It’s the eastern area of Romagna’s land and the most influenced by the Adriatic Sea. The soils are rich in gray and sometimes blu clays.
The wheather has hot and dry during the summer, only in part balanced by the Adriatic Sea breeze. The wines are rich in color, flavours and structure.
The varieties allowed are Sangiovese, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Biancame and Rebola, which provide to produce wine tipical of Mediterranean area.
PRODUCTION AREA: Province of Rimini WINE TYPES
Colli di Rimini rosso
Color: ruby-red
Aroma: vinous, rich in spicy and dark fruits aroma Flavor: full, dry, rich in tannins
Total minimum alcohol content by volume: 11,5%; Minimum dry extract: 20 g/l.
Colli di Rimini Biancame
Color: varying degrees of straw-yellow; aroma: white and yellow flowers, pleasant; flavor: dry, sapid, harmonious;
Total minimum alcohol content by volume: 10.5%; minimum dry extract: 15 g/l.
Colli di Rimini bianco
Color: straw-yellow;
Aroma: yellow flowers and slightly fruity; Flavor: good body, dry, harmonious;
Total minimum alcohol content by volume: 11%; Minimum dry extract: 15 g/l.
Colli di Rimini Rébola
Color: yellow, sometimes with greenish highlights;
Aroma: reach in yellow peach aroma, characteristic, intense; Flavor: dry, fresh, harmonious, sometimes salty;
Total minimum alcohol content by volume: 11,5%;
Minimum dry extract: 17 g/l.
Colli di Rimini Cabernet Sauvignon
Color: ruby-red verging on garnet
Aroma: vinous, with varietal characteristics rich in spicy Flavor: full, dry, rich in tannins
Total minimum alcohol content by volume: 11,5%; Minimum dry extract: 20 g/l.
Colli di Rimini Sangiovese
Color: ruby-red , sometimes with a purple rim;
Aroma: vinous with a delicate scent of plum and violet; Flavor: dry, rich in dark fruit aromas, slightly tannic; Total minimum alcohol content by volume: 11,5%; Minimum dry extract: 20 g/l.