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Calabrië is zich als wijnregio de laatste jaren aan het herprofileren om aansluiting te vinden bij de rest van Italië. Hoewel de regio een sterke oude traditie in wijnmaken heeft, had ze de voorbije decennia moeilijkheden om zich te blijven handhaven op het vlak van appellaties.

Geschiedenis

Calabrië heeft meer dan 2500 jaar wijngeschiedenis. De wijnen van Cirò en Bianco, respectievelijk in het oosten en zuiden van de regio, werden in de oudheid al geroemd en geschonken aan de winnaars van de Olympische Spelen. Ook de wijnen van Savuto, aan de westkust, zijn in de geschiedenis herhaaldelijk geprezen in de literatuur.

Helaas is Calabrië vandaag op wijnvlak nog maar een schim van wat het vroeger moet geweest zijn. Sommige appellaties brengen nog nauwelijks wijn voort, bijna niemand in die gebieden heeft het wijnmaken volgehouden. Sterker nog, in 2011 werden enkele DOC’s gewoon afgeschaft en samen vervangen door één nieuwe DOC.

De overgrote meerderheid van de betere wijnen van Calabrië waren traditioneel immers allemaal IGP-wijnen (landwijnen), wat er ofwel op wijst dat de wijnmakers vrijheid wensen inzake druivenrassen en productievoorschriften, ofwel dat het merendeel van de wijngaarden (of minstens de betere wijngaarden) gewoon niet in DOP-gebied liggen.

Geografie

  • Klimaat: koude winters op de inlandse hoogtes, hete zomers in de valleien en aan zee
  • Bodem: zeer complexe bodemstructuur, anders dan die van de Apennijnen; vooral gneiss, graniet en leisteen, met enkele pleistocene kleivlakken
  • Ligging: naargelang de situatie erg steil, op zacht glooiende heuvels of op plateaus

Culinaire specialiteiten

  • Een vierde van alle Italiaanse olijfolie komt uit Calabria, met drie beschermde ‘extra vergine’ soorten: Alto Crotonese, Bruzio en Lamezia. Ze worden erg veel gebruikt om groenten en vis te conserveren.
  • De Clementine di Calabria zijn misschien wel de sappigste clementines die er zijn. Hier wedijveren ze met de in chocolade gedrenkte of gevulde gedroogde vijgen.
  • Varkensvlees is alomtegenwoordig in Calabria, in de vorm van capocollo, pancetta, salsiccia en soppressata.
  • Verlaat Calabria niet zonder de ‘gelato di bergamotto’ geproefd te hebben!

Bekijk onze wijnen uit Calabria