The Wines of Lazio While this culture is presently dedicated to winning back some of its former rankings, almost inexplicably, it also possesses one of the wine world’s most compelling legacies— the wines of Alberico Boncompagni Ludovisi, the prince of Venosa. Ludovisi’s wines—a Bianco, Sémillon, and Rosso—are presently under the charge of a select few—three individuals who work to place what remains (of a bequest to the late wine critic Luigi Veronelli) with a proper and highly discriminating audience. Utilizing an early form of organic viticulture and maintaining exceedingly low yields, the prince crafted mystical wines; as he destroyed the vineyards when no longer able to tend them, his story will be told only by the wines he himself crafted.
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