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Piemonte Flashcards

1
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What geographic features cradle Piemonte?

A
  • The Apennines
  • The Alps
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This major river runs through Piemonte.

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The Po River

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What is the main soil of Piemonte?

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Calcareous marl and sandstone with different percentages of clay and sand.

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What is the climate of Piemonte?

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Continental

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The Alps create what in Piemonte?

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A rain shadow effect

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Where is hail worrisome in Piemonte?

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The Langhe

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What are the main red grapes of Piemonte?

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Nebbiolo

Barbera

Dolcetto

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What is the most planted red grape of Piemonte?

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Barbera

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9
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List some other red grapes of Piemonte.

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Brachetto

Grignolino

Ruche

Croatina

Vespolina

Freisa

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10
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What is Piemonte’s most planted white grape?

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Moscato Bianco (Muscat a Petit Grains)

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List some other white grapes of Piemonte.

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Cortese

Arneis

Erbaluce

Favorita (Vermentino)

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12
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How many DOCG/DOC in Piemonte?

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19 DOCG

42 DOC

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13
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In what province are Barolo and Barbaresco located?

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Cuneo Province

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14
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What is the main river of Barolo and Barbaresco?

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Tanaro River

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15
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List the 11 communes of Barolo.

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Entirely included in DOCG:

Barolo, Castiglione Falletto, Serralunga d’Alba

Partially included in DOCG: Monforte d’Alba, La Morra, Diano d’Alba, Novello, Verduno, Grinzane Cavour, Cherasco, Roddi

From North and around to the SE:

Verduno

Roddi

Grinzano Cavour

Diano d’ Alba

Castiglione Falleto

Serralunga d’ Alba

Monforte d’ Alba

Novello

Barolo

La Morra

Cherasco

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16
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What communes of production of Barolo are located completely within the DOCG?

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Barolo

Castiglione Falleto

Serralunga d’ Alba

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17
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What are the two soil types of Barolo? What are their differences?

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Tortonian Age Soil

  • higher proportion of calcareous marl which results in a softer style.
  • blue gray marls

Serravallian Age (Helvetian)

  • sandstone soil that produces more structured wines.
  • limestone and compacted sands
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18
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List the soil types of each commune.

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La Morra - Tortonian Age (calcareous marl)

Barolo - Tortonian (calcareous marl)

Monforte d’ Alba - Serravallian (sandstone)

Serralunga d’ Alba - Serravalian (sandstone)

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19
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List the aging requirements for Barolo Normale vs Riserva.

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Normale: 38 months from Nov 1 of harvest year, 18 months in wood

Riserva: 62 months from Nov 1 of harvest year, 18 months in wood

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20
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What are the communes of production for Barbaresco?

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Barbaresco

Neive

Treiso

San Rocco Senodelvio (part of Alba)

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21
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List the aging requirements for Barbaresco Normale vs Riserva.

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Normale: 26 months from Nov 1 following harvest, minimum 9 months in oak, may be released Jan 1 of third year following harvest

Riserva: 50 months from Nov 1 following harvest, minimum 9 months in oak, may be released Jan 1 of fifth year following harvest

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22
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List the DOCG of Piemonte

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Gattinara

Ghemme

Erbaluce di Caluso

Barbera del Monferrato Superiore

Ruche di Castagnole Monferrato

Barbera d’ Asti

Nizza

Roero

Barbaresco

Dolcetto di Diano d’ Alba

Barolo

Dogliani

Asti/Moscato d’ Asti

Brachetto d’ Aqui

Gavi di Gavi

Dolcetto di Ovada Superiore

Alta Langa

Terre Alfieri - elevated in 2020

Canelli - elevated in 2023

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23
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What is Barolo Chinato?

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an aromatized wine flavored with quinine

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24
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What is the most important producer of Barolo Chinato?

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Cappellano

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25
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What is the minimum percentage of Nebbiolo in Roero?

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95%

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26
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What are the soils of Roero?

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Sandy

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27
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What is the river that flows through Gattinara and Ghemme?

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The Sesia River

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In Gattinara and Ghemme, nebbiolo is also known as this.

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Spanna

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What are the main grapes of Ghemme?

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Minimum 85% Spanna (Nebbiolo),

Combined maximum 15% Vespolina and Uva Rara (Bonarda Novarese)

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What are the main grapes of Gattinara?

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Minimum 90% Spanna (Nebbiolo)

Maximum 10% in total of Bonarda di Gattinara and Vespolina (Vespolina cannot exceed 4%)

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31
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What is minimum aging for Barbera d’ Asti Normale vs Riserva?

