Conegliano-Valdobbiadene DOCG or Conegliano Prosecco DOCG or Valdobbiadene Prosecco DOCG | Sparkling white wine made from the Glera (formerly Prosecco grape) grown in the original and hilly Prosecco production zone (detailed below), between the towns of Conegliano and Valdobbiadene (whence the name) in Treviso province in the Veneto region of northern Italy.
The blend: 85-100% Glera and 0-15% Verdiso, Bianchetta Trevigiana, Perera, and Glera Lunga. The wines can be labelled as ‘frizzante’ or ‘spumante’ or ‘spumante Superiore’. See also the tiny but celebrated sub-zone of Cartizze.
Production zone: Hill sites in the following communes: Cison di Valmarino. | Colle Umberto. | Conegliano. | Farra di Soligo. | Follina. | Miane. | Pieve di Soligo. | Refrontolo. | San Pietro di Feletto. | San Vendemiano. | Susegana. | Tarzo. | Valdobbiadene. | Vidor. | Vittorio Veneto.
Viticulture: Minimum vine density of 2,500 vines per hectare. Emergency irrigation is permitted. Maximum base yields are 13.5 tonnes per hectare, reduced to 13 tonnes for wines bearing a site-specific name or ‘Rive‘. 20% extra is allowed in favourable years.
Winemaking: The minimum potential alcohol for the grapes at picking is of 9.5%. This is reduced to 9.0% for Spumante Superiore and Frizzante. Machine picking is permitted except for wines bearing a site-specific name or ‘Rive‘.
Wineries
No certification: Case Bianche. | La Marca Vini e Spumanti Sca. | Le Colture. | Masottina.
Bibliography
Burton Anderson, The Wine Atlas of Italy (Mitchell Beazley, London, 1990).
David Gleave, The Wines of Italy (Salamander Books, London, 1989).
Dr Ian D’Agata, Native Wine Grapes of Italy (University of California Press, 2014).
Nicolas Belfrage MW, Life Beyond Lambrusco (Sidgwick & Jackson, 1985).
Nicolas Belfrage MW, From Barolo to Valpolicella—The Wines of Northern Italy (Faber & Faber, 1999).
Nicolas Belfrage MW, From Brunello to Zibibbo–The Wines of Tuscany, Central and Southern Italy (2nd edition, London, 2003).
Oxford Companion to Wine 4th edition ed. Jancis Robinson MW and Julia Harding MW (Oxford University Press, 2015).