Albana is a white wine grape variety grown in Ravenna and Forlì-Cesena provinces in the Romagna region of Italy. Somewhat surprisingly Albana – a descendent of Garganega, one of Italy’s oldest grapes – became Italy’s first white wine DOCG, Albana di Romagna DOCG in 1987, subsequently renamed Romagna Albana DOCG in 2011. 

Wine style: Albana is one of the rare white wine grapes which is tannic. It’s a white grape that produces full bodied dry white wines that feel more like red wines in terms of structure, but unlike reds are also prone to oxidise. Albana can produce late-harvest and dried grape sweet wines thanks to its thick-skin which permits long hang time.

Wines: Romagna DOC. | Romagna Albana DOCG.