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Vallée D'Aoste DOC
The Valle d'Aosta DOC (or Vallée d'Aoste DOC, in French) is an Italian ''denominazione di origine controllata'' located in the Aosta Valley of north-west Italy. Surrounded by the Alps, the Valle d'Aosta is home to the highest elevated vineyards in all of Europe. The principal winemaking region of the Valle d'Aosta is found along the eastern banks of the Dora Baltea ( fr., ''Doire baltée'') river with the city of Aosta serving as the central winemaking location. The region is divided into three main vineyard areas; the upper valley, Valdigne, the central valley (locally ''Valle centrale'' in Italian, ''Vallée centrale'' in French) and the lower valley, (locally ''Bassa valle'' in Italian, ''Basse vallée'' in French). To the south is the winemaking region of Piedmont. The Valle d'Aosta is Italy's smallest winemaking region both in terms of size and production with only about 330,000 cases produced annually in the region and only 36,000 cases produced under the DOC label. Seve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italy Regions Aosta Valley Map
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land border, as well as List of islands of Italy, nearly 800 islands, notably Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares land borders with France to the west; Switzerland and Austria to the north; Slovenia to the east; and the two enclaves of Vatican City and San Marino. It is the List of European countries by area, tenth-largest country in Europe by area, covering , and the third-most populous member state of the European Union, with nearly 59 million inhabitants. Italy's capital and List of cities in Italy, largest city is Rome; other major cities include Milan, Naples, Turin, Palermo, Bologna, Florence, Genoa, and Venice. The history of Italy goes back to numerous List of ancient peoples of Italy, Italic peoples—notably including the ancient Romans, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petit Rouge
Petit Rouge is a red Italian wine grape variety that ampelographers believe is wikt:indigenous, indigenous to the Valle d'Aosta (DOC), Valle d'Aosta () region of northwest Italy.J. Robinson ''Jancis Robinson's Guide to Wine Grapes'' pg 136 Oxford University Press 1996 However, there is some confusion about whether Petit Rouge is the same variety as the red Swiss wine grape Rouge de Valais. J. Robinson ''Vines, Grapes & Wines'' pg 210 Mitchell Beazley 1986 The grape is somewhat obscure and is not widely grown outside the Valle d'Aosta where it is primarily a blending variety but some varietal wines are produced. Oz Clarke & M. Rand ''Encyclopedia of Grapes'' pg 167 Webster International Publishers In blends, it adds floral aroma notes (wine), aroma notes and dark color (wine), color to the wines. Wine regions Petit Rouge is primarily found in the Valle d'Aosta region of northwest Italy between Piedmont (wine), Piedmont and the Alps separating Italy from France and Switzerlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
