Winery Tenuta del GelsoAlbana Passito
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The Albana Passito of the Winery Tenuta del Gelso is in the top 0 of wines of Romagna.
Details and technical informations about Winery Tenuta del Gelso's Albana Passito.
Discover the grape variety: Aligoté
Aligoté is an ancient Burgundian grape variety (it has different names depending on the region in which it is grown: griset blanc in Beaune, giboudot blanc in the Chalonnais or troyen blanc in the Aube), mainly used in the production of Bourgogne-Aligoté, Bouzeron and Crémant-de-Bourgogne.aligoté is a medium-fine white grape variety, quite productive, which gives clear, acidic, fresh and light white wines. An anecdote often says that it was a member of the clergy named Kir who gave it its letters of nobility by adding it to blackcurrant cream to prepare an aperitif.produced on more than 1,600 hectares in Burgundy, aligoté has also been exported. It is also cultivated in Eastern Europe (Ukraine, Romania), California, Canada and Chile, representing more than 20,000 hectares in the world.
Informations about the Winery Tenuta del Gelso
The Winery Tenuta del Gelso is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 6 wines for sale in the of Romagna to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Romagna
The wine region of Romagna is located in the region of Émilie-Romagne of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Impavido or the Domaine Tenuta Santodeno produce mainly wines red, white and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Romagna are Sangiovese, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Romagna often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, dark fruit or cassis and sometimes also flavors of caramel, cedar or earthy.
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: Pinot meunier
Cultivated in the 19th century in all the northern vineyards, this black grape variety has largely regressed since. Very present in the Marne valley, it constitutes a third of the vineyards in Champagne, alongside pinot noir and chardonnay with which it is often blended. It brings roundness and red and yellow fruit aromas to champagnes. Pinot meunier is also the dominant grape variety in red and rosé wines in the Orleans AOC and the rare Touraine-Noble-Joué, a grey wine. Syn.: meunier.
