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In Abruzzo, they've long struggled to develop more style and elegance in the region's Montepulciano-based red wines, and one of the interesting results comes from the Terre di Casauria DOC (Casauria DOC) subzone, where producers age the often course wine, by means of which they can soften the young wine's...
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It's not often you see the Cabernet and Sangiovese grapes combined on the same label of an Italian wine. That is, however, the case with this rarely seen red Tullum Cabernet Sangiovese DOC (or Terre Tollesi Cabernet Sangiovese DOC), and both grapes must make up, either alone or combined (90-100%).
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As the name indicates, the primary grape in this red wine is Cabernet Sauvignon (90-100%), and it can include additional local red grapes (0-10%).
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The red wine Tullum Rosso DOC (or Terre Tollesi Rosso DOC) ismade from the Montepulciano grape (90-100%) with permission to use additional local blue grapes (0-10%).
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This red wine uses the same grape varieties as the non-barrel aged Tullum Rosso DOC, namely Montepulciano (90-100%) with the permitted addition of other local non-aromatic blue grapes (0-10%).
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That Italy in 2011 was the worlds largest wine producer?
Friuli-Venezia Giulia is the smallest of the so-called “Tre Venezie”, which includes the regions Trentino, Veneto and Friuli. The names ‘Friuli’ and ‘Giulia’ refer to Julius Caesar. ‘Friuli’ derives from the Latin ‘forum julii’, modern city Cividale, and Giulia derives from Julius (Caesar).
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