Ramandolo is a

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white

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from the village of the same name which is situated in the hills near Nimis in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia wine region of northeast Italy. It is made from a local variety of the Verduzzo grape. Since 2001, Ramandolo has been produced as a

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wine. Prior to this it was a subzone of the Colli Orientali del Friuli DOC.

DOCG requirements

Verduzzo grapes destined for DOCG wine production are limited to a

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yield no greater than 10

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/ha with the grapes allowed to hang on the vine late in the season and may even receive extra drying after picking. This allows for a greater concentration of

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which leaves a wine with noticeable residual sweetness even with the high minimum alcohol level of 14% required.

Wine styles

Wine expert Peter Saunders describes well made examples of Ramandolo from favorable vintages as fragrant, full-bodied, slightly tannic and not too sweet. Karen MacNeil describes Ramandolo as having a

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sheen to its deep yellow

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with herbal notes.

References

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