Wine Regions of Lombardia
Lombardy ranks 4th among the regions in size (23,856 square kilometres) and 1st in population (8,882,000). Vineyards cover 30,000 hectares (12th) of which registered DOC plots total 16,700 hectares (8th).
Annual wine production of 1,700,000 hectolitre (12th) includes 26% or 450,000 hectolitres DOC (7th), of which there is slightly more red than white.
DOC AREAS - Botticino, Capriano del Colle (2 types) Rosso, Trebbiano
Colli Morencini Mantovani del Garda (3 types) Bianco, Chiaretto or Rosato, Rosso or Rubino
Franciacorta (3 types) Bianco, Rosso, Spumante, Rosato or Rose'
Lambrusco Mantovano, Lugana, Oltrepò Pavese (14 types) Barbera, Bonarda, Buttafuoco, Cortese, Moscato, Moscato Liquoroso, Pinot Grigio, Pinot Nero, Pinot Nero Spumante, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Rosato, Rosso, Sangue di Giuda
Riviera del Barda Bresciano (5 types) Bianco, Chiaretto, Gropello, Rosso, Sup Ag-1; Spumante Rosato
San Colombano al Lambro, San Martino della Battaglia, Valcalepio,Valtellina, Sfurzat or Sforzato,Valtellina Superiore (Grumello, Inferno, Sassella, Valgella)
OTHER WINES OF NOTE Barbacarlo, Bohemi, Cabernet Sauvignon, Casotte, Il Felicino, Le Sincette, Lodovico, Marzemino, Maurizio Zanella, Merlot, Montevecchia Rosso, Noir, Pine`ro, Pinot Nero, Ronco di Mompiano
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