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Rossese di Dolceacqua o Dolceacqua DOC

LiguriaImperia (province)
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Shaded: the delimited Rossese di Dolceacqua o Dolceacqua production zone within Liguria.

DOC since
1972
Communes
12
Wines
2
Grapes
1

The wines 2

Rossese di Dolceacqua o Dolceacqua
Superiore
Production zone12 communes · Imperia

Entirely within the zone 12

DolceacquaApricaleBajardoCamporossoCastel VittorioIsolabonaPerinaldoPignaRocchetta NervinaSan Biagio della CimaSoldanoVallecrosia (fraz. Vallecrosia Alta)

Art. 3: the whole territory of 11 comuni + the Vallecrosia Alta frazione of Vallecrosia, in the province of Imperia (Val Nervia/Val Verbone). Geometry = comune-union of the 12 comuni (openpolis WGS84, 22.159 ha).

GrapesRossese
  • RosseseThe native red of the far-western Ligurian valleys — Liguria's most celebrated red.

Art. 2: Rossese di Dolceacqua / Dolceacqua is made from Rossese. The signature red of the Val Nervia and Val Verbone in the far west of Liguria (province of Imperia), near the French border; a Superiore exists.

Viticulture

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

Legalsince 1972 · Camera di Commercio I.A.A. di Imperia
DOC since1972
DOC decreeDPR 28.01.1972
Current decreeDM 02.02.2011
Control bodyCamera di Commercio I.A.A. di Imperia (CCIAA di Imperia)
ModificationsDOC DPR 28.01.1972mod. DM 02.02.2011

Producers 18

What to eat with it 1

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