The "Corte Madonnina" farm produces Bosco Eliceo D.O.C. [Controlled Denomination of Origin] wines.
The Bosco Eliceo area, awarded D.O.C. [Controlled Denomination of Origin] status in 1989, is in the Regional Park of the Po Delta in Emilia Romagna and is characterised by ridges of dunes lying parallel to the coastline, woods of holm-oak, lagoons and salt pans.
The Bosco Eliceo is a strip of sandy terrain which, from the Goro branch of the Po, through the adjacent estates of the Abbey of Pomposa, arrives at the Valli di Comacchio and is the ideal site for growing the low-yield varieties of Fortana (Uva d'oro), Merlot, Sauvignon and Bianco del Bosco.
They are vines that have resisted for centuries, immune to the scourge of vine louse, because they lie in prevalently sandy terrains and have remained ungrafted: for this reason the wines are called “SAND WINES”
The wines that the company produces are:Bianco del Bosco, a sparkling wine with natural fermentation; Sauvignon white wine, dry and still; Rosso Fortana red wine, still or sparkling, and dry red Rosso Merlot.
The typical wine is Rosso Fortana, more commonly called Uva D'oro [Golden Grape], because, according to legend, when Renée of France came to be the bride of Ercole II d’Este, she brought in her dowry a vine variety called Golden Grape, perhaps because it came from the French Côte d’Or.
This ruby-red wine, slightly acidulous and vaguely tannic, is the only red wine that goes really well with fish; in our area it is customarily served with the typical eels from the lagoons.
