The flavor of nutmeg in wine of Italy
Discover the of Italy wines revealing the of nutmeg 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: Pigeage
Operation consisting of a vertical treading to push the cap of marc into the wine, which promotes extraction. Pigeage can be carried out mechanically with jacks that plunge into the vat. Traditionally, it is the men who go down into the vats and push the cap by trampling it.
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What are the typical grape varieties with flavor de nutmeg of Italy?
- SangioveseIn 25% of wines with flavor de nutmeg
- MerlotIn 21% of wines with flavor de nutmeg
- Cabernet-sauvignonIn 20% of wines with flavor de nutmeg
- Cabernet francIn 7% of wines with flavor de nutmeg
- Nero d'avolaIn 5% of wines with flavor de nutmeg
- CorvinaIn 4% of wines with flavor de nutmeg
- Petit verdotIn 4% of wines with flavor de nutmeg
- PrimitivoIn 4% of wines with flavor de nutmeg
- ChardonnayIn 4% of wines with flavor de nutmeg
- NebbioloIn 2% of wines with flavor de nutmeg
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