Sannio DOC
Synopsis
History: Established as a DOC in 1997
Vineyard Area: 1,243 ha / 3,070 acres (2021)
Production: 50,000 hl / 553,900 cases (5-year average)
Principal White Grape Varieties:
Principal Red Grape Varieties:
Styles and Wine Composition
WHITE WINES
- Bianco (Wh, WhFr, WhSw, WhFrSw): Minimum 50% Malvasia Bianca di Candia and/or Trebbiano Toscano + OAWG
- Coda di Volpe (Wh): Minimum 85% Coda di Volpe + OAWG
- Fiano (Wh): Minimum 85% Fiano + OAWG
- Greco (Wh): Minimum 85% Greco + OAWG
- Moscato (Wh, WhSw): Minimum 85% Moscato + OAWG
ROSATO WINES
- Rosato (Ro, RoFr): Minimum 50% Sangiovese + OARG
- Aglianico-Piedirosso (Ro): 50–60% Aglianico; 40–50% Piedirosso
- Piedirosso-Aglianico (Rd): 50–60% Piedirosso; 40–50% Aglianico
RED WINES
- Rosso (Rd, RdFr, RdSw, RdFrSw): Minimum 50% Sangiovese + OARG
- Aglianico (Rd): Minimum 85% Aglianico + OARG
- Aglianico-Piedirosso (Rd): 50–60% Aglianico; 40–50% Piedirosso
- Barbera (Rd, RdSw): Minimum 85% Barbera + OARG
- Piedirosso (Rd): Minimum 85% Piedirosso + OARG
- Piedirosso-Aglianico (Rd): 50–60% Piedirosso; 40–50% Aglianico
- Sciascinoso (Rd): Minimum 85% Sciascinoso + OARG
- Novello (Rosso, Aglianico)
- Superiore (Rosso)
- Riserva (Rosso, Aglianico)
SPARKLING WINES
- Spumante or Spumante di Qualità (WhSp, RoSp): Minimum 70% Aglianico and/or Falanghina + OAG
- Spumante di Qualità Metodo Classico (WhSp, RoSp): Minimum 70% Aglianico and/or Falanghina + OAG
- Varietal Spumante or Spumante di Qualità (WhSp, RoSp): Can be made by a second fermentation of any of the varietal wines
- Varietal Spumante di Qualità Metodo Classico (WhSp, RoSp): Can be made by a second fermentation in the bottle of any of the varietal wines
DESSERT AND SPECIALTY WINES
- Passito (WhSw or RdSw): Same composition as any of the single-varietal wines
Subzones and Other Geographic Terms
- Guardia Sanframondi (Guardiolo)
- Sant’Agata dei Goti
- Solopaca
- Solopaca Classico (Bianco, Rosso, and Rosso Riserva only)
- Taburno
Significant Production Rules
- Grapes for Passito must be dried on or off the vine to achieve a minimum potential alcohol level of 16.0%
- 60% of grapes for Novello must undergo carbonic maceration
- Spumante di Qualità Metodo Classico (nonvarietal or varietal) must undergo second fermentation in bottles; Spumante and Spumante di Qualità (nonvarietal or varietal) must be fermented in autoclaves (pressurized tanks)
- Minimum alcohol level: 10.5% for Bianco and Moscato; 11.0% for Coda di Volpe, Rosato, Rosso, Aglianico-Piedirosso, Piedirosso, Piedirosso-Aglianico, Sciascinoso, and Rosso Novello; 11.5% for Fiano, Greco, Aglianico, Barbera, Aglianico Novello, and all spumanti; 12.0% for Superiore and Riserva; 16.0% (potential) for Passito
- Residual sugar: Spumante may range from extra brut to extra dry, except Moscato which must be demisec or dolce
- Aging: For Passito, minimum approx. 3–5 months (ERD = June 1, V+1); for Metodo Classico, minimum 12 months on the lees (ERD = November 15, V+1); for Riserva, minimum 2 years (ERD = November 1, V+2)
Last Disciplinare Modification:
11/30/2011