The Winery Cantine Crocco of Basilicata

Winery Cantine Crocco
The winery offers 11 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is ranked in the top 3 of the estates of Basilicata.
It is located in Basilicata

The Winery Cantine Crocco is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 11 wines for sale in of Basilicata to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Cantine Crocco wines

Looking for the best Winery Cantine Crocco wines in Basilicata among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Cantine Crocco wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Cantine Crocco wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Cantine Crocco

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Cantine Crocco

How Winery Cantine Crocco wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of traditional tunisian couscous, quiche without pastry, courgette and blue cheese or pretzels (alsace).

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Cantine Crocco

In the mouth the white wine of Winery Cantine Crocco. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Cantine Crocco

  • 0With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Cantine Crocco.

  • Malvasia
  • Chardonnay

Discovering the wine region of Basilicata

Basilicata, in Southern Italy, is a region whose name rarely appears in wine circles. It is best known for its red wines made from the Aglianico grape, and in particular for the Aglianico del Vulture appellation. It has only four DOCs, which collectively cover only two of every 100 bottles produced here. The remaining 98% is sold under IGT or, more likely, Vino da Tavola.

Compared to other Italian wine regions, total wine production in this region is very low: less than 50 million liters. Basilicata may not be a particularly Rich region, but it is rich in natural beauty. Its 10,000 square kilometers (3,860 square miles) of land are bordered to the North by Campania and Puglia and to the south by Calabria. Mostly landlocked, with the Ionian Sea on one side and the Tyrrhenian Sea on the other, it has beautiful mountain ranges and hills.

The top red wines of Winery Cantine Crocco

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Cantine Crocco

How Winery Cantine Crocco wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of beef pot au feu (grandma's style), pasta romantica or moroccan lamb stew.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Cantine Crocco

On the nose the red wine of Winery Cantine Crocco. often reveals types of flavors of black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Cantine Crocco. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Cantine Crocco

  • 2017With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.28/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.12/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.09/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Cantine Crocco.

  • Merlot
  • Primitivo
  • Aglianico

Discover the grape variety: Primitivo

From Croatia where it is called crljenak kastelanski or pribidrag. According to genetic analyses carried out by Professor Carole Meredith of California University in Davis (United States), it is related to the Croatian plavac mali and Zinfandel. It is also found in South Africa, New Zealand, Chile, Brazil, Germany, Bulgaria, Albania, Italy under the name of Primitivo, Malta, Greece, Portugal and to some extent in Croatia. In the United States (California), it is one of the most widely planted grape varieties, having been introduced in the 1830s well before Primitivo. In France, it is registered in the official catalogue of vine varieties on the A1 list under the name Primitivo.

The top pink wines of Winery Cantine Crocco

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Cantine Crocco

How Winery Cantine Crocco wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef bourguignon in the oven of nanou or canned duck confit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Cantine Crocco

  • 0With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Cantine Crocco.

  • Merlot

The word of the wine: Heavy

Said of a thick, rustic wine that lacks finesse.

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Planning a wine route in the of Basilicata? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Cantine Crocco.

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

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