In 2024 I plan to focus on more Italian food and wine pairings that are unique to the region. This month, I’m highlighting the Maremma wine region, often overshadowed by its neighboring wine regions to the north. Located in southern Tuscany, the Maremma is a stretch of territory between Pisa and Livorno from the north down to the northern part of the Lazio region. Let’s learn all about the Maremma including some wines from a cooperative, Cantina Vignaioli Scansano, along with a traditional soup called acquacotta.
The wine region of the Maremma
Although you will find wine produced all throughout the Maremma, its main focal point is the central zone within the Grosseto province. Maremma stems from Marittima due to its proximity to the sea. What used to be an area of poverty and swamplands has become a landscape with an untouched countryside. From the coast to the inland the land is filled with gentle hills containing sheep, vineyards, olive groves and wheat crop with dotted hilltop villages like Scansano that we’re highlighting today.
The Maremma has the influences of Monte Amiata to its east and the Tyrrhenian Sea to the west. You’ll find a Mediterranean climate on its coast with a more continental climate inland. Areas with higher altitudes face colder winters.
Today I am focusing on the area of Scansano, one of the known places for wine production in the Maremma. Italy is comprised of a number of cooperatives from north to south that are producing quality wines
This Article was originally published on Vino Travels Italy
