Sannio · Vinous

What is made here

Wine colours

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

Where it is

Sannio in Italy

Latitude: 41.0°–41.5° N
Vineyard altitude: 64 m to 524 m
Production zone: 207,021 ha

Covers the same area as
Falanghina del Sannio

Contains 1 appellation (outlined on the zone map)
Aglianico del Taburno

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 Sannio must meet.

72 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.	Acidity min. g/l	Dry extract min. g/l	Ageing min. months	On lees min. months
Sannio Bianco	50% Trebbiano toscano / Malvasia bianca di Candia	14	98	70	10	10.5	5	14	–	–
Sannio Bianco Frizzante	50% Trebbiano toscano / Malvasia bianca di Candia	14	98	70	10	10.5	5	14	–	–
Sannio Coda di Volpe	85% Coda di Volpe	12	98	70	10.5	11	5	14	–	–
Sannio Coda di Volpe Passito	85% Coda di Volpe	12	98	40	16	16	4.5	20	–	–
Sannio Coda di Volpe Spumante (white)	Coda di Volpe Bianca	12	98	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sannio Coda di Volpe Spumante (white)	Coda di Volpe Bianca	12	98	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sannio Coda di Volpe Spumante (white)	Coda di Volpe Bianca	12	98	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sannio Fiano	85% Fiano	12	98	70	11	11.5	5	15	–	–
Sannio Fiano Passito	85% Fiano	12	98	40	16	16	4.5	20	–	–
Sannio Fiano Spumante (white)	Fiano	12	98	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sannio Fiano Spumante (white)	Fiano	12	98	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sannio Fiano Spumante (white)	Fiano	12	98	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sannio Greco	85% Greco	12	98	70	11	11.5	5	15	–	–
Sannio Greco Passito	85% Greco	12	98	40	16	16	4.5	20	–	–
Sannio Greco Spumante (white)	Greco	12	98	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sannio Moscato	85% Moscato	12	98	70	10	10.5	5	15	–	–
Sannio Moscato Passito	85% Moscato	12	98	40	16	16	4.5	20	–	–
Sannio Greco Spumante (white)	Greco	12	98	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sannio Greco Spumante (white)	Greco	12	98	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sannio Moscato Spumante (white)	Muscat Blanc A Petits Grains	12	98	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sannio Moscato Spumante (white)	Muscat Blanc A Petits Grains	12	98	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sannio Moscato Spumante (white)	Muscat Blanc A Petits Grains	12	98	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sannio Spumante e Spumante di Qualità (white)	Aglianico, Falanghina	14	98	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sannio Rosso	50% Sangiovese	14	98	70	10.5	11	5	18	–	–
Sannio Rosso Frizzante	50% Sangiovese	14	98	70	10.5	11	5	18	–	–
Sannio Rosso Superiore	50% Sangiovese	13	98	70	11.5	12	5	19	–	–
Sannio Rosso Riserva	50% Sangiovese	13	98	70	10.5	12	5	19	24	–
Sannio Rosso Novello	50% Sangiovese	14	98	70	10.5	11	5	17	–	–
Sannio Rosato	50% Sangiovese	14	98	70	10.5	11	5	17	–	–
Sannio Rosato Frizzante	50% Sangiovese	14	98	70	10.5	11	5	17	–	–
Sannio Aglianico	85% Aglianico	12	98	70	11	11.5	5	18	–	–
Sannio Aglianico Riserva	85% Aglianico	12	98	70	11	12	5	20	24	–
Sannio Aglianico Passito	85% Aglianico	12	98	40	16	16	4.5	20	–	–
Sannio Aglianico Novello	85% Aglianico	12	98	70	11	11.5	5	18	–	–
Sannio Spumante e Spumante di Qualità (white)	Aglianico, Falanghina	14	98	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sannio Spumante e Spumante di Qualità (white)	Aglianico, Falanghina	14	98	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sannio Aglianico Spumante (red)	Aglianico	12	98	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sannio Aglianico Spumante di Qualità	85% Aglianico	12	98	70	11	11.5	5	16	–	–
Sannio Aglianico Rosato	85% Aglianico	12	98	70	11	11.5	5	18	–	–
Sannio Aglianico Spumante (red)	Aglianico	12	98	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sannio Aglianico Spumante (red)	Aglianico	12	98	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sannio Aglianico Rosato/Rosé Spumante (rosé)	Aglianico	12	98	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sannio Barbera	85% Barbera	12	98	70	11	11.5	5	20	–	–
Sannio Barbera Passito	85% Barbera	12	98	40	16	16	4.5	20	–	–
Sannio Aglianico Rosato/Rosé Spumante (rosé)	Aglianico	12	98	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sannio Aglianico Rosato/Rosé Spumante (rosé)	Aglianico	12	98	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sannio Barbera Spumante (red)	Barbera	12	98	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sannio Piedirosso	85% Piedirosso	12	98	70	10.5	11	5	18	–	–
Sannio Piedirosso Passito	85% Piedirosso	12	98	40	16	16	4.5	20	–	–
Sannio Barbera Spumante (red)	Barbera	12	98	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sannio Barbera Spumante (red)	Barbera	12	98	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sannio Piedirosso Spumante (red)	Piedirosso	12	98	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sannio Sciascinoso	85% Sciascinoso	12	98	70	10.5	11	5	18	–	–
Sannio Sciascinoso Passito	85% Sciascinoso	12	98	40	16	16	4.5	20	–	–
Sannio Piedirosso Spumante (red)	Piedirosso	12	98	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sannio Piedirosso Spumante (red)	Piedirosso	12	98	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sannio Sciascinoso Spumante (red)	Sciascinoso	12	98	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sannio Aglianico-Piedirosso	Aglianico / Piedirosso	12	98	70	11	11	5	18	–	–
Sannio Aglianico-Piedirosso Rosato	Aglianico / Piedirosso	12	98	70	11	11	5	17	–	–
Sannio Sciascinoso Spumante (red)	Sciascinoso	12	98	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sannio Sciascinoso Spumante (red)	Sciascinoso	12	98	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sannio Aglianico Rosato/Rosé Spumante	85% Aglianico	12	–	70	11	11.5	5	16	–	–
Sannio Aglianico Spumante	85% Aglianico	12	–	70	11	11.5	5	16	–	–
Sannio Barbera Spumante	85% Barbera	12	–	70	11	11.5	5	16	–	–
Sannio Coda di Volpe Spumante	85% Coda di Volpe	12	–	70	10.5	11.5	5	16	–	–
Sannio Fiano Spumante	85% Fiano	12	–	70	11	11.5	5	16	–	–
Sannio Greco Spumante	85% Greco	12	–	70	11	11.5	5	16	–	–
Sannio Moscato Spumante	85% Moscato	12	–	70	10	11.5	5	16	–	–
Sannio Piedirosso Spumante	85% Piedirosso	12	–	70	10.5	11.5	5	16	–	–
Sannio Sciascinoso Spumante	85% Sciascinoso	12	–	70	10.5	11.5	5	16	–	–
Sannio Spumante e Spumante di Qualità	70% Aglianico / Falanghina	14	–	70	9.5	11.5	5	16	–	–
Sannio Spumante di qualità metodo classico	70% Aglianico / Falanghina	14	–	70	9.5	11.5	5	18	–	12

