I tasted a couple of Cesanese d Piglio DOC at the Wine Fair this year, having read in the exhibitor's catalgoue that there were made from a grape I had not yet tasted - Cesanese d'Affile. Now that I am checking the facts for writing this entry, things seem a bit more complicated. First of all, the Wikipedia entry is about Cesanese Commune but consideres the Affile version to be a subvariety, and that is confirmed with separate entries in VIVC, although the synonym for the Affile version includes Cesanese d Piglio!
The Cesanese grapes are old varieties which can be traced back to the Romans, but is now rarely seen outside Lazio. In the last 10 or so years, the grape gained attention by being included in the wine Sogno Uno made by the American porn star Savanna Samson. A little Cesanese d'Affile is also include in the cult Tuscan wine Trinoro.
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