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Pornassio o Ormeasco di Pornassio DOC

LiguriaImperia (province)
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Shaded: the delimited Pornassio o Ormeasco di Pornassio production zone within Liguria.

DOC since
2003
Communes
11
Wines
4
Grapes
1

The wines 4

Pornassio o Ormeasco di Pornassio
Superiore
Passito
Sciac-trà (rosato)
Production zone11 communes · Imperia

Entirely within the zone 11

Aquila d'ArrosciaArmoBorghetto d'ArrosciaMontegrosso Pian LatteRanzoRezzoPieve di TecoVessalicoMendaticaCosio d'ArrosciaPornassio

Art. 3: the whole territory of 8 comuni + the Tyrrhenian side of Mendatica, Cosio d'Arroscia and Pornassio, in the upper Arroscia valley (province of Imperia). Geometry = comune-union of the 11 comuni (openpolis WGS84, 25.371 ha).

GrapesOrmeasco
  • OrmeascoOrmeasco is the Ligurian name for Dolcetto; the base of this Arroscia-valley red.

Art. 2: Pornassio / Ormeasco di Pornassio is made from Ormeasco (the Ligurian Dolcetto). Styles include the red, Superiore, Passito and the pale 'Sciac-trà' rosato. An upper Arroscia-valley DOC (province of Imperia).

Viticulture

Art. 4: yields/altitude per typology; steep terraced coastal viticulture; not transcribed as scalar.

Legalsince 2003 · Camera di Commercio I.A.A. di Imperia
DOC since2003
DOC decreeDM 16.09.2003
Current decreeDM 27.07.2004
Control bodyCamera di Commercio I.A.A. di Imperia (CCIAA di Imperia)
ModificationsDOC DM 16.09.2003 (Ormeasco previously a Riviera Ligure di Ponente sottozona)mod. DM 27.07.2004

Producers 6

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