Emilia-Romagna

Question 1

What are the range of styles for Albana di Romagna DOCG (est. 1987)?

Answer 1

• Secco
• Amabile
• Dolce
• Passito (most promising)
• Passito Riserva

*95% Albana

Question 2

What are the 2 DOCGs of Emilia Romagna?

Answer 2

• Colli Bolognesi Pignoletto DOCG
  
  • Frizzante, Spumante, Superiore, Superiore Classico - 85% Grechetto (Pignoletto, or Alionzina)
• Romagna Albana DOCG
  
  • Secco, Amabile, Dolce, Passito (most promising), Passito Riserva - 95% Albana

Question 3

What was Italy’s 1st DOCG for white wines?

Answer 3

Romagna Albana DOCG, 1987

• most ridiculed DOCG
• Secco, Amabile, Dolce, Passito (most promising), Passito Riserva
• 95% Albana

Question 4

In what year was Romagna Albana promoted to DOCG?

Answer 4

1987

• Secco, Amabile, Dolce, Passito (most promising), Passito Riserva
• 95% Albana

Question 5

Prior to 2014, Pignoletto was a commonly accepted synonym for what grape?

Answer 5

Grechetto

• Colli Bolognesi Pignoletto DOCG, 2011
• Like Prosecco, Pignoletto became an appellation
• Producers outside the DOC/DOCG area are barred from using the name on varietal labels

Question 6

What % of Emilia-Romagna’s production is DOC level?

Answer 6

15%

Question 7

What are most likely to see produced in the central provinces of Modena and Reggio?

Answer 7

Lambrusco

• Nearly monopolizes the area

Question 8

Name 4 DOCs for Lambrusco.

Answer 8

• Lambrusco Grasparossa di Castelvetro
• Lambrusco di Sorbara
• Lambrusco Salamino di Santa Croce
• Lambrusco Montovano
  
  • Lies just over the border in Lombardy

*Frizzante red wines from over 60 subvarieties, from dry to dolce

Question 9

What is the Lambrusco DOC shared between Emilia-Romagna and Lombardy?

Answer 9

Lambrusco Montovano DOC

Question 10

What brand catapulted Lambrusco into the international spotlight in the 1970s?

Answer 10

Banfi’s “Riunite”

Question 11

What are 4 different Lambrusco grapes, with related styles?

Answer 11

• Lambrusco di Sorbara
  
  • Lightest, most delicate, floral, pink-rosé hue
• Lambrusco Grasparossa
  
  • Boldest, moderate to high tannin, creaminess from Charmat
  • min 85% for Lambrusco Grasparossa Castelvetro DOCG
• Lambrusco Maestri
  
  • Grapey, soft, milk chocolate
  • Other examples from Adelaide Hills, Australia, and Mendoza, Argentina
  • Ian d’Agata recommends Cantine Ceci ‘Otello’, change your perspective
• Lambrusco Salamino
  
  • Named after cylindrical ‘salami-shaped’ bunches
  • Delightful aromatic qualities of Lambrusco di Sorbara (cherries and violets) with the structure (tannin), creaminess, and deep color of Lambrusco Grasparossa
  • Made in sweetest styles, including semisecco and and dolce to counterbalance its tannin
  • Labeled as Reggiano Lambrusco Salamino and Lambrusco Salamino di Santa Croce

Question 12

What Lambrusco varietal is considered the lightest and most delicate?

Answer 12

• Lambrusco di Sorbara
  
  • Lightest, most delicate, floral, pink-rosé hue
• Lambrusco Grasparossa
  
  • Boldest, moderate to high tannin, creaminess from Charmat
  • min 85% for Lambrusco Grasparossa Castelvetro DOCG
• Lambrusco Maestri
  
  • Grapey, soft, milk chocolate
  • Other examples from Adelaide Hills, Australia, and Mendoza, Argentina
  • Ian d’Agata recommends Cantine Ceci ‘Otello’, change your perspective
• Lambrusco Salamino
  
  • Named after cylindrical ‘salami-shaped’ bunches
  • Delightful aromatic qualities of Lambrusco di Sorbara (cherries and violets) with the structure (tannin), creaminess, and deep color of Lambrusco Grasparossa
  • Made in sweetest styles, including semisecco and and dolce to counterbalance its tannin
  • Labeled as Reggiano Lambrusco Salamino and Lambrusco Salamino di Santa Croce

Question 13

What Lambrusco varietal is the boldest with the moderate to high tannin?

Answer 13

• Lambrusco di Sorbara
  
  • Lightest, most delicate, floral, pink-rosé hue
• Lambrusco Grasparossa
  
  • Boldest, moderate to high tannin, creaminess from Charmat
  • min 85% for Lambrusco Grasparossa Castelvetro DOCG
• Lambrusco Maestri
  
  • Grapey, soft, milk chocolate
  • Other examples from Adelaide Hills, Australia, and Mendoza, Argentina
  • Ian d’Agata recommends Cantine Ceci ‘Otello’, change your perspective
• Lambrusco Salamino
  
  • Named after cylindrical ‘salami-shaped’ bunches
  • Delightful aromatic qualities of Lambrusco di Sorbara (cherries and violets) with the structure (tannin), creaminess, and deep color of Lambrusco Grasparossa
  • Made in sweetest styles, including semisecco and and dolce to counterbalance its tannin
  • Labeled as Reggiano Lambrusco Salamino and Lambrusco Salamino di Santa Croce

Question 14

What Lambrusco varietal is named after cylindrical ‘salami-shaped’ bunches?

Answer 14

• Lambrusco di Sorbara
  
  • Lightest, most delicate, floral, pink-rosé hue
• Lambrusco Grasparossa
  
  • Boldest, moderate to high tannin, creaminess from Charmat
  • min 85% for Lambrusco Grasparossa Castelvetro DOCG
• Lambrusco Maestri
  
  • Grapey, soft, milk chocolate
  • Other examples from Adelaide Hills, Australia, and Mendoza, Argentina
  • Ian d’Agata recommends Cantine Ceci ‘Otello’, change your perspective
• Lambrusco Salamino
  
  • Named after cylindrical ‘salami-shaped’ bunches
  • Delightful aromatic qualities of Lambrusco di Sorbara (cherries and violets) with the structure (tannin), creaminess, and deep color of Lambrusco Grasparossa
  • Made in sweetest styles, including semisecco and and dolce to counterbalance its tannin
  • Labeled as Reggiano Lambrusco Salamino and Lambrusco Salamino di Santa Croce