Southern Italy Flashcards
What was the traditional vine training method in Southern Italy? And why?
Bush trained low to the ground with leaf cover protecting the grapes from sunburn. This is being replaced by trellising and cordon trellising to allow for mechanical harvesting.
Which southern region is home to more DOCG’s than any other?
Campania.
What two white varieties produce the best whites in Campania?
Fiano and Greco.
Which regions in Campania produce the best Fiano and Greco?
Fiano di Avellino DOCG and Greco di Tufo DOCG.
Describe a wine made from Fiano.
Medium acidity, medium to full body, and aromas of stone fruit, melons and mango.
Describe a wine made from Greco.
More acidity and leaner body than Fiano, producing wine with green apples, stone fruit and passion fruit flavors, developing to honey and mushrooms with age.
What is the most prestigious black grape of Southern Italy?
Aglianico.
Describe a wine made from Aglianico.
Deep color, high acidity and tannin, with flavors of black fruit. Matured in oak. After bottle age, it develops earthy, forest floor notes.
What area in southern Italy is best known for Aglianico?
Taurasi.
Just below Campania is Basilicata, an extremely mountainous region. What wine is it best known for.
Aglianico del Vulture DOC.
What two black varieties is Puglia known for?
Negromaro and Primitivo (Zinfindel).
Describe a premium Negromaro and Primitivo wine.
Full bodied, medium tannins and acidity, high alcohol and baked red and black fruit for Negromaro. Primitivo is similar except it has flavors of very ripe berry fruit.
When grown in high yields on the plain, Negromaro and Primitivo produce simple, fruity wines sold as what label ?
Puglia IGT.
Which area in southern Italy produces the best Negromaros?
Salice Salentino DOC.
What is the dominant black grape of Sciily?
Nero d’Avola.
