Liguria

Liguria has eight designations of origin and four geographical indications. Its grapes vary along the coast. In the east, Colli di Luni, Cinque Terre and Colline di Levanto grow white varieties including Vermentino, Albarola and Bosco, alongside the red grapes Ciliegiolo and Sangiovese. Around Genova, growers also work with Bianchetta Genovese, Scimiscià and Moscato. Between Savona and Imperia, the varieties include Pigato, Vermentino, Moscatello, Rossese and Granaccia. Cinque Terre makes both dry wine and sweet Sciacchetrà. Sciacchetrà uses Bosco, Albarola and Vermentino grapes that are dried and selected by hand. It can develop for ten, twenty or thirty years, with aromas that may recall dried fruit, apricot jam, yellow peach, vanilla, chestnut honey and spice. Around Genova, Bianchetta Genovese grows inland and higher on the hills, making whites with grass, fresh fruit and flower aromas.