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Throw your agenda away at the Vinitaly!



Location: BlogsAntonio Mauriello    
Posted by: Antonio 4/5/2006 7:07 AM
Ramandolo DOCG - An unforgettable experience from Friuli.

At the Seminar on RamandoloEvery Italian region at the show has a big central area hosting educational seminars. I wish I could attend to all of them! Well...I have a plan: instead of going crazy and try to book my time to go in an organized manner, I dump my agenda (!!!) and I start to walk through all the regions with no appointments scheduled. And when I see a seminar going, I just join! Cool eh? Well... this can be done because there are SO MANY happening!

I was at the Friuli pavilion at the start of a seminar on the Ramandolo DOCG.

Here is how I would best describe a wine falling under this appellation:
Soft, sweet and flowery with an energetic bite of acidity and tannins that create the perfect meditative balance.

Prosciutto San DanieleWait... did I say ‘tannins’. But... we are talking about a white wine. How can it ever have tannins? Well, since this astringent substance is an extract from the grape skin and seeds, if we ferment white grapes with skins and seeds, we can also have tannins! Plus the wine is served cold, so the feeling of astringency is accentuated. One of the few wines in the world presenting this particular feature is produced in one of the smallest and less known DOCG areas in north Friuli (Italy North East). The grape is Verduzzo and the best Ramandolo (this name is taken from the village Ramandolo at the centre of the DOCG area) is the ‘passito’ version obtained with naturally dried grapes, so the sugar is all ‘natural’ (never added).

One of the best regional matches is the locally produced Prosciutto di San Daniele DOP, shown in the picture.
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