Lombardy

Question 1

What is the most planted grape in Lombardy?

Answer 1

Croatina

Question 2

What is Nebbiolo called in Valtelina?

Answer 2

Chiavennasca

Question 3

What river runs through Valtellina?

Answer 3

The Adda river

Question 4

At what elevations are the vineyards of Valtellina usually planted?

Answer 4

300-800m

Question 5

How do the soils of Valtellina differ from those of the Langhe?

Answer 5

Schist and sandy loam with a much lower pH than the Langhe

Question 6

What is the minimum required % of Chiavennasca for all 3 appellations in Valtellina?

Answer 6

90%

Question 7

What are the aging requirements for Valtellina Superiore DOCG?

Answer 7

Normale: 2yrs w/ 1yr in wood
Riserva: 3yrs w/ 1yr in wood

Question 8

What are the subzones of Valtellina?

Answer 8

Maroggia, Sassella, Inferno, Grumello, Valgella

Question 9

What does stagafassli refer to?

Answer 9

Valtellina Superiore wines bottled across the border in Switzerland

Question 10

What is the appellation for passito style wines made in Valtellina?

Answer 10

Sforzato di Valtellina

Question 11

What is the minimum alcohol for Sforzato di Valtelina DOCG?
Aging requirements?

Answer 11

14%
20 months from April 1 (2yrs from Jan 1) with 1yr in barrel

Question 12

What is Lombardy’s DOCG for traditional method sparkling wines?

Answer 12

Franciacorta DOCG

Question 13

What is the name Franciacorta derived from?

Answer 13

Francae curtes- “free courts” as the Cluny monks declared this area free of taxation in the 11th century

Question 14

Who was experimenting with traditional method sparking wine in Lombardy in the 1950s?

Answer 14

Guido Berlucchi

Question 15

What bodies of water border Franciacorta to the North and West?

Answer 15

Lake Iseo in the North and the Oglio river flows from the lake to the West of the region

Question 16

What lake lies at the border of the Veneto and Lombardy?

Answer 16

Lake Garda

Question 17

What lake lies in the North West of the Lombardy region? What river flows from it?

Answer 17

Lake Como
The Adda river

Question 18

What are still wines from Franciacorta released as?
What were they formerly called?

Answer 18

Curtefranca DOC
Terre di Franciacorta

Question 19

Who makes “Annamaria Clementi”?

Answer 19

Maurizio Zanella Ca’ Del Bosco

Question 20

What are the grapes permitted to make Franciacorta Normale?

Answer 20

Chardonnay and Pinot Noir with a max 50% Pinot Bianco and max 10% Erbamat

Question 21

What grapes must Satèn be made from?

Answer 21

Only white grapes with Chardonnay and max 50% Pinot Bianco

Question 22

What is the minimum % of Pinot Nero and max % of Chardonnay in Franciacorta Rosé?

Answer 22

35% Pinot Nero
65% Chardonnay

Question 23

What is the min aging for Franciacorta
NV
Satèn & Rosé
Millesimato
Riserva
?

Answer 23

NV - 18m on the lees, 25m total
Satèn & Rosé - 24m on the lees, 31m total
Millesimato - 30m on the lees, 37m total
Riserva - 60m on the lees, 67m total

Question 24

What styles of Franciacorta may only be made in dry styles?

Answer 24

Satèn and Riserva

(Millesimato can be up to Extra Dry)

Question 25

What style of Franciacorta has a maximum pressure? What is it?

Answer 25

Satèn Max 5 atmospheres

Question 26

In which subzone of Franciacorta are most of the important sparkling wine houses based?

Answer 26

Erbusco

Question 27

How long does Annamaria Clementi spend on the lees?

Answer 27

8yrs

Question 28

In what area of Lombardy is Oltrepò Pavese?

Answer 28

The south western tip between Emilia-Romagna and Piedmont in the Pavia province

Question 29

What is the DOCG of Oltrepó Pavese?

Answer 29

Oltrepò Pavese Metodo Classico DOCG

Question 30

How must Oltrepò Pavese sparkling wine be made?

Answer 30

In the Charmat method, in Italy called the Martinotti method

Question 31

What is the grape of Oltrepó Pavese Metodo Classico? What is the min % that must be in the wine?

Answer 31

Pinot Nero Min 70%

Question 32

Want % of the wine must be from Pinot Nero for a wine to be varietally labeled Pinot Nero in Oltrepó Pavese Metodo Classico?

Answer 32

85%

Question 33

What does the term Cruasé indicate on a label of Oltrepó Pavese Metodo Classico?

Answer 33

A traditional Méthod sparkling rosé made form a minimum 85% Pinot Nero by an associated member of the Consorzio Tutela Vini Oltrepò Pavese

Question 34

What grapes have their own DOCs within Oltrepó Pavese DOC?

Answer 34

Pinot Nero, Pinot Grigio, and Bonarda

Question 35

What kind of wine in Sangue di Guida DOC?

Answer 35

Sweet red wines in still, Spumante, and frizzante styles made from Barbera and Croatina

Question 36

What style of wine is made in Buttafuoco DOC?

Answer 36

Still or frizzante dry red wines from Barbera and Croatina with Uva Rara and Vespolina

Question 37

What region of Lambrusco falls within Lombardy?

Answer 37

Lambrusco Mantovano DOC

Question 38

What DOCs around Lake Garda are shared by Lombardy and the Veneto?

Answer 38

Garda DOC - the Classico Subzone lies in the Lombardy side Lugana DOC - on the Southern end of Lake Garda

Question 39

What styles of wine are made in the Garda DOC?

Answer 39

White, red, chiaretto, spumante, and passito

Question 40

Where would you find Chiaretto? What is it?

Answer 40

Around lake Garda. It is a rosé usually made from Corvina that may be a little off dry

Question 41

What was the first DOC awarded in Lombardy?

Answer 41

Lugana DOC

Question 42

What grapes varietal if the focus in Lugana DOC?

Answer 42

Turbiana also known as Trebbiano di Lugana All styles require a min of 90% Turbiana

Question 43

What style of wine is Moscato di Scanzo DOC?

Answer 43

Sweet red passito wines made from the red Moscato grape