Sangiovese di Romagna

HISTORY
According to legend, the Capuchin Fathers of the Santarcangelo Convent, skilled vine growers and producers of delicious red wine, one day gave hospitality to an illustrious personage. On the occasion of a banquet, they served him a cup of their best wine. The host, intoxicated by the excellence of the beverage, immediately asked its name. This caused great embarrassment for a moment, because no one had ever given a name to the wine. Then, one of the monks, inspired by the name of the hill on which the monastery is built and the intense colour of the wine (as red as blood), immediately replied "Blood of Jupiter". Only over time the name changed into "Sangiovese".

CHARACTERISTICS
It has a ruby red colour sometimes with purple nuances. The odour is characterised by a delicate scent reminiscent of violets while the taste is dry, harmonious, a bit tannic at times with a slightly bitter aftertaste.
PRODUCTION AREA
Sangiovese di Romagna is an AC (Appellation Contrôlée) wine whose production is allowed in the provinces of Bologna, Forlì-Cesena, Ravenna and Rimini and produced with Sangiovese grapes or together with small quantities (max. 15%) of other red grape varieties of the area.
FOLLOW THE TASTE!
Come and taste it at the following events:
Giovinbacco Festival, in Ravenna 5-7 November
Enologica 2009, in Faenza 19, 21 November
Three days of Sangiovese Wine in Predappio 3-5 September