DOCG facts for kids

DOCG is the short version of Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita, a warranty mark used in Italy, about the wines, for to help who buy wines against fake wines or frauds. This warranty mark shows the exact point where the wine was made. A wine before to be able to use the DOCG mark must pass many tests and have some qualities. Often these qualities are for example the little place where we can find the kind of wine, for example just a big hills of just a region in Italy.

List of Italians wine with DOCG

Abruzzo

• Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Colline Teramane (riserva version) (Province of Teramo)

Basilicata

• Aglianico del Vulture (superiore version) (Province of Potenza)

Campania

• Fiano di Avellino (red and white), (Province of Avellino)
• Greco di Tufo (white), (Province of Avellino)
• Taurasi (red and white), (Province of Avellino)

Emilia-Romagna

• Albana di Romagna (white)

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

• Ramandolo (white) (Province of Udine)
• Colli Orientali del Friuli Picolit (Passito) (Province of Udine)

Lazio

• Cesanese del Piglio (o Piglio)

Lombardy

• Franciacorta (Spumante, Spumante rosé, Satèn) (Province of Brescia)

• Valtellina Superiore

• Oltrepò Pavese metodo classico (since 2007)

• Valtellina Sfursat, (red)

Marche

• Conero (red Riserva) Province of Ancona
• Verdicchio Riserva (White)
• Vernaccia di Serrapetrona Province of Macerata

Piedmont

• Asti (Province of Asti, Province of Cuneo and Province of Alessandria)
• Barbaresco (Province of Cuneo)
• Barolo (Province of Cuneo)
• Brachetto d'Acqui o Acqui (Province of Alessandria and Province of Asti)
• Gattinara (red normale and Riserva)(Province of Vercelli)
• Gavi o Cortese di Gavi (white Frizzante, Spumante and Tranquillo)Province of Alessandria
• Ghemme (red normale e Riserva) (Province of Novara)
• Roero (white Roero Arneis and Roero Arneis Spumante, red normale and Superiore) (Province of Cuneo)
• Dolcetto di Dogliani Superiore or Dogliani Province of Cuneo
• Barbera del Monferrato Superiore (since 2008)
• Barbera d'Asti (since 2008)
• Dolcetto di Ovada Superiore (o Ovada) (since 2008)

Sardinia

• Vermentino di Gallura (white normale and Superiore) (Province of Nuoro and Province of Sassari

Sicily

• Cerasuolo di Vittoria (red normale and Classico) (Province of Caltanissetta, Province of Catania and Province of Ragusa)

Tuscany

• Brunello di Montalcino (red normale and Riserva) (Province of Siena)
• Carmignano (Rosso nelle tipologie normale e Riserva) prodotto nelle province di Firenze e Prato
• Chianti (red) (Province of Arezzo), (Province of Florence), (Province of Pisa), (Province of Pistoia), (ProvincePrato) and (province of Siena)
  • Colli Aretini (Province of Arezzo)
  • Colli Senesi (Province of Siena)
  • Colli Fiorentini (Province of Florence)
  • Colline Pisane (Province of Pisa)
  • Montalbano (Province of Florence and Province of Pistoia and Province of prato)
  • Montespertoli (Province of Florence)
  • Rùfina (Province of Florence)
  • Superiore (Province of Florence)
• Chianti Classico (Province of Florence and Province of Siena)
• Vernaccia di San Gimignano (white normale and Riserva) (province of Siena)
• Vino Nobile di Montepulciano (red normale and Riserva) (province of Siena)
• Morellino di Scansano (Province of Grosseto)
• Elba Aleatico Passito (Elba Island, Province of Livorno)

Umbria

• Montefalco Sagrantino (red Secco andPassito) (Province of Perugia)
• Torgiano Rosso Riserva (red riserva only)) (Province of Perugia)

Veneto

• Bardolino Superiore (red) (Province of Verona)
• Recioto di Soave (white normale, Classico and Spumante) (Province of Verona)
• Soave Superiore (whitenormale, Classico and Riserva) (Province of Verona)
• Recioto di Gambellara (since 2008)
• Prosecco Superiore di Conegliano-Valdobbiadene

Related pages

• Wine
• Italy
• Tuscany

Images for kids

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  Labels of the Italian wine Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 2004 from the Pegrandi vineyard produced by Vaona. The label indicates that this is a DOC class wine from the Classico region of Valpolicella.

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  A paper strip denoting DOCG on a bottle of 2012 Barbera d'Asti