Riviera Ligure di Ponente

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Riviera Ligure di Ponente is a wine-growing region in the northern Italian provinces of Genoa , Imperia and Savona in the Liguria region . Since March 31, 1988, the wines have had the status of a "controlled designation of origin " Denominazione di origine controllata , which was last updated on March 7, 2014.

Growing area

Cultivation is permitted in the municipalities of Cosio d'Arroscia , Mendatica , Pornassio and Triora . In 2016, 14,272 hectoliters of DOC wine were produced from 237 hectares of vineyards .

Manufacturing

The following types of wine are produced:

  • Riviera Ligure di Ponente Granaccia (Alicante) (also called "Superiore" and Passito ): at least 90% Granaccia (Alicante) . A maximum of 10% other analogous grape varieties that are approved for cultivation in the Liguria region may be added.
  • Riviera Ligure di Ponente Moscato (also as Frizzante , Spätlese and Passito): 100% Moscato
  • Riviera Ligure di Ponente Pigato (also called “Superiore” and Passito): at least 95% Pigato . A maximum of 5% other analogue grape varieties that are approved for cultivation in the Liguria region may be added.
  • Riviera Ligure di Ponente Rossese (also called Passito): at least 90% Rossese . A maximum of 10% other analogous grape varieties that are approved for cultivation in the Liguria region may be added.
  • Riviera Ligure di Ponente Vermentino : (also called "Superiore" and Passito): 95% Vermentino . A maximum of 5% other analogue grape varieties that are approved for cultivation in the Liguria region may be added.

literature

  • Jancis Robinson : The Oxford Wine Lexicon . 3rd revised edition, 1st edition. Gräfe and Unzer Verlag, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-8338-0691-9 .
  • Burton Anderson: Italy's Wines 2004/05 . Hallwag, Gräfe and Unzer, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-7742-6365-5 .
  • Jacques Orhon: Le nouveau guide des vins d'Italie . Les editions de l'homme, Montreal 2007, ISBN 978-2-7619-2437-5 .
  • Valeria Camaschella (Ed.): Lexicon of Italian Wines - All DOCG & DOC wines . Hallwag, Gräfe and Unzer, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-7742-0756-9 , p. 134 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Disciplinare di Produzione (production regulations and description). (PDF) wineacts.it, accessed on July 16, 2020 (Italian, I vini italiani a Dop ea Igp).
  2. ↑ Viticulture in figures 2017. (PDF) In: VQPRD d'Italia 2017. federdoc.com, accessed on June 21, 2018 (Italian).