Winery San MicheleBelvedere Brut
Sparkling wine
This wine generally goes well with
The Belvedere Brut of the Winery San Michele is in the top 30 of wines of Capriano del Colle.
Details and technical informations about Winery San Michele's Belvedere Brut.
Discover the grape variety: Primitivo
From Croatia where it is called crljenak kastelanski or pribidrag. According to genetic analyses carried out by Professor Carole Meredith of California University in Davis (United States), it is related to the Croatian plavac mali and Zinfandel. It is also found in South Africa, New Zealand, Chile, Brazil, Germany, Bulgaria, Albania, Italy under the name of Primitivo, Malta, Greece, Portugal and to some extent in Croatia. In the United States (California), it is one of the most widely planted grape varieties, having been introduced in the 1830s well before Primitivo. In France, it is registered in the official catalogue of vine varieties on the A1 list under the name Primitivo.
Informations about the Winery San Michele
The Winery San Michele is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 19 wines for sale in the of Capriano del Colle to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Capriano del Colle
The wine region of Capriano del Colle is located in the region of Lombardie of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Lazzari or the Domaine Tenuta La Vigna produce mainly wines red, white and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Capriano del Colle are Marzemino, Sangiovese and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Capriano del Colle often reveals types of flavors of earth, red fruit or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of dried fruit, 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: AOC
Appellation d'origine contrôlée. The most prestigious category of French wines created in the 1930s on the basis of quality criteria defined by a geographical delimitation, a chosen grape variety and precise production rules.
