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A little light info to get us all started on Valle D’Aosta:

Regional Vineyard:

Total Vineyard

462 hectares covers the total regional vineyard including quality wines, table wines & table grapes

Dedicated to Quality

Of the total vineyard, 300 hectares are dedicated to producing grapes for Quality wines.

Notable Cru/Zones:

Arvier

Chambave

Donnas

La Salle

Montjovet

Morgex

Nus

Torrette

Wine Style/Quality:

% RED

85%

% WHITE

15%

% DOP / IGP

Based on 2013 figures, an estimated 65% of wines produced in Valle D’Aosta are according to EU DOP Quality standards. The region produces just one *1 DOP / DOC wine. There are no IGP classified wines, so Table wines account for the remaining 35% of regional output.

VALLE D’AOSTA – NATIVE GRAPES

As always, a number of the regions native grape varieties are used only 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

BONDA

CORNALIN

CROVASSA

FUMIN

MAYOLET

NERET DI SAINT VINCENT

PETIT ROUGE

PRIMETTA

ROUSSIN

VIEN DE NUS

VUILLERMIN

NATIVE WHITES

PRIE’ BLANC

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 :)