Italy

Question 0

What are the DOCG of Umbria?

Answer 0

sagrantino de Montefalco

Torgiano rosso riserva

Question 1

What are the two grapes of Orvieto DOC?

Answer 1

Grecchetto and Trebbiano Toscana

Question 2

What are the two grapes of the two DOCG in Umbria?

Answer 2

Sagrantino

Sangiovese

Question 3

Name the biggest family for wine making in Umbria?

Answer 3

Lungarotti.

Question 4

Who first isolated the clone famous for powerful, 100% Sangiovese wines? What is clone?

Answer 4

Clemente Santi of Biondi-Santi winery

Brunello Di Montalcino

Question 5

What area saw the birth of the “Super Tuscan”?

Answer 5

Bolgheri. Sassicaia.

Marquis Rochetta- Antinori uncle.

Question 6

What is the grape for Trebbiano d’Abruzzo?

Answer 6

Bombino!

Question 7

What white grape in the Marches received two DOCG zones for Riserva wines in 2009?

Answer 7

Verdicchio

Question 8

Red dessert wines are produced in the DOCG of Tuscany.

Answer 8

Elba aleatico passito

Question 9

Match the DOCG zone to the region. 
Carmignano
Cesanese del Piglio	
Greco di Tufa
Sagrantino di Montefalco	
Conero Rosso Riserva

Answer 9

Tuscany
Latium
Campania
Umbria
Marches

Question 10

The grapes for the wine? 
Malvasia
Grechetto
Sangiovese
Negroamaro
Montepulciano

Answer 10

Frascati
Orvieto
Morellino di Scansano
Salice Salentino
Conero Rosso Riserva

Question 11

Which of the following DOCG zones is not located in the Marches?

• Verdicchio di Matelica Riserva
• Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Riserva
• Conero Rosso Riserva
• Torgiano Rosso Riserva
• Vernaccia di Serrapetrona

Answer 11

Torgiano Rosso Riserva.

Question 12

What is the grape of Conero Rosso Riserva DOCG?

Answer 12

85% Montepulciano

Aged 2 yrs min

Question 13

Who created the original Chianti zone? When?

Answer 13

Grand Duke Cosimo III de’ Medici

1716

Question 14

What are the characteristics of Sangiovese?

Answer 14

Thin skinned, sour cherry, herbal, leather, high acid, firm tannin, plum, dried cherry, spice, salt.
Does not ripen easily or uniformly.

Question 15

What is the Gallo Nero?

Answer 15

Consorzio for Chianti Classico

Question 16

What is Galestro?

Answer 16

A simple white, quaffing wine made from Trebbiano Toscana.

Also, a type of soil in Tuscany- sandy, stony, calcerous, schist

Question 17

Where is Morellino di Scansano DOCG?

Answer 17

Maremma.
85% Sangiovese (aka Morellino)
Area has attracted winemakers from all over Italy.

Question 18

What is the climate of Tuscany?

Answer 18

Dry, maritime with hot summers and harsh winters. May meso-climates and varied soils.

Question 19

What two wines were started by Antinori’s brother Lodovico?

Answer 19

Ornellaia- Bordeaux blend. Place of ash trees
Masseto- merlot
Poggio alle Gazze- SB “Gazze” magpies

Question 20

What does Sassicaia mean?

Answer 20

Place of stones.

Question 21

What is Vin Santo?

Answer 21

High alcohol (16-18%), almond-honey toned dessert wine made from dried Trebbiano and Malvasia grapes (aged for specified times). Aged in Caratelli barrels from 3-8 yrs that are never topped off. Aged in lofts called Vinsantaia.
Also may be fortified and labeled Liquoroso.
Occhio di Pernice (eye of the partridge) rose colored Vin Santo made from 2/3 red grapes and 1/3 white.

Question 22

What grapes are used to make dessert wines off the Tuscan coast?

Answer 22

Aleatico. Linked to Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains…red skinned mutation.
Elba Aleatico Passito.

Question 23

What is the Sangiovese clone in Chianti?

Answer 23

Sangioveto.

Question 24

What are the characteristics of a Chianti Classico Riserva?

Answer 24

Fig, chocolate, cedar, dried orange, smoke, saddle leather, prune. Made only in great years from select vineyard sites.

Question 25

Who is responsible for the "original" Chianti blend which allowed white grape? Why?

Answer 25

Baron Bettino Ricasoli. Added white to heighten vivacity, boost flavor and make it more drinkable when young.

Question 26

What is the well known white of Bolgheri DOC?

Answer 26

Vermentino.

Question 47

What is the min alc and min age for Chianti? Ch Classico? Riserva? What category was created in 2013? What are min requirements?

Answer 47

The minimum alcohol level for Chianti Classico is 12%—compared to 11.5% for Chianti DOCG—and the wines must be aged for a year prior to release. Riserva wines must be aged for a minimum 24 months, with a minimum 12.5% alcohol level; Gran Selezione wines—a new category introduced in 2013—must be aged for at least 30 months prior to release. Barrique is often the wood vessel of choice for aging riserva Chianti Classico.

Question 48

What are the four original villages of Chianti?

Answer 48

Radda, Gaiole, Castellina, and Greve

Question 49

What are the seven sub zones of Chianti Classico DOCG?

Answer 49

``` Rùfina Colli Fiorentini Montespertoli Colli Aretini Colline Pisane Colli Senesi Montalbano ```

Question 50

How long must a Brunello di Montalcino be aged before release? Riserva?

Answer 50

2 yrs cask/ 4 mo bottle Not released until 5 yrs after Jan 1 2 yrs/ 6 mo bottle 6 yrs

Question 51

Name the first 3 DOCG named in 1980?

Answer 51

Brunello di Montalcino Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Barolo

Question 52

Besides Brunello and Chianti Classico, name 3 other DOCG in Tuscany where the principal varietal used is Sangiovese?

Answer 52

``` Carmignano Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Chianti Montecucco Morellino di Scansano ```

Question 53

Name the exceptional vintages of the '90s in Tuscany?

Answer 53

1990 & 1996

Question 54

What is (arguably) the most famous white wine of Lazio?

Answer 54

Est! Est!! Est!!! di Montefiascone | Trebbiano Toscana

Question 55

The most planted grape of Abruzzo?

Answer 55

Montepulciano

Question 56

What are the barrels of Vin Santo called?

Answer 56

Caratelli

Question 57

What is Governo?

Answer 57

refermentation with the juice of dried grapes, to strengthen the wine and initiate malolactic fermentation

Question 58

What are the minimum aging requirements for Chianti Classico? Riserva? Gran Selezione?

Answer 58

ChC: not released until Oct 1 of year following harvest. 12% alc Riserva: 24 mo/ 3 mo btl from Jan 1 of yr after harvest. 12.5% alc Gran Selezione: Estate fruit. 30 mo/ 3 mo btl from Jan 1 of yr following harvest (new category introduced in 2013)

Question 59

What are the alcohol and aging requirements for Chianti?

Answer 59

Normale: 11.5% ABV Classico: 1 year and 12% ABV Riserva: 2 years and 12.5% ABV Note: Barrique often used for Riserva Chianti Classico.