Nice (wine)
Nice is a red wine from the Italian province of Asti in Piedmont . The growing area is located in and around the eponymous municipality of Nizza Monferrato .
The wine has had a "controlled and guaranteed designation of origin " ( Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita - DOCG) since 2019 , approved by the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/953 of May 22, 2019
Cultivation
The approved vineyards spread over the municipalities of Agliano Terme , Belveglio , Calamandrana , Castel Boglione , Castelnuovo Belbo , Castelnuovo Calcea , Castelnuovo Rocchero , Cortiglione , Incisa Scapaccino , Mombaruzzo , Mombercelli , Nizza Monferrato , Vaglio Serra , Vinchio , Bruno , Rocchetta Palafea , Moasca and San Marzano Oliveto .
generation
The red wine may only be made from the Barbera grape variety .
description
According to the denomination (excerpt):
Nice and Nice Riserva
- Color : ruby red, intense, with aging tendency to garnet red
- Smell : intense and characteristic, ethereal
- Taste : dry, full-bodied, harmonious, round
- Alcohol content : at least 13.0 percent by volume
- Total acidity : at least 5.0 g / l
- Dry extract content : at least 26 g / l
Nizza and Nizza Riserva with location name
- Color : ruby red, intense, with aging tendency to garnet red
- Smell : intense and characteristic, ethereal
- Taste : dry, full-bodied, harmonious, round
- Alcohol content : at least 13.5 % vol.
- Total acidity : at least 5.0 g / l
- Dry extract content : at least 28 g / l