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Piedmont

Piedmont. Italian Geography. 4 Major Regions Northwest Northeast Central Southern. Northwest Italy. Includes the great Piedmont region. Also, Liguria, Lombardy and Valle d’Aosta. Piedmont (Piemonte). Touted alongside Tuscany as on of Italy’s top two wine regions.

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Piedmont

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  1. Piedmont

  2. Italian Geography • 4 Major Regions • Northwest • Northeast • Central • Southern

  3. Northwest Italy • Includes the great Piedmont region. • Also, Liguria, Lombardy and Valle d’Aosta

  4. Piedmont (Piemonte) Touted alongside Tuscany as on of Italy’s top two wine regions. • What makes Piedmont unique? • Climate • Geography • Culture

  5. Geography Piemonte means “the foot of the mountain.” You can see why. Surrounded by the Alps and the Appenines. Po River cuts through it, creating a fertile plain, too rich for grape growing. Most grape growing happens in the area south of the Po Valley. Some in the foothills of the Alps.

  6. Monferrato Hills – Appenines. Langhe Hills – Appenines.

  7. terms • Bricco, Sori

  8. Weather • Continental Climate (cold snowy winters, hot dry summers, cool with fog spring and fall). • Receives a rain shadow from the Alps.

  9. Culture • Fine dining. • “Burgundy of Italy” • One of the gastronaut capitals of the world. • And of course, the wine.

  10. Many great and differing styles of wine. • Big bad reds • Softer reds. • Delicious, fresh whites. • Highly perfumed and delicate whites. • Sparkling whites.

  11. Italian Label Help • Look for DOCG labels. • di – preposition which means of • d’ – di can become d’ when used before a vowel • del – preposition with a definite article di il, meaning of the Often times, you will have DOC(G)s like this varietal di region Sometimes they stand alone, like Barolo, Barbaresco

  12. DOCGs of Piemonte • Dolcetto di Dogliani Superiore • Dolcetto di Ovada Superiore • Dolcetto di Diano d’Alba • Brachetto d’Acqui • Ruche di Castagnole Monferrato • Cortese di Gavi (Gavi) • Erbaluce di Caluso • Moscato d’Asti (Asti) • Barollo • Barbaresco • Ghemme • Gattinara • Roero • Barbera del Monferrato Superiore • Barbera d’Asti And some 40 DOCs!

  13. How to organize Sparkling (18%) White (17%) Red (65%)

  14. Sparkling • Asti/Moscato d’Asti • Brachetto d’Aqui

  15. Varietal • White – Arneis, Cortese, Erbaluce (ACE) • Red – Nebbiolo, Barbera, Dolcetto, Ruche • Or if you want to mix up the colors: ABC NERD

  16. White (only, still) DOCGs • Cortese di Gavi • Erbaluce di Caluso (very close to Valle d’Aosta)

  17. Nebbiolo • Barolo • Barbaresco • Roero • Ghemme • Gattinara Tanaro River Roero Baroloand Barbarescocome from Really Good Grapes.

  18. Nebbiolo • Thin skinned • Named for the morning fog of the region (la Nebbia) that prolongs the grapes ripening process in the fall (and also seems to cover the skin of the grape). • High alcohol, acid and extreme tannin. • Best examples offer extreme aromatic complexity and longevity. • Aromas of tar, truffles, rose petals, dried fruits. • Moderate in concentration and orange tinged even in youth. • Also known as Chiavennasca in Valtellina and Picotendro in Valle d’Aosta.

  19. Nebbiolo - What’s the difference? • Barolo “the king of wines, the wine of kings” • Barbaresco • Roero – Across the Tanaro river from B&B. • Gattinara and Ghemme – Foothills of the Alps.

  20. Barolo/ Barbaresco • Big, bad manly (especially Barolo) wine. • High in alcohol and tannin. • Use care when pairing this with food. • Needs to age! • Excellent Vintages: 1990, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

  21. For reference. Cannubi on Barolo and Rabaja in Barbaresco..

  22. Monferrato Hills • Barbera d’Asti • Barbera del Monferrato Superiore • Ruchè di Castagnole Monferrato

  23. Dolcetto • Dolcetto di Dogliani Superiore • Dolcetto di Ovada Superiore • Dolcetto di Diano d’Alba Sweet black fruit in a typically rustic frame.

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