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

Sannio Bianco

≥ 50% Trebbiano toscano / Malvasia bianca di Candia · Main grape
≤ 50% other white grapes suitable for the province of Benevento · Others allowed

Blend rules

Sannio Bianco Frizzante

≥ 50% Trebbiano toscano / Malvasia bianca di Candia · Main grape
≤ 50% other white grapes suitable for the province of Benevento · Others allowed

Blend rules

Sannio Coda di Volpe

≥ 85% Coda di Volpe · Main grape
≤ 15% other grapes of the same colour suitable for the province of Benevento · Others allowed

Blend rules

Sannio Coda di Volpe Passito

≥ 85% Coda di Volpe · Main grape
≤ 15% other grapes of the same colour suitable for the province of Benevento · Others allowed

; release from 1 June of the year after the harvest.

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Sannio Fiano

≥ 85% Fiano · Main grape
≤ 15% other grapes of the same colour suitable for the province of Benevento · Others allowed

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Sannio Fiano Passito

≥ 85% Fiano · Main grape
≤ 15% other grapes of the same colour suitable for the province of Benevento · Others allowed

; release from 1 June of the year after the harvest.

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Sannio Greco

≥ 85% Greco · Main grape
≤ 15% other grapes of the same colour suitable for the province of Benevento · Others allowed

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Sannio Greco Passito

≥ 85% Greco · Main grape
≤ 15% other grapes of the same colour suitable for the province of Benevento · Others allowed

; release from 1 June of the year after the harvest.

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Sannio Moscato

≥ 85% Moscato · Main grape
≤ 15% other grapes of the same colour suitable for the province of Benevento · Others allowed

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Sannio Moscato Passito

≥ 85% Moscato · Main grape
≤ 15% other grapes of the same colour suitable for the province of Benevento · Others allowed

; release from 1 June of the year after the harvest.

