The first monovarietal Grappa preserved at the Poli Grappa Museum When was single-variety Grappa born?
The first monovarietal Grappa preserved at the Poli Grappa Museum
When was single-variety Grappa born?
First of all, it must be said that the practice of distilling marc from a single variety of grape has its roots in the history of Grappa.
Proof of this is the countless bottles of Grappa made from moscato, malvasia or prosecco grapes that are kept in the Grappateca of the Poli Grappa Museum in Schiavon.
Among the many, one deserves to be mentioned and that is this Muscat Grappa produced by the Gancia brothers of Canelli, in Piedmont.
The alcohol content is not shown on the label because at that time, in the 1920s, it was not compulsory. It was enough to write, as in fact you can see, that it contains alcohol in quantities higher than 21 degrees by volume.
It is also written on the label that the Gancia brothers were Proveditors of His Majesty, the King of Italy.
The fact that this bottle dates back to the 1920s is clear from the fact that the metal seal proving payment of excise duty is not yet present. This seal has only been compulsory since 1933.
At the beginning of the 1970s the word "monovitigno" (single grape variety) was coined to indicate a rather old practice of distilling marc from a single grape variety.
So a new term for a practice that is at least 100 years old.
Good Grappa to all!
When was single-variety Grappa born?
First of all, it must be said that the practice of distilling marc from a single variety of grape has its roots in the history of Grappa.
Proof of this is the countless bottles of Grappa made from moscato, malvasia or prosecco grapes that are kept in the Grappateca of the Poli Grappa Museum in Schiavon.
Among the many, one deserves to be mentioned and that is this Muscat Grappa produced by the Gancia brothers of Canelli, in Piedmont.
The alcohol content is not shown on the label because at that time, in the 1920s, it was not compulsory. It was enough to write, as in fact you can see, that it contains alcohol in quantities higher than 21 degrees by volume.
It is also written on the label that the Gancia brothers were Proveditors of His Majesty, the King of Italy.
The fact that this bottle dates back to the 1920s is clear from the fact that the metal seal proving payment of excise duty is not yet present. This seal has only been compulsory since 1933.
At the beginning of the 1970s the word "monovitigno" (single grape variety) was coined to indicate a rather old practice of distilling marc from a single grape variety.
So a new term for a practice that is at least 100 years old.
Good Grappa to all!