Colli Euganei Fior d’Arancio/Fior d’Arancio Colli Euganei
Detto anche Fior d’Arancio Colli Euganei
South-west of Padua, the Euganean Hills rise out of the Po plain as a cluster of cones — old volcanoes — beside the spa towns of Abano Terme and Montegrotto Terme, inside a regional park of nearly 19,000 hectares. The DOCG takes in the whole communes of Arquà Petrarca, Galzignano Terme and Torreglia and parts of Abano, Montegrotto, Battaglia Terme, Monselice, Baone, Este, Cinto Euganeo, Teolo, Vò and others. Continua a leggere ↓
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Colli Euganei Fior d’Arancio in breve
Most vineyards lie between 50 and 300 metres, some close to 400, on slopes that shed water easily. The climate is almost Mediterranean for the north of Italy: mild winters, hot, dry summers, 700 to 900 mm of rain in spring and autumn, and good swings between day and night. On clear mornings a thermal inversion keeps the hills warmer than the plain below, and growers pick cooler or warmer exposures depending on whether the grapes are meant for still or sparkling wine.
Fior d'Arancio — orange blossom — is the local name for Moscato Giallo, which must make up at least 95 per cent of the wine. It comes in three styles: still, sparkling and passito, which ages at least a year from the first of November of the harvest, slowly fermenting on through the cold months before bottling. Colli Euganei Fior d'Arancio became a DOCG in 2011.