Vernaccia di San Gimignano

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Vernaccia di San Gimignano is an Italian white wine from the municipality of San Gimignano in the province of Siena , Tuscany . Since March 3, 1966, the wine was the first Italian wine to receive the status of a “protected designation of origin” ( Denominazione di origine controllata - DOC). On July 9, 1993, the Vernaccia di San Gimignano was granted the status of a “protected and guaranteed designation of origin” ( Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita - DOCG), which was last updated on March 7, 2014.

Cultivation

The cultivation of the grapes and the vinification of the wine must take place in the municipality of San Gimignano.

In 2016, 41,285 hectoliters of DOCG wine were produced from 650 hectares of vineyards.

generation

The wine is made from the Vernaccia di San Gimignano grape variety. A maximum of 15% other white grape varieties approved for cultivation in the Tuscany region may be added. The following grape varieties are not allowed: Traminer , Weißer Muskateller , Müller-Thurgau , Malvasia di Candia , Malvasia Istriana , Incrocio Bruni 54. Sauvignon blanc and / or Riesling may be contained individually or together to a maximum of 10%.

For the “Riserva” label, the wine must have matured for at least 11 months after January 1st of the year following the harvest. The wine should mature in the bottle for at least three months before it is sold. Furthermore, a “Riserva” must contain at least 12.5% ​​alcohol by volume.

description

According to the denomination (excerpt):

  • Color: straw yellow - tends to have golden reflections with increasing maturity
  • Smell: pleasant, fine with initially fruity notes; with increasing maturity, mineral notes can develop
  • Taste: dry, harmonious, tasty, sometimes with a characteristic almond aftertaste
  • Alcohol content: at least 11.5 % by volume ; for "Riserva" at least 12.5% ​​by volume
  • Acidity : at least 4.5 g / l
  • Dry extract : at least 16.0 g / l
  • Residual sugar : maximum 4.0 g / l

literature

  • Valeria Camaschella (Ed.): Lexicon of Italian Wines - All DOCG & DOC wines . Hallwag, Gräfe and Unzer, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-7742-0756-9 , p. 164 .
  • 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 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Disciplinare di Produzione della Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita (production regulations and description DOCG). (PDF) In: ismeamercati.it. November 27, 2017, accessed August 9, 2018 (Italian).
  2. ↑ Viticulture in figures 2017. (PDF) In: VQPRD d'Italia 2017. federdoc.com, accessed on June 12, 2018 (Italian).