Winery Cantina SettecaniVini del Re Pignoletto Modena Secco
Sparkling wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Winery Cantina Settecani's Vini del Re Pignoletto Modena Secco.
Discover the grape variety: Savagnin
Savagnin is a white grape variety originating from the Austrian Tyrol. It arrived in Franche Comté and quickly became the flagship variety of the Jura. Cousin of the gewurztraminer, it gives small white bunches. Its berries have a thick skin which resists well to grey rot and to diseases in general. Savagnin thrives on marl soils and is a very aromatic grape variety. It is used in the elaboration of yellow wine, the AOC Château-Châlon is the most representative. This grape variety also produces vin de paille which is a sweet wine for which the ripe grapes are dried on a bed of straw for at least 6 weeks before being pressed. The best known AOC straw wines are: Arbois, Côtes-du-Jura and Etoile. Savagnin is also used to make Macvin du Jura, a liqueur wine, and to make Crémants du Jura.White wines made from Savagnin have great aging potential. They have a powerful and complex aroma with notes of walnut, almonds, hazelnuts, flowers, honey and green apple.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Vini del Re Pignoletto Modena Secco from Winery Cantina Settecani are 2018
Informations about the Winery Cantina Settecani
The Winery Cantina Settecani is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 28 wines for sale in the of Modena to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Modena
The wine region of Modena is located in the region of Émilie-Romagne of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Chiarli 1860 or the Domaine Cantina di Sorbara produce mainly wines sparkling, red and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Modena are Chardonnay, Sangiovese and Ancellotta, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Modena often reveals types of flavors of cherry, spices or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit, floral or non oak.
The wine region of Emilia-Romagna
Romagna/emilia">Emilia-Romagna is a Rich and fertile region in Northern Italy, and one of the country's most prolific wine-producing regions, with over 58,000 hectares (143,320 acres) of vines in 2010. It is 240 kilometers (150 miles) wide and stretches across almost the entire northern Italian peninsula, sandwiched between Tuscany to the South, Lombardy and Veneto to the north and the Adriatic Sea to the east. Nine miles of Liguria is all that separates Emilia-Romagna from the Ligurian Sea, and its uniqueness as the only Italian region with both an east and west coast. Emilia-Romagna's wine-growing heritage dates back to the seventh century BC, making it one of the oldest wine-growing regions in Italy.
The word of the wine: Tressallier
White grape variety from the Allier region, identical to the Sacy variety grown in Burgundy. Rarely vinified on its own, it is used in the blending of Saint-Pourçain white wines, associated with chardonnay, the main grape variety of the appellation. Syn.: sacy.
