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The Albana wine was the first white wine to receive the DOCG Brand (Controlled and Guaranteed Denomination of Origin) and since then it's, together with Sangiovese, the symbol of Romagna.

Features

It's a straw-yellow wine, tending to gold when aging, typical light scent, a clean taste in the dry type, fruity in the sweet type, sweet and soft in the passito one.

Three types of Albana are today in production:

Dry
Straw-yellow colour tending to gold, dry taste, warm and well-balanced, unmistakable scent. Minimum alcohol of 11.50%.

Sweet
Straw-yellow colour tending to gold, fruity taste, peculiar scent and sweetness. Minimum alcohol of 12%.

Passito
Yellow colour tending to amber, with a hint of apricot, velvety, more or less sweet, with a peculiar intense scent. Minimum alcohol of 12%.

How to serve and drink

The dry Albana is recommended with all kind of fish, shellfish and fish-soup, but is good also for bouillon dishes and creamy soups.
The sweet Albana is a perfect mate for the typical Romagna cake 'ciambella' , pastries and jam tarts.
The passito Albana, made with the latest grapes dried on wooden trellis, can be called a meditation wine, a wise choice for pastries, dried or toasted fruits, special cheeses.

History

The first mentions of this wine are almost a legend:
Gallia Placidia, the roman Empress, is said she was totally delighted by her first sip of Albana and Frederick I Barbarossa, when crossing the region, was specially fond of it.

A travelling nobleman, after tasting Albana, is believed to have stated: "you deserve to be drank in gold", hence the name ('Bertinoro' = to drink in gold) of a famous production area.