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!["Alcova" Bonarda dell' Oltrepò Pavese DOC 2019 (frizzante)]()
“Alcova” Bonarda dell' Oltrepò Pavese DOC 2019 (frizzante)
The Croatina grapes for this finely sparkling classic of Oltrepò Pavese come from the southwest side of the Cascina San Carlo at an altitude of about 250 metres. The vineyard covers 12 hectares of land composed of silt, clay and sand. Intense ruby red with violet reflections. Fresh scent of red fruits, soft on the palate, full-bodied and vinous. The fine acidity, the mousseux and the hearty fresh fruit make this Bonarda a classic companion for rustic snacks, pasta dishes with meat or risottos. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Croatina
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: 6 months stainless steel
- Development: Stainless steel tank
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol Content: 13,00 % vol
- Total Acidity: 6,00 g/l
- Residual Sugar: 14,00 g/l
- Closure: Natural cork
- Serving Temperature: 14-16 °C
- Storage Potential: 2022
- Allergen Note: contains sulphites
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!["Merlino" Pinot Grigio Provincia di Pavia IGT 2019]()
“Merlino” Pinot Grigio Provincia di Pavia IGT 2019
Intense yellow. Fine Pinot Gris nose with notes of white and yellow fruits. Round on the palate, full-bodied and very drinkable. Gets more complex as it matures in the bottle. SUPERIORE.DE
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The 2018 vintage received the following awards:- Grape Variety: 100% Pinot Grigio
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: 6 months stainless steel on the fine yeast
- Development: Stainless steel tank
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol Content: 12,50 % vol
- Total Acidity: 5,15 g/l
- Residual Sugar: 3,35 g/l
- ph-Value: 3,24
- Closure: Natural cork
- Serving Temperature: 8-10 °C
- Storage Potential: 2022+
- Allergen Note: contains sulphites
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!["Saint Valier" Pinot Nero Bianco Oltrepò Pavese DOC 2018]()
“Saint Valier” Pinot Nero Bianco Oltrepò Pavese DOC 2018
Here is a real rarity in the glass: white vinified Pinot Nero. Bright yellow with golden reflections. Fresh bouquet of citrus, white currant and herbs. On the palate crisp and fresh acidity, yellow and white fruits and a fine saltiness. A real delicacy for an aperitif or with a octopus salat. SUPERIORE.DE
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The 2018 vintage received the following awards:- Grape Variety: 100% Pinot Nero
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: 6 months stainless steel on the fine yeast
- Development: Stainless steel tank
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol Content: 12,50 % vol
- Total Acidity: 5,25 g/l
- Residual Sugar: 1,90 g/l
- ph-Value: 3,25
- Closure: Natural cork
- Serving Temperature: 8-10 °C
- Storage Potential: 2022+
- Food Recommendations: Smoked fish, seafood
- Allergen Note: contains sulphites
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!["Catulliano" Lugana DOC 2019]()
“Catulliano” Lugana DOC 2019
Pale yellow colour, charming floral fragrance, fine acidity on the palate, dry and well structured taste. SUPERIORE.DE
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The 2018 vintage received the following awards:- Grape Variety: 100% Trebbiano
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: 6 months stainless steel
- Vegan Clearing: yes
- Development: Stainless steel tank
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol Content: 12,50 % vol
- Total Extract: 22,85 g/l
- Total Acidity: 5,95 g/l
- Residual Sugar: 4,75 g/l
- Sulfite: 78 mg/l
- ph-Value: 3,33
- Closure: Natural cork
- Serving Temperature: 8-10 °C
- Storage Potential: 2022
- Note: Vegan ICEA 102 VEG 002
- Allergen Note: contains sulphites
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![Chiaretto Classico Riviera del Garda DOC 2019]()
Chiaretto Classico Riviera del Garda DOC 2019
Classic Chiaretto, the typical and very popular rosé cuvée from Lake Garda, smells fresh and delicate, vinous and of small red fruits. With its cool fruitiness and pleasant acidity, Chiaretto embodies the pure joy of a pleasurable summer's day and is neither intrusively pleasing nor arbitrary. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Varieties: 60% Gropello, 15% Marzemino, 15% Barbera, 10% Sangiovese
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: 6 months stainless steel
- Development: Stainless steel tank
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol Content: 12,50 % vol
- Total Extract: 19,60 g/l
- Total Acidity: 5,70 g/l
- Residual Sugar: 5,10 g/l
- Sulfite: 85 mg/l
- ph-Value: 3,33
- Closure: Plastic corks
- Serving Temperature: 8-10 °C
- Storage Potential: 2022
- Food Recommendations: Salads, light meat and fish dishes
- Allergen Note: contains sulphites
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!["Quadrio" Valtellina Superiore DOCG 2016]()
“Quadrio” Valtellina Superiore DOCG 2016
Essential and fine bouquet with hints of withered violets and spices, delicate nuances of strawberries and almond blossoms. Deep, warm and rich in taste, the tannins wonderfully harmonious, in the long final an elegant, very pleasant bitter tone. SUPERIORE.DE
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The 2015 vintage received the following awards:- Grape Variety: 100% Nebbiolo
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: 18 months wooden barrel
- Development: wooden barrel
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol Content: 13,00 % vol
- Total Extract: 27,50 g/l
