Nasco di Cagliari

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Nasco di Cagliari DOC stands for white, mostly sweet wines as well as fortified wines from the Italian island of Sardinia . The area with its dry and above all sweet white wines has enjoyed the status of a "controlled designation of origin " ( Denominazione di origine controllata - DOC) since April 18, 1979 , which was last updated on March 7, 2014. The DOC was created to provide a marketing platform for the Nasco grape variety , which is only grown in Sardinia , as the variety threatened to disappear after the phylloxera disaster.

Cultivation

The zone includes municipalities in the provinces of Cagliari , Carbonia Iglesias , Medio Campidano and Oristano . The vineyards must not be higher than 400  m . The quantities generated are comparatively small.

generation

There are the following types of wine:

  • Nasco di Cagliari
  • Nasco di Cagliari Liquoroso
  • Nasco di Cagliari Liquoroso Riserva

The wines must be made from the Nasco grape variety . A maximum of 5% other analogous grape varieties that are approved for cultivation in the Sardinia region may be added. All wines can be made dry (secco) or sweet (dolce).

When Liquoroso is alcoholic fermentation by the addition of alcohol stopped. The fortified variants Liquoroso and Liquoroso "Riserva" have 17.5 % alcohol by volume . A Liquoroso with two years of maturation, of which at least 1 year in wooden barrels, can be called "Riserva". Good variants are reminiscent of a port wine of the Tawny variant.

description

According to the denomination (excerpt):

Nasco di Cagliari

  • Color: from straw yellow to golden yellow
  • Smell: fine, delicate
  • Taste: pleasant, characteristic, from dry to sweet
  • Alcohol content: at least 13.5 % by volume
  • Acidity : at least 4.0 g / l
  • Dry extract : at least 18.0 g / l

Nasco di Cagliari Liquoroso

  • Color: from straw yellow to golden yellow
  • Smell: intense, ethereal, with hints of ripe fruit
  • Taste: pleasant, from dry to sweet
  • Alcohol content: at least 17.5 % by volume
  • Acidity : at least 3.0 g / l
  • Dry extract : at least 18.0 g / l

Web links

literature

  • Valeria Camaschella (Ed.): Lexicon of Italian Wines - All DOCG & DOC wines . Hallwag, Gräfe and Unzer, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-7742-0756-9 , p. 307 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Provvedimenti generali relativi ai Disciplinari consolidati dei vini DOP e IGP italiani. (PDF) politicheagricole.it (Italian Ministry of Agriculture), November 27, 2017, accessed on June 26, 2018 (Italian, download page with all consolidated specifications of Italian DOP and IGP wines).
  2. ↑ Viticulture in figures 2017. (PDF) In: VQPRD d'Italia 2017. federdoc.com, accessed on June 21, 2018 (Italian).