Winery Cascina NirascaOrmeasco di Pornassio
Red wine
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with beef, game (deer, venison) or lamb.
Taste structure of the Ormeasco di Pornassio from the Winery Cascina Nirasca
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Ormeasco di Pornassio of Winery Cascina Nirasca in the region of Ligurie is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Food and wine pairings with Ormeasco di Pornassio
Pairings that work perfectly with Ormeasco di Pornassio
Original food and wine pairings with Ormeasco di Pornassio
The Ormeasco di Pornassio of Winery Cascina Nirasca matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of scottish haggis, chinese fried shrimp ravioli or traditional lamb couscous (from algeria).
Details and technical informations about Winery Cascina Nirasca's Ormeasco di Pornassio.
Discover the grape variety: Altesse
The Altesse white grape variety is French in origin, but its ancestors were brought from Cyprus. It then developed in the vineyards of the southeast of the country. The Montagnieu fusette or arbane, as it is also called, buds early in the year. A cottony veil covers the first buds. The involuted blade and the U-shaped petiolar sinus distinguish the adult, three-lobed leaves. During, sometimes for late vengeance, the clusters of medium or small size are winged, compact and cylindrical.the fruits reveal a melting pulp under a film of variable color. The pink-tan colour replaces the early reddish yellow when the berries ripen. If they persist, the berries take on a lilac hue. The vinification promises sparkling, aromatic and elegant sweet whites, or dry whites. Altesse is a grape variety to be carefully maintained against acariosis and erinosis.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Ormeasco di Pornassio from Winery Cascina Nirasca are 2017, 2016, 2015, 2013 and 2011.
Informations about the Winery Cascina Nirasca
The Winery Cascina Nirasca is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 7 wines for sale in the of Ormeasco di Pornassio to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Ormeasco di Pornassio
The wine region of Ormeasco di Pornassio is located in the region of Ligurie of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Azienda Vitivinicola Guglierame or the Domaine Tenuta Maffone produce mainly wines red and pink. On the nose of Ormeasco di Pornassio often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of non oak, spices or black fruit. In the mouth of Ormeasco di Pornassio is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.
The wine region of Ligurie
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.
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