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DOC · Appellation profile

Brindisi

45,075 haProduction zone
20Wines in the rules
21.6 °CGrowing season · very hot
VWinkler region

What is made here

Wine colours

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

Where it is

Brindisi in Italy

Latitude
40.5°–40.7° N
Vineyard altitude
14 m to 80 m
Production zone
45,075 ha

Lies within
Terra d'Otranto, Negroamaro di Terra d'Otranto, Aleatico di Puglia

Worked out from the boundaries (smallest container first). They follow whole communes, so a neighbour sharing a commune can show up here too.

Boundary drawn from whole communes, so it is a little larger than the legal zone. Boundary: Eurac Research PDO inventory (CC0). Country outlines: Natural Earth. Dots on the zone map are the vineyard points used for climate.

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 Brindisi must meet.

20 wines in the rules, all colours.
WineMain grape(s)Max yield
t/ha		Max wine
hl/ha		Wine from grapes
max. %		Grape ripeness
min. % pot. alc.		Wine
min. % alc.		Acidity
min. g/l		Dry extract
min. g/l		Sugar
max. g/l		Ageing
min. months
Brindisi Rosso 70% Negroamaro1510570121252410–
Brindisi Novello 70% Negroamaro15105701212519––
Brindisi Rosso Riserva 70% Negroamaro151057012.512.55241024
Brindisi Rosato 70% Negroamaro157550121251910–
Brindisi Rosato Spumante 70% Negroamaro1575501011.5514––
Brindisi Bianco 80% Chardonnay / Malvasia bianca139170111151510–
Brindisi Bianco Spumante 80% Chardonnay / Malvasia bianca1391701011.5514––
Brindisi Negroamaro 85% Negroamaro1510570121252410–
Brindisi Negroamaro Riserva 85% Negroamaro15757012.512.55241024
Brindisi Negroamaro Rosato 85% Negroamaro157550121251910–
Brindisi Negroamaro Rosato Spumante 85% Negroamaro1575501011.5514––
Brindisi Susumaniello 85% Susumaniello1510570121252410–
Brindisi Chardonnay 90% Chardonnay139170111151510–
Brindisi Chardonnay Spumante 90% Chardonnay1391701011.5514––
Brindisi Malvasia Bianca 90% Malvasia Bianca139170111151510–
Brindisi Malvasia Bianca Spumante 90% Malvasia Bianca1391701011.5514––
Brindisi Fiano 90% Fiano139170–1151510–
Brindisi Fiano Spumante 90% Fiano1391701011.5514––
Brindisi Sauvignon 90% Sauvignon Blanc139170111151510–
Brindisi Sauvignon Spumante 90% Sauvignon Blanc1391701011.5514––

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.

Blend rules

Brindisi Rosso

  • ≥ 70% Negroamaro · Main grape
  • ≤ 30% Malvasia nera di Brindisi / Susumaniello / Montepulciano / Sangiovese / other black grapes authorised in Puglia (Salento-Arco Ionico) · Allowed

Blend rules

Brindisi Novello

  • ≥ 70% Negroamaro · Main grape
  • ≤ 30% Malvasia nera di Brindisi / Susumaniello / Montepulciano / Sangiovese / other black grapes authorised in Puglia (Salento-Arco Ionico) · Allowed

Blend rules

Brindisi Rosso Riserva

  • ≥ 70% Negroamaro · Main grape
  • ≤ 30% Malvasia nera di Brindisi / Susumaniello / Montepulciano / Sangiovese / other black grapes authorised in Puglia (Salento-Arco Ionico) · Allowed

At least 24 months' ageing.

