Lombardy
Oltrepò Pavese 25% - 65%
Oltrepò Pavese Bonarda 85% - 100%
San Colombano al Lambro 30% - 45% ...
Lombardy
The region in mainly famous for the production of red wines and for its excellent production of sparkling wines.
The northwest of Italy is divided into four regions, Valle d-Aosta, Lombardy, Liguria and Piedmont.
ITALY - Perhaps the top Italian sparkling wine is Franciacorta, from Lombardy, a serious bubbly made by the traditional Champagne-style fermented-in-the-bottle process.
Northwest-most famous for the Piedmont region the Northwest also has the regions of Val d'Aosta, Lombardy, Liguria and Emilia-Romagna to its credit. Piedmont is famous for its Barolo and Barbaresco, both made from the Nebbiolo grape.
Barbera - The most widely grown red wine grape of Piedmont and Southern Lombardy, most famously around the towns of Asti and Alba. The wines of Barbera were once simply "what you drank while waiting for the Barolo to be ready".
Cultivated since the 14th Century in Valtellina, an east-west valley in the Lombardy region at the foot of the Alps, north of Lake Como, this is the only region where nebbiolo is grown in Italy outside Piedmont.
Cortese, a white grape grown in north west Italy, primarily in Piedmont and parts of Lombardy. Cortese produces good quality wines with often delicate, fruity and citrus aromas and flavours, since it retains acidity even at full ripeness.
An Italian cream cheese said to have originated in Lombardy in the 16th century. The name comes from the Spanish mas que bono (better than good). It has a soft and buttery consistency resembling stiffly whipped cream.
NEBBIOLO: (aka Spanna locally and as Chiavennasca grape in Lombardy). Grape responsible for the long-lived, fine red wines of the Piedmont region of Italy.
Piedmont and as Chiavennasca grape in Lombardy). Grape responsible for the long-lived, fine red wines of the Piedmont region of Italy.
For an upper grade Italian sparkling wine, find one made in Lombardy -look for Bellavista, Ca' del Bosco, or Cavalleri.
Wine region in the Lombardy area of northern Italy that produces top quality red wines.
VANILLA
Component detectable in the nose of a wine. The novice taster can compare odors with the vials of artificial ones provided in kit form.
None in Australia. In Italy Nebbiolo is also known as Spanna, Spana, Picotenet, Pugnet (in Aosta) and Chiavennasca (in Lombardy). There are also several sub-varieties.
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 See also: Wine, Grape, Italia, Region, Aroma
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