The Winery Russo & Longo of Calabria

Winery Russo & Longo
The winery offers 15 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is ranked in the top 2 of the estates of Calabria.
It is located in Calabria

The Winery Russo & Longo is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 15 wines for sale in of Calabria to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Russo & Longo wines

Looking for the best Winery Russo & Longo wines in Calabria among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Russo & Longo 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 Russo & Longo wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Russo & Longo

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Russo & Longo

How Winery Russo & Longo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of quenelles in nantua sauce, broccoli and blue cheese quiche without pastry or basil and cherry tomato clafoutis.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Russo & Longo

On the nose the white wine of Winery Russo & Longo. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Russo & Longo. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Russo & Longo

  • 2013With an average score of 4.25/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.88/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.78/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.73/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Russo & Longo.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Malvasia
  • Pecorino
  • Greco Bianco

Discovering the wine region of Calabria

Calabria is a wine region in southern Italy, in fact a large peninsula that juts out between the Ionian Sea and the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is separated from Sicily by the narrow Strait of Messina. Its northern border with Basilicata is marked by the peaks of the southern Apennines. Calabria and its wines have undergone many influences over the centuries.

It was the ancient Greeks who first cultivated wine vines here. For many centuries, Calabrian wines were famous not only in Italy, but also in other European countries. However, their glory began to Fade with competition from French regions such as Bordeaux. These were closer, both geographically and culturally, to key markets such as London and Amsterdam.

The top pink wines of Winery Russo & Longo

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Russo & Longo

How Winery Russo & Longo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Russo & Longo

  • 2018With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Russo & Longo.

  • Gaglioppo

Discover the grape variety: Greco

The top red wines of Winery Russo & Longo

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Russo & Longo

How Winery Russo & Longo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of delicious bourguignon, pasta shells or sweet and sour braised leg of lamb.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Russo & Longo

On the nose the red wine of Winery Russo & Longo. 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 Russo & Longo. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Russo & Longo

  • 2011With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.26/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.25/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Russo & Longo.

  • Gaglioppo
  • Sangiovese
  • Magnolia
  • Greco
  • Greco Nero

The word of the wine: Free-run wine

The free-run wine is the wine that flows out of the vat by gravity at the time of running off. The marc soaked in wine is then pressed to extract a rich and tannic wine. Free-run wine and press wine are then aged separately and eventually blended by the winemaker in proportions defined according to the type of wine being made.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Russo & Longo

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Russo & Longo

How Winery Russo & Longo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Russo & Longo

  • 0With an average score of 4.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Russo & Longo.

  • Malvasia
  • Greco Bianco
  • Traminer

Discover the grape variety: Gaglioppo

A very old grape variety cultivated in southern Italy (Sicily, Calabria, etc.), the Greeks and Romans already knew it. It is related to sangiovese and mantonico bianco. According to Pierre Galet, Magliocco is identical to Galioppo.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Russo & Longo

Planning a wine route in the of Calabria? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Russo & Longo.

Discover the grape variety: Greco