- Total Acidity: 5,00 g/l
- Residual Sugar: 1,80 g/l
- Sulfite: 35 mg/l
- ph-Value: 3,60
- Closure: Natural cork
- Serving Temperature: 16-18 °C
- Storage Potential: 2023
- Allergen Note: contains sulphites
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!["Maria Novella" Pinot Nero Rosato Oltrepo Pavese DOC 2019]()
“Maria Novella” Pinot Nero Rosato Oltrepo Pavese DOC 2019
Delicate salmon pink. Fine, delicate bouquet with notes of pomegranate, peach and apricot. Full and rich on the palate with a delicate bitter note and an invigorating freshness on the finish. This Rosato is full of character and anything but arbitrary and for us the perfect drop for a Mediterranean lunch on a mild summer day. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Pinot Nero
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: 4 months stainless steel
- Development: Stainless steel tank
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol Content: 12,00 % vol
- Total Extract: 25,25 g/l
- Total Acidity: 5,85 g/l
- Residual Sugar: 2,65 g/l
- Sulfite: 92 mg/l
- ph-Value: 3,53
- Closure: Natural cork
- Serving Temperature: 8-10 °C
- Storage Potential: 2022
- Allergen Note: contains sulphites
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![Lugana DOC 2019]()
Lugana DOC 2019
Wonderfully fresh Lugana, which promises far more than uncomplicated enjoyment. straw yellow, enchanting scent of white freesias, pleasantly dry on the palate with fruity aromas and fine nuances of citrus fruits and almond. SUPERIORE.DE
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The 2018 vintage received the following awards:- Grape Variety: 100% Trebbiano
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: 6 months stainless steel
- Development: Stainless steel tank
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol Content: 13,00 % vol
- Total Extract: 21,30 g/l
- Total Acidity: 6,60 g/l
- Residual Sugar: 3,95 g/l
- Sulfite: 88 mg/l
- ph-Value: 3,25
- Closure: Screw cap
- Serving Temperature: 8-10 °C
- Storage Potential: 2022
- Allergen Note: contains sulphites
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![Valtellina Superiore Inferno DOCG 2017]()
Valtellina Superiore Inferno DOCG 2017
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The 2016 vintage received the following awards:- Grape Varieties: 95% Nebbiolo, 5% Pignola and Merlot
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: 50/50 wooden barrel / barrique
- Development: partial barrique
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol Content: 13,00 % vol
- Total Extract: 29,25 g/l
- Total Acidity: 4,95 g/l
- Residual Sugar: 1,35 g/l
- Sulfite: 42 mg/l
- ph-Value: 3,65
- Closure: Natural cork
- Serving Temperature: 18-20 °C
- Storage Potential: 2022+
- Allergen Note: contains sulphites
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!["I Frati" Lugana DOC 2019]()
“I Frati” Lugana DOC 2019
Bright bright yellow, fine fragrance of white fruits and flowers. Fresh, well-balanced taste with pleasantly lively acidity, a delicate note of bitter almonds in the aftertaste and a fine mineral vein in the finish. SUPERIORE.DE
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The 2018 vintage received the following awards:- Grape Variety: 100% Trebbiano
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: 6 months stainless steel
- Development: Stainless steel tank
- Vegan Clearing: yes
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol Content: 13,00 % vol
- Total Extract: 29,65 g/l
- Total Acidity: 6,35 g/l
- Residual Sugar: 7,55 g/l
- Sulfite: 88 mg/l
- ph-Value: 3,45
- Closure: Natural cork
- Serving Temperature: 8-10 °C
- Storage Potential: 2022+
- Allergen Note: contains sulphites
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!["Rosa dei Frati" Riviera del Garda Bresciano DOC 2019]()
“Rosa dei Frati” Riviera del Garda Bresciano DOC 2019
Attractive salmon colour, pleasant bouquet, elegant, fresh, juicy beautiful fruit, lively acidity structure, subtle extract sweetness in the aftertaste. A versatile food companion with a great pleasure factor! SUPERIORE.DE
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The 2018 vintage received the following awards:- Grape Varieties: 30% Gropello, 30% Marzemino, 30% Sangiovese, 10% Barbera
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: Stainless steel
- Development: Stainless steel tank
- Vegan Clearing: yes
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol Content: 12,50 % vol
- Total Extract: 29,85 g/l
- Total Acidity: 6,55 g/l
- Residual Sugar: 8,25 g/l
- Sulfite: 92 mg/l
- ph-Value: 3,33
- Closure: Natural cork
- Serving Temperature: 8-10 °C
- Storage Potential: 2022+
- Allergen Note: contains sulphites
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!["Rïes" Riesling Provincia di Pavia IGT 2016]()
“Rïes” Riesling Provincia di Pavia IGT 2016
Straw yellow with golden reflections. Generous bouquet of white flowers and yellow fruits, in the drink it reveals an inviting fullness, harmony and elegance. The fine acid wire of the Rhine Riesling leads this special drop into a mineral and long final. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Riesling
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: 7 months stainless steel on the fine yeast
- Development: stainless steel tank
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol Content: 13,00 % vol
- Closure: natural corks
- Serving Temperature: 8-10 °C
- Storage Potential: 2022+
- Food Recommendations: seafood, sushi
- Allergen Note: contains sulphites
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About the region
Lombardy
Just don't lose track now.
