The Aprilia DOC includes red and white wines made with Merlot, Sangiovese, Trebbiano and Abbuoto grapes. Abbuoto is a local variety dates back to roman time.
In Aprilia and in Pontina Flatland, the presence of viticulture dates back to pre-Roman period while already at the time Pliny.
The careless deforestation had caused the arrival of swamps and marshy areas with the consequent emergence of malaria.
In the period of remediation, since 1932, arrived here about 60 thousand farmers from Veneto, Friuli and Emilia who were to populate the reclaimed sour soil.
They who have restarted the viticulture with the typical varieties of their native lands such as Sangiovese and Merlot.
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