Falerno del Massico

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Caserta Province

Called Falerno del Massico are Italian white and red wines from the province of Caserta , region Campania , markets. The wines have enjoyed the status of a Denominazione di origine controllata (DOC for short) since January 3, 1989 , which was last updated on March 7, 2014.

Cultivation

Approved vineyards are spread over the communities of Sessa Aurunca , Cellole , Mondragone , Falciano del Massico and Carinola around the eponymous 812 meter high Monte Massico. This area in the north-west of Campania is about 40 km north-west of Naples and was already known in ancient times for the famous Falerner .

generation

The following types of wine are created:

  • at least 85% of the Falerno del Massico Bianco must be made from the Falanghina grape variety . A maximum of 15% of other grape varieties approved for cultivation in the Campania region may be added.
  • the Falerno del Massico Rosso (also called "Riserva") must be made from at least 60% Aglianico grapes and a maximum of 40% Piedirosso . A maximum of 15% of other grape varieties approved for cultivation in the Campania region may be added.
  • the Falerno del Massico Primitivo (also called "Riserva" or "Vecchio") must be made from at least 85% of the Primitivo grape variety . A maximum of 15% Aglianico , Piedirosso and / or Barbera may be added - individually or together.

If the two red wines have been stored for at least two years, at least one of them in wooden barrels, they can bear the designation "Riserva" (in Primitivo "Riserva" or "Vecchio").

description

According to the denomination:

Falerno del Massico Bianco

  • Color: straw yellow with greenish reflections
  • Smell: vinous, pleasant
  • Taste: dry, tasty
  • Alcohol content: at least 12.0  % by volume
  • Acidity : at least 5.0 g / l
  • Dry extract: at least 15.0 g / l

Falerno del Massico Rosso

(and Falerno del Massico Rosso "Riserva")

  • Color: intense ruby ​​red, more garnet red with increasing ripeness
  • Smell: characteristic and intense aroma
  • Taste: dry or semi-dry, warm, full and harmonious, for "Riserva" dry, warm, full and harmonious
  • Alcohol content: at least 12.5  % by volume
  • Acidity : at least 4.5 g / l
  • Dry extract: at least 20.0 g / l

Falerno del Massico Primitivo

(and Falerno del Massico Primitivo "Riserva")

  • Color: intense ruby ​​red, more garnet red with increasing ripeness
  • Smell: characteristic aroma, intense and persistent
  • Taste: dry or semi-dry, warm, full and harmonious, for "Riserva" dry, warm, full and harmonious
  • Alcohol content: at least 13.0  % by volume
  • Acidity : at least 4.5 g / l
  • Dry extract: at least 23.0 g / l

Web links

literature

  • Jancis Robinson : The Oxford Wine Lexicon . Hallwag, Gräfe and Unzer, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-8338-0691-9 .
  • Burton Anderson: Italy's Wines 2004/05 . Hallwag, Gräfe and Unzer, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-7742-6365-5 .
  • Steffen Maus: Italy's wine worlds - wine, vino, wine . Gebrüder Kornmayer, 2013, ISBN 978-3-942051-18-7 , pp. 294 .
  • Valeria Camaschella (Ed.): Lexicon of Italian Wines - All DOCG & DOC wines . Hallwag, Gräfe and Unzer, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-7742-0756-9 , p. 243 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Disciplinare di Produzione (production regulations and description). (PDF) wineacts.it, accessed on July 12, 2020 (Italian, I vini italiani a Dop ea Igp).