Gravina Doc
The name of this Apulia controlled denomination of origin wine indicates the fundamental characteristic of the territory in which it is produced. The term 'gravina', in fact, describes the deep cracks present in the limestone land in the area, in the province of Bari. The city of Gravina hovers on a cliff in which the presence of caves in the 5th century supplied protection to the inhabitants of the Roman centre of Silvium when it was destroyed. Only in the 9th did the same inhabitants found the Civitas Gravinae. Gravina Doc wine exists in the White, dry Sparkling, medium sweet and medium sweet Sparkling versions.
Consumption
The Gravina Doc wine should be combined with pasta dishes with light fish-based sauces as well as non-fat hors d'oeuvres, fried fish, casseroled cuttlefish and octopus, omelettes and fresh dairy products and should be served in flared stem glasses that permit concentration of the fragrances, at a temperature of 10-12°C. The Gravina Doc dry Sparkling wine should be combined with simple dishes, such as fish hors d'oeuvres without tomato, delicately flavoured with olive oil and aromatic herbs, pasta with white fish and shellfish sauces, risotti with sweet sauces, white boiled and oven cooked fish, always flavoured with olive oil. The correct temperature to serve Gravina Doc Sparkling wine is 8°C and it should be served in Martinotti/Charmat method sparkling wine glasses, within a year of bottling. The Medium sweet and Medium sweet Sparkling versions are instead desert wines to be served in small stem glasses, which permit the concentration of fragrances and at a temperature of between 14 and 16°C.
Identification
The labeling of Gravina Doc
Each label must carry a mention of the Controlled Denomination of Origin besides all the other indications foreseen by law, such as: The determined Region from which the product originates; Denomination of the product composed of the combination of the variety of the vine from which the wine originates and the geographic area in which that variety is cultivated; Nominal volume of the wine; Name or company name of the bottler and its registered address; Number and code of the bottler, which may also appear on the closing system (cork or cap); Name of the Country; Indication of the batch; Ecological indications.
I.D. card
- Type
- The Gravina Doc is a fish wine if dry and a desert wine if medium sweet and is also produced in the Sparkling type
- Description
- Gravina Doc is obtained from Malvasia del Chianti, Greco di Tufo, Bianco di Alessano vines, up to maximum of 60%, and from white Bombino, Tuscan Trebbiano and Verdeca
- Characteristics
- Upon its introduction for consumption, the Gravina Doc wine must have a straw colouring tending towards green, a characteristic and pleasing fragrance, a dry or medium sweet, fresh, savoury, harmonious, delicate, sometimes a little vivacious flavour. The Sparkling version upon a visual examination presents a yellow straw colouring with green reflexes, crystal clear, with rather fine, numerous and persistent bubbles. Upon an olfactory examination it is rather intense and equally persistent, with a renetta apple fruity fragrance, flowery, with hints of yeast and the delicate crust of bread. The flavour is dry, a little warm and soft, fresh, savoury, weak bodied, rather balanced, with a pleasing and delicate final bitterish sensation
- Area of production
- The production area includes the municipalities of Gravina in Puglia, Poggiorsini and part of Altamura and Spinazzola, all in the province of Bari
- Selling period
- Throughout the year
- Normative references
- The Gravina controlled denomination of origin was recognised with Decree of the President of the Republic dated 04.06.1983, published in the Official Gazette of 24.01.1984
