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Arneis
del Roero |
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Description: white DOC
Grapes: Arneis grapes
Colour: pale yellow
Alcoholic strenght: 12 degrees
Production: Roero, Baldissero, Montaldo Roero, Santo Stefano Roero
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Asti |
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Description: sparkling sweet wine DOCG
Grapes: white Moscato grapes
Colour: pale yellow
Alcoholic strenght: 7-9 degrees
Production: Monferrato, Canelli |
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Barbaresco |
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Description: most valuable red wine DOCG; rare
Grapes: Nebbiolo grapes, three years ageing
Colour: ruby
Production: only in four vil ges: Barbaresco, Neive, Treiso and Alba
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Barbera |
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Description: most famous DOC red wine;
Grapes: Barbera
Barbera d'Alba
Alcoholic strenght: 12 degrees
Production: Alba
Barbera d'Alba Superiore
Alcoholic strenght: 12.5 degrees
Two years ageing
Production: Alba
Barbera d'Asti
Alcoholic strenght: 12.5 degrees
One year ageing
Production: Asti
Barbera d'Asti superiore
Alcoholic strenght: 12.5 degrees
Two years ageing (one in butt)
Production: Asti
Barbera dei Colli Tortonesi (and Barbera dei Colli Tortonesi
Superiore)
Grapes: Barbera, Freisa, Grignolino and Dolcetto
Alcoholic strenght: 12 degrees
Production: Tortona
Barbera del Monferrato and Barbera del Monferrato Superiore
Grapes: Barbera and Freisa
One year ageing or two in butt (Superiore)
Production: Asti
Special years: 1971, 1985, 1988, 1990.
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Barbesino |
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Description: red wine
Grapes: Barbera, Freisa and Grignolino.
Colour: red
Alcoholic strenght:
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Barolo |
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Description: most valuable DOCG red wine; rare. Named "Wine
of Kings"
Grapes: Nebbiolo
Colour: garnet red and orange-coloured
Alcoholic strenght: 13 degrees
Production: Barolo, Castiglione Falletto, Cherasco, Diano d’Alba, Grinzane Cavour, Morra, Monforte d’Alba, Novello, Roddi,
Serralunga d’Alba and Verduno.
Ageing: anni tre (uno in oak butt), for the DOCG denomination it’s
needed a four years ageing
Special years: 1868,1894,1922,1931,1947,1971,1982 and 1989; great
years:1879, 1887, 1898, 1905, 1907, 1912, 1927, 1929, 1934, 1958,
1970, 1985.
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Boca |
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Description: red wine
Grapes: Nebbiolo (45-70%) and Vespolina and Bonarda.
Colour: ruby and orange-coloured
Alcoholic strenght: 12 degrees
Production: Boca, Prealpi Novaresi, between Borgomanero and
Romagnano Sesia.
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Bonarda |
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Description: ancient piemontese red wine
Grapes: Bonarda
Colour: ruby
Alcoholic strenght: 12 degrees
Production: Torino, Novara and Monferrato.
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Brachetto
d'Acqui |
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Description: red dessert wine of high quality; first wine to
reach DOCG in Italy. Sweet and sparkling wine
Grapes: Brachetto
Colour: ruby or rosy
Alcoholic strenght: 11.5 degrees, not ageing
Production: High Monferrato, hills near Acqui Terme and Nizza
Monferrato, between Alessandria and Asti.
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Caluso |
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Description: white dessert wine. Rare.
Grapes: Erbaluce, raisin wine
Colour: golden
Ageing: five years
Alcoholic strenght: 13.5 degrees
Production: Caluso, south of Ivrea (To)
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Carema |
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Description: red DOC wine
Grapes: Carema, a son of Nebbiolo grapes
Colour: garnet red, with rose flavour
Alcoholic strenght: 12 degrees
Production: mountains between Torino and Aosta Valley
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Chardonnay
and Pinot bianco |
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Description: white sparkling wines
Production: Monferrato and Langhe
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Cortese |
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Description: dry white wines, very young; DOCG; two different
kinds: Cortese dei Colli Tortonesi and Cortese dell'Alto
Monferrato.
Colour: pale yellow
Alcoholic strenght: 10.5 degrees
Production: Hills between Tortona and Monferrato; over 7 millions of buttles from 1998.
