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Goals for this morning
•Provide some historical background to key regions
• Learn to “think local”
•Discover new wines that have broad appeal, yet still maintain a sense of place
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A quick look at the geography
Prior to 1871 Current day
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Lay of the land
Italy
• Country: Italy
• Region: Campania
• Province: Avellino
• Commune: Tufo
USA
• Country: United States
• State: Ohio
• County: Montgomery
• City: Dayton
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Le Marche
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Regional Capital: Ancona (Portland, ME)
• Founded by the Greeks
• Major feature: Monte Conero
• Famous pilgrimage site of the Basilica della Santa Casa
• Famous red of Montepulciano
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Wine number 1
• Verdicchio di Matelica DOC, Fontezoppa, 2013
• Sandwhiched between the Apennine and pre-Appenineranges.
• 350m
• Wide diurnals in temperature
• Slightly austere; more ageworthy
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Campania
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Regional Capital: Naples (Fort Wayne, IN)
• Coastal area: Amalfi, Sorrento, Positano
• Mt Vesuvius (79CE)
• Avellino: hazelnuts, summer truffles, Sulphur mines
• Tony Soprano’s grandfather is from Avellino!
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Wine number 2
• Fiano di Avellino DOCG, NATIV, 2012
• 400-500 meters
• Mix of calcareous, clay, volcanic
• Fiano vine native to Avellino
• Vine has shorter life than most
• Wines are cellar worthy
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Wine number 3
• Greco di Tufo DOCG, Benito Ferrara ‘Vigna Cicogna’ 2013
• Single vineyard, east facing
• 500 meters
• Greco brought by Greeks
• Famous Tuff soil; compact volcanic
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Veneto
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Regional Capital: Venice (Ottawa, Canada)
• Most Serene Venetian Republic
• Stretched down through modern day Croatia
• Provided fleets of ships for eager crusaders
• Lake Garda: Italy’s largest lake
• Veneto: highest volume production
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Wine number 4
• Bardolino DOC, Cavalchina, 2013
• Corvina, Rondinella, Molinara
• Tank fermented to retain freshness
• Soil is based on ancient glacial deposits
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Wine number 5 (back to the Marche)
• Lacrima di Morro d’Alba DOC, Velenosi, 2013
• Unique tear-shape grapes
• Very aromatic
• Not related to Lacryma in Campania
• DOC is within the Castelli di JesiDOC known for Verdicchio
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Tuscany
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Regional Capital: Florence (Milwaukee, WI)
• The land of Sangiovese synonyms
• Settled by ancient Etruscans
• Old rivalries of Florence/Siena
• Montepulciano ally to Florence
• Medici influence on culture
• Vino Rosso Scelto di Montepulciano (original name)
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Wine number 6
• Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG, Dei ‘Bossona’ Reserva, 2008
• 100% Prugnolo Gentile
• Single vineyard produced only in the best years
• 36 month in 750L Tonneaux
• 12 month in bottle
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Umbria
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Regional Capital: Perugia (Concord, NH)
• Settled by ancient Umbrian (longtime enemy of the Etruscans)
• Fields of Sunflower and potatoes
• Famous towns of Assisi and Orvieto
• Montefalco hilltop town
• Historically passito style wines
• Dry table wine began in 1970s
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Wine number 7
• Montefalco Sagrantino DOCG, Antonelli San Marco, 2007
• Sagrantino dates back 400 years
• Fewer than 2,000 acres planted
• 100% sagrantino
• Maceration last 25-40 days, wines then moved to barrel for 24 months, then glass-lined cement for 12 month, then bottle for 12 month
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