The Winery Contrada Luce of Terre di Chieti of Abruzzes

Winery Contrada Luce - Inzolia
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
This estate is part of the Botter.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Abruzzes.
It is located in Terre di Chieti in the region of Abruzzes

The Winery Contrada Luce is one of the best wineries to follow in Terre di Chieti.. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Terre di Chieti to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Contrada Luce wines

Looking for the best Winery Contrada Luce wines in Terre di Chieti among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Contrada Luce 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 Contrada Luce wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Contrada Luce

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Contrada Luce

How Winery Contrada Luce wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of stuffed squid, zucchini and goat cheese quiche or delicious moroccan fritters.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Contrada Luce

On the nose the white wine of Winery Contrada Luce. often reveals types of flavors of earth, citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Contrada Luce. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Contrada Luce

  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Inzolia
  • Pecorino

Discovering the wine region of Terre di Chieti

The wine region of Terre di Chieti is located in the region of Abruzzes of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Cantine Mucci or the Domaine Tenuta Ulisse produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Terre di Chieti are Pecorino, Sangiovese and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Terre di Chieti often reveals types of flavors of cream, dried fruit or kiwi and sometimes also flavors of yeast, elderflower or passion fruit.

In the mouth of Terre di Chieti is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 307 estates and châteaux in the of Terre di Chieti, producing 768 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Terre di Chieti go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb.

The top red wines of Winery Contrada Luce

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Contrada Luce

How Winery Contrada Luce wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of beef strogonoff, rigatoni with courgettes and tomatoes or leg of lamb with garlic and rosemary.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Contrada Luce

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Contrada Luce. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Contrada Luce

  • 2018With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.35/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.21/5

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

  • Nero d'Avola
  • Primitivo

Discover the grape variety: Nero d'Avola

Most certainly of Italian origin, more precisely from Sicily where it is very well known. It should be noted that a certain number of Italian grape varieties bear the synonym or name "calabrese", whether or not followed by an epithet, and care should be taken not to confuse them. Calabrese is also known in the United States, Italy, Bulgaria and Malta. In France, it is virtually absent from the vineyard, although it is listed in the Official Catalogue of Wine Grape Varieties, list A1.

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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.

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The word of the wine: AOC

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