Top 100 wines of Sannio - Page 3

Discover the top 100 best wines of Sannio of Sannio as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Sannio and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Discovering the wine region of Sannio

The wine region of Sannio is located in the region of Campanie of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Cantina di Solopaca or the Domaine Cantina del Taburno produce mainly wines red, white and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Sannio are Aglianico, Sangiovese and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Sannio often reveals types of flavors of citrus, dried fruit or black cherries and sometimes also flavors of plum, leather or raspberry.

In the mouth of Sannio is a powerful. We currently count 118 estates and châteaux in the of Sannio, producing 310 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Sannio go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb.

Discover the grape variety: Sangiovese

Originally from Italy, it is the famous Sangiovese of Tuscany producing the famous wines of Brunello de Montalcino and Chianti. This variety is registered in the Official Catalogue of Wine Grape Varieties, list A1. According to recent genetic analysis, it is the result of a natural cross between the almost unknown Calabrese di Montenuovo (mother) and Ciliegiolo (father).

Food and wine pairing with a wine of Sannio

wines from the region of Sannio go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of fleischnacka leaf, spaghetti with tuna (real italian recipe) or lamb curry with coconut milk.

Organoleptic analysis of wine of Sannio

On the nose in the region of Sannio often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, tree fruit or oak and sometimes also flavors of earth, vegetal or citrus fruit. In the mouth in the region of Sannio is a powerful.

News from the vineyard of Sannio

Ten years on: Chinese wine’s breakthrough moment at DWWA

The prestige attached to winning at the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) means that being awarded a Bronze medal for some wineries will mean huge celebrations in China, Japan, India, or Thailand. Since the competition began in 2004, I have often reminded judges on my panel about this – whether they are journalists, sommeliers, educators, Masters of Wine or Master Sommeliers. Scroll down for new tasting notes and scores on Jia Bei Lan vintages: from the Chinese wine label that won big at DWWA 20 ...

DO Terra Alta makes orange wine official

In the last board meeting of 2021 for the regulatory council of DO Terra Alta, in Catalunya, Spain, a long list of changes was approved. The most prominent was the making of a very strict certification system for wines that are 100% Garnatxa Blanca given that it’s their flagship grape variety. But perhaps the most interesting item is a bit further down the list that allows certification for a type of wines that in Catalan are called “vins brisats”. The name refers to white wine ...

Tribute paid to Franciacorta wine pioneer Franco Ziliani

Franciacorta has lost one of its fathers; Franco Ziliani died aged 90 this Christmas. He was the winemaker who, along with the Count Guido Berlucchi, changed the destiny of an entire region and helped make Franciacorta one of the most consistent areas in the world for sparkling wines made in the traditional method. Their fateful encounter was in 1958 at Palazzo Lana, in Franciacorta. Count Berlucchi began to question the young winemaker about how to improve his unstable white wine produced in Co ...

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