Romagna Sangiovese DOC is a red wine based on Sangiovese grown in the Romagna region of Italy. It is the Emilia-Romagna region’s most important DOC zone (Gambero Rosso: 2003, p.421).

Terroir & wine style: Attilio Scienza told me ‘Romagna is a hill-only area, towards Forlì, towards Imola, a very recent area of ​​land geologically-speaking. The soils are from the Pliocene era mainly, and partly from the Pleistocene. They are not Flysch, they are marine soils, because the Flysch soils are terrigenous, they are soils that start from the earth, they go to the sea and the sea consolidates them, but they are called terrestrial deposits. In Romagna there are marine deposits, only marine deposits, there are no Flysch influences; there is a lot of clay, even a recent clay, that of the Pleistocene, and I must say that over time the choice of the best areas has also taken place by choosing the genetic materials, because, while in the Montalcino area some Sangiovese grapes have always been chosen large, because the water stress transformed those acids only in the skins and pips and therefore did not give content, the opposite thing happened on the clones of Romagna, where they chose small berries because there is more water available, there is more water, and where the ratio of skins and pulp is very favorable with the young, therefore a concentration that must have. In general the drinkability of a Sangiovese from Romagna is easier, simpler (compared to Brunello): a wine that is also best suited to that fatty cuisine, that cuisine made up of many pork meats, like wild boar or Florentine, so it does not need, a powerful wine. In short, we need a wine closer to the spirit, to the mentality of Romagna.’

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Romagna Sangiovese DOC Riserva:

Romagna Sangiovese DOC Superiore Riserva:

Romagna Sangiovese DOC Superiore Riserva delle Sottozone: The names of sub-zones (‘sottozone’) are allowed on the bottle label for Bertinoro (riserva wines only), plus Brisighella, Castrocaro-Terra del Sole, Cesena, Longiano, Meldola, Modigliana, Marzeno, Oriolo, Predappio, San Vicinio, and Serra (only if it is a Riserva).