Winery FontanacotaOrmeasco di Pornassio

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 Liguria

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.