🌖 Est Est Est Di Montefiascone Wine

One of Italy’s top-selling wines, legend says that this word EST— meaning, “it is” in Latin—was used by a bishop’s steward to indicate an area producing high-quality wines. In Montefiascone, the steward proclaimed Est! Est!! Est!!! To emphasize the superior quality. Bigi’s Est! Est!! Est!!! is fresh, fruity and offers an appealing The nearest DOCs in any direction are the Castelli Romani, on the other side of Rome, and Est! Est!! Est!!! di Montefiascone, 40 kilometers (25 miles) to the northeast; for many centuries Lazio's wine production has lacked the prestige held by its counterparts in neighboring Umbria and Tuscany. At a Montefiascone inn, the prelate was reportedly so overwhelmed with the local wine that he wrote Est! Est!! Est!!! on the door. This wine uses the designated grapes as well as a rare Rossett. All of the grapes are from mature vines averaging 18 years of age, 60% Trebbiano, 20% Malvasia and 15% Rossetto fermented with indigenous yeasts in .

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