The Romagna hills include the appellations Romagna Albana, Colli d'Imola, Colli di Faenza, Colli Romagna centrale and Romagna. In clay-limestone areas, Romagna Sangiovese can have lively fruit, warmth and body, with firm, balanced tannins.
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Elsewhere in Emilia-Romagna
- Colli Bolognesi (Bologna)2 producersColli Bolognesi includes Colli Bolognesi Classico Pignoletto, Colli Bolognesi and Reno. Pignoletto may be fresh and sparkling, or a still wine whose structure develops through long ageing.
- Colli di Parma & Reggiano4 producersColli di Parma & Reggiano includes Colli di Parma, Colli di Scandiano e di Canossa and Reggiano. Colli di Parma combines red Barbera and Bonarda with several white grapes, especially perfumed, versatile Malvasia di Candia Aromatica.
- Colli Piacentini (Piacenza)4 producersColli Piacentini includes the Colli Piacentini, Gutturnio and Ortrugo dei Colli Piacentini appellations. Its Ortrugo comes in still and sparkling versions, typically light and dry with a slightly bitter finish.
- Ferrara & Adriatic Plain2 producersFerrara & Adriatic Plain includes the Bosco Eliceo appellation, with vineyards on sandy coastal ground.
- Lambrusco Country (Modena & surrounds)5 producersLambrusco Country (Modena & surrounds) is a wine area within Emilia-Romagna. Its four listed appellations are Lambrusco di Sorbara, Lambrusco Grasparossa di Castelvetro, Lambrusco Salamino di Santa Croce and Modena.
Producers in Romagna Hills (Forlì-Cesena, Ravenna, Rimini)
Producer profiles
- Chiara CondelloChiara Condello farms 4.8 hectares of Sangiovese in Predappio, a hillside DOC in Emilia-Romagna, making two unfiltered reds from organically certified calcareous-clay parcels between 150 and 300 metres above sea level.
- Condé Azienda VitivinicolaSingle-variety estate in Fiumana di Predappio, Emilia-Romagna, making Sangiovese Piccolo from two hillside expressions and releasing wines only when the tannins have reached elegance in bottle.
- Fattoria Nicolucci di Nicolucci AlessandroOld-vine Sangiovese from a clifftop village in Romagna's hills, farmed by one family since 1885 on dry, mineral, clay-heavy soils.
- Poderi dal NespoliPoderi dal Nespoli makes Romagna wines in Nespoli, from Nespolino blends to Il Nespoli Sangiovese Riserva.
- Societa Agricola Fondo San GiuseppeOrganic Albana estate at 400 metres in the Brisighella hills of Romagna, making minimal-intervention dry white wine from a single hectare of forty-year-old vines.