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Molise Wine:
The often overlooked region of Molise, which was once an appendix of Abruzzi, gained official status in wine in the 1980s with the DOCs of Biferno and Pentro di Isernia. The undeniable aptitude for vines on the sunny hillsides between the Apennines and the Adriatic indicates that with a little more effort Molise's wine producers could match on a small scale the quality of their neighbors in Abruzzi, Apulia or Campania.
The DOC of Molise applies to a mix of native Italian and international varieties, creating new possibilities for producers who have been striving to establish an identity with wine beyond the region. The rolling hills and the mild Adriatic climate of Molise favor wines of class, though the evidence in bottle is not as widespread as it might be.
The IGT category of Osco or Terre degli Osci refers to the Oscan people who inhabited Molise in prehistoric times. The other IGT category is Rotae.
I Love Italian Wine and Food - The Molise Region
An article by: Levi Reiss
...Molise devotes about nineteen thousand acres to grapevines, it
ranks 18th among the 20 Italian regions. Its total annual wine production is
about nine and a half million gallons, also giving it an 18th place. The region
produces 3 DOC wines...
I’ll start by quoting the marketing materials. “Made from the
well-known Falanghina grape (with a little help from the ubiquitous
Fiano variety), this delivers fresh peach and apricot flavors with a
good citrus spine. It’s crisp and refreshing. And goes well with
slightly spicy seafood or chicken, or makes an excellent sipping wine.”
I first tasted this wine with fried chicken cutlets, rice, and corn
on the cob. I found it smooth with apricot but no peach flavors. It had
more of a citrus smell than taste. I added a cayenne pepper sauce to the
meat, and the wine rose to the challenge... Read the entire
article...
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