Italy- Piedmont

Question 1

What is the only DOCG for international varieties in Piedmont

Answer 1

• Alta Langa

- min 90% Pinot Noir and/or Chardonnay

Question 2

What DOCGs in Piemonte are producing sparkling wines

Answer 2

• Alta Langa
• Erbaluce di Galuso
• Brachetto d’ Acqui
• Moscato d’ Asti

Question 3

Name the DOCGs for Dolcetto in Piedmont

Answer 3

• Dogliani
• Diano d’ Alba/ Dolcetto di Diano d’ Alba
• Dolcetto di Ovada Superiore

Question 4

Name the DOCGs for Barbera in Piedmont

Answer 4

• Barbera d’ Asti
• Barbera del Monferatto Superiore
• Nizza

Question 5

What is the red Grape of Roero DOCG

Answer 5

min 95% Nebbiolo

Question 6

What is the synonym for Nebbiolo in Ghemme and Gattinara

Answer 6

Spanna

Question 7

What are the blending varieties of Gattinara and Ghemme

Answer 7

Vespolina and Bonarda (Uva Rara)

Question 8

What is Uva Rara?

Where do you find it?

Answer 8

• Synonym for Bonarda Novarese

- Ghemme in Piedmont

Question 9

Maximum pressure for Moscato d’ Asti

Answer 9

2.5 bars

Question 10

Nizza is located within what DOCG

Answer 10

Barbera d’ Asti

Question 11

What are the communes of production of Barolo

Answer 11

• Cherasco
• Verduno
• Roddi
• Grinzane Cavour
• Diano d’Alba
• La Morra
• Barolo
• Novello
• Castiglione Faletto
• Serralunga d’ Alba
• Monforte d’ Alba

Question 12

When were the crus of Barolo legally defined

Answer 12

2010

Question 13

What is “sori”

Answer 13

Cru in Piedmont

Question 14

Aging requirements for Barolo

Answer 14

• Barolo Normalle: 38 months from November 1st,
  18 months in cask
• Barolo Riserva: 62 months from November 1st,
  18 months in cask

Question 15

Minimum alcohol for Barolo

Answer 15

12.5% ABV

Question 16

What were the first DOCG in Piedmont?

When were they promoted?

Answer 16

Barolo 1980

Barbaresco 1980

Question 17

Permitted vineyard elevation for Barolo

Answer 17

170- 540 meters

Question 18

Northern exposure vineyards in Barolo are excluded from the DOCG, true or false

Answer 18

True

Question 19

What are the geological periods of the soils of Barolo

Answer 19

• Tortonian

- Helvetian (Langhien and Serravalian are grouped together)

Question 20

What are the soils of the main communes of Barolo

Answer 20

• Tortonian, calcareous marl in La Morra and Barolo

- Langhien, less fertile with higher deposits of sandstone in Monforte and Serralunga

Question 21

Top soris of Castiglione Faletto

Answer 21

Bric del Fiasco
Bricco Roche
Monprivato

Question 22

Top soris of La Morra

Answer 22

Rocche dell’Annunziata
Brunate
la Serra
Cerequio (shared with Barolo)

Question 23

Top soris of Barolo

Answer 23

Brunate (shared with La Morra)
Sarmassa
Cannubi

Question 24

Top soris of Serralunga d’Alba

Answer 24

Lazaritto
Vigna Rionda
Ornato
Falletto
Francia

Question 25

Name some of the "modern" producers of Barolo

Answer 25

Paolo Scavino Roberto Voerzio la Spinetta Elio Altare

Question 26

Aging requirements for Barbaresco

Answer 26

- Barbaresco: 26 moths from November 1st, 9 months in oak, may not be released before January 1st of the 3rd year following harvest - Riserva: 50 months from November 1st, 9 moths in oak, may not be released before January 1st of the 5th year following harvest

Question 27

Barbaresco communes of production

Answer 27

- Neive - Barbaresco - Treiso - Alba (partly in Barbaresco) San Rocco Seno d' Elvio

Question 28

What is the Barbaresco term for single vineyards

Answer 28

Brics or Bricco

Question 29

When did the Bricco's of Barbaresco become official

Answer 29

2007

Question 30

What styles of wine are produced in Erbaluce di Caluso

Answer 30

- White - Spumante (traditional method) - Passito

Question 31

What DOCGs are north of the Po River

Answer 31

- Gattinara - Ghemme - Erbaluce di Caluso

Question 32

Grape of Gavi

Answer 32

Cortese

Question 33

First DOCs of Piedmont | When were they established

Answer 33

Barolo 1966 | Barbaresco 1966

Question 34

What is the only cru exclusively within San Rocco Seno d'Elvio?

Answer 34

Rocche Massalupo

Question 35

What is the highest altitude for Barbaresco?

Answer 35

550 meters

Question 36

What does Bricco mean?

Answer 36

Jug- though, in wine growing term it means Upper Plot

Question 37

What is the smallest Cru in Barbaresco

Answer 37

Rabaja Bas

Question 38

Who was the first to label a Barbaresco? When?

Answer 38

Domizio Cavazza, professor of oenology at the Oenological School of Alba and founder of the Barbaresco Coop, or Produttori di Barbaresco

Question 39

Synonym for Vermentino in Piemonte

Answer 39

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