The Winery Donofrio of Basilicata

Winery Donofrio
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 358 of the estates of Basilicata.
It is located in Basilicata

The Winery Donofrio is one of the best wineries to follow in Basilicate.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Basilicata to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Donofrio wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Donofrio

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Donofrio

How Winery Donofrio wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of lamb curry indian style, quiche with leeks and fresh salmon from flo or sunshine pie with tomato pesto and pine nuts.

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 Donofrio

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Donofrio

How Winery Donofrio wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of quick beef bourguignon, lasagne simplissimo or lamb parmentine with eggplant and spices.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Donofrio

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Donofrio. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Donofrio

  • 2015With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.10/5

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

  • Aglianico

Discover the grape variety: Gringet

Gringet is an ancient grape variety. It comes from the Arve valley, in Haute Savoie. It is very similar to Savagnin. This white grape variety has small bunches. Its berries are small, round and have a yellow-green skin that turns golden yellow when ripe. Generally, the gringet opens 10 days after the chasselas. Its production remains reasonable. Due to its drooping growth habit, it is recommended that this variety be trained and pruned short, as it is very sensitive to mildew and also fears erinosis and powdery mildew. It is one of those grape varieties that have an average second ripening period. It produces a wine that is light and lively at the same time, with some floral notes. It can also be used to make sparkling or semi-sparkling wines.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Donofrio

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 Donofrio.

Discover the grape variety: Bouchalès

Bouchalès noir is a grape variety that originated in France (South West). 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 bunches of medium size, and grapes of medium caliber. The Bouchalès noir can be found cultivated in these vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Armagnac.

News about Winery Donofrio and wines from the region

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Igé

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-Igé, 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/​​ ...

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 Morey Saint Denis appellation seen by Laurent Lignier

Laurent Lignier from Domaine Hubert Lignier and Président of the winegrowers union, mentions the great diversity in the expression of the Morey-Saint-DenisPremier Cru wines. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program broadcasted in April 2021. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinsdebourgogne/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bivb​ ...

The word of the wine: Passerillage

Concentration of the grape by drying out, under the influence of wind or sun, as opposed to botrytisation, which is the concentration obtained by the development of the "noble rot" for which Botrytis cinerea is responsible. The word is mainly used for sweet wines.

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