Wines

Albana

Albana is, together with  Sangiovese, the most representative wine of Romagna. Produced after the homonymous grape variety, grown on the hills of the provinces of Forlì-Cesena, Ravenna and Bologna, this golden wine has strength and smoothness perfectly balanced by freshness and tannins, something quite unusual in a white wine. Albana can be sweet, but also intense, generous and enchanting when needed.

Albana

Centesimino

Centesimino  or Savignon Rosso is a grape discovered last century and is typical of the front hills of Faenza, in the area surrounding the Oriolo Tower. Dark ruby red in the glass, Centesimino conquers your palate with strong scents of orange blossom, rose, violet, licorice and anise.

Centesimino

Famoso

Famoso, also called “Uva Rambela”,  is a native grape from Romagna that, after being abandoned for a while, was reconsidered over the last decade. Vines are strong, adapting easily to rough soils and bearing cold weather. In spite of its strength, yield is quite low. It is nowadays cultivated in the areas of Forlì, Bertinoro, Faenza, Brisighella and Bagnacavallo, and from its grapes vintners obtain aromatic wines, similar to Moscato, with floral notes and hints of ripe, exotic and dried fruit.

Famoso

Fortana

Along the Adriatic Coast, the province of Ferrara delimits the land of Vini delle Sabbie (Sand Wines). In this area vineyards are cultivated near the Mediterranean scrub, blown by maritime breezes, and roots go deep down in the sandy soils. The strong identity of such wines allowed them to obtain a specific denomination of origin, DOC Bosco Eliceo, whose most representative wine is Fortana. 

Fortana

Gutturnio

Gutturnio is the symbol of Piacenza’s oenology, beloved by the people of this area and by producers who care and are willing to experiment. Thanks to their desire to find new ways to appreciate this wine, Gutturnio is no longer a bubbly young wine to be drunk over the year. The regulation sets the rules also for a still and a riserva version, which has to wait 2 years before being released and is wonderful when tasted.

Gutturnio

Longanesi

This is a grape variety cultivated in the heart of Romagna, but discovered not so long ago. Burson can be found out in the plain near the town of Bagnacavallo, in the province of Ravenna. The Longanesi grapes, from which you obtain Burson, makes a structured, full bodied red wine rich in aromas and with a quite high alcohol content.  

Longanesi

Malvasia

Dry or sweet, sparkling or still: no matter the version the intense and long lasting  aroma of Malvasia goes very well with many typical products from Emilia Romagna. 
Although it is traditionally known as a semi-sparkling wine, since the '90 it is possible to find also a still Malvasia. Some wineries have had such interesting results making a still wine out of Malvasia grapes that they have devoted all the Malvasia crop to it.

Malvasia

Ortrugo

Ortrugo is probably one among the many grapes already grown in the Piacenza area in the pre-Christian era, and one among the few we still know. First the hard frost in the four Piacenza valleys and then the American diseases decimated many vine varieties: Ortrugo is one of the survivors. It is an early white grape, with long and compact greenish-yellow bunches. Particularly suited for semi-sparkling and sparkling wines, Ortugo today is also made in the still version, particularly appreciated abroad.

Ortrugo

Pagadebit

Pagadebit is one of the wines belonging to the DOC (PDO) Romagna. It is produced from Bombino Bianco grapes, with the addition of other white varieties making for up to 15% of the total. This grape is produced on the hilly part of the provinces of Ravenna, Forlì-Cesena and Rimini, notably in the municipalities of Bertinoro and Castrocaro Terme. The main features of this wine are a straw yellow colour with greenish hues, a flowery aroma with a clear hawthorne scent and an harmonious, delicate taste with floral and herbaceous hints.

Pagadebit

Pignoletto

Pignoletto is a white grape used to produce the wine of the same name. Pignoletto wine can be produced according to the rules of 3 different denominations: DOC (PDO) Colli Bolognesi, DOC (PDO) Reno and DOC (PDO) Colli d’Imola.

Pignoletto

Rebola

Rebola is the name given to Pignoletto in the Rimini area, where this grape variety has been cultivated for centuries. Rebola is a fruity and velvety wine, easy to pair with food and able to feature complex perfumes and tastes when aged in wooden barrels or casks. Its main characters are colours ranging from straw yellow in the dry version to amber in the passito one, a delicate fruity aroma and a harmonious, pleasant, characteristic flavor, with different hints depending on whether it is dry, sweet or passito.

Rebola

Sangiovese

The spirit of Romagna, sometimes rough but always straightforward and sincere can be discovered in a sip of wine. Sangiovese of Romagna is the expression of a multifaceted land stretching from the Adriatic coast up the hills to the Appennines. It’s a red with violet and wild berry aromas, with silky tannins and full body. The DOC (PDO) Romagna Sangiovese encompasses four types: Sangiovese Novello, Sangiovese, Sangiovese Superiore and Sangiovese Riserva. 

Sangiovese

Spergola

Spergola is a variety indigenous to the Scandiano area, in the province of Reggio Emilia, which finds an ideal habitat in soils rich in clay and chalk and can resist dryness.

Spergola

Trebbiano

Trebbiano is the most widespread white variety in Emilia Romagna, notably in the province of Ravenna. It is a very productive grape, with a good resistance to parasites. The wine produced from this grape is straw yellow, quite high in alcohol and not very rich in aromas. Not only is Trebbiano wine consumed  as a still wine but it is also used as a base for making spumante or for distillation to produce brandy. In Emilia Romagna, Trebbiano Romagnolo is one of the grapes that are blended together to produce a number of still and sparkling white wines, dry or sweet.

Trebbiano