The flavor of stone in wine of Italy

Discover the of Italy wines revealing the of stone 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.

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

SangioveseIn 20% of wines with flavor de stone
ChardonnayIn 17% of wines with flavor de stone
Cabernet-sauvignonIn 16% of wines with flavor de stone
MerlotIn 15% of wines with flavor de stone
Cabernet francIn 9% of wines with flavor de stone

Petit verdotIn 6% of wines with flavor de stone
VermentinoIn 4% of wines with flavor de stone
Nerello mascaleseIn 4% of wines with flavor de stone
MarsanneIn 3% of wines with flavor de stone
CorvinaIn 3% of wines with flavor de stone

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