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Est! Est !! Est !!! di Montefiascone is an Italian white or sparkling wine ( Spumante ) from the province of Viterbo ( Lazio region ), which has had a "controlled designation of origin " ( Denominazione di origine controllata - DOC) since 1966 , which was last updated on March 7, 2014.
history
The name translates as: “It is (here)! It is here)!! It is (here) !!! ”According to tradition, in 1111 a German prelate named Johannes Fugger sent a servant on his way to Rome and instructed him to write the word“ est ”on the door of all inns with good wine . The servant in Montefiascone tasted the wine so good that he wrote "est" three times. Fugger, whose tombstone is still shown in the church of San Flaviano in Montefiascone, drank himself to death from the wine: Est est est pr (opter) nim (ium) est hic Jo (hannes) de Fu (kris) do (minus) meus mortuus est .
In any case, for a few centuries a barrel of wine was poured on the grave every year.
Cultivation
It is grown in the municipalities of Montefiascone , Bolsena , San Lorenzo Nuovo , Grotte di Castro , Gradoli , Capodimonte and Marta . The wine-growing area is located near Lake Bolsena .
In 2017, 21,570 hectoliters of DOC wine were produced from 331 hectares of vineyards.
generation
In addition to the dry white wine, a sparkling wine is also produced as well as a wine with the predicate "Classico". The denomination prescribes the use of the following grape varieties:
- 50–65% Trebbiano Toscano , locally also called "Procanico"
- 25–40% Trebbiano Giallo , also known locally as "Rossetto"
- 10-20% Malvasia Bianca Lunga and / or Malvasia del Lazio
- 0–15% other analog, non-aromatic, grape varieties that are approved for cultivation in the Lazio region may be added.
description
According to the denomination:
Est! Est !! Est !!! di Montefiascone
- Color: more or less intense straw yellow
- Smell: fine, characteristic, slightly aromatic
- Taste: dry or semi-dry or sweet, fruity, harmonious, persistent with a slightly bitter note
- Alcohol content: at least 10.5 % by volume , with "Classico" 11.5% by volume
- Acid content : at least 4.5 g / l, for "Classico" 5.0 g / l
- Dry extract: at least 15.0 g / l
Est! Est !! Est !!! di Montefiascone Spumante
- Perlage: fine and persistent
- Color: light straw yellow
- Smell: pleasant with characteristic fruit aromas
- Taste: dry, fruity, slightly aromatic
- Alcohol content: at least 11.0 % by volume
- Acidity : at least 5.0 g / l
- Dry extract: at least 14.0 g / l
The wine should be enjoyed as young as possible and at a drinking temperature of 8 to 10 ° C.
literature
- Johann Jacob Geysius: Fabulam monte fiasconiam, he Disqvisitionem Historicam, Quâ ostenditur, commenti rationem habere, qvæ vulgò circumferuntur de Bibulo qvodam Germano, in Italiæ oppido, Monte Fiascone, nimio vini Muscatellini potu extincto in de terulitqo œ terulitqo œ epulitq EST notabili exorto . Altdorff 1680. ( PDF )
- Claus Riessner: Viaggiatori tedeschi a Montefiascone e l'origine della leggenda dell'Est, Est, Est . (PDF; 1.4 MB) In: Biblioteca e società 4, 3–4 (1982), pp. 1–14.
- Valeria Camaschella (Ed.): Lexicon of Italian Wines - All DOCG & DOC wines . Hallwag, Gräfe and Unzer, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-7742-0756-9 , p. 222 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Disciplinare di Produzione della Denominazione di Origine Controllata (production regulations and description). (PDF) ismeamercati.it, March 7, 2014, accessed June 26, 2018 (Italian).
- ↑ Viticulture in figures 2018. (PDF) In: VQPRD d'Italia 2018. federdoc.com, accessed on June 4, 2019 (Italian).