Ch 10 - Italy Flashcards by Jimmy Trotier

Contrast climates of Italy - northern vs. southern

Northern portion is cooler, southern portion is hot - there is considerable overall difference

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T/F - very few parts of Italy are more than 75 miles from the sea

True

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Mountain range that forms the northern border of Italy

the Alps

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Flatland of Italy in the north

Po River Valley

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How do the Alps affect climate in Italy?

form a solid wall that holds back most of the Arctic air masses from northern Europe

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Sea located off the western coast of Italy

Tyrrhenian Sea

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Sea located off the eastern coasts of Italy

Adriatic Sea

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Sea located off the southern coast of Italy (along the coasts of Apulia, Basilicata, and Calabria)

Ionian Sea

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Most widely planted red grape in Italy

Sangiovese

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Most widely planted white grape in Italy

Trebbiano (aka Ugni Blanc)

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Designation, grape, and style of: Amarone della Valpolicella

DOCG / Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella / dry red still wines

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Designation, grape, and style of: Recioto della Valpolicella

DOCG / Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella / sweet red still wines

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Designation, grape, and style of: Valpolicella

DOC / Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella / dry red still wines

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Designation, grape, and style of: Bardolino Superiore

DOCG / Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella / sweet red still wines

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Designation, grape, and style of: Bardolino Chiaretto

DOC / Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella / dry rose still wines

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Designation, grape, and style of: Soave

DOC / Garganega (min 70%), Trebbiano, Chardonnay / dry white still wines

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Designation, grape, and style of: Recioto di Soave

DOCG / Garganega (min 70%), Trebbiano, Chardonnay / sweet white still wines

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Designation, grape, and style of: Asolo Prosecco

DOCG / Glera (min 85%) / dry sparkling white wines (allowed to be dry to demi-sec)

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Designation, grape, and style of: Prosecco

DOC / Glera (min 85%) / dry sparkling white wines (allowed to be dry to demi-sec)

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Designation, grape, and style of: Barolo

DOCG / Nebbiolo / dry red still wines

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Designation, grape, and style of: Barbaresco

DOCG / Nebbiolo / dry red still wines

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Designation, grape and style of: Moscato d’Asti

DOCG / Moscato (Muscat) / white sweet sparkling wines (frizzante)

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Designation, grape and style of: Asti

DOCG / Moscato (Muscat) / white, dry, off-dry, or sweet sparkling wine (frizzante)

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Designation, grape and style of: Roero

DOCG / Nebbiolo (red) or Arneis (white) / dry still red or white wines

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Designation, grape and style of: Gattinara

DOCG / Nebbiolo (Spanna), min 90% / dry red still wines

Designation, grape and style of: Ghemme

DOCG / Nebbiolo (Spanna), min 90% / dry red still wines

Designation, grape and style of: Gavi

DOCG / Cortese / dry still white wines

Designation, grape and style of: Barbera d'Alba

DOC / Barbera / dry still red wines

Designation, grape and style of: Acqui

DOCG / Brachetto / sweet red sparkling wine

Grape variety used in orange wines

Ribolla Gialla

Winemaking process that uses dried grapes

Appassimento

Blanc de blancs sparkling wine produced in Lombardy

Saten

Local name for Nebbiolo used in Lombardy

Chiavennasca

One of the subzones of Valtellina Superiore DOCG

Inferno

Alternative name for the Trentino-Alto Adige region

Sudtirol

DOC in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, known for white blends and orange wines

Collio Goriziano

DOCG for sparkling wines from Lombardy

Franciacorta

Term used in Italy to refer to process of creating high-quality sparkling wines

Metodo Classico

Term used to refer to sweet wines made using grapes that are partially dried after harvest

Recioto

Local name for Nebbiolo used in some parts of Piedmont

Spanna

High-alcohol wine made using partially dried Nebbiolo grapes

Sforzato

Region in Lombardy known for producing red wines from Nebbiolo

Valtellina

Traditional wine-making technique that uses sediment or lees from a prior batch to make a full-bodied wine

Ripasso

large DOC in Piedmont that covers many smaller regions, including Barolo, Barbaresco, and Roero

Langhe

Three main cities of Tuscany

Florence, Siena, and Pisa

What percentage of total Tuscan wine output is red?

90%

Term that was created in response to the fact than 100% sangiovese wines from Chianti had to be classified as vino da tavola

Super-Tuscan

Basic Chianti DOCG must contain (at least) what percentage of Sangiovese?

70% (many references say 75%, but production guidelines from Chianti DOCG say 70%)

What grapes, other than Sangiovese, are allowed in basic Chianti?

Caniolo Nero, "other suitable red varieties", Trebbiano (white) and Malvasia (white)

Seven subzones of Chianti DOCG

1. Colli Arentini 2. Colli Fiorentini 3. Colli Senesi 4. Colli Pisane 5. Montalbano 6. Montespertoli 7. Rufina

Chianti Classico DOCG must contain (at least) what percentage of Sangiovese?

80%

Classification approved by Chianti Classico Consortium in 2014 for use with high-quality wines produced exclusively from estate-grown grapes

Chianti Classico Gran Selezione

Aging requirements for Brunello di Montalcino DOCG (both in wood and in bottle)

minimum 2 years in wood | minimum 4 months in bottle

Brunello di Montalcino DOCG wines cannot be released before what date?

