Bosco Eliceo is the appellation in Ferrara & Adriatic Plain. The vineyards occupy sandy coastal ground, and the wines are described as salty and savoury.
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Elsewhere in Emilia-Romagna
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Producers in Ferrara & Adriatic Plain
Producer profiles
- Mirco MariottiNatural wine estate in Bosco Eliceo, 300 metres from the Adriatic, farming ungrafted century-old vines in coastal sand and making ancestral-method sparkling wine from Fortana, Trebbiano Romagnolo, and Malvasia di Candia Aromatica.