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| Velletri wine |
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| Wine name |
Velletri [veh-leh-tree] |
| Type of wine |
Red and White wine |
| Production zone |
Produced in the southernmost extension of
the Castelli Romani: the communal territories of Velletri
and Lariano in the province of Rome and parts of the commune
of Cisterna in Latina province |
| Grapes |
Malvasia bianca di Candia, Malvasia
Puntinata, Trebbiano toscano, verde and giallo, Bellone,
Bonvino, Sangiovese, Montepulciano, Cesanese Comune,
Cesanese di Affile, Bombino nero, Merlot and Ciliegiolo |
| Ageing |
White: up to three years - Red: over
three years |
Features, color,
smell, flavor, taste etc. |
White is straw-yellow in color and has
vinous, appealing and delicate odor and dry, sweetish or
sweet, full-bodied, balanced and velvety flavor - Red is
more or less intense ruby red tending to garnet in the
Riserva type. It has vinous and intense odor that is
ethereal in the Riserva and dry or sweetish, velvety,
harmonious and appropriately tannic flavor |
| Alcoholic strength |
White 11,5° C - Red 12° C |
| Serving temp. |
White at 10- 12°C - Red at 18 - 20°C |
| Matching foods |
Red is at its best with barbeque, when aged.
White is perfect with seafood |
| The right glass |
Red
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White |
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