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Dolcetto |
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Description: red DOC wine; seven different DOC kinds: Dolcetto
di Acqui, Dolcetto d'Alba, Dolcetto d'Asti, Dolcetto
delle Langhe Monregalesi, Dolcetto di Diano d'Alba,
Dolcetto di Dogliani, Dolcetto di Ovada
Colour: red or ruby
Ageing: young wines; Dolcetto Superiore is ageing one year or most
Alcoholic strenght: 11.5-12.5 degrees
Production: best years 1947, 1961, 1964, 1971, 1978, 1982, 1985,
1989, 1990, 1993.
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Erbaluce
di Caluso |
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Description: white wine
Grapes: Erbaluce
Colour: pale yellow
Alcoholic strenght: 11 degrees
Production: Candia lake and Caluso
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Fara |
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Description: highly esteemed red wine, but no famous
Grapes: Nebbiolo with a bit of Vespolina and Bonarda Novarese.
Colour: red
Ageing: tre years (two in oak butts)
Alcoholic strenght: 12 degrees
Production: Val Sesia, Fara Novarese, between Sesia and Agogna rivers
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Freisa |
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Description: red wines
Grapes: Freisa
Colour: dark red, garnet red, orange-coloured or cherry red
Alcoholic strenght: 11.5 degrees
Production: hills between Asti and Torino
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Gabiano |
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Description: red wine
Grapes: Barbera, with Freisa and Grignolino.
Colour: ruby red
Alcoholic strenght: 12 degrees
Production: Gabiano, near Alessandria. |
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Gattinara |
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Description: red DOCG wine (named Spanna too)
Grapes: Nebbiolo grapes (with Bonarda of Gattinara)
Colour: garnet red
Alcoholic strenght: 12 degrees
Production: Gattinara, near Vercelli
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Ghemme |
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Description: red wine
Grapes: Nebbiolo grapes (with Vespolina and Bonarda Novarese grapes)
Colour: red and garnet red
Alcoholic strenght: 12 degrees
Production: Ghemme, near Novara
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Grignolino |
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Description: red DOC wine (Two different kinds: Grignolino
di Asti and Grignolino del Monferrato Casalese)
Grapes: Grignolino grapes
Colour: garnet red
Alcoholic strenght: 11 degrees
Production: Monferrato Casalese |
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Lessona |
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Description: red wine
Grapes: Nebbiolo grapes
Colour: garnet red, orange-coloured
Alcoholic strenght: 12 degrees
Production: Lessona (Prealpi Biellesi)
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Loazzolo |
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Description: white raisin wine
Grapes: Moscato of Loazzolo
Colour: pale yellow
Production: Loazzolo
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Malvasia |
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Description: red wine. two different kinds: Malvasia di
Casorzo and Malvasia di Castelnuovo Don Bosco
Grapes: Malvasia (with Freisa, Barbera, Grignolino, max 10%)
Colour: ruby red, orange-coloured
Alcoholic strenght: 10.5 degrees
Production: hills near Casorzo and Castelnuovo Don Bosco
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Moscato
d'Asti |
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Description: most famous white wine; sweet wine
Grapes: Moscato
Colour: pale yellow
Alcoholic strenght: low
Production: Canelli, near Asti
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Nebbiolo |
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Description: red valuable wine (the most famous is the Nebbiolo
d’Alba)
Grapes: Nebbiolo
Colour: ruby and garnet red
Alcoholic strenght: 12 degrees
Production: Alba, Rivoli (Torino)
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Rubino
di Cantavenna |
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Description: red wine
Grapes: Barbera, with Grignolino or Freisa.
Colour: ruby and garnet red
Alcoholic strenght: 11.5 degrees
Production: Cantavenna, near Alessandria
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Ruche |
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Description: ancient DOC wine
Grapes:Ruché
Colour: red
Alcoholic strenght: 13 - 14 degrees
Production: Castagnole Monferrato (Asti)
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Sizzano |
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Description: red valuable wine
Grapes: Nebbiolo (with a bit of Vespolina and Bonarda)
Colour: ruby
Alcoholic strenght: 12 degrees
Production: Sizzano, near Novara
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Bibliography:
* S. DOGLIO,
dizionario di gastronomia piemontese, Daumerie Editrice.
* "Le strade del gusto", Stampa, Slow Food
Editore. |
