Piemonte (wine)

Location of the Piedmont region in Italy

The Piedmont region and its provinces

Piemonte is a collective term for all quality wines with a "controlled designation of origin " ( Denominazione di origine controllata - DOC) that are produced in the Italian wine-growing region "Piemonte Il Monferrato" and not one of the other defined denominations of Monferrato ( Cortese di Gavi , Barbera del Monferrato Superiore , Colli Tortonesi , Cortese dell'Alto Monferrato , Dolcetto d'Acqui , Gabiano , Grignolino del Monferrato Casalese , Monferrato , Rubino di Cantavenna ,Strevi , Barbera del Monferrato ).

Growing area

The approved viticulture zone is very extensive and includes many municipalities in the provinces of Alessandria , Asti , Cuneo , Turin , Novara , Biella , Verbano-Cusio-Ossola and Vercelli .

generation

The types of wine produced in this area are very diverse:

• White wines :
  • Piemonte Bianco
  • Piemonte ... with additional name of the grape variety ( Cortese , Chardonnay , Moscato and Sauvignon blanc )
  • Piemonte ... with additional mention of two grape varieties in combination (from Cortese, Chardonnay and Sauvignon blanc )
• Sparkling wines :
  • Piemonte spumante
  • Piemonte spumante ... with additional grape variety name ( Pinot bianco, Pinot grigio, Pinot nero, Pinot, Pinot – Chardonnay, Chardonnay – Pinot, Cortese, Chardonnay, Brachetto )
• Sparkling wines :
  • Piemonte frizzante ... with the additional designation rosso, bianco, rosato, Dolcetto, Cortese, Chardonnay, Barbera, Bonarda
• Red wines :
  • Piemonte rosso
  • Piemonte ... with additional name of the grape variety ( Albarossa , Barbera , Dolcetto , Freisa , Grignolino , Brachetto , Bonarda , Cabernet Sauvignon , Merlot , Pinot nero , Syrah )
  • Piemonte ... with additional mention of two grape varieties in combination (from Barbera, Dolcetto, Freisa, Bonarda, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah, Pinot nero )
• Rosé wine :
  • Piemonte rosato
• Passito wines:
  • Piemonte Moscato passito
  • Piemonte Brachetto passito

In 2017, the amount of wines produced under this denomination was 177,345 hectoliters. (As of 2018).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Disciplinare di Produzione della Denominazione di Origine Controllata (production regulations and description). (PDF) In: ismeamercati.it. November 27, 2017, accessed July 5, 2018 (Italian). 
2. ↑ Viticulture in figures 2018. (PDF) In: VQPRD d'Italia 2018. federdoc.com, accessed on June 4, 2019 (Italian). 

literature

• Valeria Camaschella (Ed.): Lexicon of Italian Wines - All DOCG & DOC wines . Hallwag, Gräfe and Unzer, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-7742-0756-9 , p. 46 .

Web links

• Map and list of quality wines in Piemonte , on federdoc.com