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Normale: 4 months from Nov 1 of harvest year

Riserva: 14 months from November 1 of the harvest year, min 6 months in oak

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32
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What is the aging requirement of Barbera del Monferrato Superiore?

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14 months, 6 months in cask

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33
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What is the main grape of Nizza DOCG?

A

100% Barbera

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34
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These DOCG’s in Piemonte are Dolcetto.

A

Diano d’ Alba

Dogliani

Dolcetto di Ovada Superiore

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35
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This DOCG in Piemonte must be superiore to qualify for DOCG status.

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Dolcetto di Ovada Superiore DOCG

Barbera de Monferrato Superiore DOCG

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36
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What is the first still white wine in Piemonte to be promoted to DOCG status?

A

Gavi di Gavi

1998

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37
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What is the largest producer of DOCG wine in Italy?

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Asti DOCG

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38
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What is the minimum atmospheres of pressure of Asti DOCG?

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2 atmospheres of pressure

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39
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What are the grapes of the Alta Langa DOCG?

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Min. 90% combined Pinot Noir and/or Chardonnay

Max. 10% other non-aromatic varieties suitable for cultivation in Piemonte

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40
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True or False: Alta Langa DOCG are not allowed to be vintage dated.

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False - they must be vintage dated.

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41
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What are the aging requirements of Alta Langa DOCG normale and riserva?

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Spumante:

Min 9 months on lees (per EU law for classical method wines) and total production process must not be less than 30 months

Spumante Riserva:

Min 9 months on lees (per EU law for classical method wines) and total production process must not be less than 36 months

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42
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Who makes the bottling Barolo Vigna Cappella? What cru and commune?

A

Rocche di Manzoni

Perno in Monforte d’Alba

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43
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Who makes the bottling Ciabot Mentin? Commune? Cru?

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Domenico Clerico

Ginestra

Monforte d’Alba

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44
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Who makes the bottling Pajana? Commune? Cru?

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Domenico Clerico

Ginestra

Monforte d’Alba

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45
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Who makes the bottling Barolo Gavarini Vigna Chiniera? Where?

A

Elio Grasso

Monforte d’Alba

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46
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Who makes the bottling Casa Mate? Cru and commune?

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Elio Grasso

Ginestra

Monforte d’ Alba

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47
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Which of the following of Elio Grasso’s bottlings is aged in French Barrique?

Gavarini Chiniera

Casa Mate

Runcot

A

Runcot

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48
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What is special about Clerico’s Barolo ‘Percristina’? What vineyard and village do the grapes come from?

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Made for his daughter who died in a tragic accident. Only released in the best vintages.

Aged for 3 years barrique, constant tastings to select the best barriques, then assembling in barrel.

2 years in barrel (25 hL), 5+ years in bottle.

Mosconi - Monforte d’Alba

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49
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Who makes this bottling? In what cru and commune are these vines located?

A

Rocche dei Manzoni

Located in the vineyard Mosconi in Monforte d’ Alba.

50
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Grapes of Boca DOC

A

70% - 90% Nebbiolo

10% - 30% Vespolina and/or Uva Rara (Bonarda Novarese)

51
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Uva Rara is also known as what?

A

Bonarda Novarese

52
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Grapes of Bramaterra DOC

A

50% - 80% Nebbiolo

Maximum 30% Croatina

Maximum 20% Uva Rara (Bonarda Novarese) and/or Vespolina

53
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Grapes of Coste Della Sesia

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  • Bianco
    • 100% Erbaluce
  • Rosso/Rosato
    • minimum 50% Nebbiolo
    • maximum 50% other non-aromatic red grapes suitable for cultivation in Piemonte
  • Varietal wine
    • minimum 85% of the stated varietal (Nebbiolo, Croatina, Vespolina)
    • maximum 15% other non-aromatic grapes of the same color
54
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Grape of Caremma DOC

A

85%-100% Nebbiolo

max 15% other red grapes authorized in Piemonte

55
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Grapes of Lessona DOC

A
  • Rosso/Rosso Riserva
    • minimum 85% Nebbiolo
    • maximum 15% Vespolina and/or Uva Rara
56
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Grapes of Sizzano DOC

A
  • Rosso/Rosso Riserva
    • 50% - 70% Nebbiolo
    • 30% - 50% Vespolina and/or Uva rara (Bonarda novarese)
    • Maximum 10% other non-aromatic red grapes suitable for cultivation in Piemonte
57
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Grapes of Colline Novaresi

A
  • Bianco: 100% Erbaluce
  • Rosso/Rosato/Novello
    • minimum 50% Nebbiolo
    • maximum 50% other non-aromatic red grapes suitable for cultivation in Piemonte
  • Varietal wine
    • minimum 85% of the stated varietal (Nebbiolo, Uva Rara, Barbera, Vespolina, Croatina)
    • maximum 15% other non-aromatic grapes of the same color
58
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Name some traditional producers of Barolo. (9)

A

Giacomo Conterno

Guiseppe Mascarello

Bartolo Mascarello

Guiseppe Rinaldi

Roagna

Fratelli Brovia

Cappellano

Giacomo Borgogno

Bruno Giacosa (Barbaresco)

59
Q

What is cappello sommerso?

