The best wines of Liguria

Discover the best wines of Liguria as well as the best winemakers of Liguria and estates of Liguria to visit. Explore the popular grape varieties of Liguria and the best vintages to taste in this region.

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Top wines of Liguria by region

Looking for a good wine of Liguria among the top wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent wines of Liguria. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be appropriate with these exceptional wines. Learn more about the region and the wines of Liguria with technical and enological descriptions.

Great red wines of Liguria

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Want to buy a red wine of Liguria cheap or sell a red wine of Liguria at the best price on the market? Find out which ones are popular and which ones to keep in your cellar for a few more years.

Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Liguria

Red wines from the region of Liguria go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of chinese fondue, vegetarian lasagna or mathieu's lamb tagine.

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Liguria

On the nose the red wine of the region of Liguria. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or leather and sometimes also flavors of red cherry, clove or nutmeg. In the mouth the red wine of the region of Liguria. is a powerful.

The best vintages in red wine of Liguria

  • 2009With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.05/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.05/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.99/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.98/5

The most used grape varieties in red wine of Liguria

  • Merlot
  • Grenache
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Ciliegiolo
  • Barbera
  • Sangiovese

The best wineries and winemakers for red wine of Liguria

A wine route planned in the region of Liguria? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best red wine of Liguria.

Discovering the wine region of Liguria

Liguria is a thin, crescent-shaped coastal region in northwestern Italy, stretching 250 km along the Mediterranean Sea from the border with southern France in the west to the port city of La Spezia in the east. Tuscany Lies beyond the latter, while the region's Central city, Genoa, is about 70 km southeast of Asti and Barolo (and even less so of Piedmont, parts of which run along the northern border of Liguria). Known as the Italian Riviera, this thin, beautiful strip of rugged land with a Mediterranean Climate and poor, stony soils is dominated by steeply sloping hills that fall almost directly into the sea. These steep elevations make Grape growing a challenge, resulting in scattered vineyards (some of which can only be reached by boat) with limited production.

In some areas, the slopes are so steep that the land must be cultivated by hand. Further inland, the slopes are at slightly lower altitudes, and the vineyards are densely and compactly planted; viticulture plays an essential role in preventing soil erosion and landslides. Despite this difficult environment, vines have been grown in this area for over 25 centuries, since their introduction by the Etruscans and Greeks. Later, in Roman times, the most famous area to emerge was the now exceptionally picturesque Cinque Terre (Five Lands), which has a DOC/DOP at the eastern end of the region, towards La Spezia.

Great white wines of Liguria

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Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Liguria

White wines from the region of Liguria go well with generally quite well with dishes of pasta, shellfish or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of pasta and peppers, curried mouclade à la charentaise or shepherd's pie and leek fondue.

Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Liguria

On the nose the white wine of the region of Liguria. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, cream or grapefruit and sometimes also flavors of oaky, tropical or citrus. In the mouth the white wine of the region of Liguria. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in white wine of Liguria

  • 2020With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2001With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.08/5
  • 1982With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.98/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.94/5

The most used grape varieties in white wine of Liguria

  • Vermentino
  • Pigato
  • Bosco
  • Roussanne
  • Marsanne
  • Malvasia

The best wineries and winemakers for white wine of Liguria

A wine route planned in the region of Liguria? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best white wine of Liguria.

Discover the grape variety: Marsanne

Marsanne is a white grape variety that originated in Montélimar in the Drôme, several centuries ago. Marsanne is also found in Cassis, Savoie, Languedoc-Roussillon and Saint-Péray in the Ardèche, where it produces remarkable sparkling wines. The warm, sunny climate of the Rhone Valley, Languedoc-Roussillon and Provence, as well as the dry, stony soil, are ideal conditions for its development. Its bunches are quite large and provide small, juicy berries that are sensitive to grey rot and strong winds. These two grape varieties complement each other perfectly: together they give light wines with little acidity, aromas of yellow fruit, white fruit and flowers with notes of honey and liquorice. This is for example what the appellations Saint-Péray, Hermitage, Crozes-Hermitage, Saint-Joseph, Côtes-du-Vallée du Rhône, Corbières, or Cassis express... which represent about 700 hectares.

