Winery Fratta MinorePignoletto
Sparkling wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Winery Fratta Minore's Pignoletto.
Discover the grape variety: Arbois
Arbois is a white grape variety of French origin, in Touraine. Its name comes from orboué, a local patois word. It is recommended in the departments of Indre, Indre-et-Vallée de la Loire, Loir-et-Cher, Vallée de la Loiret, Deux-Sèvres and Vienne, and is listed as a grape variety in the Touraine, Touraine Sparkling, Cheverny and Valencay AOCs. Arbois is not widely cultivated in France, covering about 650 hectares, 600 of which are in the Loir-et-Cher region. It is a vigorous variety, but moderately productive (40 to 80 hectoliters per hectare). It is part of the grape varieties used for Vouvray, Crémant de la Loire Valley, Cheverny and Valençay wines. It gives a wine with little acidity, dry, fresh and supple. It is mainly used in blending. This grape variety from the Centre region should not be confused with the vineyard and wine of Arbois, in the Jura.
Informations about the Winery Fratta Minore
The Winery Fratta Minore is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 11 wines for sale in the of Colli Bolognesi Classico Pignoletto to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Colli Bolognesi Classico Pignoletto
The wine region of Colli Bolognesi Classico Pignoletto is located in the region of Colli Bolognesi of Émilie-Romagne of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Cantine Sgarzi Luigi or the Domaine La Battagliola produce mainly wines sparkling, white and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Colli Bolognesi Classico Pignoletto are Chardonnay, Pinot blanc and Pinot noir, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Colli Bolognesi Classico Pignoletto often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, vegetal or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of earth, oak.
The wine region of Emilia-Romagna
Romagna/emilia">Emilia-Romagna is a Rich and fertile region in Northern Italy, and one of the country's most prolific wine-producing regions, with over 58,000 hectares (143,320 acres) of vines in 2010. It is 240 kilometers (150 miles) wide and stretches across almost the entire northern Italian peninsula, sandwiched between Tuscany to the South, Lombardy and Veneto to the north and the Adriatic Sea to the east. Nine miles of Liguria is all that separates Emilia-Romagna from the Ligurian Sea, and its uniqueness as the only Italian region with both an east and west coast. Emilia-Romagna's wine-growing heritage dates back to the seventh century BC, making it one of the oldest wine-growing regions in Italy.
The word of the wine: Budding
Phase of the vegetative cycle of the vine corresponding to the bursting of the buds and the appearance of the first leaves.
