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Toari

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Decomposed basalt

Veneto

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Menzioni Geographiche Aggiuntive, MGA

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List of delimited sites which can appear on labels

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Söri

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Superior site… well exposed and sunny

Piemonte

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Cappuccina

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Variant of Guyot training system

[Congliano Valdebbiadene in Veneto]

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Sabbie Astiane

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Sandy soils on banks of Tanaro River

Piemonte

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Spumante

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Fully sparkling

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Calanchi

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Bare and arid clay rock formations from water erosiono

Emilia Romagna

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Mezzadria

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Share cropping system

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Caranto

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Thin calcareous clay layer under clay topsoil

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Vino Santo

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Dessert wine with grapes affected with noble rot

Grapes pressed during Holy Week

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Dolce

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Sweet

>45g/l

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Auslese or Scelto

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> 11.5% abv

TA-A

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Pergola Trentina or Veronese

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Overhead training

T= on inclined arm
V= on horizontal arm
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Superiore

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Wine with higher min abv

Stricter production and longer ageing

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Arele or Graticci

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Wooden racks for drying grapes

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Liquoroso

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Fortified wine

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Chiaretto or Kretzer

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Rosè

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Picai

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Air drying grapes by tying clusters to rafters

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Igneous

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Rock from cooled lava

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Helvetian or Serravallian

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Soils of sandstone and sand

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Vin fiore

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Free run wine

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22
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Bâtonnage

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Stirring lees into wine

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Dunkel or Scuro

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Dark

Lagrein in TA-A

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Vigna or Vigneto

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Single vineyard

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Dosaggio Zero or Non Dosato
Sparkling without dosage
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Maturazione sui lieviti or Sulle Fecce
Lees Ageing
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Tonneaux
Vessel 500litres
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Fruttai
Protected well ventilated lofts on hillsides
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Vendemmia Tardiva
Late Harvest
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Terre Bianche or Terre Rosse
Soils found in Piemonte ``` B= calcereous marls R= high in clay iron and magnesium ```
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Abboccatto
Med dry
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Passito
Wine from semi dried grapes
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Novello
New >40% of wine from carbonic maceration or semi-carbonic maceration (can be higher)
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Flysch of Cormons or Ponca
Soils alternating sandstone and calceolarias marls FVG
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Dolomite
Mineral with calcium and Magnesium
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Rive
One of 43 special sites with steep slopes Veneto- Conegliano Valdobiadene
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Fermo
Still
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Tortonian
Fertile and compact calcereous marls
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Mosto Concentrato Rettificato or MCR
Unfermentedgrape juice
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Vivace
Lively, lightly fizzy wine
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Baroleggia
Aged Barbera (Barolo-like)
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Magredi
Flat grasslands
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Ronchi
Well exposed terraced sites FVG
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Alberello
Vine grown as free standing low bush, used in windy areas
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Pastini
Terraces FVG Carso
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Talento
Sparkling traditional method
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Geraniol
Aromatic compound in Asti
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Botti
Large neutral Slavic oak or chestnut barrels
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Byzantine
East Roman Empire
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Chiarrifica
Chilled grape juice settles before ferment
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Disciplinare
Official rules for appellations
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Cruasè
Brand name to sparkling rosès in Oltrepò Pavese Metodo Classico DOCG
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Annata or Millesimato
Vintage
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Appassimento
Drying grapes before vinfication
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Fletri or Passito
Wine from semi-dried grapes
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Imbottigliato all’origine
Estate bottled
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Bricco
Superior site on highest part of hill [Piemonte]
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Marogne
Dry stone walls of terraces Veneto
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Via Emilia
Roman Road from Piacenza to Rimini
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Recioto
Sweet wines of Veneto | Meaning ‘ear’ =grapes picked from lateral side
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Infernotte
Carved niches for storage in cellars Monferrato
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Maso
Estate winery TA-A
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Bora
Cold wind from Eastern Europe
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Rocche
Rocky cliffs Roero Piemonte
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Vinacce
Leftover unpressed lees and skins
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Conca (Di Bolzano)
Geological basin At foot of Alps surrounding Bolzano city
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Colli
Hills
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Amabile
Med Sweet
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Topia
Pergola Piemonte
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Sciactrà
Ormaneasco di Pornassio DOC rosato
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Chinato
In Barolo a digestive from Barolo wine with herbs and spices
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Metodo ancestrale
Rifermantizione naturale in bottegli Traditional sparkling method Lambrusco Emilia Romagna
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Fletri
Passito in VdA

Italian wine scholar 2019 (29 decks)

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