Wines made from Cortese grapes of Italy - Page 2
Discover the best wines made with Cortese as a single variety or as a blend of Italy.
More informations about the variety Cortese
A very old variety, cultivated for a very long time in Piedmont in northwestern Italy, it can also be found in other Italian wine regions. It is known in Germany, Switzerland, Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, the United States, etc. It is virtually unknown in France.
More informations about the wines of Italy
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.
What are the typical flavors of the Cortese grape variety?
- Citrus fruitPresent in 85% of Cortese
- Tree fruitPresent in 85% of Cortese
- EarthPresent in 76% of Cortese
- VegetalPresent in 60% of Cortese
- MicrobioPresent in 59% of Cortese
- OakPresent in 52% of Cortese
- Tropical fruitPresent in 44% of Cortese
- Non oakPresent in 37% of Cortese
- SpicesPresent in 24% of Cortese
- FloralPresent in 22% of Cortese
- CitrusPresent in 18% of Cortese
- ApplesPresent in 17% of Cortese
- LemonPresent in 16% of Cortese
- PearPresent in 16% of Cortese
- PeachPresent in 14% of Cortese
- MineralityPresent in 13% of Cortese
- Green applePresent in 13% of Cortese
- MelonPresent in 11% of Cortese
- GrapefruitPresent in 11% of Cortese
- ApricotPresent in 9% of Cortese
News about the grape variety Cortese
Decanter reveals Hall of Fame and Rising Star award winners for 2022
Rosa Kruger, a self-styled ‘farm manager’ who is a leading figure in world viticulture and has played a major role in the development of South Africa’s modern-day wine scene, has been announced as recipient of the Decanter Hall of Fame prize for 2022. She is also the first South African to join this exclusive group of wine world stars. This year marks the 39th edition of the award, previously known as Man or Woman of the Year and launched in 1984. Chris Maillard, Decanter’s Edi ...
Andrew Jefford: ‘A wine’s visual cues shout, stamp, whistle and roar’
Disconcerting: I couldn’t forget this bottle for days afterwards. Still can’t. Back in August, wine critic Lin Liu MW (together with her partner Philippe Lejeune of Château de Chambert in Cahors) came to dinner, en route to a short holiday in Provence. One of the bottles Lin brought for us to try together was the 2018 Les Rocheuses, Parcelles No 5 et 6, from Château Le Rey in Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux. It came in a slope-shouldered bottle, not a classic Bordeaux bottle. We tried it with some R ...
Chinese customs seize over 1,100 bottles of fine wine from Hong Kong
According to China’s General Administration of Customs, the seized goods consisted of more than 1,000 bottles of Penfolds from Australia and over 100 bottles of top-end Bordeaux wine, including first growth labels such as Château Lafite Rothschild and Château Margaux. The Chinese customs authorities discovered the cases of illegally imported bottles by checking the amount of wine declared on the offending company’s documents against the actual number of items being transported. The smuggled good ...