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Vermentino di Gallura DOCG

SardegnaSassari, Nuoro (Gallura) (province)
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Shaded: the delimited Vermentino di Gallura production zone within Sardegna.

DOCG since
1996
Communes
23
Wines
6
Grapes
1

The wines 6

Vermentino di Gallura
Superiore
Frizzante
Spumante
Passito
Vendemmia tardiva
At consumptionpale straw with greenish or golden tints
Colorpale straw with greenish or golden tints
Aromacitrus, white flowers, Mediterranean scrub, a light bitter-almond note
Tastedry, savoury, with the variety's characteristic bitter-almond finish (Superiore is fuller)

Recorded for the denomination as a whole; the disciplinare does not attribute these to a single typology.

Production zone23 communes · Sassari, Nuoro (Gallura)

Entirely within the zone 23

AggiusAglientuArzachenaBadesiBerchiddaBortigiadasBudoniCalangianusGolfo AranciLoiri Porto San PaoloLuogosantoLurasMontiOlbiaOschiriPalauSant'Antonio di GalluraSan TeodoroSanta Teresa GalluraTeltiTempio PausaniaTrinità d'Agultu e VignolaViddalba

Art. 3: the geographically-defined 'Gallura' — the whole territory of 22 comuni of the former province of Olbia-Tempio (now Sassari/Nuoro) + Viddalba (Sassari). Geometry = comune-union of all 23 whole comuni (openpolis WGS84, 287.511 ha), the granite NE corner of Sardinia.

GrapesVermentino
  • VermentinoAt least 95% Vermentino; up to 5% other non-aromatic white grapes suited to Sardinia.

Art. 2: Vermentino minimo 95% (+ fino al 5% altri vitigni a bacca bianca non aromatici della Sardegna). Sardinia's only DOCG — the Vermentino of the granite hills of Gallura in the north-east.

Viticulture

Art. 4: yields/altitude per typology not transcribed as scalar; the DOCG is on the granite soils of Gallura.

Legalsince 1996 · Camera di Commercio I.A.A. di Sassari
DOCG since1996
DOCG decreeDM 11.09.1996
Current decreeDM 18.11.2010
Gazzetta UfficialeG.U. 285 - 06.12.2010
Control bodyCamera di Commercio I.A.A. di Sassari (CCIAA di Sassari)
ModificationsDOCG DM 11.09.1996 (G.U. 221/1996; promoted from the earlier DOC)mod. DM 30.03.2001mod. DM 18.11.2010

Producers 25

What to eat with it 2

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