ALBANA ROMAGNA GUARINI

It was perceived excellent already from the ancients

It is an ancient vine variety with Etruscan / Roman origins. The name is uncertain but seems to derive from   Albus, place of production of the   Colli Albani, from which the Romans then brought the vine variety and wine production in the areas of   Rubicon. The production was consolidated and already known at the time of the Romans, as can be found in the writings of Pliny the Elder, Pliny the Younger, Cato and Varro, who even then considered it   an excellent and high-quality wine. The first who wrote widely and officially about it, is the   Pier de 'Crescenzi   in his Agriculture Treaty   in 1303   defining the Albana "... a powerful wine with a noble and moderately thin flavour and this way of grape has been better in all of Romagna". Scientists identified 5 different types of Albana: Bagarona, Campadrona, Gaiana, Serra or Forcella and Gentile di Bertinoro maybe   the best-known Cru   for the Albana wine.   It was the first Italian white berry vine variety to obtain the DOCG.   Albana is known to be a dry, sweet and raisin product, in its various versions, also to sparkling wine (especially in the DOC Albana Romagna Spumante). Magnificent passito and botitized versions of Albana are produced in some areas. It is a well-known procedure in   France   and   Hungary   but, by tradition and climate, unusual in Italy.