Sangiovese
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Sangiovese is a red Italian wine grape variety that derives its name from the Latin , "blood of Jupiter".
Key facts
- Grape variety.name
- Sangiovese
- Grape variety.image
- Sangiovese close up crop.jpg
- Grape variety.caption
- Sangiovese grapes
- Grape variety.color
- Noir
- Grape variety.color_alt
- Purple
- Grape variety.species
- Vitis vinifera
- Grape variety.also_called
- Brunello, Sangiovese Grosso (more)
- Grape variety.origin
- Italy
- Grape variety.hazards
- Rot-prone
- Grape variety.regions
- Tuscany
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- grape variety
- Child
- Nero d'Avola
- Country of origin
- Italy
- Image
- Sangiovese grapevine.jpg
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- Sangiovese
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- Sangiovese
- fruit color
- black
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Encyclopedic overview
20 sectionsContents
- History
- Parentage
- Relationship with Ciliegiolo
- Clones and offspring
- Viticulture
- Winemaking
- Wine regions
- Italy
- Tuscany
- Outside Tuscany
- Other Old World wine regions
- United States and Canada
- Other New World regions
- Wines
- With food
- Synonyms
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Sangiovese is a red Italian wine grape variety that derives its name from the Latin , "blood of Jupiter".
Sangiovese Grosso, used for traditionally powerful and slow maturing red wines, is primarily grown in the central regions of Italy, particularly in Tuscany, where it is the dominant grape variety. Here, Sangiovese thrives in various subregions, including Chianti, Montalcino, and Montepulciano, whose diverse terroirs winemakers put to good use to craft wines that reflect the land's unique nuances.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sangiovese” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.