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Denominazione di origine controllata is an Italian
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 quality assurance label for food products and especially wines (an appellation
Appellation

An appellation is a geographical indication used to identify where the grapes for a wine were grown. Restrictions other than geographical boundaries, such as what grapes may be grown, maximum grape yields, alcohol level, and other quality factors, may also apply before an appellation name may legally appear on a wine bottle label....
). It is modelled after the French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 AOC
Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée

Appellation d?origine contr?l?e , which translates as "controlled term of origin" is the French certification granted to certain France geographical indications for wines, cheeses, butters, and other agricultural products, all under the auspices of the government bureau Institut National des Appellations d'Origine ....
. It was instituted in 1963 and overhauled in 1992 for compliance with the equivalent EU
European Union

The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 European Union member state, located primarily in Europe. It was established by the Treaty of Maastricht on 1 November 1993 upon the foundations of the pre-existing European Economic Community....
 law on Protected Designation of Origin
Protected designation of origin

Protected Designation of Origin , Protected Geographical Indication and Traditional Speciality Guaranteed are geographical indications, or more precisely regimes within the Protected Geographical Status framework defined in Law of the European Union to protect the names of regional foods....
, which came into effect that year.

There are three levels of labels:



All three require that a food product be produced within the specified region using defined methods and that it satisfies a defined quality standard.

DOCG regions are subterritories of DOC regions that produce outstanding products that may be subject to more stringent production and quality standards than the same products from the surrounding DOC region.

The need for a DOCG identification arose when the DOC denomination was, in the view of many Italian food industries, given too liberally to different products.






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Denominazione di origine controllata is an Italian
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 quality assurance label for food products and especially wines (an appellation
Appellation

An appellation is a geographical indication used to identify where the grapes for a wine were grown. Restrictions other than geographical boundaries, such as what grapes may be grown, maximum grape yields, alcohol level, and other quality factors, may also apply before an appellation name may legally appear on a wine bottle label....
). It is modelled after the French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 AOC
Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée

Appellation d?origine contr?l?e , which translates as "controlled term of origin" is the French certification granted to certain France geographical indications for wines, cheeses, butters, and other agricultural products, all under the auspices of the government bureau Institut National des Appellations d'Origine ....
. It was instituted in 1963 and overhauled in 1992 for compliance with the equivalent EU
European Union

The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 European Union member state, located primarily in Europe. It was established by the Treaty of Maastricht on 1 November 1993 upon the foundations of the pre-existing European Economic Community....
 law on Protected Designation of Origin
Protected designation of origin

Protected Designation of Origin , Protected Geographical Indication and Traditional Speciality Guaranteed are geographical indications, or more precisely regimes within the Protected Geographical Status framework defined in Law of the European Union to protect the names of regional foods....
, which came into effect that year.

There are three levels of labels:

  • DOC — Denominazione di Origine Controllata
  • DOCG — Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita
  • DO — Denominazione di Origine


Docg
All three require that a food product be produced within the specified region using defined methods and that it satisfies a defined quality standard.

DOCG regions are subterritories of DOC regions that produce outstanding products that may be subject to more stringent production and quality standards than the same products from the surrounding DOC region.

The need for a DOCG identification arose when the DOC denomination was, in the view of many Italian food industries, given too liberally to different products. A new, more restrictive identification was then created, as similar as possible to the previous one so that buyers could still recognize it, but qualitatively different.

A notable difference for wines is that DOCG labelled wines are analysed and tasted by government–licensed personnel before being bottled. To prevent later manipulation, DOCG wine bottles then are sealed with a numbered governmental seal across the cap or cork.

Italian legislation additionally regulates the use of the following qualifying terms for wines:

  • classico: is reserved for wines produced in the region where a particular type of wine has been produced "traditionally". For the Chianti
    Chianti

    Chianti [Pronounced kee-ahn-tee] is a famous red wine of Italy, which takes its name from a traditional region of Tuscany where it is produced....
     classico, this "traditional region" is defined by a decree from July 10, 1932.
  • riserva: may be used only for wines that have been aged at least two years longer than normal for a particular type of wine.


Wines labelled DOC or DOCG may only be sold in bottles holding at most 5 liters
Litre

The litre or liter is a unit of volume. There are two official symbols: the Latin letter L in lower and upper case . The lower case L is often written as a cursive l to avoid confusion with the number 1 in antiqua fonts....
.

See also

  • List of Italian DOCG wines
    List of Italian DOCG wines

    A list of the 36 Italy DOCG wines in alphabetical order by region. Note that not all of Italy?s twenty regions produce wines with the DOCG status....
  • List of Italian DOC wines
    List of Italian DOC wines

    List of Italian DOC wines, in alphabetical order by region: the wine-making regions of Italy are equivalent to its twenty Regions of Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige/S?dtirol , however, being subdivided into its two constituent parts....
  • Indicazione geografica tipica
    Indicazione geografica tipica

    Indicazione geografica tipica is the second of four classifications of wine recognized by the government of Italy. Created to recognize the unusually high quality of the class of wines known as Italian wine#Super Tuscans, IGT wines are labeled with the locality of their creation, but do not meet the requirements of the stricter Denominazi...
    , for high-quality wines that do not fit DOC/DOCG regulations.


External links

  • .
  • is a pdf file, published by the Italian Ministry of Agriculture, which lists every DOC and DOCG wine as of February 2006, together with the dates of the decrees by which the appellation was instituted or modified, and the provinces in which the wine is permitted to be produced.
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