January 1st of the fifth year following harvest

Another name for light red or amber Vin santo

Occhio di pernice

Tuscany's only white wine DOCG

Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG

Original Super Tuscan, produced by Tenuta San Guido

Sassicaia

Tuscan wine produced in and around Montepulciano

Vino Nobile

Tuscan wine that must be produced using 10%-20% Cabernet Sauvignon or Cabernet Franc

Carmignano

Major red grape variety of Tuscany

Sangiovese

Another name for Sangiovese grapes in Scansano

Morellino

Ancient winemaking technique that involves addition of overripe grapes to a vat of new wine as it finishes fermenting

Governo

Historic heart of the Chianti region (not a city)

Chianti Classico

type of sweet wine made in Tuscany (and elsewhere) using dried grapes and extensive aging

Vin santo

Another name for Sangiovese grapes in Rosso di Montepulciano

Prugnolo Gentile

Italian red grape variety known for its rich color and hearty tannins

Colorino

Birthplace of the Super Tuscan movement

Bolgheri

Red grape used throughout Tuscany as a blending partner for Sangiovese

Canaiolo Nero

One of the earliest Super Tuscans, created by Marchese Piero Antinori

Tignanello

triangular region that stretches across the Italian peninsula from one side to the other

Emiglia Romagna

Region where Est! Est!! Est!!! is produced

Lazio

first white Italian wine to achieve DOCG designation

Romagna Albana DOCG (formerly Albana di Romagna)

Minimum % of Montepulciano grapes in Montepulciano d'Abruzzo DOC wines

85%

One of the leading white wines of Umbria

Orvieto DOC

What color wine is Frascati DOC in Lazio?

White

Umbria's two DOCG wines

Montefalco Sagrantino and Torgiano Rosso Riserva (both red)

where/what type of wine is Castelli di Jesi Verdicchio Riserva DOCG?

crisp, dry white wine made from the Marches region in Italy

Where/what type of grapes are used in making Conero DOCG wines?

red wine made with Montepulciano and Sangiovese grapes, made in the Marches region in Italy

Where is most Lambrusco produced / where else in Italy is a small amount produced?

Most is produced in Emilia-Romagna, but some is also made in Lombardy

Leading white grape variety of Abruzzo

Trebbiano d'Abruzzo

Term on labels for semi-dry Orvieto wines

abboccato

Cherry-colored, lighter style of Montepulciano d'Abruzzo

Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo

Number of DOCs for Vin santo in Tuscany (and the most famous one)

Four / Vin Santo del Chianti DOC

only DOCG wine made in Siciliy

Cerasuolo di Vittoria

production zone for Lacryma Christi wines

Vesuvio

Region that can be described as the "toe of the boot" in Italy

Calabria

Red grape variety used to make a sweet, late-harvest DOCG wine in Manduria (Puglia)

Primitivo

Boldly flavored red DOCG wine produced in Campania

Taurasi

DOC wine of Calabria (the red version uses Gaglioppo grapes)

Ciro

Red grape variety used in Salice Salentino DOC

Negroamaro

Dried-grape dessert wine produced in small amounts in Calabria

Greco di Bianco

Main grape used in Cannonau di Sardegna DOC

Grenache

DOCG white wine from Sardinia

Vermentino di Gallura

Island just west of Calabria

Sicily

Main grape used in Cerasuolo di Vittoria

Nero d'Avola

Main grape used in Taurasi DOCG

Anglianico

Wine region surrounding Naples

Campania

Location, main grapes, and 3 main types of Marsala DOC

Sicily; Cataratto, Grillo, and Inzolia; Oro (golden), Ambra (amber), and Rubino (ruby/red)

Sweetness level for Secco (dry) Marsala

Maximum 4% residual sugar

Sweetness level for Semisecco (semidry) Marsala

4% - 10% residual sugar

Sweetness level for Dolce (sweet) Marsala

Minimum 10% residual sugar

Aging requirements for Marsala Fine

minimum of one year

Aging requirements for Marsala Superiore

minimum of two years

Aging requirements for Marsala Superior Riserva

minimum of four years

Aging requirements for Marsala Vergine / Marsala Solera

Aged in a solera system for a minimum of five years

Aging requirements for Marsala Vergine Stravecchio

minimum of 10 years in a cask

Grape variety used in production of Gavi

Cortese

Minimum % of Sangiovese in Chianti Classico

80%

What type of wine is Recioto di Soave?

a sweet white wine produced in Veneto

wine produced in the DOCG surrounding the town of Asolo

Prosecco

What grapes are used in Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo

Montepulciano

What two wines must be made from 100% Nebbiolo grapes?

Barolo and Barbaresco

Lightly sparkling wine made in Piedmont

Brachetto d'Acqui

What grapes are used in Taurasi wine?

Anglianico

Where Marsala is produced

Sicily

Wine region surrounding city of Naples

Campania

Alternative name used for Trentino-Alto Adige region

Sudtirol

1st white wine to achieve DOCG status in Italy

Romagna Albana

Where is Castelli di Jesi Verdicchio Riserva DOCG made?

Marches region

Main grapes used in Orvieto wines

Trebbiano Toscano and Grechetto

Lambrusco is primarily made in which region

Emilia-Romagna

What grapes are used in Salice Salentino

Negroamaro

Minimum % Sangiovese grapes in Brunello di Montalcino DOCG wines

100% Sangiovese

Furthest south of Montalbano, Colline Pisane, Colli Senesi, and Barbera D'Asti

Colli Senesi

DOC that extends from Veneto into Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Lison-Pramaggiore

Ch 10 - Italy Flashcards

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