The historic landscape between the Apennines and the Adriatic Sea is the eastern part of the Italian wine-growing region of
Emilia-Romagna. It is home to such important cities as Cesena, Imola, Ravenna and, as the centre of seaside tourism, Rimini. From the 15th century onwards, there were constantly changing rulers here and in 1859 Romagna even formed an independent state called the Cispadan Republic with its capital Bologna for six months.
In 2011, the comprehensive DOC area of the same name was created, including the wines of the five DOC areas
Cagnina di Romagna,
Pagadebit di Romagna,
Sangiovese di Romagna,
Romagna Albana Spumante and
Trebbiano di Romagna, which were thereby abandoned. It is divided into the subzones Bertinoro, Brisighella, Castrocaro-Terra del Sola, Cesena, Longiano, Meldola, Modigliana, Marzeno, Oriolo, Predappio. San Vicinio and Serra. There are some differences in the product range per subzone. The vineyards cover around 2,900 hectares of vines.
The
Albana Spumante must contain at least 95% of the
Albana variety. The
single-varietal wines are made from at least 85% of the respective variety and a maximum of 15% of other authorised varieties. The
white wines (all also as
Frizzante) are Pagadebit
(Bombino Bianco), Pagadebit Bertinoro and Trebbiano
(Trebbiano Romagnolo). The
red wines are Cagnina
(Terrano) and
Sangiovese (also as
Novello,
Superiore and
Riserva). A Sangiovese (also as Riserva) followed by an indication of the subzone, such as
Sangiovese Bertinoro, is produced in all subzones and must contain at least 95% of the variety originating from the subzone. If the grapes come from classified vineyards,
Vigna may be indicated followed by the vineyard name.
Albana di Romagna was the first DOCG white wine classified in Italy in 1987.
