producer** initiated the **Brunello style** vinification?
**Clemente Santi of Tenuta Greppo's Biondi Santi**
➙ *He was the first one to isolate the Brunello clone and bottled it by its own*
➙ He started the project in **1865**
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When was the first **Brunello Riserva wine** to be released?
Name the producer
🎉 **1888**
➙ 🏠 **Biondi Santi winery**
➙ *It gave the first noble approach of the area*
47
# Name the grape requierement for:
**Brunello di Montalcino DOCG**
🍇 **100% Sangiovese Grosso**
*Brunello clone*
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# Aging rules for:
**Brunello di Montalcino DOCG**
Classic & Riserva
* **Classic**:
➙ 🛢️ 2 years in cask minimum
➙ 🍾 + **4** months in bottle
➙ 💰 Not released prior **1/01/H+5**
* **Riserva**:
➙ 🛢️ 2 years in cask minimum
➙ 🍾 + **6** months in bottle
➙ 💰 Not released prior **1/01/H+6**
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# Name the **Frazoni** of
**Brunello di Montalcino DOCG**
| Communes / sub-districts
* Montalcino
* Sant'Angelo in Colle
* Castelnuovo Dell'Abate
* Torrenieri
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# Name the appellation link with:
**Sant'Angelo in Colle**
**Frazioni of Brunello di Montalcino DOCG**
| same as Castelnuovo dell'Abate & Torrenieri
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# Name the appellation link with:
**Castelnuovo Abate**
**Frazioni of Brunello di Montalcino DOCG**
| same as San'Angelo in Colle & Torrenieri
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# Name the appellation link with:
**Torrenieri**
**Frazioni of Brunello di Montalcino DOCG**
| same as Castelnuovo dell'Abate & Sant'Angelo in Colle
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# Name the DOCs sharing the same boundaries as
**Brunello di Montalcino DOCG**
* **Rosso di Montalcino DOC**: *More approchable wines*
➙ 🍇 100% Sangiovese
➙ 🛢️ 1 y. ageing only
➙ 🪵 No oak requierements
* **Sant'Antimo DOC**:
➙ 🍇 Super Toscan alternative for white and Red
* **Moscadello di Montalcino**:
➙ 🍇 Moscato Bianco
➙ 🍾 Dry, sweet or Traditional method Sparkling
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# Name some highly regarded producers of:
**Brunello di Montalcino DOCG**
* Tenuta Biondi Santi
* Casanova
* Castello Banfi
* Fattoria dei Barbi
* Fottoria di Argiano
* Fattoria Poggio
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# Where is the following located:
**Sant'Antimo DOC**
🧭 Share the same boundaries as Brunello di Montalcino DOCG
🎉 Created in 1996
🍇 For the production of Super-Toscan within the region
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# Give a name of clone of:
**Sangiovese** in **Vino Nobile de Montepulciano DOCG**
**Prugnolo Gentile**
## Footnote
➙ 🍇 Represent 70% of the final blend minimum
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# Aging rules for:
**Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG** Classic
**2 years minimum as follow**
➙ 🪵 24 months in wood
➙ 🪵 18 months in wood + 🛢️ 6 months in other containers
➙ 🪵 12 months in wood + 🛢️ 6 months in other containers + 🍾 6 months in bottle
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# Aging rules for:
**Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG** Riserva
**3 years in total**
➙ Including 6 months in bottle minimum
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# Location of:
🧭 **Morellino di Sansano DOCG**
In **Southern Tuscany**
➙ On the south of Maremma
## Footnote
🎉 Received its DOCG in 2006
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# Aging rules for
🪵 **Morellino di Scansano DOCG**
* **Classic**: Not released prior 01/03/H+1
* **Riserva**:
➙ 🛢️ 2 years aging total minimum
➙ 🪵 Including 12 months in wood
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# Grapes / Blending requierement for
🍇 **Morellino di Scansano DOCG**
**85% of Sangiovese minimum**
*Also called Morello*
➙ + other authorized grapes of Tuscany
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# Name
The **4 newest DOCG** of Tuscany
* Survereto DOCG
* Montecucco Sangiovese DOCG
* Val Di Cornia Rosso DOCG
* Elba Aleatico Passito DOCG
## Footnote
🎉 All were awarded in 2011
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# Explain briefly:
**Suvereto DOCG**
🍇 **Principal varieties**: Can be varietally bottled or blended
* Cabernet Sauvignon
* Merlot
* Sangiovese
🛢️ **Aging for Riserva**:
* 🪵 18 months aging minimum
* 🍾 + 6 months in bottle
| 🧭 Southern Tuscany
## Footnote
🎉 Received its DOCG in 2011
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# Explain briefly
🍇 🪵 **Rosso della Val di Cornia DOCG**
🍇 **Varieties**:
* 40% Sangiovese minimum
* + up to 60% Merlot &/or Cabernet Sauvignon
🛢️ **Aging for Riserva**:
* 🪵 18 months aging minimum
* 🍾 + 6 months in bottle
| 🧭 Southern Tuscany
## Footnote
🎉 Received its DOCG in 2011
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When **Bolgheri Sassicaia DOC** came alive?
