Life Style / Wine Grapes / Nebbiolo: Has synonym names of Spanna in the northern hills of Piedmont, Italy: Picutener and Pugnet are two local clones grown in the Carema DOC, N.W. Piedmont. Also the Chiavennasca vine in Lombardy. Is the variety responsible for the long-lived, fine red wines of the Piedmont region of Italy. The role of honor includes traditionally vinified 'Barolo', 'Gattinara', 'Barbaresco' and 'Ghemme': all huge, tannic wines that at their best can take decades to mature.
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Lifestyle / Wine Grapes / Freisa: Vigorous variety grown in Piedmont region of Italy and used to make both dry and spumante-style sweet red wines. Reported to have a genetic pool similar to Nebbiolo. The wines are claimed to have arom MORE