Amelia

The Protected Designation of Origin "Amelia", includes the following types of wines: White, Red base and Riserva, Grechetto, Ciliegiolo base and Riserva, Rosato, Novello, Malvasia, Merlot base and Riserva, Sangiovese base and Riserva, Vin Santo base and Occhio di Pernice.

Grapes

White and Vin Santo are produced with at least 50% Trebbiano toscano; Malvasia, on the other hand, has a minimum of 85% of Malvasia toscana; Grechetto is made up of at least 85% Grechetto; Ciliegiolo base and riserva contain at least 85% Ciliegiolo; red base and riserva, rosé, novello, Vin Santo Occhio di Pernice, Sangiovese base and riserva, have at least 50% Sangiovese; Merlot base and riserva have at least 85% Merlot. The production of these wines may include grapes of similar colour, up to a maximum of 50% (white, Vin Santo, red, reserve red, rosé, novello and Vin Santo Occhio di Pernice) or 15%.

Physicochemical and Organoleptic properties

White wines (minimum total alcoholic strength by volume from 11% vol. to 16% vol. ) have a more or less intense straw yellow colour, with greenish reflections (white) or tending towards golden (Vin Santo), the aroma is delicate, fruity, more or less intense and ethereal, the flavour is dry, harmonious, fruity, with a bitterish aftertaste (white); red wines (minimum total alcoholic strength by volume from 11% vol. to 12) have a more or less intense, fruity, more or less intense and ethereal aroma. % vol. for the base wines, 12-12,5% for the reserve wines) have an intense ruby red colour that can tend to garnet with ageing, the aroma is vinous and pleasant, more or less intense, as it ages it becomes fine and persistent, the taste is dry, full-bodied, pleasant with hints of wood (Merlot base and reserve) or almond (Rosso base and reserve); the rosés (vol. 11-16% Vin Santo Occhio di Pernice) are pink in color from pale to cherry, more or less intense, the smell is vinous, intense, the flavor from dry to sweet.

Grape production area

The geographical area of production of "Amelia" wines, is medium hilly, with soils ranging from sandy-clayey, conglomerates (piana di Terni), to those tuffaceous volcanic origin (Lugnano in Teverina).

Specificity and historical notes

The millenary wine-growing history of Amelia, produced since Roman times, the wide environmental variability and the strong link with the territory, make it a product of undoubted quality.