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Centesimino (aka Savignon Rosso) is a little-known red wine variety from Emilia-Romagna, Italy. It is used by just a handful of producers in the coastal Ravenna province, and is known to few outside Emilia-Romagna. Although also sanctioned for use under the Emilia, Forli and Rubicone IGTs, almost all Centesimino wines are sold as Ravenna IGT. The Centesimino variety is thought to have been brought back to life in the 1960s, from just a single vineyard. The man responsible for the grape's salvation was Pietro Pianori, a keen gardener from Oriolo dei Fichi, a hamlet in the Colli di Faenza hills. All existing Centesimino vines are descended from the cuttings Pianori took during that time. These particular vines, of a then-undocumented variety, had remained safe from phylloxera in Pianori's walled garden.  

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