Locride · Vinous

What is made here

Wine colours

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

Where it is

Locride in Italy

The boundary for Locride 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 Locride must meet.

5 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
Locride Bianco	–	14	80	10	10.5	5	14
Locride Montonico passito	85% Montonico	14	50	10	15	4.5	24
Locride Rosso	–	12	80	10.5	11.5	4.5	19
Locride Rosso novello	–	12	80	10.5	11	4.5	18
Locride Rosato	–	12	80	10.5	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

Locride Montonico passito

≥ 85% Montonico · Main grape
≤ 15% other non-aromatic white varieties suitable for Calabria · Others allowed

In the vineyard and cellar: rules for every wine

Cellar

Where the wine must be made

Within the production zone

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: Locride · 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: Montonico passito grapes are dried on the vine or after harvest until the wine reaches 14% vol natural alcohol (Art. 4 gives 10% vol for the grapes). Natural alcohol minimums may be cut by 0.5% vol in poor years. A derogation for vinification outside the zone ran until 31 December 2012.
National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.