The Winery Gran Duca is one of the world's great estates. It offers 22 wines for sale in of Molise to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Gran Duca wines in Molise among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Gran Duca 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 Gran Duca wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Gran Duca wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of mussels with curry, quiche without pastry, courgette and blue cheese or baguette filled with saint moret and ham.
On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Gran Duca. often reveals types of flavors of pear, tree fruit or citrus fruit. In the mouth the sparkling wine of Winery Gran Duca. is a with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.
Molise is a mountainous region in South-central Italy, delegated as DOC in 1998. It is a relatively small region, especially when compared to its neighbors Abruzzo and Lazio to the North and Campania and Puglia to the south.
Molise is considered an obscure region, since winemaking dates back to 500 BC, but it only gained independence as a wine region in the latter half of the 20th century. Overshadowed by its neighbor, Abruzzo, of which it was politically a Part until 1963 (Abruzzi e Molise), Molise finally got three of its own DOCs, Biferno and Pentro di Isernia, in the 1980s, then Tintilia del Molise in 2011.
About two percent of Molise's wine production is DOC quality. Biferno wines are produced in the province of Campobasso and include reds, whites and rosés.
How Winery Gran Duca wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of beer goulash, cannelloni au gratin stuffed with bolognese sauce or marinated leg of lamb with herbs.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Gran Duca. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Gran Duca. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Most certainly of Italian origin, more precisely from Sicily where it is very well known. It should be noted that a certain number of Italian grape varieties bear the synonym or name "calabrese", whether or not followed by an epithet, and care should be taken not to confuse them. Calabrese is also known in the United States, Italy, Bulgaria and Malta. In France, it is virtually absent from the vineyard, although it is listed in the Official Catalogue of Wine Grape Varieties, list A1.
How Winery Gran Duca wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of tuna lasagna, zucchini quiche or koka (spanish pie).
On the nose the white wine of Winery Gran Duca. often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Gran Duca. is a powerful.
Prolonged contact and exchange between the juice and the grape solids, especially the skin. Not to be confused with the time of fermentation, which follows maceration. The juice becomes loaded with colouring matter and tannins, and acquires aromas. For a rosé, the maceration is short so that the colour does not "rise" too much. For white wines too, a "pellicular maceration" can be practised, which allows the wine to acquire more fat.
How Winery Gran Duca wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, shellfish or poultry such as recipes of veal with cream and mushrooms, chinese fried shrimp ravioli or chicken tagine with olives and potatoes.
From Croatia where it is called crljenak kastelanski or pribidrag. According to genetic analyses carried out by Professor Carole Meredith of California University in Davis (United States), it is related to the Croatian plavac mali and Zinfandel. It is also found in South Africa, New Zealand, Chile, Brazil, Germany, Bulgaria, Albania, Italy under the name of Primitivo, Malta, Greece, Portugal and to some extent in Croatia. In the United States (California), it is one of the most widely planted grape varieties, having been introduced in the 1830s well before Primitivo. In France, it is registered in the official catalogue of vine varieties on the A1 list under the name Primitivo.
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Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). 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 to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.
