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Italian Wine Professional™ Course
Unit 2 Northern Italian Reds Italian Wine Central™ Italian Wine Professional™ Course
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What we will cover Introduction Grape varieties and denominations
Piedmont and Lombardy Liguria and Valle d’Aosta Trentino–Alto Adige Veneto and Friuli–Venezia Giulia Cuisine of northern Italy Italian language practice 1
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Learning objectives Geography and cultural history of the regions
Major grape varieties of the regions and where they are concentrated Commercially significant denominations Which region are they located in? Red only, or other styles as well? Primary grape variety or varieties Single-variety (100%), varietal (85+%), or blend (85% of one variety not required)? 1a
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Regions of Northern Italy
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Regions of Northern Italy
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Regions of Northern Italy
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Regions of Northern Italy
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Red Grape Varieties of Northern Italy
Schiava Lagrein Teroldego Pinot Nero Refosco MERLOT Cabernet Corvina Nebbiolo Rondinella Croatina Raboso Freisa BARBERA Grignolino Dolcetto 6
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Piedmont 7
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Piedmont PIEDMONT Turin 8
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Primary red grape varieties: Barbera Dolcetto Nebbiolo
Piedmont PIEDMONT Primary red grape varieties: Barbera Dolcetto Nebbiolo Other red varieties: Brachetto Freisa Grignolino Most famous red wine denominations: Barolo DOCG Barbaresco DOCG Barbera d’Asti DOCG PIEDMONT 9
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Nebbiolo-Based DOPs Barbaresco DOCG Barolo DOCG 10
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Nebbiolo-Based DOPs Ghemme DOCG Gattinara DOCG Barbaresco DOCG
Roero DOCG Barolo DOCG 11
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Valtellina Superiore DOCG Sforzato di Valtellina DOCG
Nebbiolo-Based DOPs Valtellina Superiore DOCG Sforzato di Valtellina DOCG 12
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Other DOCs that make Nebbiolo-based wines
Nebbiolo-Based DOPs Other DOCs that make Nebbiolo-based wines 13
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Barbera-Based DOPs Barbera d’Asti DOCG Asti Nizza DOCG 14
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Other DOCs that make Barbera-based wines
Barbera-Based DOPs Barbera d’Asti DOCG Asti Other DOCs that make Barbera-based wines Alba Barbera d’Alba DOC Nizza DOCG 15
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(Dolcetto di Diano d’Alba DOCG)
Dolcetto-Based DOPs Ovada DOCG (Dolcetto di Ovada Superiore DOCG) Diano d’Alba DOCG (Dolcetto di Diano d’Alba DOCG) Dogliani DOCG 16
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DOCs that make only Dolcetto-based wines Dolcetto d’Acqui DOC
Dolcetto-Based DOPs Dolcetto di Ovada DOC Dolcetto d’Alba DOC Dolcetto d’Asti DOC DOCs that make only Dolcetto-based wines Dolcetto d’Acqui DOC 17
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Large Multipurpose DOCs in Piedmont
Piemonte DOC Monferrato DOC Langhe DOC 18
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Liguria 19
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Primary red grape varieties: Rossese Dolcetto
Liguria Primary red grape varieties: Rossese Dolcetto 20
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Valle d’Aosta Vallée d’Aoste Valle d’Aosta 21
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VALLE D’AOSTA/ VALLÉE D’AOSTE
Satellite image by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD (CC BY 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons 22
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VALLE D’AOSTA/ VALLÉE D’AOSTE
Only denomination: Valle d’Aosta DOC (aka Vallée d’Aoste DOC) Primary red grape varieties: Petit Rouge Nebbiolo Pinot Nero 23
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Lombardy 24
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Lombardy LOMBARDY LOMBARDIA Milan Milano 25
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Primary red grape varieties: Barbera Croatina Nebbiolo Pinot Nero
Lombardy LOMBARDY Primary red grape varieties: Barbera Croatina Nebbiolo Pinot Nero Most famous red wine denominations: Oltrepò Pavese Valtellina LOMBARDY 26
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Lombardy Red Wine DOPs Valtellina Chiaretto = Rosato Garda DOC
Valtellina Superiore DOCG Sforzato di Valtellina DOCG Valtellina Rosso DOC Lake Garda Chiaretto = Rosato Garda DOC Oltrepò Pavese Bonarda dell’Oltrepò Pavese and others 27
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Trentino– Alto Adige 28
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Trentino–Alto Adige TRENTINO–ALTO ADIGE ALTO ADIGE/ SÜDTIROL TRENTINO
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Primary native red grape varieties: Schiava Teroldego Lagrein
Trentino–Alto Adige Primary native red grape varieties: Schiava Teroldego Lagrein International varieties: Merlot Pinot Nero TRENTINO–ALTO ADIGE ALTO ADIGE TRENTINO 30
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Trentino–Alto Adige DOPs
Alto Adige/Südtirol DOC Valdadige DOC Trentino DOC 31
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Trentino–Alto Adige DOPs
Südtirol DOC Trentino DOC Valdadige DOC Satellite image by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD (CC BY 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons 32
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Trentino–Alto Adige 33
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Veneto 34
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Veneto VENETO VENETO Venice 35
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Most important native red grape varieties: Corvina Rondinella
Veneto Most important native red grape varieties: Corvina Rondinella Other major red varieties: Merlot Cabernet Raboso Refosco Most famous red wine denominations: Valpolicella and Amarone della Valpolicella Bardolino VENETO VENETO Venice 36
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Corvina-Based DOPs Valpolicella Bardolino Valpolicella DOC
Verona Valpolicella DOC Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG Valpolicella Ripasso DOC Bardolino DOC (Rosso and Chiaretto) Bardolino Superiore DOCG 37
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FRIULI– VENEZIA GIULIA
Veneto IGPs IGP delle Venezie FRIULI– VENEZIA GIULIA TRENTINO VENETO IGP Veneto 38
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Friuli– Venezia Giulia
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Friuli–Venezia Giulia
Most important red wine denominations: Collio (Goriziano) DOC Friuli Colli Orientali DOC Friuli Grave DOC Most planted red grape varieties: Merlot Cabernet Franc Refosco FRIULI– VENEZIA GIULIA FRIULI– VENEZIA GIULIA FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA 40
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Northern Italian Cuisine
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Northern Italian Cuisine
Fonduta (Fondue) Antipasto of speck and prosciutto 42
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Northern Italian Cuisine
Gnocchi in Gorgonzola cream Tagliolini al Barolo Pesto pasta 43
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Northern Italian Cuisine
Meat sauce with carrots on polenta Roast pheasant Rabbit stew 44
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Northern Italian Cuisine
Sausage and sliced polenta Vitello tonnato Ossobuco milanese with risotto 45
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Northern Italian Cuisine
Tartufi (truffles) 46
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Introduction to the Italian Language:
Common Label Words di & d’ = of a = to, at, in su = on il, la, & l’ = the (singular) i, le, & gli = the (plural) del, della, dell’, dei, delle, & degli = of the al, alla, all’, ai, & alle = to (at, in) the sul, sulla, & sulle = on the e = and Colle, Collina, Poggio, Bricco, & Ronco = Hill Valle & Val = Valley Terre = Lands, territory, area San, Santa, Santo, & Sant’ = Saint, holy Azienda, Cantina, Cascina, Fattoria, Podere, & Tenuta = Winery or wine estate 47
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Italian Wine Professional™ Course
Unit 2 Northern Italian Reds Italian Wine Central™ Italian Wine Professional™ Course
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