Winery Luigi FrancoliCuvée d'Autore Grappa
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Winery Luigi Francoli's Cuvée d'Autore Grappa.
Discover the grape variety: Furmint
Furmint is a very old Hungarian grape variety. It arrived in France in the 1800s. The bunches of Furmint are of medium size. They are compact and cylindrical. The berries are also of medium size. They are either short elliptical or rounded. Their thick skin changes from greenish white to reddish once the fruit is mature. This grape variety is known throughout the world for being part of the composition of the Hungarian Tokaj vintage. Robust, rich in alcohol and acidity, it needs light soil and a warm, dry climate to be fertile. It must also be pruned short and its budding takes place 7 days after the Chasselas. As for its maturity, it is of the second late period. This grape variety fears grey rot and erinosis. When vinified dry, Furmint produces a very fragrant, fine and highly alcoholic white wine.
Last vintages of this wine
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Informations about the Winery Luigi Francoli
The Winery Luigi Francoli is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 23 wines for sale in the of Ghemme to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Ghemme
The wine region of Ghemme is located in the region of Piémont of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Rovellotti or the Domaine Rovellotti produce mainly wines red, sweet and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Ghemme are Nebbiolo, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Ghemme often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or spices.
The wine region of Piedmont
Piedmont (Piemonte) holds an unrivalled place among the world's finest wine regions. Located in northwestern Italy, it is home to more DOCG wines than any other Italian region, including such well-known and respected names as Barolo, Barbaresco and Barbera d'Asti. Though famous for its Austere, Tannic, Floral">floral reds made from Nebbiolo, Piedmont's biggest success story in the past decade has been Moscato d'Asti, a Sweet, Sparkling white wine. Piedmont Lies, as its name suggests, at the foot of the Western Alps, which encircle its northern and western sides and form its naturally formidable border with Provence, France.
The word of the wine: Mutage
The act of adding alcohol to a fresh grape must or to a fermenting must.
