Winery Santa CaterinaAlbarola
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The Albarola of the Winery Santa Caterina is in the top 0 of wines of Colli di Luni.
Details and technical informations about Winery Santa Caterina's Albarola.
Discover the grape variety: Corvinone
It has been cultivated for a very long time in northern Italy, but in France it is hardly known. It should not be confused with corvina, another Italian grape variety that is very present in the same region, both of which are most often associated with rondinella and molinara.
Informations about the Winery Santa Caterina
The Winery Santa Caterina is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 14 wines for sale in the of Colli di Luni to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Colli di Luni
The wine region of Colli di Luni is located in the region of Ligurie of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Lvnae or the Domaine Lvnae produce mainly wines white, red and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Colli di Luni are Vermentino, Sangiovese and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Colli di Luni often reveals types of flavors of citrus, almonds or melon and sometimes also flavors of non oak, oak or grapefruit.
The wine region of Liguria
Liguria is a thin, crescent-shaped coastal region in northwestern Italy, stretching 250 km along the Mediterranean Sea from the border with southern France in the west to the port city of La Spezia in the east. Tuscany Lies beyond the latter, while the region's Central city, Genoa, is about 70 km southeast of Asti and Barolo (and even less so of Piedmont, parts of which run along the northern border of Liguria). Known as the Italian Riviera, this thin, beautiful strip of rugged land with a Mediterranean Climate and poor, stony soils is dominated by steeply sloping hills that fall almost directly into the sea. These steep elevations make Grape growing a challenge, resulting in scattered vineyards (some of which can only be reached by boat) with limited production.
The word of the wine: Varietal wine
Name given to the local wine (IGP), produced from a single grape variety that gives the wine its characteristics of structure and aroma. The Languedoc is the leading producer of this type of wine, from most of the major French grape varieties.
