Lm. Test Questions, Italy

Question 1

What grape is used for a wine from Gavi?

a) Cortese
b) Arneis
c) Verdicchio

Answer 1

a) Cortese

Question 2

What region produces Valtellina wines from Nebbiolo?

a) Piemonte
b) Lombardy
c) Liguria

Answer 2

b) Lombardy

Question 3

What is the minimum ageing requirement for Barolo RISERVA, and how many months in Oak?

a) 4 years
b) 3 years
c) 5 years

Answer 3

c)
5 years.
18 months

Question 4

Which of the following is not one of the principal communes for the wines of Barolo?

a) Castiglione
b) La Morra
c) Dogliani

Answer 4

c) Dogliani

Question 5

What are the typical flavours of a wine made from Arneis?

a) lychee and spice
b) peach and apricot
c) lemon and vegetal

Answer 5

b) peach and apricot

Question 6

What % of Sangiovese must be used in a Carmignano?

a) 100
b) 50
c) 20

Answer 6

b) 50

Question 7

What grape is used for a Vino Nobile di Montepulciano wine?

a) Montepulciano
b) Sangiovese
c) Dolcetto

Answer 7

b) Sangiovese

Question 8

Which area in Tuscany is known for producing the Super Tuscan wines?

a) Montalcino
b) San Gimignano
c) Bolgheri

Answer 8

c) Bolgheri

Question 9

What type of wine does the Frascati DOC produce?

a) White
b) Red
c) Rosé

Answer 9

a) White

Question 10

What is the traditional grape used in Soave?

a) Trebbiano
b) Garganega
c) Vermentino

Answer 10

b) Garganega

Question 11

What region is known for its Verdicchio wines?

a) Tuscany
b) Umbria
c) Marche

Answer 11

c) Marche

Question 12

What is the dominant grape used in Conero DOCG and Rosso Piceno DOC?

a) Sangiovese
b) Nero d’Avola
c) Montepulciano

Answer 12

c) Montepulciano

Question 13

What region does Umbria have a similar climate to?

a) Basilicata
b) Tuscany
c) Trentino-Alto Adige

Answer 13

b) Tuscany

Question 14

What region is the Frascati DOC in?

a) Umbria
b) Abruzzo
c) Lazio

Answer 14

c) Lazio

Question 15

What grape is used for Taurasi DOCG?

a) Agiorgitiko
b) Aglianico
c) Primitivo

Answer 15

b) Aglianico

Question 16

What is Sicily’s traditional red variety?

a) Frappato
b) Nero d’ Avola
c) Negroamaro

Answer 16

b) Nero d’ Avola

Question 17

What region is the wine Aglianico del Vulture in?

a) Basilicata
b) Puglia
c) Campania

Answer 17

a) Basilicata

Question 18

Which grape is the same as the Primitivo grape?

a) Grenache
b) Zinfandel
c) Sangiovese

Answer 18

b) Zinfandel

Question 19

How long must a wine from the DOCG of Taurasi be aged before release?

a) 2 years
b) 3 years
c) 4 years

Answer 19

b) 3 years

Question 20

What style of wine is an Orvieto?

a) Red
b) White
c) Rosé

Answer 20

b) White

Question 21

What grape is the Cannonau of Sardinia?

a) Negroamaro
b) Grenache
c) Merlot

Answer 21

b) Grenach

Question 22

What is the name given to the ventilated room for drying grapes?

Answer 22

Fruttaio

Question 23

What kind of wine is a Bardolino Chiaretto DOC?

Answer 23

Rose

Question 24

How many communes are there in Barolo?

Answer 24

5

Question 25

Which two communes represent Softer, Fruitier, Earlier Maturing Barolo?

Answer 25

La Morra. | Barola

Question 26

Which two communes represent more structured, longer to mature Barolo?

Answer 26

Monforte. | SerraLunga

Question 27

Which commune in Barolo has the qualities of the other groups within the commune.

Answer 27

Castiglione

Question 28

Which DOC overlaps both Barolo DOCG and Barberesco DOCG?

Answer 28

Langhe

Question 29

What grape is used in Barberesco DOCG

Answer 29

Nebbiolo

Question 30

What is the minimum age required for Barolo? | And how many months in Oak?

Answer 30

3 Years. | 18 Months

Question 31

What is the varietal Cabernet Sauvignon used in making a Super Tuscan?

Answer 31

Sassicaia

Question 32

Which grape is in the single grape higher quality Frascati?

Answer 32

Malvasia

Question 33

Which two grapes are typically used to make simple low priced blends of Frascati?

Answer 33

Malvasia. | Trebbiano

Question 34

What is quantitatively to be Italy's most important white wine?

Answer 34

Soave

Question 35

Where is Conero?

Answer 35

Marche

Question 36

Which two types of wine is Marche know for?

Answer 36

Verdicchio. | Conero

Question 37

Umbria is know for which wine?

Answer 37

Orvieto

Question 38

Name the four grapes in Orvieto?

Answer 38

Trebbiano. Grechetto. Malvasia. Verdello

Question 39

Arneis grape is typically grown where?

Answer 39

Roero

Question 40

Where is Roero located?

Answer 40

Piemonte

Question 41

Where would you find Schiava and Lagrein?

Answer 41

Alto Adige

Question 42

Schiava and Lagrein, Red or White?

Answer 42

Red

Question 43

Where is Collio?

Answer 43

Friuli Venezia

Question 44

Trentino is know for which red grape?

Answer 44

Teroldego

Question 45

Name the three grapes of Valpolicella?

Answer 45

Cor vin one. Ron din ella. Mol in ara.

Question 46

What style of wine is a Passito di Pantelleria ?

Answer 46

Sun dried / Moscato Grapes Luscious dessert wine. Island of Pantelleria (50 km south of Sicily)

Question 47

What 3 regions make up the toe, instep and heel of the boot in Italy?

Answer 47

Basilicata. (Inside Step) Calabria. (Toe) Puglia (Heal)

Question 48

Where would you find Selice Salentino?

Answer 48

Puglia

Question 49

Taurasi DOCg is located in which region?

Answer 49

Campania

Question 50

Where would you find Copertino?

Answer 50

Puglia

Question 51

Which Italian region could be compared with California's Central Valley and Australia's Riverina?

Answer 51

Puglia

Question 52

Name the two grapes you would find in Salice and Copertino?

Answer 52

Negroamaro. | Malvasia Nera

Question 53

Primitivo, typically where would you find it?

Answer 53

Puglia IGT wines