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Nuragus di Cagliari DOC

SardegnaCagliari, Sud Sardegna, Oristano (province)
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Shaded: the delimited Nuragus di Cagliari production zone within Sardegna.

DOC since
1974
Communes
159
Wines
3
Grapes
1

The wines 3

Nuragus di Cagliari
Frizzante
Amabile
Production zone159 communes · Cagliari, Sud Sardegna, Oristano

Art. 3: a large southern-Sardinia zone (the historic Cagliari-area varietal DOCs share this envelope), listing whole comuni across the former provinces of Cagliari, Carbonia-Iglesias/Medio Campidano (now Sud Sardegna) and Oristano. Geometry = comune-union of the enumerated comuni (openpolis WGS84), the southern portion of the island. (~159 comuni, 808.886 ha).

GrapesNuragus
  • NuragusAt least 85% Nuragus, one of Sardinia's most ancient and widely-planted white grapes.

Art. 2: Nuragus di Cagliari is built on Nuragus (≥85%). A fresh, high-yielding southern white; base and frizzante styles.

Viticulture

Art. 4: yields/altitude per typology; not transcribed as scalar.

Legalsince 1974 · Valoritalia s.r.l.
DOC since1974
DOC decreeDPR 28.11.1974
Current decreeDPR 06.02.1979
Control bodyValoritalia s.r.l.
ModificationsDOC DPR 28.11.1974mod. DPR 06.02.1979

Producers 6

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