Blend rules

Brindisi Rosato

  • ≥ 70% Negroamaro · Main grape
  • ≤ 30% Malvasia nera di Brindisi / Susumaniello / Montepulciano / Sangiovese / other black grapes authorised in Puglia (Salento-Arco Ionico) · Allowed

Blend rules

Brindisi Rosato Spumante

  • ≥ 70% Negroamaro · Main grape
  • ≤ 30% Malvasia nera di Brindisi / Susumaniello / Montepulciano / Sangiovese / other black grapes authorised in Puglia (Salento-Arco Ionico) · Allowed

Blend rules

Brindisi Bianco

  • ≥ 80% Chardonnay / Malvasia bianca · Main grape
  • ≤ 20% other white grapes authorised in Puglia (Salento-Arco Ionico), excluding Moscato varieties · Others allowed

Blend rules

Brindisi Bianco Spumante

  • ≥ 80% Chardonnay / Malvasia bianca · Main grape
  • ≤ 20% other white grapes authorised in Puglia (Salento-Arco Ionico), excluding Moscato varieties · Others allowed

Blend rules

Brindisi Negroamaro

  • ≥ 85% Negroamaro · Main grape
  • ≤ 15% other black grapes authorised in Puglia (Salento-Arco Ionico) · Others allowed

Blend rules

Brindisi Negroamaro Riserva

  • ≥ 85% Negroamaro · Main grape
  • ≤ 15% other black grapes authorised in Puglia (Salento-Arco Ionico) · Others allowed

At least 24 months' ageing.

Blend rules

Brindisi Negroamaro Rosato

  • ≥ 85% Negroamaro · Main grape
  • ≤ 15% other black grapes authorised in Puglia (Salento-Arco Ionico) · Others allowed

Blend rules

Brindisi Negroamaro Rosato Spumante

  • ≥ 85% Negroamaro · Main grape
  • ≤ 15% other black grapes authorised in Puglia (Salento-Arco Ionico) · Others allowed

Blend rules

Brindisi Susumaniello

  • ≥ 85% Susumaniello · Main grape
  • ≤ 15% other black grapes authorised in Puglia (Salento-Arco Ionico) · Others allowed

Blend rules

Brindisi Chardonnay

  • ≥ 90% Chardonnay · Main grape
  • ≤ 10% other white grapes authorised in Puglia (Salento-Arco Ionico), excluding Moscato varieties · Others allowed

Blend rules

Brindisi Chardonnay Spumante

  • ≥ 90% Chardonnay · Main grape
  • ≤ 10% other white grapes authorised in Puglia (Salento-Arco Ionico), excluding Moscato varieties · Others allowed

Blend rules

Brindisi Malvasia Bianca

  • ≥ 90% Malvasia Bianca · Main grape
  • ≤ 10% other white grapes authorised in Puglia (Salento-Arco Ionico), excluding Moscato varieties · Others allowed

Blend rules

Brindisi Malvasia Bianca Spumante

  • ≥ 90% Malvasia Bianca · Main grape
  • ≤ 10% other white grapes authorised in Puglia (Salento-Arco Ionico), excluding Moscato varieties · Others allowed

Blend rules

Brindisi Fiano

  • ≥ 90% Fiano · Main grape
  • ≤ 10% other white grapes authorised in Puglia (Salento-Arco Ionico), excluding Moscato varieties · Others allowed

Blend rules

Brindisi Fiano Spumante

  • ≥ 90% Fiano · Main grape
  • ≤ 10% other white grapes authorised in Puglia (Salento-Arco Ionico), excluding Moscato varieties · Others allowed

Blend rules

Brindisi Sauvignon

  • ≥ 90% Sauvignon Blanc · Main grape
  • ≤ 10% other white grapes authorised in Puglia (Salento-Arco Ionico), excluding Moscato varieties · Others allowed

Blend rules

Brindisi Sauvignon Spumante

  • ≥ 90% Sauvignon Blanc · Main grape
  • ≤ 10% other white grapes authorised in Puglia (Salento-Arco Ionico), excluding Moscato varieties · Others allowed

Other varieties allowed

Besides the main grapes, the rules allow these varieties in some wines. Grape names link where a profile exists.