A

Where the cap of seeds and skins is held within the fermenting wine instead of punched down

60
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Name some modernist producers of Barolo and Barbaresco.

A

Luciano Sandrone (in between)

Prunotto

Ceretto

Paolo Scavino

Domenico Clerico

Elio Altare

Gaja

61
Q

What are the grapes of Fara DOC?

A

Nebbiolo

Vespolina

Uva Rara (Bonarda Novarese)

62
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What are the three eras of the geological formation of Barolo?

A

Tortonian (12-7 million years ago)

Serravalion (14-11 million years ago)

Langhein (16-14 million years ago)

Note: Serravalion and Langhein are part of the Heveltian period.

63
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What is special about Marcarini’s Dolcetto Boschi di Berri?

A

Planted on pre-phylloxera vines.

64
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Who owns the oldest Dolcetto vines in Italy?

A

Marcarini (150 years old).

65
Q

What are the three separate bottlings of Aldo Conterno’s Bussia? Where are the parcels for these bottlings located?

A

Vigna Cicala

Vigna Romirasco

Vigna Colonello

-comes from the Soprana vineyard within the Bussia cru.

66
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What is Aldo Conterno’s Granbussia?

A

In the best years, he produces a selection from within each of three parcels and calls it Granbussia.

67
Q

What is the legal maximum elevation for Barbaresco?

A

500 meters

68
Q

What are the appellations of Alto Piemonte? (11)

A

(NE to SW)ish

Colline Novaresi

Boca

Ghemme

Sizzano

Fara

Coste della Sesia

Gattinara

Bramaterra

Lessona

Carema

Erbaluce di Caluso

69
Q

What appellations in Alto Piemonte allow Croatina?

A

Bramaterra

Coste Della Sesia

Colline Novaresi

70
Q

What village is Bussia located in? Producer?

A

Barolo

Monforte d’Alba

-Aldo Conterno

71
Q

What village is Monprivato located in?

A

Castiglione Falleto

72
Q

What village is Cannubi/Cannubi Boschis located in? Producer?

A

Barolo

  • Paolo Scavino
  • E Pira
73
Q

Who makes Monfortino?

A

G. Conterno (monopole)

74
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What vineyard and village does G. Contero’s Monfortino come from?

A
  • 1920-1974: A blend of sites
  • 1978-2014: 100% Francia
  • 2015-Onward: A Blend of Francia, Ceretta, and Arione
  • Serralunga d’Alba
  • Francia = monopole
75
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Who makes Monprivato?

A

G. Mascarello (monopole)

76
Q

What top vineyard site is shared between Barolo and Monforte d’ Alba?

A

Bussia

77
Q

What is Bruno Giacosa’s monopole in Barolo? In what commune is it located?

A

Falletto

Located in Serralunga d’ Alba

78
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What vineyard site did G. Conterno buy in 2015? Where is it located? Who sold it to him? Who was making wine from here in the 1970s?

A

Arione

Located in Serralunga d’Alba

Gigi Rossi sold it to G. Conterno

Bruno Giacosa produced a Barolo from this site in the 1970’s.

79
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Aging requirements of Ghemme? Riserva?

A
  • Ghemme: minimum 34 months, including a minimum 18 months in wood and 6 months in bottle from November 1 of the harvest year
  • Ghemme Riserva: minimum 46 months, including a minimum 24 months in wood and 6 months in bottle from November 1 of the harvest year
80
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Aging requirements of Gattinara?

A
  • Gattinara: minimum 35 months, including 24 months in wood, from November 1 of the harvest year
  • Gattinara Riserva: 47 months, including 36 months in wood, from November 1 of the harvest year
81
Q

Where is Roncaglie in Barolo? What are the two subzones?

A

La Morra

  • Roncaglie Soprano
  • Roncaglie Sottano
82
Q

Where is Rocche dell’ Annunziata located?

Important producers?

A

La Morra

Paolo Scavino

Lorenzo Accomasso

83
Q

Where is Arborina? Important producer?

A

La Morra

Elio Altare

84
Q

Most important cru of Verduno? Important producer?

A

Monvigliero

G.B. Burlotto

85
Q

Where is Bricco Rocche? Producer?

