San Colombano al Lambro ( Lodigiano: ) is a ''

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'' (municipality) in the

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in the

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region

Lombardy Lombardy ( it, Lombardia, Lombard language, Lombard: ''Lombardia'' or ''Lumbardia' '') is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in the northern-central part of the country and has a population of about 10 ...

, located about southeast of

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. San Colombano al Lambro borders the following municipalities:

Borghetto Lodigiano Borghetto Lodigiano ( Lodigiano: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lodi in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about south of Lodi. It is located on the left slope of the Lambro river. Borghetto ...

Graffignana Graffignana ( Lodigiano: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lodi in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about south of Lodi. Graffignana borders the following municipalities: Sant'Angelo Lodigian ...

Livraga Livraga is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lodi in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about southeast of Lodi. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,589 and an area of .All demographics ...

Miradolo Terme Miradolo Terme (Western Lombard: ''Miradò'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 km southeast of Milan and about 25 km east of Pavia. Miradolo Terme borders the follo ...

Orio Litta Orio Litta ( Lodigiano: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lodi in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about southeast of Lodi. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,982 and an area of .A ...

, and

Chignolo Po Chignolo Po is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 km southeast of Milan and about 25 km east of Pavia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,502 and an area of ...

, none of which are in the Metropolitan City of Milan.

San Colombano DOC

The commune of San Colombano al Lambro is home to the ''

Denominazione di origine controllata The following four classifications of wine constitute the Italian system of labelling and legally protecting Italian wine: * ''Denominazione di origine'' (DO, rarely used; ; English: “designation of origin”), * ''Indicazione geografica tipic ...

'' (DOC) wine which includes 100

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s (250 acres) producing a single red wine. The wine is a blend of 30-45%

Croatina Croatina is a red Italian wine grape variety that is grown primarily in the Oltrepò Pavese region of Lombardy and in the Province of Piacenza within Emilia Romagna, but also in parts of Piedmont and the Veneto. In the Oltrepò Pavese, in the ...

, 25-40%

Barbera Barbera is a red Italian wine grape variety that, as of 2000, was the third most-planted red grape variety in Italy (after Sangiovese and Montepulciano). It produces good yields and is known for deep color, full body, low tannins and high levels ...

, 5-15%

Uva Rara Uva Rara is a red Italian wine grape variety that is grown in the Piedmont and Lombardy wine regions of northern Italy. The grape is a permitted blending variety along with Nebbiolo in the ''Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita'' (DOCG ...

and up to 15% of other local red

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to round out the blend. All grapes destined for DOC wine production need to be harvested to a yield no greater than 11

tonnes The tonne ( or ; symbol: t) is a unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms. It is a non-SI unit accepted for use with SI. It is also referred to as a metric ton to distinguish it from the non-metric units of the short ton ( United States ...

/ha. The finished wine must attain a minimum

alcohol level Alcohol by volume (abbreviated as ABV, abv, or alc/vol) is a standard measure of how much alcohol (ethanol) is contained in a given volume of an alcoholic beverage (expressed as a volume percent). It is defined as the number of millilitres (mL) o ...

of 11% in order to be labelled with the San Colombano DOC designation.P. Saunders ''Wine Label Language'' pg 198 Firefly Books 2004

References

External links

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