Irpinia DOC
Synopsis
History: Elevated from IGT to DOC in 2005
Vineyard Area: 519 ha / 1,282 acres (2021)
Production: 21,100 hl / 234,300 cases (5-year average)
Principal White Grape Varieties:
Principal Red Grape Varieties:
Styles and Wine Composition
WHITE WINES
- Bianco (Wh): Minimum 50% Fiano and/or Greco + OANWG
- Aglianico bianco (Wh, Ro): Minimum 85% Aglianico (vinified as a white wine) + OARG
- Coda di Volpe (Wh): Minimum 85% Coda di Volpe + OAWG
- Falanghina (Wh): Minimum 85% Falanghina + OAWG
- Fiano (Wh): Minimum 85% Fiano + OAWG
- Greco (Wh): Minimum 85% Greco + OAWG
ROSATO WINES
- Rosato (Ro): Minimum 50% Aglianico + OANRG
RED WINES
- Rosso (Rd): Minimum 50% Aglianico + OANRG
- Aglianico (Rd): Minimum 85% Aglianico + OARG
- Piedirosso (Rd): Minimum 85% Piedirosso + OARG
- Sciascinoso (Rd): Minimum 85% Sciascinoso + OARG
- Novello (Rosso)
SPARKLING WINES
- Bianco Spumante (WhSp, WhSpSw): Minimum 50% Fiano and/or Greco + OANWG
- Falanghina Spumante (WhSp, WhSpSw): Minimum 85% Falanghina + OAWG
- Fiano Spumante (WhSp, WhSpSw): Minimum 85% Fiano + OAWG
- Greco Spumante (WhSp, WhSpSw): Minimum 85% Greco + OAWG
- Rosato Spumante (RoSp, RoSpSw): Minimum 50% Aglianico + OANRG
- Rosso Spumante (RdSp, RdSpSw): Minimum 50% Aglianico + OANRG
- Aglianico Spumante (WhSp, WhSpSw, RoSp, RoSpSw, RdSp, RdSpSw): Minimum 50% Aglianico + OANRG
DESSERT AND SPECIALTY WINES
- Falanghina Passito (WhSw): Minimum 85% Falanghina + OANWG
- Fiano Passito (WhSw): Minimum 85% Fiano + OANWG
- Greco Passito (WhSw): Minimum 85% Greco + OANWG
- Aglianico Passito (RdSw): Minimum 85% Aglianico + OANRG
- Aglianico Liquoroso (RdFo, RdFoSw): Minimum 85% Aglianico + OANRG
Subzones and Other Geographic Terms
- Campi Taurasini (Aglianico only)
Significant Production Rules
- Maximum vineyard elevation: 600 m (1,970 ft), with some exceptions
- For Passito, grapes must be dried on or off the vine to achieve a minimum potential alcohol of 15.5%
- Wines may undergo second fermentation either in bottles or in autoclaves
- Minimum alcohol level: 10.5% for Bianco; 11.0% for white varietals, Rosato, Rosso, Novello, and sparkling wines; 11.5% for red varietals; 12.0% for Campi Taurasini; 12.0% for Passito (15.0% potential for Aglianico, 15.5% potential for others); 15.0% for Liquoroso (16.0% potential)
- Residual sugar: Sparkling wines can range from dosaggio zero (zero dosage) to dolce
- Aging: For Passito, minimum approx. 5–7 months (ERD = June 1, V+1); for Campi Taurasini, minimum approx. 1 year (ERD = September 1, V+1); for Liquoroso, minimum approx. 10 months (ERD = October 1, V+1); for Spumante Metodo Classico, minimum 18 months, not necessarily on the lees all that time (ERD = April 1, V+2)
Last Disciplinare Modification:
11/15/2021