Avola · Vinous

What is made here

Wine colours

Colours the rules allow. Pick a colour to filter the rules and grapes below.

Where it is

Avola in Italy

The boundary for Avola is not on Vinous yet. It is added by the geography step of the data pipeline.

Showing every colour The colour filter changes the rules and grapes. Climate, vintages and soils describe the vineyards, so they stay the same.

01 · What the law says

The rules

Limits on grapes, yields, ripeness and ageing that every wine labelled Avola must meet.

4 wines in the rules, all colours.
Wine	Max yield t/ha	Wine from grapes max. %	Grape ripeness min. % pot. alc.	Wine min. % alc.	Acidity min. g/l	Dry extract min. g/l
Avola bianco	15	80	10.5	11	3.5	13
Avola rosso	13	80	11.5	12	3.5	17
Avola rosato	13	80	11	11.5	3.5	14
Avola rosso novello	13	80	11	11	–	–

From the official production rules (disciplinare di produzione). Hover a figure to see the clause it comes from. A dash means the rules set no figure, or it is not captured yet.

02 · Where the numbers come from

Sources

eAmbrosia, the EU register of geographical indications (wine) · European Commission · Commission reuse policy
Legge 12 dicembre 2016, n. 238 (Testo unico della vite e del vino), Articles 3, 28 and 33 · Repubblica Italiana · Official act
Disciplinare di produzione: Avola · Ministero dell'agricoltura, della sovranità alimentare e delle foreste (MASAF) · Official act

Still to check (3)

Boundary not captured yet (PGIs are not in the Eurac boundary data).
From the specification: Vinification may take place anywhere in Sicily. The disciplinare gives no varietal types. Novello has its own minimum total alcohol; its other characteristics are not set separately.
National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.