The Winery Selve Picotendro is one of the world's great estates. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Valle d'Aosta to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Selve Picotendro wines in Valle d'Aosta among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Selve Picotendro 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 Selve Picotendro wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Selve Picotendro wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of blanquette of monkfish with small vegetables, daniel's algerian couscous or wild boar with honey.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Selve Picotendro. often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, dried fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Selve Picotendro. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Valle d'Aosta is the smallest and least populated region in Italy, only one-eighth the Size of neighbouring Piedmont. It covers a mountainous area in the far northwest of Italy, where the country's borders meet those of France and Switzerland.
Despite the region's small size and low profile, a wide range of red and white wines are produced from a selection of native and introduced Grape varieties. The most important of these is Picotendro, the local form of Nebbiolo.
Aosta is clearly influenced by its neighbours. French is the second official language, and French grape varieties are just as common as Italian ones. Chardonnay and Gamay grow side by side with Nebbiolo and Dolcetto.
In addition to the best-known varieties, the Regional Agricultural Institute has listed a selection of indigenous regional varieties.
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Ribs have travelled a long way! In the Middle Ages it was indeed cultivated in the Yonne region. In Bordeaux, it was used in the production of vins clairets and was present in the Loire Valley where today it is only used in the AOC Touraine and Rosé d'Anjou. It goes by different names: Malbec in Bordeaux or Auxerrois in Cahors, in the Quercy vineyards, where it flourishes.it is a very old red grape variety with medium-sized bunches and berries with melting, juicy and sweet flesh. Very sensitive to frost, disease and temperature changes, it is very productive if preserved and if it reaches a good maturity.côt is used in the vineyards of several major appellations such as the AOC Médoc, Graves, Saint-Emilion, Pomerol, Bergerac, Pécharmant, Buzet, Malepère, Marcillac... Wines made from this grape variety are fruity, tannic, deep in colour and have good ageing potential Cultivated on a surface of 5.000 hectares in France, the côt is also very present in Argentina and Chile.
