The Winery Gran Duca of Molise

Winery Gran Duca
The winery offers 22 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
This estate is part of the Botter.
It is ranked in the top 58 of the estates of Molise.
It is located in Molise

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.

Top Winery Gran Duca wines

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.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Gran Duca

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Gran Duca

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 monkfish in foil, zucchini quiche or chorizo puff pastry.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Gran Duca

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.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Gran Duca

  • 2008With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Gran Duca.

  • Glera (Prosecco)

Discovering the wine region of Molise

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.

The top red wines of Winery Gran Duca

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Gran Duca

How Winery Gran Duca wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of celine's version of moussaka (5th meeting), spaghetti cacio e pepe or lebanese lamb meatball.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Gran Duca

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.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Gran Duca

  • 2012With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.37/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.32/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.30/5

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

  • Primitivo
  • Sangiovese
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Nero d'Avola
  • Molinara

Discover the grape variety: Sangiovese

Originally from Italy, it is the famous Sangiovese of Tuscany producing the famous wines of Brunello de Montalcino and Chianti. This variety is registered in the Official Catalogue of Wine Grape Varieties, list A1. According to recent genetic analysis, it is the result of a natural cross between the almost unknown Calabrese di Montenuovo (mother) and Ciliegiolo (father).

The top white wines of Winery Gran Duca

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Gran Duca

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 tagliatelle with foie gras, nanie's diced ham quiche or tuna spread.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Gran Duca

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.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Gran Duca

  • 2014With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.19/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Gran Duca.

  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Grigio
  • Soave

The word of the wine: Brilliant

Said of a very limpid robe whose reflections shine strongly in the light.

The top pink wines of Winery Gran Duca

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Gran Duca

How Winery Gran Duca wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, shellfish or poultry such as recipes of capon stuffed with morels, carri of shrimps with chillies or spit-roasted chicken.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Gran Duca.

  • Pinot Grigio

Discover the grape variety: Corvina

Its precise origin is unknown, it has been cultivated for a very long time in northern Italy. It can be found in Switzerland, Australia, Argentina, ... in France it is almost unknown. It should not be confused with the Corvinone, another Italian grape variety. It should be noted that the Corvina is related to the Rondinella and the Refosco dal Peduncolo rosso.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Gran Duca

Planning a wine route in the of Molise? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Gran Duca.

Discover the grape variety: Primitivo

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.

News about Winery Gran Duca and wines from the region

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The Saint-Véran appellation investigated through its geology and geography

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The word of the wine: Brilliant

Said of a very limpid robe whose reflections shine strongly in the light.