Orvieto Classico

Wine type

White wine

Appellation

DOC CLASSICO

Grapes

Trebbiano, Grechetto, Chardonnay

Style

Dry

Alcohl

12.5% vol

Main aroma

Floreal

Description

Bright straw colored wine, memories of white fruit and hawthorn flowers. Good taste-olfactory correspondence, it has natural drinkability and structure.Perfect with appetizers, first courses with seafood and white meats (also grilled). Serve at a temperature of 8-9°.

Curiosity

The great poet Gabriele D’Annunzio is linked to Orvieto for having praised, on several occasions, the quality of the local wines. His literary history intertwines with that of Cardeto for an interesting reason. On October 13th, 1903, Gabriele D’Annunzio wrote “Alcyone”, and in one lyrical passage, he invented the word “rupestro”. A new adjective that best expressed the sensation of peering from the top - something known to every inhabitant of Orvieto - and which Cardeto has used to name one of its most important wines: “Rupestro Orvieto Classico”. […] Icaro disse: “La figlia del Sole a me poggiata come ad un virgulto sul limite dei paschi guatava il candido armento dei buoi pascere lungo il Cèrato rupestro. […]

Data Sheet

Wine type White wine
Style Dry
Grapes Trebbiano, Grechetto, Chardonnay
Appellation DOC CLASSICO
Alcohl 12.5% vol
Vintage available 2019
Region Umbria
Main aroma Floreal
Nose Memories of white fruit and hawthorn flowers.
Taste Good taste-olfactory correspondence, it has natural drinkability and structure
Food match Ideal for appetizers, first courses based on seafood and white meats (also grilled).