The Winery Guido Brivio is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 42 wines for sale in of Ticino to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Guido Brivio wines in Ticino among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Guido Brivio 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 Guido Brivio wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Guido Brivio wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or pork such as recipes of beef stew, duck breast with goat cheese and local ham or turkey stuffed with chestnuts.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Guido Brivio. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, citrus or apples and sometimes also flavors of minerality, strawberries or lemon.
Ticino is a relatively small wine region in the alpine South of Switzerland, prized for its Merlot, and located along its border with Italy. The wine region's borders follow those of the canton of Ticino, a primarily Italian-speaking enclave in the landlocked multilingual country (the canton is called "Tessin" by the French and German speakers).
Vineyard">Vineyards in region cover just over 1,100 hectares (2,700 acres) and are centred around the rivers and large, alpine lakes of the canton. The latter are a major tourist attraction - much like the lake of Como, just 5km (3 miles) from Ticino's southernmost tip - and they all share water with Italy.
Merlot is the flagship variety here. This Bordeaux variety, which may seem an unusual variety of preference for a Swiss wine region, was introduced to Ticino in the early 20th century.
It makes up just over 80 percent of the entire vineyard area and has been so successful, it has been given its own appellation: Merlot del Ticino. This can be relatively light or – when from the warmer, sunnier vineyards and carefully vinified with oak – as fine and well Structured as good red Bordeaux.
Other varieties include Chardonnay (4 percent) and Sauvignon Blanc (1. 7 percent). In total, white wines only represent nine percent of the regional output.
Other than Merlot, reds include (in order of planting area) Cabernet Franc, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon and one of Switzerland's "indigenous" crossings: Gamaret.
How Winery Guido Brivio wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of hungarian goulash, moroccan style leg of lamb or sauté of veal with olives (corsica).
On the nose the red wine of Winery Guido Brivio. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Guido Brivio. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Müller-Thurgau shows the character of its noble origins. This Swiss white grape variety is a cross between the royal madeleine and the riesling. The idea that the latter was crossed with the sylvaner is irrelevant. The variety can be recognized by its vigorous character and its semi-erect habit. Preferring rich soils and short prunings, the plant sees its buds open quite early. The buds are cottony and soft green in color. The slightly embossed and tormented blade, with 5 to 7 lobes, makes it possible to distinguish the adult leaves. The clusters appear compact, pyramidal or cylindrical in shape and small to medium in size. The flavour of the Müller-Turgau berries is reminiscent of Muscat. The juicy and crunchy pulp is revealed under a greyish skin. When ripe, the fruit has a mottled shell on a golden yellow background. Switzerland prefers to extract the juice from this variety. The wine made from it is rather heavy and does not keep well.
How Winery Guido Brivio wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tongue in hot sauce or duck legs confit.
White grape variety cultivated mainly in Spain and a little in the south of France (southern Rhône valley, Languedoc-Roussillon). It is the white variety of Grenache noir. It is used in the blending of several white wines (dry wines or natural sweet wines) to which it gives richness, fatness and floral notes.
How Winery Guido Brivio wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of veal shank with mushrooms, boar in civet or marmite dieppoise.
On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Guido Brivio. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, microbio or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or citrus fruit.
How Winery Guido Brivio wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of pasta bolognese, lamb tagine with preserved lemons and onion compote with... or veal chop with rosemary.
National Institute of Origin and Quality. French organization depending on the Ministry of Agriculture and in charge of quality signs: AOC, IGP, labels and organic farming.
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Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.
