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The Aleatico grape has its absolute stronghold on Elba, where it produces a delightfully sweet red wine. Aleatico is used for this wine without the addition of other helping grapes, an the result is quite interesting.
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Elba has some quite good white wines with their fish dishes, and Elba Ansonica is a good example of this. As the name implies, the grape Ansonica (85-100%) is used for this white wine, and other local green grapes may also be added (0-15%).
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This is a very interesting, sweet white wine, where the grapes, as is always the case with Passito types in Italy, are gently plucked and then dried, either open air or in specially designed drying rooms for a week prior to being pressed.
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Elba Moscato Bianco is a semi-sweet to sweet dessert white wine made from the Moscato Bianco grape (100%).
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The grapes for this dessert wine are gently plucked between November 1 of the harvest year and March 31 of the following year. They are dried for a week in the open air or in custom drying rooms, and then pressed.
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Did you know?
Italy extends over 10 latitudes – from continental climate to subtropical climate?
Sardinia or Sardegna, Italy’s second largest island after Sicily , is in every way particular. There is a wide array of wines and if you are looking for something traditional and familiar, you should probably search elsewhere.
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