A

Castiglione Falletto

-Ceretto

86
Q

Where is Prapò? Producer?

A

Serralunga d’Alba

Ceretto

Ettore Germano

87
Q

Where is Lazzarito? Producer?

A

Serralunga d’Alba

  • Ettore Germano
  • Fontanafredda
88
Q

Important vineyards of Bussia?

A

Sottana

Rocche

Soprana

Dardi

Pianpolvere

Visette

Arnulfo

Munie

89
Q

Where is Villero? Producer?

A

Castiglione Falletto

  • Bruno Giacosa
  • Brovia
  • Vietti
90
Q

Brunate is shared between which two communes? Producers?

A

La Morra and Barolo - majority falls in La Morra

  • Macarini
  • Rinaldi
  • Ceretto
91
Q

Where is Perno? Name two vineyards here? Producers?

A

Monforte d’Alba

Santo Stefano di Perno

Ceretta

-Giuseppe Mascarello

92
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This cru in Castiglione Falletto is known for its loose, rocky soils and is almost entirely planted to Nebbiolo. Name a producer.

A

Pira

Roagna

93
Q

Where is the Fiasco cru? What producer and bottling made this cru famous?

A

Castiglione Falletto

-Paolo Scavino ‘Bric dël Fiasc”

94
Q

Where is Serradenari? Producer that produced one vintage from here.

A

La Morra - the highest cru in La Morra

-it supplied grapes for Bruno Giacosa’s Barolo Croera (only produced in 2004).

95
Q

Where is Arborina? Producer?

A

La Morra

-Elio Altare

96
Q

Where is Cerequio?

A

La Morra

Barolo

97
Q

Where is Sarmassa?

A

Barolo

98
Q

Where is San Lorenzo? Producer?

A

Barolo

-This site supplies grapes for Bartolo Mascarello’s Barolo

99
Q

Where is Ravera? Producer?

A

Shared between Barolo and Novello

-Elvio Cogno Vigna Elena

100
Q

Where is Bricco delle Viole? Producer?

A

Barolo

-Vajra

101
Q

List the other crus that are “part” of Cannubi. Commune?

A

N to S

In Barolo

Cannubi Boschis - Lucien Sandrone

Cannubi Valletta

Cannubi San Lorenzo

Cannubi Muscatel

102
Q

Where is Ginestra? Producer?

A

Monforte d’Alba

-Elio Grasso

103
Q

Where is Bricco Boschis? Producer?

A

Castiglione Falletto

-Cavallotto

104
Q

Where is Rocche di Castiglione? Producer?

A

Castiglione Falletto

Monforte d’Alba

-Brovia

105
Q

Where is Cerretta? Producer?

A

Serralunga d’Alba

  • Elio Altare
  • Giacomo Conterno
106
Q

Commune of Roncagliette? Producer?

A

Barbaresco

-Gaja

107
Q

The vineyards of Sori Tildin and Costa Russi are located in which cru? Commune?

A

Roncagliette

Barbaresco

108
Q

Commune of Ovello? Producer?

A

Barbaresco

  • Produttori del Barbaresco
  • largest cru in Barbaresco
109
Q

Montefico? Producer?

A

Barbaresco

-Produttori del Barbaresco

110
Q

Montestefano? Producer?

A

Barbaresco

-Produttori del Barbaresco

111
Q

Pajè? Producer?

A

Barbareco

-Produttori del Barbaresco

112
Q

What is the smallest cru in Barbaresco? Producer?

A

Rabaja-Bas

-Castello di Verduno

113
Q

Where is Muncagata? Producer?

A

Barbaresco

  • Moccagotta
  • Produttori del Barbaresco
114
Q

Where are Pora and Asili? Producer?

A

Barbareco

-Produttori del Barbaresco

115
Q

Where is Rabajà? Producer?

A

Barbaresco

  • Castello di Verduno
  • Produttori del Barbaresco
116
Q

Rio Sordo? Producer?

A

Barbaresco

-Produttori del Barbaresco

117
Q

Roncaglie? Producer?

A

Barbareso

-Poderi Colla

118
Q

Basarin? Commune? Producer?

A

Neive

-Moccagatta

119
Q

Albesani? Commune? Producer?

A

Neive

-Bruno Giacosa

120
Q

What famous subzone is located in Albesani?

A

Santo Stefano

121
Q

Where is Gaja’s San Lorenzo vineyard located? Cru? Commune?

A

Secondine

-Barbaresco

122
Q

Gaja plants a lot of Chardonnay in which cru? Commune?

A

Giacosa

-Treiso

Northern Italy (10 decks)

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