The flavor of grapefruit in wine of Italy

Discover the of Italy wines revealing the of grapefruit flavor during the olphactive analysis (nose) and during the gustative analysis (mouth).

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Italy - home of Moscato, Chianti, Amarone and Prosecco">Prosecco - has a Rich and diverse wine heritage that dates back over two thousand years. Famous for its astonishing diversity of Grape varieties and wine styles, Italy is also important for the Volume of wine it produces: just over 4 billion liters (about 1. 06 billion U. S.

gallons) in 2012, from 800,000 hectares of vineyards. It is rivalled in this respect only by France and Spain. (© Wine-Searcher) Managing and marketing such a vast portfolio of wines is not an easy task, especially in today's highly competitive wine market. The Italian government's wine classification and labeling system uses a four-level quality hierarchy of over 500 DOCG, DOC and IGT titles.

See Italian wine labels. Italy is divided into 20 administrative regions (see left), all of which produce wine to some degree, and all of which contain various wine regions. The most important, in terms of quality and quantity, are Tuscany, Piedmont and Veneto. Each region has its flagship wine styles.

The word of the wine: Baco 22A

A white grape variety resulting from the hybridization of the folle blanche and the noah. It is the only hybrid to remain authorized in a French appellation vineyard, that of Armagnac, where it thrives in particular on the tawny sands of Bas-Armagnac. When distilled, its wine produces round, smooth and aromatic eaux-de-vie with hints of ripe fruit.

What are the typical grape varieties with flavor de grapefruit of Italy?

ChardonnayIn 19% of wines with flavor de grapefruit
GarganegaIn 8% of wines with flavor de grapefruit
SangioveseIn 8% of wines with flavor de grapefruit
VermentinoIn 6% of wines with flavor de grapefruit
Pinot blancIn 5% of wines with flavor de grapefruit

SauvignonIn 4% of wines with flavor de grapefruit
ViognierIn 3% of wines with flavor de grapefruit
MerlotIn 3% of wines with flavor de grapefruit
MarsanneIn 2% of wines with flavor de grapefruit
CorvinaIn 2% of wines with flavor de grapefruit

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