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Wine Regions
Emilia Romagna
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Regional Capital: Bologna
Provinces: Bologna, Ferrara, Forli`, Modena, Parma, Piacenza, Ravenna, Reggio Emilia
Emilia-Romagna ranks 6th among the regions in size (22,124 square kilometres) and 8th in population (3,940,000).
Vineyards cover 76,000 hectares (5th) of which registered DOC plots total 26,700 hectares (4th). Annual wine production of 7,600,000 hectolitres (4th) inclues 9% or 700,000 hectolitres DOC or DOCG (5th), of which nearly 75% is red.
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| DOCG AREAS |
| Albana di Romagna |
W-Dr/Sw, also Sp as Albana di Romagna DOC |
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| DOC AREAS |
| Bianco di Scandiano |
W-Dr/Sw-Fz/Sp |
| Bosco Eliceo (4 types) |
Bianco W-Dr, also Sw, Fz; Fontana R-Dr, also Sw, Fw; Merlot R-Dr; Sauvignon W-Dr, also Sw, Fz |
| Cagnina di Romagna |
R-Sw |
| Colli Bolognesi (8 types) |
Barbera R-Dr, Rs Ag-3; Bianco W-Dr, also Sw, Fz; Merlot R-Dr; Pignoletto W-Dr, also Sw, Fz; Pinot Bianco W-Dr, also Sw, Fz; Riesling Italico W-Dr, also Sw, Fz; Sauvignon W-Dr |
| Colli di Parma (3 types) |
Malvasia W-Dr-Fz, also Sw, Sp; Rosso R-Dr, also Fz, Sauvignon W-Dr, also Fz |
| Colli Piacentini (11 types) |
Barbera R-Dr, also Fz; Bonarda R-Dr/Sw-Fz; Gutturnio R-Dr, also Sw, Fz; Malvasia W-Dr/Sw-Fz, also Sp; Monterosso Val d'Arda, W-Dr-Fz, also Sw, Sp; Pinot Nero R-Dr, also P-W-Sp; Sauvignon W-Dr, also Fz; Trebbianino Val Trebbia W Dr-Fz, also Sw, Sp; Val Nure W-Dr-Fz, also Sw, Sp |
| Lambrusco di Sorbara |
R-Dr-Fz, also Sw |
| Lambrusco Grasparossa di Castel Vetro |
R-Dr-Fz, also Sw |
| Lambrusco Reggiano |
R-Dr/Sw-Fz, also P |
| Lambrusco Salamino di Santa Croce |
R-Dr-Fz, also Sw |
| Montuni del Reno |
W-Dr/Sw-Fz |
| Pagadebit di Romagna |
W-Dr, also Sw, Fz (wine from Bertinoro may be cited) |
| Sangiovese di Romagna |
R-Dr, also Sup, Rs Ag-2 |
| Trebbiano di Romanga |
W=Dr, also Sw, Fz, Sp |
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| OTHER WINES OF NOTE |
| R-Dr |
Alfeo
Cabernet Sauvignon
Calbanesco
Domus Caia
Liano
Macchiona
Marzena di Marzeno
Pico`l Ross
Pietramora
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Pinot Nero
Ronco Casone
Ronco dei Ciliegi
Ronco delle Ginestre
Rosso della Trafila
Stoppa
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| W-Dr |
Alionza
Bianco della Pusterla
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Chardonnay |
| Others |
Jacopo
Malise
Müller Thurgau
Pinot Bianco
Pinot Grigio
Rondo del Re
Sauvignon
Vicchio
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Labrusca, P-Sp
Lambrusco Bianco, W-Sp
Picolit, W-Sw
Tarsallo Brut, W-Sp
Villa Montericco, W-Sw
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Emilia-Romagna's wines might be considered northern Italy's odd lots, different on the whole from the neighbours', often facile in style, but nearly always refreshingly individualistic. As the hyphenated name reveals, the region consists of two distinct sectors which coincide more or less at the capital of Bologna.
To the west lies Emilia with its prosperous small cities strung like jewels along the ancient Emilian Way - Modena, Reggio, Parma, Fidenza, Fiorenzuola, as far as Piacenza. The premier wine here is Lambrusco, in frothy shades of purble to pink, made from grapes grown on high trelissed vines mainly in the flatlands south of the Po. Lambrusco is produced at the rate of about 50 million bottles a year in the four DOC zones around Modena and Reggio, though few consumers abroad have tasted these wines in their authentic style. Most Lambrusco shipped away is "amabile" or sweet and sold without an apellation, while most of what is drunk at home is dutifully dry and more often than not DOC. Though there are historical precedents for both types, the dry is considered the unpa- ralleled match for the rich regional cooking.
Even in Emilia's hills, along the Apennine range to the south, the wines are often "frizzante," made from Malvasia, Trebbiano and Ortrugo into easy, fun-loving whites, or from Barbera and Bonarda into zesty reds of more flavour intensity than Lambrusco. But there is a definite trend in the DOC zones of Colli Piacentini, Colli Bolognesi and Colli di Parma to make still and somewhat serious wines from such varieties as Sauvignon, Chardonnay, the Pinots, Barbera, Cabernet and Merlot. Natural conditions favour wines of depth and finesse but markets seem to favour the lightweights.
East of Bologna lies Romagna, decidedly diverse from Emilia but equally prolific. The plains of the Po basin between Ferrara and Ravenna are noted for fruit, vegetables and ultra-high-yield vines, most of which are sources of blending wines. The hills south of Imola, Faenza, Forli`, Cesena and Rimini are known for DOC wines, primarily from the native Albana, Sangiovese and Trebbiano.
Albana di Romagna, which emerged in 1987 as Italy's first DOCG white wine, is now most often dry and still with a distinctive almondy undertone and, occasionally, some complexity. Albana's best expression seems to be as a richly sweet passito from partly dried grapes. The traditional semisweet and bubbly versions are usually drunk up near home. Trebbiano (Romagna's is distinct from other vines of the same name) is almost always light and fresh, whether still or bubbly, with a fragility that makes it best in its youth.
The local favourite is Sangiovese, usually a medium bodied red with a certain charm in its straightforward fruity flavour that ends in a bitter bite. Now and then, from certain plots in the "superiore" zone, it becomes a wine of size and depth with the capacity to age gracefully as "riserva."
In Romagna, too, there are trends toward Sauvignon, Chardonnay, the Pinots and Cabernet. But leading producers devote efforts to developing superior strains of Sangiovese and Albana, while building interest in such rare local wines as the DOC white Pagadebit and red Cagnina and Bosco Eliceo Fortana.
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