🎉 2013
66
# Explain the following term
**Occhio di Pernice**
**Rosé Vin Santo** wine made in Tuscany
Translated as "Oeil de Perdrix"
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# Explain the following:
**Barco Real di Carmignano DOC**
**DOC for red wine** only from the Carmignano DOCG boundaries
➙.🍇 50% sangiovese
➙ + Cannaiolo
➙ + Cab Sauvignon, Merlot, Cab Franc
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# Explain the following:
**San Grimignano DOC**
🧭 Same Boundaries as **Vernaccia di San Grimignano DOCG**
🍇 Red wine & Vin Santo
➙ 50% Sangiovese
➙ + Merlot, Cab Sauvignon, Pinot Noir, Syrah
## Footnote
🧭 Tuscany
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# Location of:
**Colli di Luni DOC**
**North-western Tuscany**
On the border with Liguria
➙ 🍇 35% Vermentino + Trebbiano
➙ 🍇 50% Sangiovese
➙ Varietal wine made from Vermentino & Alborola
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# Name the varieties for the varietal wines in:
**Colli di Luni DOC**
* Vermentino
* Alborola
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# Aging & blending rules for:
**Vin Santo del Chianti DOC**
**White:**
➙ 🍇 Trebbiano Toscano & Malvasia Lunga
* 🪵 Classic: 3 years aging
* 🪵 Riserva: 4 years aging
**Occhio di Pernice:**
➙ 🍇 50% Sangiovese mini
* 🪵 Classic: 3 years aging
* 🪵 Riserva: 4 years aging
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# What makes the following special
🍇 **Cortona DOC**
* **Rosso:**
➙ 50/60% Syrah
➙ + 10/20% Merlot
* **Bianco:**
➙ Varietal wines from Chardonnay, Grechetto or Sauvignon Blanc
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# Name:
The first **100% Merlot** wine from **Tuscany**
**L'apparita**
🏠 Castello di Ama
🎉 First vintage: 1985
## Footnote
*Masseto followed in 1986*
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# Name
The 3 first **100% Sangiovese** wines from **Tuscany**
* Montevertine's **Pergola Torte**
➙ 🎉 First vintage: 1977
* Isole e Olena's **Cepparello**
➙ 🎉 First vintage:1980
* Fontodi's **Flaccianello della Pieve**
➙ 🎉 First vintage: 1981
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# Date of creation of:
**Italian IGT wine laws**
🎉 In **1992**
with the Gloria Laws
## Footnote
**Super Toscan** used this flag rather than Vino de la Tavola since then
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# Date of creation of:
**Bolgheri DOC**
🎉 In **1983**
🧭 Coastal Tuscany
🍇 Local and intenational varieties allowed
## Footnote
➙ Mostly created to supervised the **Super Toscan movement** of the 70's
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# Aging rules for
**Bolgheri DOC Riserva**
🛢️ **2 years in total**
🪵 At least 1 year in wood
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Name some **soil structure** of **Bolgheri DOC**
* **Blue Clay**: Near Masseto
* **Limestone & stones**: Near San Guido
* **Volcanic** in some spots
* **Sandy** in flatter lands
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# Name the commune for:
**Bolgheri DOC**
**Castagneto Carducci**
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When was **Bolgheri Sassicaia** officially recognised?
