Wines made from Freisa grapes of Rubino di Cantavenna
Discover the best wines made with Freisa as a single variety or as a blend of Rubino di Cantavenna.
More informations about the variety Freisa
Most certainly from the Italian Piedmont. It is also found in Argentina. We have noted that this variety has a great resemblance with the nebbiolo, also from the Italian Piedmont. According to genetic analyses published in Switzerland, Freisa is a descendant of Viognier and a half-sister of Rèze.
More informations about the region of Piémont
The wine region of Rubino di Cantavenna is located in the region of Piémont of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Castello di Gabiano or the Domaine Castello di Gabiano produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Rubino di Cantavenna are Freisa, Grignolino and Sangiovese, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Rubino di Cantavenna often reveals types of flavors of earth, red fruit.
What are the typical flavors of the Freisa grape variety?
News about the grape variety Freisa
Gusbourne aims high with English sparkling wine at £195
Gusbourne has launched Fifty One Degrees North English sparkling wine from the 2014 vintage at £195 per bottle, which is thought to make it the most expensive so far released. Some others aren’t too far behind – Nyetimber’s 1086 rosé 2010 is £175 – yet Gusbourne’s move reinforces a sense of ambition within the UK wine world to be a regular fixture at this prestige cuvée level. Fifty One Degrees North, named after the position of Gusbourne’s vineyards in Kent and West Sussex, is a ble ...
Monopoly Napa Valley edition of famous board game released
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Rare whiskies and DRC excite buyers at Sotheby’s HK auctions
A methuselah of Romanée-Conti 1976 from Burgundy’s vaunted Domaine de la Romanée-Conti was among the highlights in a two-day series of Sotheby’s wine and spirits auctions in Hong Kong last weekend. The six-litre bottle sold for HK$1.25m (US$159,350), against a pre-sale estimate range of HK$1m to HK$1.4m. In a separate spirits auction, a single bottle of Yamazaki 35 Year Old Japanese whisky fetched HK$1m (US$127,440). Rare white Burgundy was also in-demand during the weekend event. Top lot in a f ...