Valle D'Aosta

Question 1

What vine training system is mostly used in the Valle d’Aosta?

Answer 1

Pergola

Question 2

How many IGP production is there in the Valle D’Aosta?

Answer 2

None

Question 3

What is the principal river in Valle de’Aosta?

Answer 3

Dora Baltea

Question 4

What region in Italy also produced Ice Wines and from what grape variety?

Answer 4

Valle d’Aosta; from Prié Blanc

Question 5

Which white variety in Valle d’Aosta originated in the Valais of Switzerland?

Answer 5

Petite Arvine

Question 6

What is the most planted grape variety in the Valle d’Aosta?

Answer 6

Petit Rouge

Question 7

What white variety has its home in the Chambave sub-zone of Valle d’Aosta?

Answer 7

Moscato Bianco

Question 8

How any DOCs are there in Valle d’Aosta?

Answer 8

One

Question 9

What variety is the traditional grape of the Lower Valley sub zones of the Valle d’Aosta, Donnas and Arnad-Montjovet?

Answer 9

Picotendro (Nebbiolo)

Question 10

What is Pinot Grigio also known as in the Valle d’Aosta?

Answer 10

Malvoisie

Question 11

What is the largest sub-zone in the Valle d’Aosta?

Answer 11

Torrette

Question 12

Which region in Italy produces the smallest amount of wine?

Answer 12

Valle d’Aosta

Question 13

What is the highest elevation Valle d’Aosta sub-zone?

Answer 13

Blanc de Morgex et de La Salle

Question 14

What is considered to be the most prestigious Nebbiolo based sub-zone in the Valle d’Aosta?

Answer 14

Donnas

Question 15

What is the highest peak in the Alps?

Answer 15

Monte Bianco

Question 16

What is the climate of Valle d’Aosta?

Answer 16

Continental with alpine influences

Question 17

Which is the only French speaking area of Italy?

Answer 17

Valle D’Aosta

Question 18

What grape in the Valle d’Aosta has ungrafted vines and why?

Answer 18

Prié Blanc; because phyllloxera cannot survive at such high altitudes

Question 19

Which grape variety is the main component in the red wines of Valle D’Aosta sub-zones of Torrette, Enfer d’Arvier and Chambave?

Answer 19

Petit Rouge

Question 20

What Valle d’Aosta sub-zone produces a red wine known as the ‘mountain brother of Barolo’?

Answer 20

Donnas

Question 21

What high-quality native red grape variety is mainly grown in the Central Valley of Valle d’Aosta?

Answer 21

Fumin

Question 22

What is the viticulture of Valle d’Aosta often defined as?

Answer 22

‘Heroic’ viticulture due to the steepness of the slopes upon which the vines are grown

Question 23

What is the Valle d’Aosta’s only native white variety?

Answer 23

Prié Blanc

Question 24

What is Nebbiolo also known as in the Valle d’Aosta?

Answer 24

Picotendro

Question 25

What is the predominant grape of the Torrette subzone of Valle d’Aosta?

Answer 25

Petit Rouge

Question 26

What is the IGP of the Valle d’Aosta?

Answer 26

There isn’t one

Question 27

What is the traditional home of Moscato Bianco in Valle d’Aosta?

Answer 27

Chambave

Question 28

What is the minimum required amount of Fumin in the Valle d’Aosta DOC?

Answer 28

85%

Question 29

Is Nebbiolo native to Valle d’Aosta?

Answer 29

No

Question 30

What percentage of Valle d’Aosta is above 2,100m?

Answer 30

60%

Question 31

What is the coldest and driest area of the Valle d’Aosta?

Answer 31

The Upper Valley

Question 32

Petit Rouge and Fumin are both native grapes in the Valle d’Aosta. Which one is considered the higher quality grape?

Answer 32

Fumin

Question 33

What is the warmest and wettest area of the Valle d’Aosta?

Answer 33

The Central Valley

Question 34

What is the most productive area of the Valle d’Aosta?

Answer 34

The Lower Valley

Question 35

Is wine production in the Valle d’Aosta mostly white or red wine?

Answer 35

Red

Question 36

What are passito wines sometimes labelled as in Valle d’Aosta?

Answer 36

Vendemmia Tardiva

Question 37

Which sub-region of the Valle d’Aosta has the longest ageing requirement?

Answer 37

Donnas

Question 38

Which is the coldest and driest part of the Valle d’Aosta?

Answer 38

Upper Valley

Question 39

What countries and regions border the Valle d’Aosta?

Answer 39

France, Switzerland and Piemonte