Wine - Italy - Docgs

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What are the DOCGs of Abruzzo?

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Montepulciano d'Abruzzo

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What are the DOCGs of Basilicata?

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Aglianico del Vulture Superiore

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What are the DOCGs of Campania?

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Fiano di Avellino
Greco di Tufo
Taurasi

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What are the DOCGs of Emilia-Romagna?

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Albana di Romagna
Colli Bolognesi Classico Pignoletto

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What are the DOCGs of Friuli-Venezia Giulia?

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Colli Orientali del Friuli Picolit
Lison
Ramandolo

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What are the DOCGs of Lazio?

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Cesanese del Piglio

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What are the DOCGs of Lombardy?

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Franciacorta
Oltrepò Pavese Metodo Classico
Valtellina Superiore
Sforzato di Valtellina, or Sfursat di Valtellina
Moscato di Scanzo, or Scanzo

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What are the DOCGs of Marche?

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Conero
Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi
Verdicchio di Matelica
Vernaccia di Serrapetrona
Offida

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What are the DOCGs of Piedmont?

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Alta Langa
Asti
Barbaresco
Barbera d'Asti
Barbera del Monferrato Superiore
Barolo
Brachetto d'Acqui or Acqui
Dolcetto di Diano d'Alba, or Diano d'Alba
Dolcetto di Dogliani Superiore, or Dogliani
Dolcetto d'Ovada Superiore, or Ovada
Erbaluce di Caluso, or Caluso
Gattinara
Cortese di Gavi, or Gavi
Ghemme
Roero
Ruchè di Castagnole Monferrato

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What are the DOCGs of Sardinia?

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Vermentino di Gallura

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What are the DOCGs of Sicily?

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Cerasuolo di Vittoria

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What are the DOCGs of Tuscany?

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Aleatico dell'Elba
Brunello di Montalcino
Carmignano
Chianti
Chianti Classico
Morellino di Scansano
Vernaccia di San Gimignano
Vino Nobile di Montepulciano

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What are the DOCGs of Umbria?

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Sagrantino di Montefalco
Torgiano Rosso Riserva

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What are the DOCGs of the Veneto?

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Amarone della Valpolicella
Bardolino Superiore
Colli Asolani-Prosecco, or Asolo-Prosecco
Conegliano Valdobbiadene-Prosecco
Fior d'Arancio Colli Euganei
Lison Classico
Piave Malanotte
Recioto della Vapolicella
Recioto di Gambellara
Recioto di Soave
Soave Superiore

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Discuss the Montepulciano d'Abruzzo DOCG.

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Name: Montepulciano d'Abruzzo DOCG
Region: Abruzzo
Grapes: Montepulciano, max 15% Sangiovese

Two distinct styles: both are very deep in color, one is full with soft, luscious fruit, the other firmer and more tannic. A lighter style called "cerasuolo" exists for cherry-pink wine with fresh fruit, seldom as exciting.

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Discuss the Aglianico del Vulture Superiore DOCG.

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Name: Aglianico del Vulture Superiore DOCG
Region: Basilicata
Grapes: Aglianico (red)

A big but balanced red wine of warm color, rich, chocolate-cherry fruit, and firm tannin structure, Aglianico del Vulture can be slightly rustic in youth, yet develops a true silky finesse with age.

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Discuss the Fiano di Avellino DOCG.

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Name: Fiano di Avellino DOCG
Region: Campania
Grapes: Fiano (white)

Mastroberardino's Vignadora is the best wine in this unusual, but well above average, dry white wine DOCG, made from Fiano grapes grown in the hilly hinterland of Avellino.

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Discuss the Greco di Tufo DOCG.

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Name: Greco di Tufo DOCG
Region: Campania
Grapes: Greco (white)

Delicate, dry, and soft white wines that may sometimes be spumante, from the true Greco grown north of Avellino.

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Discuss the Taurasi DOCG.

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Name: Taurasi DOCG
Region: Campania
Grapes: Aglianico (red), plus max 15% total of Barbera, Piedirosso, and Sangiovese

Elevated to DOCG in 1993. Along with Basilicata's thicker tasting Aglianico del Vulture, it is one of the country's greatest wines from this underrated grape variety, in an equally age-worthy style.

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Discuss the Albana di Romagna DOCG.

