The Winery Contesa of Abruzzo

Winery Contesa
The winery offers 31 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 101 of the estates of Abruzzo.
It is located in Abruzzo
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The Winery Contesa is one of the best wineries to follow in Abruzzes.. It offers 31 wines for sale in of Abruzzo to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Contesa wines

Looking for the best Winery Contesa wines in Abruzzo among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Contesa 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 Contesa wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Contesa

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Contesa

How Winery Contesa wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of family potluck, special' tagliatelle carbonara or veal axoa (basque country).

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Contesa

On the nose the red wine of Winery Contesa. often reveals types of flavors of black fruit, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of non oak, microbio or spices. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Contesa. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Contesa

  • 2007With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.05/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.94/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.92/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.84/5

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

  • Montepulciano

Discovering the wine region of Abruzzo

Abruzzo is an Italian wine region located on the eastern (Adriatic) coast. Its immediate neighbors in CentralItaly are Marche to the North, Lazio to the west and southwest and Molise to the southeast. Abruzzo has one DOCG - Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Colline Teramane - and three DOC wine appellations. The reds and Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo and Montepulciano d'Abruzzo, as well as the white wine appellation Trebbiano d'Abruzzo are the most notable, followed by the lesser-known Controguerra.

The region's star varieties are the native red Montepulciano and white Trebbiano. The supporting cast is made up of a few international varieties such as Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, and indigenous varieties such as Sangiovese, Passerina, Pecorino and Cococciola. The usual Maturation process for Abruzzo wine is in oak. However, Montepulciano Cerasuolo is aged in stainless steel.

The top white wines of Winery Contesa

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Contesa

How Winery Contesa wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of pasta with broccoli, zucchini and goat cheese quiche or hummus.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Contesa

On the nose the white wine of Winery Contesa. often reveals types of flavors of spices, citrus fruit or non oak and sometimes also flavors of earth, microbio or vegetal. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Contesa. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Contesa

  • 2019With an average score of 3.87/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.79/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.73/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.72/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.70/5

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

  • Pecorino
  • Passerina
  • Trebbiano D'Abruzzo
  • Cococciola

Discover the grape variety: Passerina

The top pink wines of Winery Contesa

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Contesa

How Winery Contesa wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of lamb, veal or pork such as recipes of couscous without couscous maker, capon stuffed with morels or ham and cheese cake.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Contesa

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Contesa. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Contesa

  • 2017With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.43/5

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

  • Montepulciano

The word of the wine: Deep

A rich, complex wine that lingers on the palate and gradually reveals a strong potential for aroma and structure.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Contesa

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Contesa

How Winery Contesa wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of lamb, veal or pork such as recipes of lamb tagine with prunes, veal tagine with artichokes and lemons or tartiflette.

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Contesa.

  • Passerina
  • Montepulciano

Discover the grape variety: Trebbiano D'Abruzzo

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Contesa

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

Discover the grape variety: Montepulciano

A very old grape variety, most likely originating in Italy, now cultivated mainly in the central and central-eastern parts of this country, registered in France in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A1. Montepulciano has long been confused with sangiovese or nielluccio, an A.D.N. analysis has shown that it is different.

News about Winery Contesa and wines from the region

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Burgy

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Burgy, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are availablein French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/ ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Péronne

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Péronne, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are availablein French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWine ...

The Rully appellation seen by Felix Debavelaere

Felix Debavelaere, from Domaine Rois Mages mentions the different personnalities of the Rully appellation. It is not easy to put it in a single box, not only because it can be produced in red and white but also because the wines can show different characters according to where the vines are planted. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (February 2021). Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bourgo ...

The word of the wine: Deep

A rich, complex wine that lingers on the palate and gradually reveals a strong potential for aroma and structure.