Italy - Umbria Flashcards
Umbria General Info
Umbria, one of Italy’s few landlocked regions, has a much less illustrious reputation for wine than Tuscany, its neighbor to the west.
The small region lies in the shadow of the Apennines, its climate moderated by maritime winds funneling from the Tyrrhenian Sea.
Slow to develop and rustic in comparison to its neighbors—Umbria, ironically provided the noted physicist Enrico Fermi with a wine to toast the first successful nuclear reaction of the Manhattan Project: Orvieto.
DOCG of
Umbria
[north-south]
Torgiano Riserva DOCG
(70% Sangiovese ~ 12.5% min ABV)
{3 years min aging - 6 mo. bottle}
- made by Lugnorotti -
Sagrantino di Montefalco DOCG
(rosso - passito)
(100% Sagrantino)
{37 mo. aging - 4 mo. bottle}
Torgiano Riserva DOCG
(Rd!)
Red Only!!
70% min Sangiovese
~9 tons/ha~
~12.5% min ABV~
*3 years min aging
**6 months min in bottle
**released 11/1 on 3rd year after harvest
1 Producer Only:
Lugnorotti
Sagrantino di Montefalco DOCG
(Rd, Pst)
Red - ‘Vigna’ - Passito
100% Sagrantino
~8 tons/ha~
*37 months min aging from 12/1
**12 months min in wood
**4 months min in bottle
Rosso
~13% min ABV~
Rosso w/ ‘Vigna’
~13.5% min ABV~
Passito
~18% min ABV~
~{14.5% actual}~
“Major” DOC of
Umbria
STORM
Spoleto DOC
Torgiano DOC
- *Orvieto DOC**
- (shared w/ Lazio)*
Rosso Orvietano DOC
Montefalco DOC
DOC of
Umbria
(majors = STORM)
Spoleto
Torgiano
Orvieto
(shared w/ Lazio)
Rosso Orvietano
Montefalco
Amelia
Assisi
Colli Altotiberini
Colli del Trasimeno
Colli Martani
Colli Perugini
Todi
What body of water regulates Umbria’s climate?
Tyrrhenian Sea
Spoleto DOC
(W!)
Bianco - Trebbiano Spoletino
Bianco
50% min Trebbiano Spoletino
- *Trebbiano Spoletino**
- Normale - Superiore - Spumante - Passito*
85% min Trebbiano Spoletino
Torgiano DOC
(Rd, W, Rs, VT, V.Snt, Spk)
Rosso - Bianco - Bianco Spumante
Rosato - Varietal
Vendemmia Tardiva - Vin Santo
Bianco - Vin Santo
50-70% Trebbiano Toscano
(aka: Procanico - Ugni Blanc)
*Vin Santo: 3 years min aging
Bianco Spumante
50% Max Chardonny
50% Mac Pinot Nero
Rosso - Rosato
50% min Sangiovese
Vendemmia Tardiva
50% min Chardonnay
Varietal
85% of stated:
W: Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio, Riesling Italico
Rd: Cab Sauv, Merlot, Pinot Nero
What is the aging requirement of
Torgiano DOC Vin Santo?
*3 years min aging
50-70% Trebbiano Toscano
(aka: Procanico - Ugni Blanc)
Orvieto DOC
(W!)
(shared w/ Lazio)
- *Bianco - Classico - Superiore**
- Secco - Abboccato - Amabile - Dolce - VT*
40% min Greccheto
20-40% Trebbiano Toscano
(aka: Procanico - Ugni Blanc)
Made in 7 communes in Umbria & Lazio:
CAMP-COB
Castel Giorgio
Allerona
Montecchio
Porano
Castel Viscardo
Orvieto
Baschi
Rosso Orvietano DOC
(Rd!)
- *Red Only!!**
- Rosso - Varietal*
Rosso
70% min combined:
Aleatico, Cab Sauv, Cab Franc,
Merlot, Sangiovese, Pinot Nero,
Canaiolo, Montepulciano,
Ciliegiolo
Varietal
85% min of stated
All ‘major’ varieties except
Montepulciano
Montefalco DOC
(Rd, W)
Rosso - Rosso Riserva - Bianco
Bianco
50% min Grechetto
20-35% Trebbiano Toscano
(aka: Procanico - Ugni Blanc)
Rosso
60-70% Sangiovese
10-15% Sagrantino
*18 months min aging
Rosso Riserva
*30 months min aging
What is the aging requirement of
Torgiano Riserva DOCG?
*3 years min aging
**6 months min in bottle
**released 11/1 on 3rd year after harvest
What is the aging requirement of
Sagrantino di Montefalco DOCG?
(rosso)
*37 months min aging from 12/1
**12 months min in wood
**4 months min in bottle
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Passito
*37 months min aging from 12/1
** 4 months min in bottle
