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Valle d'Aosta o Vallée d'Aoste DOC

Valle d'AostaAosta (province)
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Shaded: the delimited Valle d'Aosta o Vallée d'Aoste production zone within Valle d'Aosta.

DOC since
1985
Wines
12
Grapes
3

The wines 12

Valle d'Aosta Rosso/Rouge
Bianco/Blanc
Rosato/Rosé
+ many varietal wines (Petit Rouge, Fumin, Cornalin, Petite Arvine, Chardonnay, Pinot noir, Gamay, etc.)
Sottozona Donnas
Sottozona Arnad-Montjovet
Sottozona Chambave
Sottozona Nus
Sottozona Torrette
Sottozona Enfer d'Arvier
Sottozona Blanc de Morgex et de La Salle
Sottozona Morgex
Production zoneAosta

Art. 3: the whole territory of the Aosta Valley region (the single province of Aosta). Geometry = the Aosta (AO) province polygon (data/geo/provinces.geojson, WGS84, 326014 ha); the named sottozone (Donnas, Chambave, Torrette, Blanc de Morgex et de La Salle, etc.) are geographic subsets within it.

GrapesPetit Rouge · Prié Blanc · Nebbiolo
  • Petit RougeThe key native red, base of the Torrette and Enfer d'Arvier sottozone.
  • Prié BlancThe high-altitude native white of Blanc de Morgex et de La Salle — Europe's highest vineyards.
  • NebbioloBase of the Donnas and Arnad-Montjovet sottozone (as Picotener).

Art. 1-2: the single regional DOC of the Aosta Valley is an umbrella covering region-wide varietal wines (Müller Thurgau, Gamay, Pinot noir/gris/blanc, Chardonnay, Petite Arvine, Fumin, Cornalin, Mayolet, Vuillermin, Premetta, Petit Rouge, Nebbiolo/Picotener, Moscato, etc.) plus named geographic sottozone: Donnas and Arnad-Montjovet (Nebbiolo/Picotener), Chambave (Moscato + red), Nus (Malvoisie/red), Torrette (Petit Rouge), Enfer d'Arvier (Petit Rouge), Blanc de Morgex et de La Salle / Morgex (Prié Blanc — among the highest vineyards in Europe).

Viticulture

Art. 4: steep Alpine terraced viticulture — the Blanc de Morgex et de La Salle vineyards (~900-1200 m, ungrafted Prié Blanc) are among the highest in Europe. Yields per typology not transcribed as scalar.

Legalsince 1985 · Valoritalia s.r.l.
DOC since1985
DOC decreeDPR 30.07.1985
Current decreeDM (Mipaaf)
Gazzetta UfficialeG.U. 73 - 28.03.1986
Control bodyValoritalia s.r.l.
Modificationspredecessor DOCs DPR 08.02.1971 (Donnas) + DPR 02.06.1972 (Enfer d'Arvier)regional umbrella DOC DPR 30.07.1985 (G.U. 73/1986)

Producers 49

What to eat with it 8