Every year about 140 million litres of wine are produced in Lombardy - about 2.5 percent of the total Italian production. The proportion of DOCG and DOC is above average at more than half. Lombardy has almost 22,000 hectares of vineyards and is divided into five DOCG and 21 DOC areas. The most common red grape varieties are Barbera, Bonarda, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Nebbiolo and Pinot Nero. The white varieties are dominated by Chardonnay, Pinot Bianco and Trebbiano varieties. Pure wines are in the minority. And there are an incredible number of different labels. Hard to remember. That is why the wines of the region are mostly considered unspectacular. Wrongly. It is therefore probable that Lombardy has not yet been able to establish its own identity alongside Piedmont and Veneto.
But one DOCG region of Lombardy has gained a worldwide reputation: Franciacorta.
Because this is Maurizio Zanella's home. His winery Ca' del Bosco is regarded as one of the best Italian producers of sparkling and still wines and was founded in 2003 by the "Gambero Rosso"the "Bible" for Italian wines, named Winery of the Year. Zanella ensured that an almost unknown cultivation area, the area between Brescia and Bergamo, whose calcareous soils offer similar conditions as the Champagne, became the sparkling stronghold of Italy and a place on the vinophile world map: the Franciacorta.
The pearls "artworks" Franciacorta.
The DOCG Franciacorta, outstanding from the variety of zones, stands for Brut sparkling wines according to the classic method of bottle fermentation, called Metodo Classico in Italy. The products produced there therefore do not have to hide from the famous French counterparts. The gentle hilly country east of Milan was hardly known even in Italy in the seventies. Maurizio Zanella was committed to quality right from the start. His Franciacorta Cuvée Annamaria Clementi - like many other sparkling wines of the DOCG Franciacorta - has long been considered to be a sparkling "artwork". Franciacorta may be one of the smallest wine regions in Italy, but the maxim here is: only the best is good enough.
Among the most outstanding Italian wines are the Nebbiolo red wines from the DOCG Valtellina Superiore with its subzones Grumello, Inferno, Maroggia, Sassella, and Valgella, located in the last Alpine valley before the Swiss border, as well as the Stagafassli, which actually already lies on Swiss territory. The Nebbiolo is called here by the way with the synonym Chiavennasca. Although the wines are less well-known than their famous relatives Barolo and Barbaresco from Piedmont, they are just as exciting and convince with an excellent price-performance ratio.
An insider tip is to be found south of the Po Valley, in the hilly foothills of the Ligurian Apennines: the Oltrepó Pavese. Reason for the wallflower existence: The largest part is sold in barrels - either to the large sparkling wine factories in neighbouring regions or to customers in cities and metropolises such as Milan. The best plants of the Oltrepó Pavese are of excellent quality. Above all, wines made from Barbera, Pinot Nero or Moscato varieties deserve more attention. SUPERIORE.DE
Facts
- Capital: Milan
- Provinces: Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Cremona, Lecco, Lodi, Mantua, Milan, Monza, Brianza, Pavia, Sondrio, Varese, Cremona
- Vineyard: approx. 21,500 hectares
- Total production/year: around 120 million litres (2016)
- of which red/rosé wine: 59%
- Share of Italian viticulture: 2.4%.
Lombardy has 5 DOCG and 21 DOC regions (share of total vineyards 57%):
- Franciacorta DOCG
- Oltrepò Pavese Metodo Classico DOCG
- DOCG surplus/market of surplus
- Sforzato di Valtellina/Sfursat di Valtellina DOCG
- Valtellina Superiore DOCG
- Bonarda’Oltrepò Pavese DOC
- Botticino DOC
- Fire Bouncer’Oltrepò Pavese/Buttafuoco DOC
- Capriano del Colle DOC
- Casteggio DOC
- Cellatica DOC
- Curtefranca DOC
- Garda DOC
- Garda Colli Mantovani DOC
- Lambrusco Mantovano DOC
- Lugana DOC
- Oltrepò Pavese DOC
- Oltrepò Pavese Pinot Grigio DOC
- Pinot Noir of the'Oltrepò Pavese DOC
- Riviera del Garda Classico DOC
- San Colombano al Lambro/San Colombano DOC
- Blood of Judas of the'Beyond
- Pavese/Blood of Judas DOC
- San Martino della Battaglia DOC
- Terre di Colleoni/Colleoni DOC
- Valcalepio DOC
- Valtellina Rosso/Rosso di Valtellina DOC