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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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Domaine Faiveley Mercurey 1er Cru Clos de Myglands Monopole 2022
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Albino Rocca 'Ovello Vigna Loreto' Barbaresco 2017
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Bruno Giacosa Barolo Falletto 2020

Bruno Giacosa Barolo Falletto 2020

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