MOLISE

A potential little gem

A little light info to get us all started on Molise:

Regional Vineyard:

Total Vineyard Size

5,177 hectares is the total regional vineyard size including Quality wines, Table wines & Table grapes

Dedicated to Quality

1,208 hectares are dedicated to producing grapes for Quality wines.

Notable Cru/Zones:

Biferno

Osco

Pentro d’Isernia

Rotae

Tintilia del Molise

Wine Style/Quality:

% RED

73.9%

% WHITE

26.1%

% DOP / IGP

The most recent figures from 2013 show an estimated 58.9% of wines from Molise are produced according to EU DOP Quality standards. The region produces 4 DOP / DOC wines. Of the remaining wines produced, there are 2 IGP wines with the balance produced as Table wine, which accounts for 41.1% of regional output.

MOLISE – NATIVE GRAPES

This region has one noteworthy native wine grape. And we look forward to discovering it soon.

NATIVE REDS

Tintilia

NATIVE WHITES

:-(

As of yet, Molise have no white native grapes in production, at least that we know of.

OUR STATSOURCES

  • ISTAT – Italy’s Istituto Nazionale delle Statistiche (Census 2010 / Vineyard Production Figures 2013)
  • AIS – The Association of Italian Sommeliers
  • ‘I Numeri del Vino’ – Marco Baccaglio’s top Italian blog – articles & lots of numbers :)
  • Wine Grapes – Robinson, Harding & Vouillamoz – lots of great grape stuff – BUY IT !
  • Native Wine Grapes of Italy – Ian D’Agata – extensive – Highly recommend its purchase !
  • Lavinium – Italian wine, food & culture. Brilliant. Only in Italian. Great reason to learn Italian!! www.lavinium.com

Vintage Information

All data is intended to be for indicative purposes only due to the variability from vintage to vintage. But we do try to keep ourselves ‘reasonably’ updated :)

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