Bosco is a potentially full-bodied white wine grape native to Italy found in the Liguria region and named, it seems, after a villa in Genoa (‘Genova’), Liguria’s capital city. It favours lower elevation sites near the Ligurian sea (Mediterranean), and is usually part of a blend (typically with Albarola and Vermentino). Alcohol levels can be generous. The wines show herbal notes, with fruit !avours at the yellow end of the spectrum. The sweet passito of Bosco, made under the Cinque Terre Schiacchetrà DOC, displays notes of dried fig, honey, apricot, and even toffee.

Wines: Cinque Terre DOC. | Cinque Terre Sciacchetrà DOC.