* Know as a **sub-region** of Bolgheri since **1983**
* Received its own DOC in 2013
➙ *It is the only monopole DOC of Italy*
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# Location of:
**Elba Aleatico Passito DOCG**
🧭 On the island of Elba
➙ On coast of Maremma in Tuscany
*History fact: Place where Napoleon take his death exile in 1814.*
## Footnote
🍇 Production of sweet red wine only
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# Explain:
**Elba Aleatico Passito DOCG**
🍇 100% Aleatico
🍯 Air dried at least 10 days
➙ = 30% sugar consentration
🥃 19% ABV
## Footnote
🎉 Awarded in 2011
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# Name
The **sole DOCG** of Tuscany for white wine
**Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG**
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# Explain:
**Vernaccia di San Grimignano DOCG**
🍇 85% Vernaccia (*White wine*)
➙ Malvasia / Traminer are forbidden
🛢️ **Riserva wine**:
🪵 11 months aging
🍾 including 3 months in bottle
## Footnote
🎉 Awarded DOCG in 1993
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# Traditionnal varieties for:
**Chianti Vin Santo**
🍇 **Malvasia & Trebbiano**
➙ *Grechetto can be used in the blend*
**Occhio di pernice**: 50% Sangiovese
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# Explain:
**Vin Santo**
🧭 Traditional Tuscan dryed grapes's sweet wine
🛢️ Slow and long fermentation
🪵 5 to 8 years aging in Caratelli barrels: *50 liters*
➙ Oxydative aging
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# Explain
🪵 **Caratelli**
**50 liters chestnut oak barrels**
➙ Usually used for Vin Santo production
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# Within what appellation is the following located:
**Orvieto DOC**
🧭 Between **Umbria & Lazio**
*Central Italy*
## Footnote
🍇 Trebbiano Toscano + Grechetto
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# Name the varieties of:
**Orvieto DOC**
🍇 **60% combined**
* Grechetto
* Trebbiano Toscano
➙ *AKA Procanico*
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What is the second name of **Trebbiano Toscano** in **Orvieto DOC**?
**Procanico**
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# Name the largest DOC of:
**Umbria**
**Orvieto DOC**
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# Name the main soil type of:
🪨 **Orvieto DOC**
**Tuffeau**
➙ Specific mineral footprint of the wine
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# What style of wine are allowed under:
**Orvieto DOC**
🍇 Only white grapes: **Trebbiano Toscano & Grechetto**
🍾 Most of the volume are vinified as **dry white wine**
➙ Other style also allowed
* Abbocato
* Amabile
* Dolce
* Vendemmia Tardia
= Muffa Nobile: late harvest with botritys affected grapes
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# Explain the following term:
**Muffa Noble**
Italian translation for:
**Noble rot**
➙ *Botrytis affected grapes*
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When did **Orvieto** received its own **DOC**?
🎉 **1971**
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# Name an other DOC on the same boundaries as
🧭 **Orvieto DOC**
## Footnote
🍇 For red wine production
**Lago di Corbara DOC**
🍇 Varieties: *Blended or varietally*
* Merlot
* Pinot Noir
* Sangiovese
## Footnote
Can also produced some white and passito
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# Name the 2 DOCGs of:
Umbria
* Torgiano Rosso Riserva
* Sagrantino di Montefalco
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# Ageing rules of:
🛢️ **Sagrantino di Montefalco DOCG**
* **Secco**:
➙ 37 months in total
➙ 🪵 including 12 months in wood minimum
➙ 🍾 4 months in bottle
* **Passito**
➙ 37 months in total
➙ 🍾 4 months in bottle
## Footnote
DOCG of Umbria based on Sagrantino only
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# Name the historical wine produced in
**Sagrantino di Montefalco**
**Sweet passito**
## Footnote
➙ Today, the production switch to dry red version
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# Residual sugar for:
🍯 **Montefalco Sagrantino Passito DOCG**
**80 to 180 g/L**
## Footnote
🍇 100% Sagrantino - red only wine
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# Name 2 important producers of:
**Sagrantino di Montefalco DOCG**
* Marco Caprai
* Paolo Bea
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# Minimum amount of Sagrantino for:
🍇 **Sagrantino di Montefalco DOCG**
100%
*Only mono varietal*
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# Give the location of:
**Sagrantino di Montefalco DOCG**
🧭 **Central Umbria**
➙ *Italy*
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# Give the location of:
**Torgiano Rosso Riserva DOCG**
🧭 **Southern Umbria**
