The Winery Controvento of Abruzzes

Winery Controvento - Luna Calante
The winery offers 14 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Abruzzes.
It is located in Abruzzes
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The Winery Controvento is one of the best wineries to follow in Abruzzes.. It offers 14 wines for sale in of Abruzzes to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Controvento wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Controvento

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Controvento

How Winery Controvento wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of lasagna calabrese, quiche without eggs or express beef samoussa.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Controvento

On the nose the white wine of Winery Controvento. often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit, microbio or vegetal. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Controvento. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Controvento

  • 2019With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.83/5

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

  • Passerina
  • Trebbiano
  • Trebbiano D'Abruzzo
  • Montonico Bianco
  • Malvasia di Candia Aromatica
  • Fiano

Discovering the wine region of Abruzzes

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 red wines of Winery Controvento

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Controvento

How Winery Controvento wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of traditional hungarian goulash, homemade italian lasagna or atriaux en sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Controvento

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Controvento

  • 2018With an average score of 4.11/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.70/5

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

  • Montepulciano
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Trebbiano
  • Passerina

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.

The top pink wines of Winery Controvento

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Controvento

How Winery Controvento wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of fresh sausage, lamb tagine with apricots or marinated veal skewers with herbs.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Controvento

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Controvento. often reveals types of flavors of earth, citrus fruit or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of vegetal.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Controvento

  • 2019With an average score of 3.98/5

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

  • Montepulciano
  • Trebbiano
  • Passerina

The word of the wine: Biodynamics

Biodynamic farming method initiated by Rudolf Steiner which forbids all chemical treatments based on synthetic products. Biodynamics is based on the interaction between the movements of the planets and the development of plants and uses preparations based on organic and mineral materials.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Controvento

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

Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot

Petit Verdot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (southwest). 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 bunches and small grapes. Petit Verdot noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

News about Winery Controvento and wines from the region

A perfect pairing: Flatbread and cod roe emulsion

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New group promotes regenerative viticulture in climate battle

Launched at London fine wine club 67 Pall Mall on 28 March, the Regenerative Viticulture Foundation (RVF) is the brainchild of Stephen Cronk, owner of Maison Mirabeau in Provence. Cronk, who has seen extreme weather events ranging from exceptional frosts to the worst forest fires in living memory in the three years he has owned Mirabeau, feels that one of the most important ways we can fight climate change is through ‘unlearning’ current approaches to land stewardship. ‘This is a critical moment ...

Berry Bros marks HM The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with new Good Ordinary Claret label

Designed by British printmaker and illustrator Tom Frost, whose work is characterised by folk art, matchboxes, children’s books, tin toys, and natural motives, the screen-printed artwork depicts a blossoming tree within a wine glass, referencing Berry Bros & Rudd’s commitment to sustainability. Officially launching at the end of this month [April], the Platinum Jubilee will be a limited edition run of 10,000 bottles. Berry Bros & Rudd will donate a percentage of its profits to char ...

The word of the wine: Biodynamics

Biodynamic farming method initiated by Rudolf Steiner which forbids all chemical treatments based on synthetic products. Biodynamics is based on the interaction between the movements of the planets and the development of plants and uses preparations based on organic and mineral materials.