Costa Viola · 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 Viola in Italy

The boundary for Costa Viola 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 Viola must meet.

8 wines in the rules, all colours.
Wine	Main grape(s)	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
Costa Viola Bianco	–	12	80	10	11	5	14
Costa Viola Rosso	–	10	80	11	12	4.5	19
Costa Viola Rosso novello	–	10	80	11	12	4.5	18
Costa Viola Rosato	–	10	80	11	11	5	16
Costa Viola Rosato novello	–	10	80	11	11.5	4.5	16
Costa Viola varietale bianco	85% named variety (white)	12	80	10	11	5	14
Costa Viola varietale rosso	85% named variety (red)	10	80	11	12	4.5	19
Costa Viola varietale rosato	85% named variety (rose)	10	80	11	11	5	16

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

Costa Viola varietale bianco

≥ 85% named variety (white) · Main grape
≤ 15% other non-aromatic varieties of the same colour suitable for Calabria · Others allowed

Blend rules

Costa Viola varietale rosso

≥ 85% named variety (red) · Main grape
≤ 15% other non-aromatic varieties of the same colour suitable for Calabria · Others allowed

Blend rules

Costa Viola varietale rosato

≥ 85% named variety (rose) · Main grape
≤ 15% other non-aromatic varieties of the same colour suitable for Calabria · Others allowed

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 Viola · 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: Varietal wines ('varietale' products) may name any variety suitable for Calabria and take the limits of the wine of the same colour. Natural alcohol minimums may be cut by 0.5% vol in poor years. Vinification in the production zone or anywhere in the province of Reggio Calabria.
National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.