23 varieties · 5 wines

Aglianico, Aglianicone, Barbera, Bombino Nero, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Lacrima, Lambrusco Maestri, Malbec, Malvasia Nera di Basilicata, Malvasia Nera di Lecce, Merlot, Negroamaro Precoce, Notardomenico, Ottavianello, Petit Verdot, Piedirosso, Pinot Noir, Primitivo, Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso, Syrah, Uva di Troia

29 varieties · Brindisi Bianco, Brindisi Bianco Spumante

Asprinio Bianco, Bianco d'Alessano, Bombino Bianco, Falanghina, Fiano, Francavidda, Garganega, Greco, Greco Bianco, Grillo, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Bianca di Candia, Manzoni Bianco, Maresco, Minutolo, Moscatello Selvatico, Muscat Blanc A Petits Grains, Pampanuto, Pinot Blanc, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, Sylvaner, Trebbiano Giallo, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdeca, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Welschriesling

27 varieties · 4 wines

Aglianico, Aglianicone, Barbera, Bombino Nero, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Lacrima, Lambrusco Maestri, Malbec, Malvasia Nera di Basilicata, Malvasia Nera di Brindisi, Malvasia Nera di Lecce, Merlot, Montepulciano, Negroamaro Precoce, Notardomenico, Ottavianello, Petit Verdot, Piedirosso, Pinot Noir, Primitivo, Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso, Sangiovese, Susumaniello, Syrah, Uva di Troia

27 varieties · Brindisi Susumaniello

Aglianico, Aglianicone, Barbera, Bombino Nero, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Lacrima, Lambrusco Maestri, Malbec, Malvasia Nera di Basilicata, Malvasia Nera di Brindisi, Malvasia Nera di Lecce, Merlot, Montepulciano, Negro Amaro, Negroamaro Precoce, Notardomenico, Ottavianello, Petit Verdot, Piedirosso, Pinot Noir, Primitivo, Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso, Sangiovese, Syrah, Uva di Troia

30 varieties · Brindisi Chardonnay, Brindisi Chardonnay Spumante

Asprinio Bianco, Bianco d'Alessano, Bombino Bianco, Falanghina, Fiano, Francavidda, Garganega, Greco, Greco Bianco, Grillo, Malvasia Bianca, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Bianca di Candia, Manzoni Bianco, Maresco, Minutolo, Moscatello Selvatico, Muscat Blanc A Petits Grains, Pampanuto, Pinot Blanc, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, Sylvaner, Trebbiano Giallo, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdeca, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Welschriesling

27 varieties · Brindisi Malvasia Bianca, Brindisi Malvasia Bianca Spumante

Asprinio Bianco, Bianco d'Alessano, Bombino Bianco, Falanghina, Fiano, Francavidda, Garganega, Greco, Greco Bianco, Grillo, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Bianca di Candia, Manzoni Bianco, Maresco, Minutolo, Pampanuto, Pinot Blanc, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, Sylvaner, Trebbiano Giallo, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdeca, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Welschriesling

27 varieties · Brindisi Fiano, Brindisi Fiano Spumante

Asprinio Bianco, Bianco d'Alessano, Bombino Bianco, Falanghina, Francavidda, Garganega, Greco, Greco Bianco, Grillo, Malvasia Bianca, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Bianca di Candia, Manzoni Bianco, Maresco, Minutolo, Pampanuto, Pinot Blanc, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, Sylvaner, Trebbiano Giallo, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdeca, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Welschriesling

27 varieties · Brindisi Sauvignon, Brindisi Sauvignon Spumante

Asprinio Bianco, Bianco d'Alessano, Bombino Bianco, Falanghina, Fiano, Francavidda, Garganega, Greco, Greco Bianco, Grillo, Malvasia Bianca, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Bianca di Candia, Manzoni Bianco, Maresco, Minutolo, Pampanuto, Pinot Blanc, Riesling, Semillon, Sylvaner, Trebbiano Giallo, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdeca, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Welschriesling

In the vineyard and cellar: rules for every wine

3,800
Vines per hectare, minimum
No forcing
Forcing the vines is prohibited
Permitted
Irrigation
Cellar
Where the wine must be made
Within the production zone
Allowed
Enrichment (chaptalisation)

02 · Climate fingerprint

The climate

The growing season averages 21.6 °C, very hot on Gregory Jones's scale, with 2,486 growing degree days (Winkler V).

