Grape Variety: Ortruga

Colour: White

White wine grape found in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Used to make a light, dry or sweet wine varietal/blend usually drunk when young. Has several synonyms including Altruga, Barbesino and Vernesina.

The Malvasia Bianco Ageno includes a good dollop of Ortruga. The grapes are macerated on the skins with native yeasts for thirty days and, the wine is matured half in stainless steel and half in French barriques. Amber in colour and aromatically redolent of peach, pear and sweet apricot, this is, as Randall Grahm might say, “like Gewurztraminer on acid”.