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Name: Albana di Romagna DOCG
Region: Emilia-Romagna
Grape: Albana (white)

These straightforward, fruity, sometimes dry, occasionally semisweet white wines are still or sparkling and may be in a very sweet style, either by regular vinification or from passito grapes. First white wine to receive DOCG status, considered to have occurred as a result of a political fudge.

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Discuss the Colli Bolognesi Classico Pignoletto DOCG.

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Name: Colli Bolognesi Classico Pignoletto DOCG
Region: Emilia-Romagna
Grapes: Pignoletto, Trebbiano Romagnola (white)

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Discuss the Colli Orientali del Friuli Picolit DOCG.

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Name: Colli Orientali del Friuli Picolit DOCG
Region: Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Grapes: Picolit (white)

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Discuss the Lison DOCG.

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Name: Lison DOCG
Region: Friuli-Venezia Giulia

We know it's white. That's all.

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Discuss the Ramandolo DOCG.

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Name: Ramandolo DOCG
Region: Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Grapes: Verduzzo (white)

Sweet Verduzzo dessert wine.

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Discuss the Cesanese del Piglio DOCG.

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Name: Cesanese del Piglio DOCG
Region: Latium (Lazio)
Grape: Cesanese (red)

The styles include bone-dry, off-dry, medium-dry, semisweet, and sweet, and may be still, frizzantino, frizzante, or spumante.

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Discuss the Franciacorta DOCG.

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Name: Franciacorta DOCG
Region: Lombardy
Grapes: Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Blanc

Sparkling white and sparkling rosé wines promoted to DOCG status in 1995, and well-deserved.

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Discuss the Oltrepò Pavese Metodo Classico DOCG.

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Name: Oltrepò Pavese Metodo Classico DOCG
Region: Lombardy

Sparkling white and sparkling rosé wines.

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Discuss the Valtellina Superiore DOCG.

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Name: Valtellina Superiore DOCG
Region: Lombardy
Grapes: Nebbiolo, max 10% Pinot Noir, Merlot, Rossola, Brugnola, and Pignola Valtellina

Most come from four subdistricts: Grumello (the lightest), Inferno (the hottest, rockiest terrain), Sassella (the best), and Valgella (most common but least interesting).

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Discuss the Sforzato (or Sfursat) di Valtellina DOCG.

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Name: Sforzato (or Sfursat) di Valtellina DOCG
Region: Lombardy
Grapes: Nebbiolo
Style: Passito

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Discuss the Moscato di Scanzo (or simply Scanzo) DOCG.

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Name: Moscato di Scanzo (or simply Scanzo) DOCG
Region: Lombardy
Grapes: Moscato (red)

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Discuss the Conero DOCG.

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Name: Conero DOCG
Region: Marche
Grapes: Montepulciano, max 15% Sangiovese

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Discuss the Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi DOCG.

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Name: Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi DOCG
Region: Marche
Grapes: Verdicchio (white)

These are popular, lean, fresh, and mostly uninteresting dry white wines. Spumante, frizzante, and frizzantino versions are also produced.

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Discuss the Verdicchio di Matelica DOCG.

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Name: Verdicchio di Matelica DOCG
Region: Marche
Grapes: Verdicchio (white)

Made in a hilly area in the center of Macerata, these wines are slightly fatter than those of Castelli di Jesi, but most are just as uninteresting to drink.

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Discuss the Vernaccia di Serrapetrona DOCG.

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Name: Vernaccia di Serrapetrona DOCG
Region: Marche
Grapes: Vernaccia, plus small amounts of Montepulciano, Sangiovese, and Ciliegiolo (red)

Semisweet to sweet spumante reds.

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Discuss the Offida DOCG.

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Name: Offida DOCG
Region: Marche

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Discuss the Alta Langa DOCG.

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Name: Alta Langa DOCG
Region: Piedmont
Style: Spumante, Passito
Grapes: Chardonnay, Pinot Noir

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Discuss the Asti DOCG.

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Name: Asti DOCG
Region: Piedmont

Aromatic, sweet sparkling wine, best consumed young. A multitude of grapes used in production.

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Discuss the Barbaresco DOCG.

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Name: Barbaresco DOCG
Region: Piedmont
Grapes: Nebbiolo

Generally more feminine and elegant than Barolo, Barbaresco has a greater suppleness, softer fruit, and a more obvious charm, although some producers overlap the weightier Barolo style. These wines must be aged for a minimum of two years, one of which must be in oak or chestnut casks.

