The prestigious wine of
Torgiano has recently obtained the aspired label of wine DOCG, the
Denomination of
Checked and Guaranteed origin, so is officially recognised the elevated
quality of the wines produced by the cultivated grapes in the commune of
Torgiano.
The disciplinary that it regulates its
production delimits the zone DOCG exclusively identifying it with the
cultivated grounds inside the commune of Torgiano.
The grapes admitted for the
Torgiano
Rosso Riserva are those of the vine
Sangiovese, that has to be
wine-made in purity or in non inferior percentages to 30%, filling the
difference with other berry grapes red fit to the production, cultivated always
inside the commune of
Perugia.
The natural minimum alcohol metre title of
the Torgiano Rosso Riserva has to be at least 12%, and the process of
refinement cannot be inferior of three years. The ageing foresees besides that
at least six, of the thirty-six general months, the wine rests in the
bottles.
It has a colour red ruby, is delicate and
harmonic. It's commonly defined as a wine for every meal, but it is
particularly recommended for accompanying home-done pasta, and game.
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The Torgiano Wine Museum
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The territory of the suburb of
Torgiano develops along the hills that overhang the valley where it flows the river
Chiascio,
in the point in which it meets the ...
The oil and Olive Museum of Torgiano
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The museum devoted to the cultivation of
the olive and the production of the oil, was born in recent epoch, in spring
2000, to celebrate another of the gastronomic excelle...
To Torgiano the '' Vinarelli ''
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Inside the celebrations that are held in
occasion of the ''
'August of Torgiano '', develops also this unusual
demonstration, the ''
Vinarelli ''. Artists an...
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