Trentino Trentino ( lld, Trentin), officially the Autonomous Province of Trento, is an autonomous province of Italy, in the country's far north. The Trentino and South Tyrol constitute the region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, an autonomous region ...

is the southern part of the

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autonomous region of Italy.

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is produced in Trentino from several grape varieties, including the native

Nosiola Nosiola (or Groppello bianco) is a white Italian wine grape variety that is grown in the Trentino region north of Lake Garda in the Valle dei Laghi.Joseph Batianich & David Lynch Vino Italiano: The Regional Wines of Italy" pg 80-81 Clarkson Potte ...

Teroldego Teroldego is a red Italian grape variety grown primarily in the northeastern region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy. Description Wine has been produced since ancient times in "Campo Rotaliano", an alluvial plain between the rivers Adige ...

, and

Marzemino Marzemino is a red Italian wine grape variety that is primarily grown around Isera, south of Trentino. The wine is most noted for its mention in the opera ''Don Giovanni'' of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ("Versa il vino! Eccellente ''Marzimino''!"). ...

varieties. There are six wine

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s in Trentino.

Winemaking

One main distinction between Trentino and

South Tyrol wine South Tyrol (called in Italian ''Alto Adige'') is an autonomous province located in north-east Italy producing wine. This Austro-Italian wine region is noted for the distinct Austrian influences on the wine industry due to the region's long histor ...

production is the fact that in the northern area (

South Tyrol it, Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano – Alto Adige lld, Provinzia Autonoma de Balsan/Bulsan – Südtirol , settlement_type = Autonomous province , image_skyline = , image_alt ...

) the wines are produced mostly by small family-owned and managed wineries that sell their high quality wine mainly locally with limited exports to

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and

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. Trentino on the other hand counts on a large number of growers who joined into large cooperatives, such as Cavit and Mezzacorona, which produce wines that have consistent taste and characteristics year after year. These wines are popular, both in Italy and abroad, among wine drinkers who look for reasonably good and affordable wines for daily enjoyment. Vineyards in Valdadige

Varieties

Three grapes are native to this region: one is the white

and the other two are the red

Teroldego Rotaliano Teroldego is a red Italian grape variety grown primarily in the northeastern region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy. Description Wine has been produced since ancient times in "Campo Rotaliano", an alluvial plain between the rivers Adige ...

and the

. Trentino D.O.C. Nosiola is made from the eponymous vine grown on the hillsides of Valle dei Laghi and Val di Cembra. Amongst other things, its partially dried grapes are used to make the Trentino D.O.C. Vino Santo from Trentino. In addition to the native grapes, well known international grape varieties such as

Chardonnay Chardonnay (, , ) is a green-skinned grape variety used in the production of white wine. The variety originated in the Burgundy wine region of eastern French wine, France, but is now grown wherever wine is produced, from English wine, Englan ...

, Cabernet,

Merlot Merlot is a dark blue–colored wine grape variety, that is used as both a blending grape and for varietal wines. The name ''Merlot'' is thought to be a diminutive of ''merle'', the French name for the blackbird, probably a reference to the ...

, Moscato,

Pinot Nero Pinot Noir () is a red-wine grape variety of the species ''Vitis vinifera''. The name may also refer to wines created predominantly from pinot noir grapes. The name is derived from the French words for ''pine'' and ''black.'' The word ''pin ...

and

Pinot Grigio Pinot Gris, Pinot Grigio (, ) or Grauburgunder is a white wine grape variety of the species ''Vitis vinifera''. Thought to be a mutant clone of the Pinot Noir variety, it normally has a grayish-blue fruit, accounting for its name, but the grap ...

, as well as

Müller-Thurgau Müller-Thurgau is a white grape variety (sp. ''Vitis vinifera'') which was created by Hermann Müller from the Swiss Canton of Thurgau in 1882 at the Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute in Germany. It is a crossing of Riesling with Madeleine R ...

, are grown throughout the region.http://www.visittrentino.it/en/articolo/dett/i-vini-del-trentino Trentino wines

Trentino DOC regions

The following is a list of

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in the Trentino region along with the grapes that may be included in the blend under varying percentages that are regulated under the DOC label.P. Saunders ''Wine Label Language'' pp. 120–212 Firefly Books 2004 *

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- Produced from Schiava, Merlot and

Lambrusco Lambrusco (; ) is the name of both an Italian red wine grape and a wine made principally from said grape. The grapes and the wine originate from four zones in Emilia-Romagna and one in Lombardy―principally around the central provinces of Mode ...

. * Sorni DOC - Produced from Schiava,

, Lagrein,

, Müller-Thurgau, Sylvaner and Pinot bianco. * Teroldego Rotaliano DOC - produced from Teroldego. * Trentino DOC - Blends and varietal wines produced from Cabernet Sauvignon,

Cabernet franc Cabernet Franc is one of the major black grape varieties worldwide. It is principally grown for blending with Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot in the Bordeaux style, but can also be vinified alone, as in the Loire's Chinon. In addition to being us ...

, Merlot, Chardonnay, Pinot blanc, Moscato, Müller-Thurgau, Nosiola, Pinot grigio, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Traminer Aromatico, Lagrein,

and Pinot noir. *

Trento DOC Trento ( or ; Ladin and lmo, Trent; german: Trient ; cim, Tria; , ), also anglicized as Trent, is a city on the Adige River in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol in Italy. It is the capital of the autonomous province of Trento. In the 16th centu ...

- Produced from Pinot noir, Chardonnay, Pinot blanc and Pinot Meunier. * Valdadige DOC - Shared with the

Veneto wine Venetian wine is produced in Veneto, a highly productive wine region in north-eastern Italy. The broader area comprising Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol is known collectively as the ''Tre Venezie'', after the Republ ...

region. Produced wines from Schiava, Lambrusco, Merlot, Pinot noir, Lagrein, Teroldego,

Negrara Negrara is a red Italian wine grape variety grown in north east Italy including the Veneto (wine), Veneto region where it is a permitted variety in the ''Denominazione di origine controllata'' (DOC) wine Amarone.P. Saunders ''Wine Label Language'' ...

, Pinot blanc, Pinot grigio, Riesling Italico,

Rossignola Rossignola is a red Italian wine grape variety that is grown in the Veneto wine region of northeast Italy. The variety was first mentioned growing in the province of Verona in the early 19th century and today is a permitted blending variety in seve ...

, Müller-Thurgau, Chardonnay, Bianchetta,

Trebbiano Trebbiano is an Italian wine grape, one of the most widely planted grape varieties in the world. It gives good yields, but tends to yield undistinguished wine. It can be fresh and fruity, but does not keep long. Also known as ugni blanc, it h ...

, Nosiola,

Vernaccia Vernaccia is a white wine grape that is found in many Italian wines but is most commonly associated the Tuscan wine Vernaccia di San Gimignano. Ampelographers have determined that the Vernaccia vine has many clonal varieties but is unrelated to ...

, Sylvaner and Veltliner bianco.

References

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