Chambave

Chambave

Chambave

Comune in Aosta Valley, Italy

Chambave (Valdôtain: Tschambava or Tsambava; Issime Walser: Tschambuvu) is a town and comune in the Aosta Valley region of northwestern Italy.

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the Town Hall of Chambave

The communal territory is crossed by the Dora Baltea (French: Doire baltée).

Wine

A vineyard of Chambave in spring

Growers in Chambave produce several Italian wines under the Valle d'Aosta DOC including a rosso, sweet wine Muscat and a straw wine.[3]

  • Chambave rouge - Must contain a minimum of 60% Petit Rouge with Dolcetto, Gamay and Pinot noir making up the rest of the blend. Beyond the Vallée d'Aoste DOC requirement, grapes destined for Chambave rouge must be harvested to a more limited maximum yield of 10 tonnes/ha and be fermented to a minimum 11% alcohol with the six months of aging taking place in wood (usually oak) barrels.
  • Muscat de Chambave - Sweet white made from the Muscat de Chambave grape. Harvested to a maximum yield of 10 tonnes/ha and fermented to a minimum alcohol level of 11% with three months aging in wood.
  • Muscat de Chambave flétri - Straw wine produced from Muscat de Chambave grapes that have been left to dry into raisins and then fermented to a minimum alcohol level of 16.5% with two years of aging in wood.

Twin towns – sister cities

Chambave is twinned with:

References

  1. [1]
    "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. [3]
    P. Saunders Wine Label Language pp. 211-212 Firefly Books 2004 ISBN 1-55297-720-X



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