Costa Toscana · Vinous

What is made here

Wine colours

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

Where it is

Costa Toscana in Italy

The boundary for Costa Toscana 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 Costa Toscana must meet.

9 wines in the rules, all colours.
Wine	Main grape(s)	Max yield t/ha	Max wine hl/ha	Wine from grapes max. %	Grape ripeness min. % pot. alc.	Wine min. % alc.	Actual alc. min. %	Acidity min. g/l	Dry extract min. g/l
Costa Toscana bianco	–	14	105	75	10.5	11.5	–	4.5	16
Costa Toscana rosso	–	12	90	75	11	12	–	4.5	20
Costa Toscana rosato	–	12	90	75	11	11	–	4.5	18
Costa Toscana novello	–	12	90	75	11	11	–	4.5	20
Costa Toscana vendemmia tardiva bianco	–	9	36	40	15	15	12	4.5	18
Costa Toscana vendemmia tardiva rosso	–	9	36	40	15	15	12	4.5	20
Costa Toscana passito bianco	–	12	42	35	16	16	9	4.5	20
Costa Toscana passito rosso	–	12	42	35	16	16	9	4.5	20
Costa Toscana with variety name	named variety or varieties suitable for cultivation in Toscana	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

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.

In the vineyard and cellar: rules for every wine

4,000

Vines per hectare, minimum

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: Costa Toscana · 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: Bianco may be frizzante, abboccato or dolce; rosso abboccato or dolce; rosato frizzante: these share the base colour's limits. Varietal wines (named variety or varieties) follow the yields, ripeness and analytical limits of the corresponding colour; the text gives no minimum varietal share. Vine density applies to new vineyards. Winemaking in the production zone or anywhere in Toscana. Governo all'uso toscano permitted for reds; late-harvest grapes picked after 15 October. Novello release follows national law.
National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.