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11.01.2010

Campania


Just a quick preface: When I begin each region, there will be a map (click on the map to get a better view) with an introduction listing red/white varieties commonly found, plus a list of DOCGs, DOCs, and IGTs. I will do straight translations without (but no promises) editorializing. Just the facts, signora.

Then, I will probably dedicate one post per appellation within the region. It should be straightforward. Here we begin with Campania because I lived there. I am not following the order of the book, but will stick to and finish a region once begun. Here we go! Now it's time to let my inner nerd wear its headgear in public.


Grape Varieties Suited for Cultivation in Campania

White grapes (among the most widely cultivated)
:
falanghina, malvasia bianca di Candia, trebbiano Toscano, coda di volpe bianca, greco, asprinio bianco, biancolella, and malvasia bianca. Others: bellone, bombino bianco, chardonnay, fenile, forastera, ginestra, guarnaccia, montonico bianco, moscato bianco, pallagrello bianco, pepella, pinot bianco, riesling, riesling italico, ripolo, san lunardo, sylvaner verde, veltliner, and verdeca.
Grey**/Pink Grapes: pinot grigio and traminer aromatico
Red grapes (among the most widely cultivated): aglianico, barbera, sangiovese, piedirosso, montepulciano, merlot, greco nero, primitivo, and ciliegiolo. Others: aglianicone, aleatico, cabernet sauvignon, casavecchia, cesanese comune, lambrusco maestri, malvasia nera, pallagrello nero, pinot nero, sciascinoso, tronto, and uva di troia

The Wines of Campania

DOCG: Fiano di Avellino, Greco di Tufo, Taurasi
DOC: Aglianico del Taburno and Taburno, Aversa, Campi Flegrei, Capri, Castel San Lorenzo, Cilento, Costa d'Amalfi, Falerno del Massico, Galluccio, Guardia Sanframondi or Guardiolo, Irpinia, Ischia, Penisola Sorrentina, Sannio, Sant'Agata de' Goti or Sant'Agata dei Goti, Solopaca, Vesuvio
IGT: Beneventano, Campania, Colli di Salerno, Dugenta, Epomeo, Paestum, Pompeiano, Roccamonfina, Terre di Volturno

Del Canuto, Francesco et al.,
Il vino italiano, panorama vitivinicolo attraverso le denominazioni di origine, Associazione Italiana Sommeliers (Bertani & C.), Milano, 2010 (2002), fourth edition.


**In Italian, as well as other romance languages, red grapes can be referred to as black. So it is common to refer to "in between" grapes as grey as well as pink. For example, pinot grigio/gris (grey pinot) is named as such because its grapes have a brownish-pink skin.

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7 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I like it. Yep I really do. Not just saying that because I'm your dad either.

11/01/2010 12:57 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I like it too! I never knew of gray grapes. Fascinating!

11/02/2010 7:16 AM

 
Blogger Tracie P. said...

dad--yes you are! but that's ok :)

anon--thanks :)

11/02/2010 10:04 AM

 
Blogger Alfonso Cevola said...

wow, Tra, this is good, I might have to co-opt it for The Blend too.

Glad to have you back in the swing after that long honeymoon meal y'all cooked

11/02/2010 4:46 PM

 
Blogger Tracie P. said...

you're welcome to it, ace. thanks for reading :)

and yes, it was a very long meal! ha :)

11/02/2010 8:22 PM

 
Blogger Do Bianchi said...

This is super cool, Tracie P.

Do you mind if I fall in love with you all over again? (I think I hear a song coming!)

11/03/2010 7:36 AM

 
Blogger Tracie P. said...

be my guest, 2b :) and songs, yes pls!

11/03/2010 8:56 AM

 

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