Week8 Luxury Wines

Question 1

How many hectacres are planted? How many barrels?

Answer 1

90,000 hectaliters or a million cases

Question 2

How much ageing does a Barbaresco DOCG get versus a riserva Barbaresco DOCG

Answer 2

two years normal, four years (9 months in a barrel)

Question 3

Brunello di Montalcino has an annual production of what in hectaliters and cases

Answer 3

66,000 hectaliters or 730,000 cases

Question 4

What subzone of Chianti is Brunello di Montalcino located within?

Answer 4

Colli Senesi

Question 5

What is the percent alcohol in Brunello?

Answer 5

12.5 %

Question 6

How many producers make Barolo?

Answer 6

194

Question 7

How many communes are within the Chianti Classico DOCG?

Answer 7

Nine

Question 8

What grape is used in making Barolo? Where is it made? Percent of this grape?

Answer 8

Nebbiolo, Piedmont, 100%

Question 9

The Barolo DOCG and the Barbaresco DOCG are both located in what DOC within Peidmont

Answer 9

Langhe DOC

Question 10

How much ageing does a Brunello DOCG get versus a riserva Brunello DOCG

Answer 10

Four years plus 2 years in barrel; Five years plus 2 years in barrel

Question 11

What is a MEGA?

Answer 11

menzioni geografiche aggiuntive which is a sub-geographic component within a DOCG

Question 12

Barbaresco has an annual production of what in hectaliters and cases

Answer 12

30,000 hectaliters and 330,000 cases

Question 13

What are the three types of Chianti Classico that can be made?

Answer 13

Chianti Classico DOCG, Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG, Chianti Classico Gran Selezione DOCG (top)

Question 14

Name the six basic types of luxury Italian wines

Answer 14

Barolo, Barbaresco, Amarone della Valpociello, Chianti Classico Gran Selezione, Bolgheri Super Tuscan, Brunello di Montalcino

Question 15

What are the two Bolgheri DOCs?

Answer 15

Bolgheri DOC and Bolgheri Sassacaia

Question 16

Which of the six luxury wines of Italy is a DOC

Answer 16

Bolgheri

Question 17

What year did the Gran Selezione Chianti Classico get defined as a DOCG?

Answer 17

2014

Question 18

What is the minimum alcohol level of a Barolo DOCG?

Answer 18

13.0%

Question 19

True or False: All Italian luxury wines are red wines

Answer 19

TRUE

Question 20

How many MEGAs are there in Barolo?

Answer 20

There are 181 including the 11 communes (=villages)

Question 21

What is the minimum level of alcohol in Barbaresco?

Answer 21

12.5%

Question 22

What is the minimum alcohol level in the three types of Chianti Classico?

Answer 22

Chianti Classico DOCG (12%, 80% Sangiovese), Chianti Classico Riserva (12.5%) and Chianti Classico Gran Selezione (13%)

Question 23

How much ageing does a Barolo DOCG get versus a riserva Barolo DOCG

Answer 23

Three years normal, five years (18 months in a barrel)

Question 24

Chianti Classico has an annual production of what in hectaliters and cases

Answer 24

Total 275,000 hectaliters, or 3 million cases; 11,000 hectaliters and 125,000 cases for Gran Selezione

Question 25

What grape is in Brunello di Montalcino?

Answer 25

100% Sangiovese (note: Chianti is 80%)

Question 26

What are the three communes within the Barbaresco DOCG?

Answer 26

Barbaresco, Nieve, Treiso

Question 27

What grape is used in making Barbaresco? Where is it made? Percent of this grape?

Answer 27

Nebbiolo, Piedmont, 100%

Question 28

What commune is found in Bolgheri DOC?

Answer 28

Categanato Carducci