The wine region of Cinque Terre is located in the region of Ligurie of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Cantina Cinque Terre or the Domaine La Polenza produce mainly wines white, sweet and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Cinque Terre are Vermentino, Sangiovese and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Cinque Terre often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, floral or non oak and sometimes also flavors of microbio, vegetal or oak.
In the mouth of Cinque Terre is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 25 estates and châteaux in the of Cinque Terre, producing 74 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Cinque Terre go well with generally quite well with dishes of pasta, shellfish or mature and hard cheese.
From Croatia where it is called crljenak kastelanski or pribidrag. According to genetic analyses carried out by Professor Carole Meredith of California University in Davis (United States), it is related to the Croatian plavac mali and Zinfandel. It is also found in South Africa, New Zealand, Chile, Brazil, Germany, Bulgaria, Albania, Italy under the name of Primitivo, Malta, Greece, Portugal and to some extent in Croatia. In the United States (California), it is one of the most widely planted grape varieties, having been introduced in the 1830s well before Primitivo. In France, it is registered in the official catalogue of vine varieties on the A1 list under the name Primitivo.
wines from the region of Cinque Terre go well with generally quite well with dishes of pasta, shellfish or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of chicken and mushroom risotto, brochette of scallops and prawns or golden apple and bacon gratin with spices.
