The wine region of Marca Trevigiana is located in the region of Vénétie of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Le Rive or the Domaine Bisson produce mainly wines red, white and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Marca Trevigiana are Merlot, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Marca Trevigiana often reveals types of flavors of strawberries, red fruit or microbio and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, non oak or earth.
In the mouth of Marca Trevigiana is a powerful. We currently count 99 estates and châteaux in the of Marca Trevigiana, producing 241 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Marca Trevigiana go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb.
Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.
white wines from the region of Marca Trevigiana go well with generally quite well with dishes of pasta, shellfish or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of spaghetti with shrimp and cream, shrimp with garlic and orange or peppers with lentil stuffing.
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