WSET Diploma - D3 – 10062020 EXAM
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(Newest 2025) Regions of Central Italy? - Correct Answers ✅Tuscany Latium Umbria Marche Abruzzo Main grape of Tuscany? - Correct Answers ✅Sangiovese When were the first exports of Tuscany? - Correct Answers ✅7th century BCE during the Estruscan period.Who was Medici? - Correct Answers ✅Grand Duke Cosimo Ill Medici Designated four regions of production in Tuscany Who was Bettino Ricasoli? - Correct Answers ✅Future prime minister of Italy that made Sangio the dominant variety in Chianti and allowed Malvasia to soften the blend. This became the standard for Tuscan wine.What was the Dalmasso Commision? - Correct Answers ✅1932 commision that created Chianti along with 7 1 / 4
WSET Diploma - D3 – 10062020 EXAM
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(Newest 2025) subzones which enabled large producers to make wine from a larger area but still use the Chianti name.At the time. the original area was named Chianti Classico.How is sharecropping important in Tuscany? - Correct Answers ✅Up to WW2 farmers would borrow land in exchange for half of production which resulted in little incentive for making quality wine.What happened post WW2 in Tuscany? - Correct Answers ✅Aristocratic owners were joined by investors which increased the level of interest in the region.First Supertuscans? What made them different? - Correct Answers ✅68 - Sassicaia 71 - Tignanello They included Bordeaux varieties and were aged in FR barrique to appeal to international markets.How were the first Super Tuscans released? - Correct Answers ✅Vino da Tavolo since they either did not follow DOC rules or came from non standard areas. 2 / 4
WSET Diploma - D3 – 10062020 EXAM
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(Newest 2025) When did DOC(G) originate in Tuscany? - Correct Answers ✅1960s 1980s for DOCG, accelerating in 1990s (CC in 1996) Is CC a subzone of Chianti DOCG? - Correct Answers ✅No, as of 1996 its own DOCG.Climate of Tuscany? - Correct Answers ✅On the coast warm med with adequate rain (most in Autumn or winter) Inland with hot summers and cold winters. Normally some rain in the growing season including harvest. Spring frost can hit.Drought and high summer temps can be a problem in some years.Most planted grapes of Tuscany? - Correct Answers ✅Sangiovese Treb Toscano Merlot
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WSET Diploma - D3 – 10062020 EXAM
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(Newest 2025) Italy's most planted grape variety? - Correct Answers ✅Sangiovese 10% of all vines in Italy Sangiovese aka - Correct Answers ✅Morellino Prugnolo Gentile Growing properties of Sangiovese?Ripening Disease Vigor - Correct Answers ✅Ripens late (rain) Thin skin (botrytis) Vigorous (management needed to avoid shading) Where is the best Sangio grown in Tuscany? - Correct Answers ✅Sunny sites at 200-550m with s/se exposure which give the grapes the best chance to ripen and slows the ripening process.Best soils for Sangio? - Correct Answers ✅Friable shale limestone which provides excellent drainage but reasonably successful on clay.
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