Liguria di Levante

What is made here

Wine colours

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

Where it is

Liguria di Levante in Italy

The boundary for Liguria di Levante 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 Liguria di Levante must meet.

17 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
Liguria di Levante Bianco	–	11	88	80	10	10.5	–	4.5	15
Liguria di Levante Bianco frizzante	–	11	88	80	10	10.5	–	4.5	15
Liguria di Levante Malvasia bianca lunga	85% Malvasia Bianca Lunga	11	88	80	10	10.5	–	4.5	15
Liguria di Levante Trebbiano toscano	85% Trebbiano Toscano	11	88	80	10	10.5	–	4.5	15
Liguria di Levante Rosso	–	11	88	80	10	11.5	–	4.5	20
Liguria di Levante Rosso frizzante	–	11	88	80	10	11.5	–	4.5	20
Liguria di Levante Rosso novello	–	11	88	80	10	11.5	–	4.5	20
Liguria di Levante Canaiolo	85% Canaiolo	11	88	80	10	10.5	–	4.5	20
Liguria di Levante Ciliegiolo	85% Ciliegiolo	11	88	80	10	10.5	–	4.5	20
Liguria di Levante Merlot	85% Merlot	11	88	80	10	10.5	–	4.5	20
Liguria di Levante Pollera nera	85% Pollera Nera	11	88	80	10	10.5	–	4.5	20
Liguria di Levante Sangiovese	85% Sangiovese	11	88	80	10	10.5	–	4.5	20
Liguria di Levante Sirah	85% Sirah	11	88	80	10	10.5	–	4.5	20
Liguria di Levante Vermentino nero	85% Vermentino Nero	11	88	80	10	10.5	–	4.5	20
Liguria di Levante Rosato	–	11	88	80	10	10.5	–	4.5	17
Liguria di Levante Passito bianco	–	11	50	49	13	15	13.5	4.5	20
Liguria di Levante Passito rosso	–	11	50	49	13	15	13.5	4.5	20

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

Liguria di Levante Malvasia bianca lunga

≥ 85% Malvasia Bianca Lunga · Main grape
≤ 15% other varieties of the same colour suitable for Liguria · Others allowed

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Liguria di Levante Trebbiano toscano

≥ 85% Trebbiano Toscano · Main grape
≤ 15% other varieties of the same colour suitable for Liguria · Others allowed

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Liguria di Levante Canaiolo

≥ 85% Canaiolo · Main grape
≤ 15% other varieties of the same colour suitable for Liguria · Others allowed

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Liguria di Levante Ciliegiolo

≥ 85% Ciliegiolo · Main grape
≤ 15% other varieties of the same colour suitable for Liguria · Others allowed

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Liguria di Levante Merlot

≥ 85% Merlot · Main grape
≤ 15% other varieties of the same colour suitable for Liguria · Others allowed

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Liguria di Levante Pollera nera

≥ 85% Pollera Nera · Main grape
≤ 15% other varieties of the same colour suitable for Liguria · Others allowed

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Liguria di Levante Sangiovese

≥ 85% Sangiovese · Main grape
≤ 15% other varieties of the same colour suitable for Liguria · Others allowed

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Liguria di Levante Sirah

≥ 85% Sirah · Main grape
≤ 15% other varieties of the same colour suitable for Liguria · Others allowed

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Liguria di Levante Vermentino nero

≥ 85% Vermentino Nero · Main grape
≤ 15% other varieties of the same colour suitable for Liguria · Others allowed

In the vineyard and cellar: rules for every wine

Training

Systems allowed

pergola a tetto orizzontale; pergoletta a tetto inclinato; spalliera ad archetto singolo o bilaterale; cordone speronato

No forcing

Forcing the vines is prohibited

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: Liguria di Levante · 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 within the province of La Spezia. Novello needs carbonic maceration of at least 35% of the grapes. Passito grapes are dried after harvest on racks to at least 15% vol; passito is abboccato to dolce, maximum volatile acidity 24 meq/l. Frizzante and novello have no limits of their own beyond the rosso/bianco ones applied here.
National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.