Piemonte Flashcards
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what style of wine can you find in Gavi DOCG?
white from grape Cortese
can be tranquillo, Spumante, Frizzante.
Tranquillo wine may have slight traces of wood only
Gavi reserva must be aged min 1 year including 6 month on lee from oct 15th of the harvest year.
put the following in order of their ripening schedule? (earliest to latest)
Barbera
Nebbiolo
Dolcetto
Dolcetto
Barbera
Nebbiolo
define the following:
Cappello Sommerso?
The cap of seed & skins is held within the fermenting wine instead of punch down.
name 2 sub varieties of Nebbiolo?
Michet
Lampia
within which DOCG of Piemonte can you find the river Sesia?
Ghemme & Gattinara DOCG
Wine style of Ghemme DOCG?
Ghemme Normale
Ghemme Riserva
both min 85% Spanna + comb max 15% Vespolina & UVA rara.
Aging of Ghemme DOCG?
Ghemme Normale= min 34 mths, including 18 mths in oak and 6 mths in btl
Ghemme Riserva= min 46 mths, including 24 mths in oak and 6 mths in btl
wine style of Gattinara DOCG?
Gattinara Normale
Cattinara Riserva
both min 90% Spanna + Comb max 10% Bonarda & Vespolina
Aging for Gattinara Normale DOCG
Aging for Gattinara Riserva DOCG
Gattinara Normale DOCG= min 35 mths including 24 mths in oak
Gattinara Riserva= min 47 mths including 36 mths in oak
which of the following needs to age their wine the longest? Gattinara Normale DOCG Gattinara Riserva DOCG Ghemme Normale DOCG Ghemme Riserva DOCG
Ghemme Normale DOCG= 34 months
Gattinara Normale DOCG= 35 months
Ghemme Riserva DOCG= 46 months
Gattinara Riserva DOCG= 47 months
where can you find the following DOC? Boca Carema Bramatera Lessona
north of Piemonte at the border with Valle d’Aosta
Around the DOCG of Ghemme and Gattinara
all top DOC for Nebbiolo
what is the principal grape used for the following DOC: Boca Carema Bramatera Lessona
Carema= min 85%/Max 100% Nebbiolo Lessona= min 85%/Max 100% Nebbiolo Boca= min 70%/Max 90% Nebbiolo Bramatera= min 50%/Max 80% Nebbiolo
True or False, both Boca DOC and Bramatera DOC can have 100% Nebbiolo?
False,
Boca max 90% and Bramatera max 80% Nebbiolo
wha style of wine is made in Roero DOCG?
Roero Rosso= min 95% Nebbiolo min 20 mths aging inc. 6mths in oak
Roero Rosso Riserva= min 95% Nebbiolo, min 32 mth aging inc. 6 mth in oak
Roero Arneis (tranquillo & spumante) min 95% Arneis
Wine style of Erbaluce di Caluso DOCG?
Bianco, spumante, passito, passito riserva
100% Erbaluce
wine style of Ruchè di Castagnole Monferrato DOCG?
red wine made with min 90% Ruchè grape + max 10% combine Barbera & Brachetto
Wine style of Alta Langa DOCG?
traditional method from min 90% PN/Chard coming from vineyard at min 250M alt. Valley floor prohibited
all wine vintage dated
30 mths aging for spumante
36 mths aging for Riserva
Asti DOCG?
Asti Metodo Classico (tardi method, 9 mths on lees, 125 alc)
Moscato D’Asti (charm method, max 2 bars, 4.5-6% alc)
when was Asti DOCG created?
when did we add the zone for Asti DOCG?
1993 acquired the DOCG
2011 we added 3 sub zones
name the sub zone of Asti DOCG? which one is having the longest aging req?
Canelli
Strevi
Santa Vittoria D’Alba (longest aging)
Name all DOCG using dominantly Barbera grape?
Nizza DOCG 100%
Barbera d’Asti DOCG (90/100%)
Barbera Del Monferato Sup DOCG (min 85%)
Nizza DOCG?
100% Barbera
Rosso (with or without Vigna)= min 18 mths inc. 6 mths in oak from 01/01 of the year following the harvest.
Rosso Riserva with or without Vigna= min 30 mths, inc. 12 mths in oak from the 01/01 of the year following the harvest
what was Nizza before to become DOCG in 2014?
it was a sub zone of Barbera d’Asti
Barbera d’Asti DOCG?
min 90% Barbera + comb max 10% Freisa, Grignolino, Dolcetto
Barbera d’Asti= min 4 mths from 01/01
Barbera d’Asti Sup= min 14 mths inc. 6mth in oak from the 01/01
Barbera d’Asti with sub zone= min 24 mths, inc. 6 mths in oak and 6 mths in btl