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Discuss the Barbera d'Asti DOCG.

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Name: Barbera d'Asti DOCG
Region: Piedmont
Grapes: Barbera

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Discuss the Barbera del Monferrato Superiore DOCG.

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Name: Barbera del Monferrato Superiore DOCG
Region: Piedmont
Grapes: Barbera

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Discuss the Barolo DOCG.

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Name: Barolo DOCG
Region: Piedmont
Grapes: Nebbiolo

Modern styles are riper and more creamy than traditional ones, supported by the vanilla of new oak, whereas the traditional styles are arguably more complex, with tobacco, tar, and smoky aromas replacing the clean-cut vanilla. The best of both, however, are deep, sometimes inky-deep, in color and share lashings of fruit.

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Discuss the Brachetto d'Acqui (or simply Acqui) DOCG.

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Name: Brachetto d'Acqui (or simply Acqui) DOCG
Region: Piedmont
Grape: Brachetto (red)
Style: Sweet, frizzante, and sparkling red wines

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Discuss the Dolcetto di Diano d'Alba (or simply Diano d'Alba) DOCG.

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Name: Dolcetto di Diano d'Alba (or simply Diano d'Alba) DOCG
Region: Piedmont
Grapes: Dolcetto

Slightly fuller and more grapey than most other Dolcetto wines.

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Discuss the Dolcetto di Dogliani Superiore (or simply Dogliani) DOCG.

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Name: Dolcetto di Dogliani Superiore (or simply Dogliani) DOCG
Region: Piedmont
Grapes: Dolcetto

Used to be young and fruity, lately becoming more "vin de garde" style.

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Discuss the Dolcetto d'Ovada Superiore (or simply Ovada) DOCG.

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Name: Dolcetto d'Ovada Superiore (or simply Ovada) DOCG
Region: Piedmont
Grapes: Dolcetto

These are the fullest and the firmest of Dolcettos.

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Discuss the Erbaluce di Caluso (or simply Caluso) DOCG.

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Name: Erbaluce di Caluso (or simply Caluso) DOCG
Region: Piedmont
Grapes: Erbaluce (white)

These are fresh, dry, light-bodied white wines made from the Erbaluce, which is a rather undistinguished grape. A far more interesting passito version exists.

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Discuss the Gattinara DOCG.

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Name: Gattinara DOCG
Region: Piedmont
Grapes: Min 90% Nebbiolo, max 10% Bonarda di Gattinara, max 4% Vespolina

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Discuss the Cortese di Gavi (or simply Gavi) DOCG.

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Name: Cortese di Gavi (or simply Gavi) DOCG
Region: Piedmont
Grapes: Cortese (white)

At best, soft-textured, dry white wines with a slight frizzantino when young, can develop a honey-rich flavor after a couple of years in bottle.

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Discuss the Ghemme DOCG.

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Name: Ghemme DOCG
Region: Piedmont
Grapes: Nebbiolo (Vespolina and Bonarda also allowed)

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Discuss the Roero DOCG.

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Name: Roero DOCG
Region: Piedmont
Grapes: Nebbiolo (reds) or Arneis (whites)

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Discuss the Ruchè di Castagnole Monferrato DOCG.

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Name: Ruchè di Castagnole Monferrato DOCG
Region: Piedmont
Grapes: Ruchè, max 10% Barbera and Brachetto

The Ruchè is a rather mysterious grape of unknown origin that generally makes a light ruby-colored wine with an aromatic twist, although, through reduced yields, much darker, weightier, richer wines can be achieved. When grown on the vineyards overlooking Castagnole Monferrato, the Ruchè grape is supposed to produce an aromatic red wine that ages like Nebbiolo.

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Discuss the Vermentino di Gallura DOCG.

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Name: Vermentino di Gallura DOCG
Region: Sardinia
Grapes: Vermentino (white)

Despite cool fermentation, this is the best Vermentino Sardinia offers, the hilly terroir of Gallura producing intense flavors. Elevated in 1997.

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Discuss the Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG.

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Name: Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG
Region: Sicily
Grapes: Nerello-Calabrese (red)

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Discuss the Aleatico dell'Elba DOCG.