The average year  1991–2020, vineyards at about 38 m

Monthly mean, °CRain, mmGrowing season
9.3° 63 Jan 9.6° 60 Feb 11.7° 65 Mar 14.6° 60 Apr 19.1° 44 May 23.8° 26 Jun 26.5° 18 Jul 26.6° 19 Aug 22.4° 64 Sep 18.2° 79 Oct 14.2° 87 Nov 10.6° 67 Dec
Growing-season temperature
21.6 °C
Very hot · above 21 °C (Jones)
Growing degree days
2,486
Region V: 2,222 and over degree days
Growing-season rain
310 mm
Of 651 mm a year
Harvest rain
143 mm
September–October

Copernicus ERA5-Land monthly averages at 5 vineyard points (Vineyard point 1, 50 m; Vineyard point 2, 9 m; Vineyard point 3, 64 m; Vineyard point 4, 14 m; Vineyard point 5, 55 m), moved to each point's height from the model's terrain. Indices that need daily data are not captured yet. How the climate figures are made.

Closest climates in the database

Picked by the data, not by hand: the profiles nearest on season warmth (counted twice), degree days, rain, ripening-month nights and day–night range. Neighbours within 30 km are left out, as they share the same weather.

1. CopertinoVery similarCompared with Brindisi: same season warmth, similar rain.
2. NardòVery similarCompared with Brindisi: same season warmth, similar rain.
3. GalatinaVery similarCompared with Brindisi: same season warmth, similar rain.

Growing-season temperature

Brindisi
21.6 °C
Copertino
21.7 °C
Nardò
21.7 °C
Galatina
21.5 °C

Growing degree days

Brindisi
2,486
Copertino
2,505
Nardò
2,499
Galatina
2,453

Growing-season rain

Brindisi
310 mm
Copertino
307 mm
Nardò
297 mm
Galatina
300 mm

03 · Year by year

35 vintages

Each column is one growing season: heat above or below the 1991–2020 average, and rain at harvest. Pick a year for the details.

Warmer than averageCooler than averageHarvest rain (Sep–Oct)Average harvest rain, 143 mm
2025
Growing-season temp.
Growing degree days
Harvest rain
Growing-season rain
September nights
Hot days and frosts

Seasons are labelled by harvest year (April–October). Year-to-year changes from ERA5-Land; tested against station records in Alto Adige (r = 0.94 for season temperature at Bolzano). Rain varies more locally, so treat single-season rain with some caution. Vintage ratings, harvest dates and frost or hail events have places in the data model but are not loaded yet.

04 · Where the numbers come from

Sources

  1. A geospatial inventory of regulatory information for wine protected designations of origin in Europe · Candiago et al., Scientific Data 9, 394 (2022); Eurac Research · CC0
  2. Quality wines in Italy and France: a dataset of PDO specifications · figshare 25393261 · CC BY 4.0
  3. ERA5-Land monthly averaged data (reanalysis-era5-land-monthly-means) · Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), Climate Data Store · CC BY 4.0 (Copernicus licence)
  4. OpenStreetMap vineyard areas (landuse=vineyard), from Geofabrik country extracts · OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL 1.0
  5. Copernicus DEM GLO-90 (AWS open data tiles) · European Space Agency / Copernicus · Copernicus DEM licence
  6. Disciplinare di produzione: Brindisi · Ministero dell'agricoltura, della sovranità alimentare e delle foreste (MASAF) · Official act
  7. Appellation nesting worked out from boundaries (pipeline/build_nesting.py) · Vinous, from the Eurac PDO boundaries · CC0 (source data)
  8. Climate profiles calculated by Vinous: method
Still to check (3)
  • Generated from EU reference data: check against the current product specification.
  • From the specification: The input is a poor OCR copy (g/1 for g/l; the Fiano row of the yield table reads 'Piano 13 il', so Fiano's natural alcohol is null). Spumante grapes declared separately may have 10% vol natural alcohol (used for the spumante types); spumanti are made by refermentation in bottle or tank (method null) and range from extra brut to extra dry. Novello residual sugar is given only as '3%'. Sweetening is permitted.
  • National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.