Sangiovese

(redirected from Prugnolo)

San·gio·vese

(sän′jō-vēz′, -vēs′)
n.
1. A variety of grape originating in Italy and used to make red wine, especially Chianti.
2. A medium-bodied red wine made from this grape.
[Italian, ultimately from Latin sanguis Iovis, blood of Jove : sanguis, blood + Iovis, genitive of Iūpiter, Jupiter; see dyeu- in Indo-European roots.]
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Sangiovese

(ˌsændʒəʊˈveɪzɪ)
n
1. (Plants) a black grape grown in the Tuscany region of Italy, used for making Chianti and other wines
2. (Brewing) a red wine made from this grape
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Made from a blend of sangiovese and prugnolo gentile.
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Here vintners for hundreds of years have made a red wine based on their clone of the Sangiovese, called locally Prugnolo. The same grapes allowed in Chianti are blended here with the Prugnolo to produce a deeply colored, quite tannic wine whose initial hardness and restraint gives way to deep, warm flavors.
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Vino Nobile di Montepulciano is named after the town from which it originates and is made mainly from the Prugnolo Gentile grape - a local clone of sangiovese.
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Here vintners for hundreds of years have made a red wine based on their clone of the Sangiovese, called locally Prugnolo. The same grapes allowed in Chianti are blended here with the Prugnolo to produce a deeply-colored, quite tannic wine whose initial hardness and restraint gives way to deep, warm flavors.
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This wine is an Italian blend of 40 percent prugnolo, 30 percent cabernet sauvignon and 30 percent merlot.
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