Winery La ContessaDecimo
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The Decimo of the Winery La Contessa is in the top 0 of wines of Montenetto di Brescia.
Details and technical informations about Winery La Contessa's Decimo.
Discover the grape variety: Humagne rouge
It is a variety of Valle d'Aosta origin and, like Arvine, it is also found in Italy. In the past, it was cultivated in Savoy and registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties, list B, under the name of red humagne, but it is not related to white humagne. According to recent genetic analyses, the Swiss variety Cornalin du Valais is its father and Rèze its grandmother. It is also the grandson of the petit rouge d' Aoste.
Informations about the Winery La Contessa
The Winery La Contessa is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 11 wines for sale in the of Montenetto di Brescia to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Montenetto di Brescia
The wine region of Montenetto di Brescia is located in the region of Lombardie of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Pratum Coller or the Domaine Peri Bigogno produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Montenetto di Brescia are Merlot, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Marzemino, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Montenetto di Brescia often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak.
The wine region of Lombardia
Lombardy is one of Italy's largest and most populous regions, located in the north-central Part of the country. It's home to a handful of popular and well-known wine styles, including the Bright, cherry-scented Valtellina and the high-quality Sparkling wines Franciacorta and Oltrepo Pavese Metodo Classico. Lombardy is Italy's industrial powerhouse, with the country's second largest city (Milan) as its regional capital. Despite this, the region has vast tracts of unspoiled countryside, home to many small wineries that produce a significant portion of the region's annual wine production of 1.
The word of the wine: Passerillage
Concentration of the grape by drying out, under the influence of wind or sun, as opposed to botrytisation, which is the concentration obtained by the development of the "noble rot" for which Botrytis cinerea is responsible. The word is mainly used for sweet wines.
