Est! Est!! Est!!! di Montefiascone

Est! Est! Est! Montefiascone Montefiascone is an Italian white wine from the province of Viterbo in the Lazio region Controlled Denomination of Origin (DOC). It is grown in the municipalities Montefiascone, Bolsena, San Lorenzo Nuovo, Grotte di Castro, Capranica, Capodimonte and Marta. The wine-growing area is located near the Lago di Bolsena. A total of 407 winegrowers work on the 416 acres approved Rebland.

The name is, in translation: "It is ( here)! It is (here)! It is (here)! " According to tradition, to the year 1111 a German prelate named Johannes Fugger on his way to Rome sent ahead a servant and have instructed all inns with good wine, the word" to write est " on the door. The servant tasted so good that it is equal to three times anschrieb " est " in Montefiascone of wine. Fugger, whose grave stone is still shown in the church of San Flaviano in Montefiascone, drank at the wine to death: Est est est pr ( opter ) nim ( ium ) est hic Jo ( hannes ) en Fu ( kris ) do (minus) Mortuus est meus.

This story, however, is not historically proven. During several centuries at any rate a barrel of wine was still annually shed on the grave.

This wine has a clear, straw yellow color, spicy, full-bodied and dry. Its minimum alcohol content is 10.5 % by volume. ( Share 20% here called Malvasia toscana ) and Trebbiano Giallo (called Rossetto; share 15%), the Trebbiano toscano (share 65%), Malvasia Bianca Lunga are permitted. The wine should be enjoyed as young as possible and at a drinking temperature of 8-10 ° C.

Production volumes

  • Crop year (1990/ 91) 16,498 hectoliters
  • Crop year (1991 /92) 22,260 hectoliters
  • Crop year (1992/ 93) 19,567 hectoliters
  • Crop year (1993 /94) 20,886 hectoliters
  • Crop year (1994 /95) 23,689 hectoliters
  • Crop year (1995 /96) 21,150 hectoliters
  • Crop year (1996/ 97) 20 055 hectoliters
Italian wine Gradoli Capodimonte, Lazio Marta, Lazio Varietal Maraština
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