In this page you’ll find an Italy wine map of Le Marche, one of the great Italy wine regions and an introduction to the confusing and fascinating world of Italian wines.
There are some good reasons why Italian wines are very difficult to classify in a structured way. First of all Italy has been a wine producer since the beginning of civilization and we had all the time to develop hundreds of different grape varieties, then we are blessed with an impressive number of different wine zones and finally we are among the biggest producers of wine in the world and the amount of varieties makes it difficult to compile a simple catalog of Italian wines. In every single sip of Italian wine you’ll find layers of history and a good deal of geography of the territory of origin. In fact the environment of a vineyard gives special character to any single wine. Some of the many variables of the environment are the soil composition, the climate and the cultivation techniques of that particular area. In an attempt to classify and commercially characterize the innumerable Italian wines and draw a general Italy wine map, was devised the Denominazione di Origine Controllata DOC (Denomination of Controlled Origin). The DOC designation links the territory and the production formula. The Verdicchio DOC must come from grapes grown and vinified in the Verdicchio territory, must be made with specific percentage of certain grapes and must be aged for a certain period. To the most famous and historic Italian wines is also granted a G (guaranteed) after the DOC. For example Brunello di Montalcino and Rosso Conero can proudly display on the bottles the DOCG brand. In this Italy wine map of Le Marche you’ll find the recognized Doc zone of Le Marche region. Click on the marks to find out the name of the DOC area. Sorting the area of origin though is not enough to understand the peculiarities of Italian wines. To further complicate the matter there are innumerable “vitigni autoctoni” or indigenous grape varieties. These, sometimes ancient, grape varieties are important to maintain the genetic variety of the vineyards and the character of the local wines. Most Italian region can display an impressive number of local grapes. In Le Marche only there are seven of these “vitigni autoctoni”.
*Lacrima (red) *Vernaccia Nera (red) *Pecorino (white) *Passerina (white) *Verdicchio (white) *Maceratino (white) *Biancame (white) In the last twenty years Italian winemaking went through a silent revolution. European Community and Italian Government invested heavily in new vineyards, helping the passage from a generic, uninteresting product to a refined, distinguished, modern wine. New wines are created every year by a young generation of knowledgeable and educated winemakers that are aware of their country natural gifts as well as the modern trends of the international market. Wines from Le Marche have not attained yet the international popularity of other wines but they are not to be underestimated. The production in these last years has reached an international level of excellence and the slow pace of this region gives to serious wine tasting a pleasurable dimension.
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