Riviera Ligure di Ponente DOC

WHITE WINES

• Moscato or, in the subzone Taggia only, Moscatello (Wh, WhFrSw): 100% Moscato Bianco
• Pigato (Wh): Minimum 95% Pigato + OANWG
• Vermentino (Wh): Minimum 95% Vermentino + OANWG
• Superiore (Pigato, Vermentino)

RED WINES

• Granaccia (Rd): Minimum 90% Alicante (locally Granaccia) + OANRG
• Rossese (Rd): Minimum 90% Rossese + OANRG
• Superiore (Granaccia)

DESSERT AND SPECIALTY WINES

• Vendemmia Tardiva (WhSw): 100% Moscato Bianco
• Varietal Passito (WhSw or RdSw): Same as Moscato, Pigato, Vermentino, Granaccia, or Rossese
• Passito Liquoroso (WhFoSw): Not specified in disciplinare; presumably the same as any of the varietal passitos

• Albenganese (Pigato, Vermentino, and Rossese only)
• Finalese (Pigato, Vermentino, and Rossese only)
• Quiliano (Granaccia only)
• Riviera dei Fiori (Pigato, Vermentino, and Rossese only)
• Taggia (Moscatello, Vendemmia Tardiva, and Passito only)

• Grapes for Passito must be dried on or off the vine to achieve a minimum sugar level of 260 g/l (26.0%)
• Minimum alcohol level (non-subzone): 5.0% for Moscato frizzante (10.5% potential); 10.5% for Moscato tranquillo; 11.0% for Pigato, Vermentino, Granaccia, and Rossese; 11.5% for Vendemmia Tardiva (14.5% potential); 12.5% for Passito (16.5% potential); 13.0% for Superiore
• Minimum alcohol level (subzones): 11.0% for Taggia Moscatello; 11.5% for Albenganese, Finalese, and Riviera dei Fiori varietals; 11.5% for Taggia Vendemmia Tardiva (14.5% potential); 12.0% for Quiliano Granaccia
• Aging: For Passito, minimum approx. 8–10 months (ERD = November 1, V+1); for Passito Liquoroso, minimum 12 months (ERD = January 1, V+2)