Italian Wine Professional™ Course Unit 4 Southern Italian Reds Italian Wine Central™ Italian Wine Professional™ Course 2014

What we will cover Introduction Grape varieties and denominations Campania and Basilicata Puglia Calabria Sicily Sardinia Cuisine of southern Italy Italian language practice 1

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, varietal, or blend? 1a

Regions of Southern Italy 2

Regions of Southern Italy 3

Regions of Southern Italy 4

Red Grape Varieties of Southern Italy Montepulciano Sangiovese Uva di Troia Bombino Nero AGLIANICO Primitivo Carignano Negroamaro Piedirosso Cannonau Monica Gaglioppo Nerello Mascalese NERO D’AVOLA Frappato 5

Campania 6

Primary grape variety: Aglianico Most famous red wine denomination: Campania Naples CAMPANIA CAMPANIA Naples Primary grape variety: Aglianico Most famous red wine denomination: Taurasi DOCG Next most important red variety: Piedirosso 7

Aglianico del Taburno DOCG Campania DOPs Aglianico del Taburno DOCG Taurasi DOCG (Aglianico) Naples Vesuvio DOC (Piedirosso) 8

Basilicata 9

Primary grape variety: Aglianico Basilicata BASILICATA Primary grape variety: Aglianico BASILICATA 10

Aglianico-Based DOPs CAMPANIA BASILICATA Aglianico del Vulture Superiore DOCG & Aglianico del Vulture DOC Aglianico del Taburno DOCG CAMPANIA Taurasi DOCG BASILICATA 11

Puglia 12

Red grape varieties Puglia is best known for: Negroamaro (Negro Amaro) Primitivo Uva di Troia (Nero di Troia) Bombino Nero Other significant red varieties: Sangiovese Montepulciano Lambrusco Most famous red wine denominations: Salice Salentino DOC Primitivo di Manduria DOC Castel del Monte (4 DOPs) PUGLIA (aka APULIA) PUGLIA 13

Negroamaro-Based DOPs Puglia Negroamaro-Based DOPs Negroamaro Zone Salice Salentino DOC 14

Primitivo di Manduria DOC Primitivo-Based DOPs Primitivo di Manduria DOC Negroamaro Zone Primitivo Zone 15

Uva di Troia–Based DOPs and Others Castel del Monte Castel del Monte DOC Castel del Monte Rosso Riserva DOCG Castel del Monte Nero di Troia Riserva DOCG Castel del Monte Bombino Nero DOCG Uva di Troia Zone ALSO FEATURING Sangiovese Montepulciano Bombino Nero Negroamaro Zone Primitivo Zone Photo by Franz Xaver, CC-SA 3.0, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Castel_del_Monte_Mai08.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Castel_del_Monte_Mai08.jpg 16

Puglia IGPs IGP Puglia IGP Salento 17

Calabria 18

Primary red grape variety: Gaglioppo Calabria CALABRIA Primary red grape variety: Gaglioppo Most famous red wine denomination: Cirò DOC 19

CALABRIA Cirò DOC (Gaglioppo) 20

Sicily 21

Sicily Primary indigenous red grape varieties in Sicily: Nero d’Avola Nerello Mascalese Frappato Other important red grape varieties: Syrah Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon Most famous red wine denominations: Etna DOC Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG SICILY Sicilia SICILY 22

Sicily Sicilia DOC & IGP Terre Siciliane Etna DOC (Nerello Mascalese) Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG (Nero d’Avola–Frappato blend) 23

Sardinia 24

SARDEGNA SARDINIA Sardinia Primary red grape variety: Cannonau (Grenache) Other important red grape varieties: Carignano Monica Most famous red wine denomination: Cannonau di Sardegna DOC SARDEGNA SARDINIA SARDINIA 25

Sardinia Cannonau di Sardegna DOC IGP Isola dei Nuraghi Nuragus 26

Southern Italian Cuisine 27

Southern Italian Cuisine Pizza Napoletana 28

Southern Italian Cuisine Mozzarella di bufala 29

Southern Italian Cuisine Pasta is found everywhere in the south. Puglia produces much of Italy’s wheat for pasta. Tomatoes are grown in abundance in the south as well, so red sauces are common. Eggplant is a big ingredient in Sicilian cooking. Calabrian fusilli Orechietti 30

Sun-dried tomatoes for sale Southern Italian Cuisine Sun-dried tomatoes for sale 31

Southern Italian Cuisine Photo “Valencia market—Lemons” by Hans Hillewaert (own work), CC-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Lemons Olives from Puglia 32

’Nduja and hot chili peppers from Calabria Southern Italian Cuisine ’Nduja and hot chili peppers from Calabria Antipasto 33

Introduction to the Italian Language: Colors Bianco = White Rosato = Pink Rosso = Red Nero = Black Grigio = Gray Ambra = Amber Dorato = Golden Giallo = Yellow Rubino = Ruby Granato = Garnet Porpora = Crimson, Purple Viola or Violetta = Purple, Violet 34

Review: Red Grape Varieties Aglianico Barbera Bombino Nero Brachetto Cannonau Carignano Cesanese Corvina Croatina Dolcetto Frappato Freisa Gaglioppo Grignolino Lagrein Lambrusco Monica Montepulciano Nebbiolo Negroamaro Nerello Mascalese Nero d’Avola Piedirosso Pinot Nero Primitivo Refosco Rondinella Sagrantino Sangiovese Schiava Teroldego Uva di Troia 35

Italian Wine Professional™ Course Unit 4 Southern Italian Reds Italian Wine Central™ Italian Wine Professional™ Course 2014