➙ *Italy*
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# Explain briefly:
**Torgiano Rosso Riserva DOCG**
🧭 Southern Umbria - Italy
🍇 70% to 100% Sangiovese
🛢️ 3 years of aging in total
➙ Including 6 months in bottle minimum
## Footnote
🎉 DOCG since1990
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# Who's the largest producer of:
**Torgiano region**
**Lungarotti Family**
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# Name the main style of wine of:
**Torgiano DOC**
* Rosso & Rosato
➙ 🍇 50% to 100% Sangiovese
* Bianco:
➙ 🍇 Trebbiano Toscano + Chardonay, Riesling Italico di Torgiano
* Spumante Bianco & Rosso
* Vin Santo:
➙ 🛢️ 36 months aging minimum
* Vendemia Tardia
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💦 Name the rivers flowing around the **Torgiano wine region**
* Tevere River
* Chiascio River
## Footnote
➙ 🪨 Recent alluvials deposits near the rivers can not be planted at DOC(G)s levels
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# Name the DOCG of:
**Marche province**
| ➙ 5 all together
* Verdicchio di Castelli di Jesi Riserva
* Verdicchio di Matelica Riserva
* Cornero Riserva
* Vernaccia di Serrapetrona
* Offida
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# Explain briefly:
**Verdicchio di Castelli di Jesi Riserva DOCG**
🧭 Marche - Italy
🍇 85% Verdicchio minimum
🛢️ 18months aging minimum
➙ 🍾 including 6 months in bottle minimum
## Footnote
🎉 DOCG since 2009
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# Explain briefly:
**Verdicchio di Matellica Riserva DOCG**
🧭 Marche - Italy
🍇 85% Verdicchio minimum
🛢️ 18months aging minimum
## Footnote
🎉 DOCG since 2009
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# Explain briefly
**Cornero Rosso Riseva DOCG**
🧭 Marche - Italy
🍇 85% Montepulciano minimum
➙ + Sangiovese
🛢️ 2 years of aging in total
➙ 🪵 including 1 in oak
## Footnote
🎉 DOCG since 2004
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# Aging rules of:
🛢️ **Cornero Rosso RIserva DOCG**
🛢️ 2 years minimum aging in total
➙ 🪵 Including 1 year in wood
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# Name the varieties of:
🍇 **Cornero Rosso Riserva DOCG**
**85% Montepulciano**
➙ + 15% max Sangiovese
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# Explain briefly:
**Offida DOCG**
🍇 **White**
* Passerina
* Pecorino
🍇 **Red**
* Montepulciano
🛢️24 months aging minimum
➙ 🪵 Including 12 months in oak
➙ 🍾 + 3 months in bottle
## Footnote
🎉 DOCG since 2011
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# White varieties of:
🍇 **Offida DOCG**
* Pecorino
* Passerina
| Labelled as varietal only
## Footnote
**Rosso**: 85% Montepulciano
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# Explain briefly:
**Vernaccia di Serrapetrona DOCG**
**Semi sparkling red wine**
🍯 From dry to semi-sweet
➙ 🍇 40% of the grapes minimum must be air dried
🥃 13% ABV minimum potential
➙ 11,5% acquiered
## Footnote
🎉 DOCG since 2004
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# Explain the process of production for:
**Vernaccia di Serrapetrona DOCG**
🍇 **85% Vernaccia Nera**
➙ + Sangiovese, Montepulciano, Ciliegiolo
💨 **40% of the grapes** minimum are **air dried**
➙ 🍯 At least 13% ABV potential
➙ 🍬 From Secco to Dolce
💣 Made sparkling by the **Charmat method**
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# Name the DOCGs of
**Abruzzo**
* Colline Teramane Montepulciano d'Abruzzo DOCG
* Terre Tollesi / Tullum
➙ DOCG since 2019
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Name the **newest DOCG** of Abruzzo?
Tullum / Terre Tolessi
| 🎉 Introduced in 2019
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# Name the style of wine and varieties of:
🍇 Tullum DOCG
* **Bianco**: Varietal wine only:
➙ Pecorino
➙ Passerina
* 🍾 **Spumante**:
➙ 60% Chardonnay minimum
* **Rosso & Riserva**:
➙ 95% Montepulciano minimum
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# Aging requierement for:
**Tullum Riserva DOCG**
🛢️ **2 years aging** minimum
➙ 🪵 Including **6 months in wood**
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# Explain Briefly:
**Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Colline Teramane DOCG**
🍇 **90% Montepulciano** minimum
* **Classic**:
🛢️1 year aging in total
* **Riserva**
🛢️3 years aging in total
➙ 🪵 12 months in wood (*Chestnut or oak barrels*)
➙ 🍾 + 6 months in bottle
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# Main soils of:
**Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Colline Teramane DOCG**
* Siliceous Clay
* Limestone
* Iron
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When did **Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Colline Teramane** received its own DOCG?
