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Contrada

Italian for single vineyard. Each Contrada will have its own name.

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Italian for single vineyard. Each Contrada will have its own name. Plural = Contrade. Etna’s Contrade have certainly raised knowledge of the term. Each year a tasting, the Contrade dell’Etna, is held to taste the current releases from Etna. The term is used throughout Italy.

Contrade names you might have heard of from Etna: Rampante, Guardiola, Feudo di Mezzo, Acuria, Sciaronuova, Calderara, and Rivaggi. Moving north to Veneto, Gini’s top Soave is from the Contrada “Salverenza”.

 

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Giovanni Sordo Barolo 'Parussi' 2016
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Nebbiolo | Piedmont, Barolo

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Vigneti Massa Timorasso 'Derthona' 2022
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Timorasso | Italy, Colli Tortonesi

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Nebbiolo | Piedmont, Barbaresco

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Domaine Hubert Lignier Gevrey-Chambertin 'Regnard' 2019

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