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

Regional Vineyard:

Total Vineyard Size:

10,388 hectares | total regional vineyard including quality wines, table wines & table grapes

Dedicated to Quality

9.478 hectares | dedicated to producing grapes for Quality wines only.

Notable Cru/Zones:

Beseno

Isera

Lago di Caldaro

Mezzacorona

Mezzolombardo

Rotaliano

Sorni

Terradeiforti

Trento

Valdadige (Etschtaler)

Ziresi

Wine Style/Quality:

% Red

40%

% White

60%

% DOP / IGP

From 2013 figures it’s estimated 70% of wines produced in Trentino are according to EU DOP/PDO Quality standards. The region produces *8 DOP / DOC wines, three of which are interregional, two with Alto Adige and one with Veneto. There are 2 IGP classified wines accounting for approx 30% output.

TRENTINO – NATIVE GRAPES

As always, a number of the regions native grape varieties are used for blending purposes. That said, we’ve listed those grapes which we understand are available as mono-varietals or which are important blenders. Naturally, as we make our own discovery, we’ll update these lists.

NATIVE REDS

Hit List

Casetta

Enantio

Groppello del Revo

Marzemino

Moscato Rosa del Trentino

Negrar Trentina

Pavana

ROSSARA TRENTINA

REBO

TEROLDEGO

NATIVE WHITES

Hit List

LAGREIN BIANCO

MOSCATO GIALLO

NOSIOLA

PAOLINA

OUR STATSOURCES

ISTAT – Italy’s Istituto Nazionale delle Statistiche (Census 2010 / Vineyard Production Figures 2013)
AIS – The Association of Italian Sommeliers – www.aisitalia.it
‘I Numeri del Vino’ – Marco Baccaglio’s top Italian wine blog. Amazing 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 :)