Bosco Eliceo Wine
Did you know that the area around Ferrara is also known for its particular and distinctive wine production? Well yes, you can also pair salama da sugo and cappellacci with a glass of good local wine: we present you the Bosco Eliceo DOP wines!
As happens with the history of the city, inextricably linked to that of the great river Po, the same happens with our wines, made unique and characteristic by the peculiarities of the soil on which they grow.
But let us go in order. The wine-making tradition in our territory seems to date back as far as the 6th-7th centuries B.C., when the Etruscans still populated the city of Spina, crossroads of trade with Athens in the upper Adriatic (if you want to know more, the National Archaeological Museum of Ferrara is for you!). This tradition was later revived within the Este court. It is said that in 1528, Renata di Francia, consort of Ercole II, had some Côte d'Or vines from Burgundy planted in the holm-oak woods populating the Po Delta, the Bosco Eliceo.
And it is these sandy soils, combined with the brackish air and humid climate typical of the Delta, that gives a unique flavour to the wine that has been produced ever since. In 1989, DOP recognition arrived for four types of Bosco Eliceo wine: the
two red Bosco Eliceo DOP Fortana and Bosco Eliceo DOP Merlot, and the
white Bosco Eliceo DOP Sauvignon and
Bosco Eliceo DOP Bianco.
Wines that, due to their characteristics, go perfectly with meat and fish dishes.