Great sparkling wines of Liguria

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Food and wine pairing with a sparkling wine of Liguria

Sparkling wines from the region of Liguria go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of roast monkfish with bacon, tunisian haja or rabbit stew the old fashioned way.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wine of Liguria

On the nose the sparkling wine of the region of Liguria. often reveals types of flavors of cream, apples or minerality and sometimes also flavors of straw, earth or microbio.

The best vintages in sparkling wine of Liguria

  • 2010With an average score of 4.08/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.85/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.78/5

The most used grape varieties in sparkling wine of Liguria

  • Malvasia
  • Greco
  • Vermentino
  • Bianchetta Trevigiana
  • Pigato
  • Ciliegiolo

The best wineries and winemakers for sparkling wine of Liguria

A wine route planned in the region of Liguria? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best sparkling wine of Liguria.

The word of the wine: Powdery mildew

Disease of the vine due to a fungus. Less dreadful than mildew, it only attacks the surface of the green parts. Sulphur has long been the best remedy.

Great pink wines of Liguria

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Food and wine pairing with a pink wine of Liguria

Pink wines from the region of Liguria go well with generally quite well with dishes of sweet desserts, beef or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of express cherry clafoutis, wild boar stew in burgundy style or provençal tart with rabbit.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wine of Liguria

On the nose the pink wine of the region of Liguria. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit, red fruit or floral and sometimes also flavors of earth, microbio or vegetal.

The best vintages in pink wine of Liguria

  • 2013With an average score of 3.91/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.84/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.75/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.72/5

The most used grape varieties in pink wine of Liguria

  • Ciliegiolo
  • Vermentino Nero
  • Merlot
  • Sangiovese
  • Moscato
  • Bonamico

The best wineries and winemakers for pink wine of Liguria

A wine route planned in the region of Liguria? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best pink wine of Liguria.

Discover the grape variety: Moscato

Great sweet wines of Liguria

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Food and wine pairing with a sweet wine of Liguria

Sweet wines from the region of Liguria go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of cicadas at the chib, lasagne bolognaise (mascarpone) or fillet of lamb in potato dressing.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wine of Liguria

On the nose the sweet wine of the region of Liguria. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of dried fruit, plum or pear. In the mouth the sweet wine of the region of Liguria. is a powerful.

The best vintages in sweet wine of Liguria

  • 2007With an average score of 4.35/5
  • 2004With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.19/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.16/5

The most used grape varieties in sweet wine of Liguria

  • Vermentino
  • Bosco
  • Albarola
  • Bianchetta Trevigiana
  • Pigato
  • Malvasia

The best wineries and winemakers for sweet wine of Liguria

A wine route planned in the region of Liguria? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best sweet wine of Liguria.

The word of the wine: Acescence

An alteration in wine also known as pitting (hence the expression piqué wine), due to the presence of acetic acid and ethyl acetate, and characterized by a vinegar-like odor.

Great unknow wines of Liguria

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Food and wine pairing with a unknow wine of Liguria

Unknow wines from the region of Liguria go well with generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of unknow wine of Liguria

On the nose the unknow wine of the region of Liguria. often reveals types of flavors of earth.

The best vintages in unknow wine of Liguria

  • 2014With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.60/5

The most used grape varieties in unknow wine of Liguria

  • Pigato

The best wineries and winemakers for unknow wine of Liguria

A wine route planned in the region of Liguria? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best unknow wine of Liguria.

Discover other regions and appellation of Liguria

A wine route in the region of Liguria ? Visit the most beautiful wine towns and villages

  • Albenga
  • Andora
  • Apricale
  • Arzeno d'oneglia im
  • Balestrino (sv)
  • Bastia d'albenga (sv)
  • Bastia d\'albenga
  • Bonassola
  • Castelnuovo magra
  • Castelnuovo magra (sp)
  • Catania (ct)
  • Cervo (im)
  • Chiavari (ge)
  • Cinque terre
  • Cisano sul neva
  • Diano marina
  • Dolceacqua
  • Dolceacqua (im)
  • Finale ligure
  • Genoa
  • Genova
  • Imperia
  • Levanto
  • Manarola (sp)
  • Monterosso al mare
  • Ortonovo
  • Ortonovo (sp)
  • Ortovero (sv)
  • Pieve di teco
  • Pornassio
  • Porto
  • Quiliano (sv)
  • Ranzo
  • Riomaggiore
  • Riomaggiore sp
  • Santo stefano di magra
  • Savona
  • Sesta godano
  • Soldano
  • Stellanello