The French would never do this. Only the Italians. Not that it matters to that many people, but to try and figure out how many Italian wine DOCG’s there really are has become a hobby for me. Yes, I have seen the Wiki DOCG entry, why can't those people even count the wines on their list? 44? Count the wines, people, I counted 47 on the list that they claimed were 44! They didn’t yet list Aglianico del Vulture (1), Elba Aleatico Passito (1) and Amarone della Valpolicella” and “Recioto della Valpolicella” (2). That would make 51! So what slipped in?They have included a separate a listing for Dolcetto di Diano d'Alba and according to Sourcews Italia it is now also a DOCG.
Someone get in touch with those Wiki people and illuminate them, please!
The updated list after the break.
Complete Listing of Italian DOCG Wines (as of April 2010) : 51
Abruzzo (1)
Montepulciano d'Abruzzo "Colline Teramane"
Basilicata (1)
Aglianico del Vulture Superiore (new)Campania (3)
Fiano di Avellino
Greco di Tufo
Taurasi
Emilia Romagna (1)
Albana di Romagna
Friuli-Venezia Giulia (2)
Colli Orientali del Friuli Picolit
Ramandolo
Lazio (1)
Cesanese del Piglio
Lombardia (5)
Franciacorta
Oltrepo Pavese
Sforzato della Valtellina
Valtellina Superiore
Moscato di Scanzo (new)Marche (4)
Conero
Vernaccia di Serrapetrona
Verdicchio di Matelica (new)Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico (new)Piemonte (13)
Asti spumante - Moscato d'Asti
Barbaresco
Barbera d'Asti
Barbera del Monferrato Superiore
Barolo (Chinato, as well, falls under this DOCG)
Brachetto D'Acqui o Acqui
Dolcetto di Dogliani Superiore o Dogliani
Dolcetto di Ovada Superiore
Gattinara
Gavi o Cortese di Gavi
Ghemme
Roero (Rosso & Bianco)
Dolcetto di Diano d'Alba (new)Sardegna (1)
Vermentino di Gallura
Sicilia (1)
Cerasuolo di Vittoria
Toscana (8)
Brunello di Montalcino
Carmignano
Chianti
Chianti Classico
Elba Aleatico Passito (new)Morellino di Scansano
Vernaccia di S.Gimignano
Vino Nobile di Montepulciano
Umbria (2)
Montefalco Sagrantino
Torgiano Rosso Riserva
Veneto (8)
Bardolino Superiore
Recioto di Gambellara
Recioto di Soave
Soave Superiore
Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore (new) Asolo Prosecco Superiore (new)Amarone della Valpolicella and Recioto della Valpolicella (2)
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i need to get my diploma right away!!!otherwise i will get lost just by trying to keep track of the DOCG...When i graduated in 98 they only had 8!!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the info....hope all is well
Fabien
Alfonso:
ReplyDeleteYou are on top of this as always!
Part of the problem is the technicality of the definition. Just as you put Moscato d'Asti and Asti Spumante as one, so Prosecco Conegliano Valdobbiadene and Prosecco Colli Asolani are being counted as one by some authorities.
So who's right? Or rather, is anyone wrong?
Tom:
ReplyDeleteWhich authorities are counting Prosecco Conegliano Valdobbiadene and Prosecco Colli Asolani as one? In all my research, they are separate. But then again, those two areas speak different dialects, languages even. But if you do find a citing, do let me know and I will reference it here.
It's not as much a matter of who's right and wrong. Rather, what is accurate?
Thanks
Yes, accuracy is important. You are sharp enough to list the DOCG for Prosecco Conegliano Valdobbiadene as Superiore (also for Colli Asolani as well). This was done to empahasize this area as the original home of Prosecco, as that name had spread to other zones in Italy (Friuli) as well.
ReplyDeleteas a person who believes in ample opportunity for all, i dream of the day when EVERY italian wine will be a DOCG. i may live to see it happen at the rate they're going now.
ReplyDeleteall it takes is a dream, some chutzpah, some persistence and a potful of gold.
Where do you get your info? In my Associazione Sommelier class they told us to consult http://www.lavinium.com/ for the most up to date list, but they say 48. People that in June will be giving us an exam also said they hadn't heard that Amarone or Elba Aleatico had become a DOCG (WTF?!), and they recommend this site to us so....
ReplyDeletewell those people are misinformed or mentally lazy or just dont know how to find the information, on their own sites!
ReplyDeletemore info here'
Elba aleatico (on the Italian sommelier site, no less!)
Amarone (From Luca Zaia, is that enough of an authority for them?)
can you make the "new" ones flash with little stars? that would be SO cool...
ReplyDeleteWe at On the wine Trail in Italy isten to our readers. You want flashing stars? You got 'em!
ReplyDeleteI think that Prosecco DOCG should get five flashing stars, actually. And come to think of it, I think that you and I should organize a festival to celebrate it's newly achieved station and wholeheartedly deserved status...
ReplyDeletefive stars please... thank you...
Do you want to tell the starry?
ReplyDeleteI think you might have missed Loazzolo in Piemonte, the smallest DOC Italy!
ReplyDeleteCasa Dolcetto:
ReplyDeleteThis is a DOCG post, not DOC.
Everytime I would read wine blogs and get confused about the up and coming DOCGs in Italy, my wine teacher would refer me to what he considers to be the end-all be-all of DOCG status in Italy:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.vinoinrete.it/sommelier/docg.htm
Thank you for this post!
That's a pretty good map - thanks Valerie! More coming, btw
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