🎉 **2003**
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# Local term for
**Rose wine** in **Abruzzo**
**Cerasuolo**
## Footnote
➙ 🍇 *85% Montepulciano*
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# Explain the following term:
**Cerasuolo**
**Traditional rose** wine made in **Abruzzo**
➙ 🍇 *85% Montepulciano*
## Footnote
🎉 DOC since 2010
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# Name all 3 DOCGs of:
**Lazio**
* Frascati Superiore DOCG
* Cannellino di Frascati DOCG
* Cesanese del Piglio DOCG
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# Largest city of:
🧭 **Lazio**
🏛️ Roma
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# Communes of production of:
**Cesanese del Piglio DOCG**
* Piglio
* Serrone
* Acuto
* Anagni
* Paliano
| 🧭 Sole DOCG of red wine in Lazio
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# Aging requierement for
🪵 **Cesanese del Piglio DOCG**
* **Superiore**
➙ 🎉 Not released before 1/07/H+1
* **Riserva**
➙ 🛢️ 20 months aging in total
➙ 🍾 including 6 months in bottle
## Footnote
🍇 90% Cesanese di Affile & Comune
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# Varieties of:
🍇 **Frascati Superiore DOCG**
**70% combined**
* Malvasia di Lazio
* Malvasia blanca di Candia
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# 🧭 Communes of production of:
**Frascati Superiore DOCG**
**Cannellino di Frascati DOCG**
* Frascati
* Grottaferrata
* Monte Prozio Catone
& part of Roma and Montecompatri
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# When did the following received their DOCG statut:
* **Cannellino di Frascati DOCG**
* **Frascati Superiore DOCG**
🎉 **2011**
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# 🍯 Sweetness level minimum for:
**Cannellino di Frascati**
**35 g/L**
## Footnote
🍇 From late harvested grapes
➙ Combined Malvasia blanca di Candia & Malvasia di Lazio
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# Aging requierement for:
**Frascati Superiore Riserva DOCG**
**1 year aging in total**
➙ 🍾 Including 3 months in bottle
## Footnote
🍇 70% combined Malvasia Bianca di Candia & Malvasia di Lazio
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# Explain briefly the followinf:
**Est!!Est!!Est!!! di Montefiascone DOC**
🧭 **DOC of Lazio**: Italy
🍾 **White**
➙ Secco, Abboccato & Amabile
🍾 **Sparkling**
🍇 *50-65% Trebbiano Toscano + Trebbiano Giallo + Malvasia*
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# 🪨 Name the main soil type of:
**Est!Est!!Est!!! di Montefiascone** region
🌋 **Pure Volcanic**
➙ *Sitting down the Vesuvio slopes debris*
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# 🍇 Synonyms of the following in Montefiascone region:
1. Trebbiano Giallo
2. Trebbiano Toscano
1. Rossetto
2. Procanico
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# 🍇 Principal name of the following variety:
**Rossetto**
**Trebbiano Giallo**
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# 🍇 Principal name of the following variety:
**Procanico**
**Trebbiano Toscano**
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# Explain the history of:
**Est!Est!!Est!!! di Montefiascone** wine region
* in 1111, a German Bishop went to Roma to follow crowning King Henry V
* The Bishop wrote Est (means "is it") with white chalk where the taverna was worth stopping by for good wine
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Name the **famous DOC** located on the slopes of the **Mount Vesuvio**
**Lacryma Christi**
➙ Vesuvio DOC
## Footnote
🍇 **White**: Coda di Volpe + Falanghina & Grecco
🍇 **Red & Rosato**: Piedirosso
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# Namt the varieties for:
**Lacryma Christi**
🧭 Within the **Vesuvio DOC** & **volcano slopes**
* 🍇 **White**:
➙ 45% minimum Caprettone &/or Coda di Volpe
➙ + 35% minimum Falanghina and Greco
* 🍇 **Red and Rosato**:
➙ Piedirosso
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# 🧭 Location of:
**Ischia DOC**
**Bay of Naples** in Lazio region
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# 🍇 What are the main varieties of:
**Ischia DOC**
* **White**:
➙ 40 -70% Forastera
➙ 35-55% Biancolella
* **Red**:
➙ 40-50% Guarnaccia
➙ 40-50% Piedirosso