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Name: Aleatico dell'Elba DOCG
Region: Tuscany
Grapes: Aleatico (red)
Style: Passito

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Discuss the Brunello di Montalcino DOCG.

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Name: Brunello di Montalcino DOCG
Region: Tuscany
Grapes: Brunello (localized Sangiovese clone)

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Discuss the Carmignano DOCG.

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Name: Carmignano DOCG
Region: Tuscany

45-65% Sangiovese
10-20% Canaiolo Nero
6-10% Cabernet Sauvignon
10-20% Trebbiano, Canaiolo Bianco or Malvasia
Max 5% Mammolo or Colorino.

Similar to medium-bodied Chianti, but with less acidity, which, with its Cabernet content, gives a chocolaty-finesse to the fruit.

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Discuss the Chianti DOCG.

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Name: Chianti DOCG
Region: Tuscany
Grapes: Sangiovese, up to 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5-10% Trebbiano, 5-10% Canaiolo

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Discuss the Chianti Classico DOCG.

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Name: Chianti Classico DOCG
Region: Tuscany
Grapes: Sangiovese, up to 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5-10% Trebbiano, 5-10% Canaiolo - DOCG can be 100% Sangiovese

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Discuss the Morellino di Scansano DOCG.

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Name: Morellino di Scansano DOCG
Region: Tuscany
Grapes: Min 85% Sangiovese, others

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Discuss the Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG.

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Name: Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG
Region: Tuscany
Grapes: Vernaccia

First white DOCG
Michelangelo: "Kisses, licks, bites, tingles, stings"

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Discuss the Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG.

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Name: Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG
Region: Tuscany
Grapes: Prugnolo Gentile (Sangiovese clone), also Canaiolo and other local varietals, some white

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Discuss the Sagrantino di Montefalco DOCG.

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Name: Sagrantino di Montefalco DOCG
Region: Umbria
Grapes: Sagrantino (red)

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Discuss the Torgiano Rosso Riserva DOCG.

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Name: Torgiano Rosso Riserva DOCG
Region: Umbria
Grapes: Sangiovese, up to 30% Canaiolo, small quantities of Trebbiano Toscano, Ciliegiolo, and Montepulciano

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Discuss the Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG.

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Name: Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG
Region: Veneto
Grapes: Corvina, Rondinella, Molinara

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Discuss the Bardolino Superiore DOCG.

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Name: Bardolino Superiore DOCG
Region: Veneto
Grapes: Corvina, Rondinella, Molinara, Negrara

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Discuss the Colli Asolani-Prosecco (or Asolo-Prosecco) DOCG.

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Name: Colli Asolani-Prosecco (or Asolo-Prosecco) DOCG
Region: Veneto
Grapes: Glera, max 15% Verdiso, Bianchetta, Perera, Chardonnay and Glera Lunga

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Discuss the Conegliano Valdobbiadene-Prosecco DOCG.

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Name: Conegliano Valdobbiadene-Prosecco DOCG
Region: Veneto
Grapes: Prosecco

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Discuss the Fior d'Arancio Colli Euganei DOCG.

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Name: Fior d'Arancio Colli Euganei DOCG
Region: Veneto
Grapes: Tokai, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Moscato
Style: Sparkling

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Discuss the Lison Classico DOCG.

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Name: Lison Classico DOCG
Region: Veneto

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Discuss the Piave Malanotte DOCG.

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Name: Piave Malanotte DOCG
Region: Veneto

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Discuss the Recioto della Valpolicella DOCG.

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Name: Recioto della Valpolicella DOCG
Region: Veneto
Grapes: Corvina, Rondinella, Molinara

The style is made in the traditional "passito" process. The wine is strong, dark and sweet. Flavors include bitter cherries, plums, smoke and meat stock.

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Discuss the Recioto di Gambellara DOCG.

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Name: Recioto di Gambellara DOCG
Region: Veneto

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Discuss the Recioto di Soave DOCG.

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Name: Recioto di Soave DOCG
Region: Veneto
Grapes: Garganega (white), also Pinot Blanc, Chardonnay, Trebbiano

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Discuss the Soave Superiore DOCG.

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Name: Soave Superiore DOCG
Region: Veneto
Grapes: Min 70% Garganega (white), also Pinot Blanc, Chardonnay, Trebbiano