The flavor of earth in wine of Lombardia
Discover the of Lombardia wines revealing the of earth flavor during the olphactive analysis (nose) and during the gustative analysis (mouth).
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Lombardy is one of Italy's largest and most populous regions, located in the north-central Part of the country. It's home to a handful of popular and well-known wine styles, including the Bright, cherry-scented Valtellina and the high-quality Sparkling wines Franciacorta and Oltrepo Pavese Metodo Classico. Lombardy is Italy's industrial powerhouse, with the country's second largest city (Milan) as its regional capital. Despite this, the region has vast tracts of unspoiled countryside, home to many small wineries that produce a significant portion of the region's annual wine production of 1.
2 million hectoliters. A vast and geographically Complex region, Lombardy is well positioned to offer a wide range of wine styles. There are five DOCGs, 21 DOCs and 15 PGIs. The Oltrepo Pavese area stands out as one of the most important and best known, not only for its sparkling wine Oltrepo Pavese Metodo Classico DOCG, but also, more recently, for its Pinot Grigio, which since 2008 has its own independent DOC (Oltrepo Pavese Pinot Grigio).
Franciacorta, the second of Lombardy's two DOCG sparkling wines, comes from the booming and highly regarded vineyards between Brescia and Lake Iseo.
The word of the wine: Performance
Quantity of grapes harvested per hectare. In AOC, the average yield is limited on the proposal of the appellation syndicate, validated by the Inao. The use of high-performance plant material (especially clones) and better control of vine diseases have increased yields. This is not without consequences on the quality of the wines (dilution) and on the state of the market (too much wine). We must not over-simplify: low yields are not synonymous with quality, and it is often in years with generous harvests that we find the greatest vintages (1982 and 1986 in Bordeaux, 1996 in Champagne, 1990 and 2005 in Burgundy...).
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What are the typical grape varieties with flavor d'earth of Lombardia?
- ChardonnayIn 40% of wines with flavor d'earth
- NebbioloIn 10% of wines with flavor d'earth
- Pinot noirIn 9% of wines with flavor d'earth
- Pinot blancIn 8% of wines with flavor d'earth
- MerlotIn 7% of wines with flavor d'earth
- Cabernet-sauvignonIn 6% of wines with flavor d'earth
- TurbianaIn 3% of wines with flavor d'earth
- Cabernet francIn 2% of wines with flavor d'earth
- MarzeminoIn 1% of wines with flavor d'earth
- GewurztraminerIn 1% of wines with flavor d'earth