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Kunstminnaars en liefhebbers van oude steden krijgen in Umbrië bijzonder veel waar voor hun geld. Perugia, Spoleto, Assisi,… zijn prachtige steden, te midden van een adembenemende natuur. Samen met klimaat maken zij van Umbrië een perfect alternatief voor Toscane. Voor wijnliefhebbers is het interessant om weten dat Umbrië als enige regio binnen Italië evenveel witte als rode wijn produceert.

Geschiedenis

De geschiedenis van Umbrië kent heel wat machthebbers. De Etrusken, Romeinen, een aantal barbaarse volkeren. Pas met de Longobarden aan de macht begon vanaf de 16de eeuw een periode van economische en culturele bloei voor Umbrië. Later stond de regio nog onder het bewind van de paus en dat van Napoleon. In 1860 werd Umbrië bij het Koninkrijk Italië gevoegd.

Ook de wijnbouw in Umbrië kent een lange geschiedenis. In de moderne tijd wordt het ontstaan van de kwalitatieve wijnbouw in Umbrië echter vooral toegeschreven aan twee producenten: Giorgio Lungarotti en Arnaldo Caprai, die respectievelijk in de jaren zestig en zeventig hun wijndomeinen in Umbrië stichtten. Tot op de dag van vandaag zijn deze wijnhuizen trendsetters en kwalitatieve bakens voor de regio.

Het was trouwens Giorgio Lungarotti die voor de eerste appellatie in Umbrië zorgde. Op zijn uitdrukkelijke wens en door zijn harde werk werd in 1968 DOC Torgiano erkend. In 1971 werd DOC Orvieto als tweede appellatie van Umbrië erkend en nauwelijks een jaar later werd DOC Colli del Trasimeno als derde DOC in het leven geroepen.

Het duurde nog enkele jaren eer Montefalco (de bakermat van de familie Caprai) een eigen appellatie kreeg toegewezen. In 1979 was het eindelijk zover en DOC Montefalco was een feit.

Geografie

  • Klimaat: gematigd continentaal, met invloed van het Trasimenomeer, dat als klimaatregulator werkt voor de omringende wijnheuvels
  • Bodem: verweerde lava met zandsteen, kalk, rode en gele klei
  • Ligging: op de westelijk gelegen heuvels rond het Trasimenomeer en langs de grens met Lazio

Culinaire specialiteiten

  • Lekker eten kan eenvoudig zijn: gegrilde bruschetta inwrijven met knoflook, besprenkelen met olijfolie uit Umbria, enkele korrels zeezout eroverheen en een draai van de pepermolen...
  • De Prosciutto di Norcia wordt hoog in de bergen gerijpt in koude en vochtige kalkrotsen en ontwikkelt zo zijn typisch kruidige smaak.
  • Proef zeker de lokale ‘pasta e lenticchie’ of spaghetti met linzen, selderij, tomaat en knoflook.

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