Rosso Barletta is a red Italian wine produced in the Denominazione di origine controllata (DOC) region of Barletta, located in the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani of north-central Apulia. The DOC is permitted to produce red wine only, made primarily from Uva di Troia, and is one of the few wine regions in Italy where Malbec is grown and permitted in a DOC wine. The DOC covers over 60 hectares (150 acres) that are planted to Uva di Troia, Montepulciano, Sangiovese, and Malbec. Rosso Barletta is noted in history for being the spark for a jousting skirmish, now known as the Challenge of Barletta, involving thirteen local Italian knights against thirteen French knights, following an evening of drinking too much Barletta wine.[1][2] According to the Italian Trade Commission, when the wine region was officially recognised it retained the name Rosso Barletta in commemoration of the historic connection between the region's wine and the event.[3]
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- ^ D'Azeglio's Ettore Fieramosca (July–December 1850). The Christian Remembrancer. Vol. 20. London: J. & C. Mozley. p. 70.
- ^ Milioni, Stefano. "Rosso Barletta (DOC)". ItalianMade.com. The Italian Trade Commission. Archived from the original on 2011-02-04. Retrieved 2010-12-29.