Winery Fratta MinoreAlbana Dolce
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Winery Fratta Minore's Albana Dolce.
Discover the grape variety: Garanoir
Supple and fruity reds with a purple colour and melted tannins, on aromas of cherry, raspberry, blackberry, sweet spices and floral notes. Round palate, fresh finish, more tender and approachable young than its sibling Gamaret. Vinified as a thirst-quenching single variety and in modern red blends with Gamaret, Gamay and Pinot Noir in Swiss Romandy (Vaud, Geneva, Valais). A cross of Gamay × Reichensteiner created in 1970 at the Pully station, same lineage as Gamaret.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Albana Dolce from Winery Fratta Minore are 2015, 2017, 2016, 0 and 2014.
Informations about the Winery Fratta Minore
The Winery Fratta Minore is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 11 wines for sale in the of Romagna to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Romagna
Eastern part of Emilia-Romagna on the Adriatic. Sangiovese signature in red: Romagnola version more supple and fruity than in Tuscany, with signature notes of red cherry, raspberry, plum, violet, Mediterranean herbs and a spicy touch, fine tannins and gourmand palate — sublimated in DOCG Sangiovese Superiore. Albana as star white (Italy's 1st white DOCG) ample (pear, honey). Straight Trebbiano, floral Pagadebit, sweet Cagnina.
The wine region of Emilia-Romagna
Kingdom of Lambrusco: fresh, fruity sparkling reds (blackberry, cherry, violet), from gourmet dry to convivial off-dry, perfect with local charcuterie. World's best-selling sparkling wine on the Emilia side (Sorbara, Grasparossa, Salamino). East, Romagna: supple fruity Sangiovese, Albana (Italy's 1st white DOCG, 1987) ample and almondy. Also red Gutturnio and white Pignoletto.
The word of the wine: Grafting
A method used since the phylloxera crisis, consisting of fixing a graft of local origin on a rootstock resistant to phylloxera.
