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Pantelleria DOC

SiciliaTrapani (province)
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Shaded: the delimited Pantelleria production zone within Sicilia.

DOC since
1971
Communes
1
Wines
6
Grapes
1

The wines 6

Moscato
Passito
Pantelleria-Moscato Spumante
Pantelleria-Moscato Dorato
Pantelleria-Moscato Liquoroso
Bianco (anche Frizzante)
Production zone1 commune · Trapani

Entirely within the zone 1

Pantelleria

Art. 3: the entire territory of the island of Pantelleria, province of Trapani. Geometry = whole Pantelleria comune (openpolis WGS84, 8.504 ha) — a single-island DOC.

GrapesZibibbo
  • ZibibboThe wines are made exclusively from Zibibbo (Muscat of Alexandria); a small share of other whites allowed only for the Bianco/Frizzante.

Art. 2: the Pantelleria wines are made exclusively from Zibibbo (Moscato di Alessandria). Only the Bianco (anche Frizzante) may add a share of other white grapes. Famed for Passito di Pantelleria and Moscato di Pantelleria from the island's bush-trained (alberello pantesco) vines.

Viticulture

Art. 4: Zibibbo grown as alberello pantesco (bush vines in hollows against the wind); yields per typology not transcribed as scalar.

Legalsince 1971 · Istituto Regionale del Vino e dell'Olio della Sicilia
DOC since1971
DOC decreeDPR 11.08.1971
Current decreeDM 27.09.2000
Control bodyIstituto Regionale del Vino e dell'Olio della Sicilia (IRVOS)
ModificationsDOC DPR 11.08.1971mod. DM 11.08.1992mod. DM 27.09.2000

Producers 9

What to eat with it 1

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