Winery Altana di VicoBiferno Riserva
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The Biferno Riserva of the Winery Altana di Vico is in the top 0 of wines of Biferno.
Details and technical informations about Winery Altana di Vico's Biferno Riserva.
Discover the grape variety: Carcajolo noir
It was most certainly introduced by the south of Corsica from Sardinia. It is not the black form of the white carcajolo, the latter would be the biancu gentile. The black Carcajolo is said to be related to the morrastel or muristellu and is found almost exclusively in the southern Mediterranean and in Portugal. It is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A1.
Informations about the Winery Altana di Vico
The Winery Altana di Vico is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 11 wines for sale in the of Biferno to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Biferno
The wine region of Biferno is located in the region of Molise of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Borgo di Colloredo or the Domaine Camillo de Lellis produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Biferno are Aglianico et Sangiovese, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Biferno often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oak or floral and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, tree fruit or vegetal.
The wine region of Molise
Molise is a mountainous region in South-central Italy, delegated as DOC in 1998. It is a relatively small region, especially when compared to its neighbors Abruzzo and Lazio to the North and Campania and Puglia to the south. Molise is considered an obscure region, since winemaking dates back to 500 BC, but it only gained independence as a wine region in the latter half of the 20th century. Overshadowed by its neighbor, Abruzzo, of which it was politically a Part until 1963 (Abruzzi e Molise), Molise finally got three of its own DOCs, Biferno and Pentro di Isernia, in the 1980s, then Tintilia del Molise in 2011.
The word of the wine: Reserve wine (champagne)
Older wines, kept in vats or aged in wood in some houses, or kept in magnums at Bollinger. A small percentage of these wines are used in the blending of non-vintage wines in order to bring greater aromatic complexity.