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Sannio Rosso

≥ 50% Sangiovese · Main grape
≤ 50% other black grapes suitable for the province of Benevento · Others allowed

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Sannio Rosso Frizzante

≥ 50% Sangiovese · Main grape
≤ 50% other black grapes suitable for the province of Benevento · Others allowed

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Sannio Rosso Superiore

≥ 50% Sangiovese · Main grape
≤ 50% other black grapes suitable for the province of Benevento · Others allowed

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Sannio Rosso Riserva

≥ 50% Sangiovese · Main grape
≤ 50% other black grapes suitable for the province of Benevento · Others allowed

At least 24 months' ageing.

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Sannio Rosso Novello

≥ 50% Sangiovese · Main grape
≤ 50% other black grapes suitable for the province of Benevento · Others allowed

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Sannio Rosato

≥ 50% Sangiovese · Main grape
≤ 50% other black grapes suitable for the province of Benevento · Others allowed

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Sannio Rosato Frizzante

≥ 50% Sangiovese · Main grape
≤ 50% other black grapes suitable for the province of Benevento · Others allowed

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Sannio Aglianico

≥ 85% Aglianico · Main grape
≤ 15% other grapes of the same colour suitable for the province of Benevento · Others allowed

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Sannio Aglianico Riserva

≥ 85% Aglianico · Main grape
≤ 15% other grapes of the same colour suitable for the province of Benevento · Others allowed

At least 24 months' ageing.

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Sannio Aglianico Passito

≥ 85% Aglianico · Main grape
≤ 15% other grapes of the same colour suitable for the province of Benevento · Others allowed

; release from 1 June of the year after the harvest.

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Sannio Aglianico Novello

≥ 85% Aglianico · Main grape
≤ 15% other grapes of the same colour suitable for the province of Benevento · Others allowed

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Sannio Aglianico Spumante di Qualità

≥ 85% Aglianico · Main grape
≤ 15% other grapes of the same colour suitable for the province of Benevento · Others allowed

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Sannio Aglianico Rosato

≥ 85% Aglianico · Main grape
≤ 15% other grapes of the same colour suitable for the province of Benevento · Others allowed

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Sannio Barbera

≥ 85% Barbera · Main grape
≤ 15% other grapes of the same colour suitable for the province of Benevento · Others allowed

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Sannio Barbera Passito

≥ 85% Barbera · Main grape
≤ 15% other grapes of the same colour suitable for the province of Benevento · Others allowed

; release from 1 June of the year after the harvest.

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Sannio Piedirosso

≥ 85% Piedirosso · Main grape
≤ 15% other grapes of the same colour suitable for the province of Benevento · Others allowed

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Sannio Piedirosso Passito

≥ 85% Piedirosso · Main grape
≤ 15% other grapes of the same colour suitable for the province of Benevento · Others allowed

; release from 1 June of the year after the harvest.

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Sannio Sciascinoso

≥ 85% Sciascinoso · Main grape
≤ 15% other grapes of the same colour suitable for the province of Benevento · Others allowed

Blend rules

Sannio Sciascinoso Passito

≥ 85% Sciascinoso · Main grape
≤ 15% other grapes of the same colour suitable for the province of Benevento · Others allowed

; release from 1 June of the year after the harvest.

Blend rules

Sannio Aglianico Rosato/Rosé Spumante

≥ 85% Aglianico · Main grape
≤ 15% other grapes of the same colour suitable for the province of Benevento · Others allowed

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Sannio Aglianico Spumante

≥ 85% Aglianico · Main grape
≤ 15% other grapes of the same colour suitable for the province of Benevento · Others allowed

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Sannio Barbera Spumante

≥ 85% Barbera · Main grape
≤ 15% other grapes of the same colour suitable for the province of Benevento · Others allowed

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Sannio Coda di Volpe Spumante

≥ 85% Coda di Volpe · Main grape
≤ 15% other grapes of the same colour suitable for the province of Benevento · Others allowed

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Sannio Fiano Spumante

≥ 85% Fiano · Main grape
≤ 15% other grapes of the same colour suitable for the province of Benevento · Others allowed

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Sannio Greco Spumante

≥ 85% Greco · Main grape
≤ 15% other grapes of the same colour suitable for the province of Benevento · Others allowed

Blend rules

Sannio Moscato Spumante

≥ 85% Moscato · Main grape
≤ 15% other grapes of the same colour suitable for the province of Benevento · Others allowed

Blend rules

Sannio Piedirosso Spumante

≥ 85% Piedirosso · Main grape
≤ 15% other grapes of the same colour suitable for the province of Benevento · Others allowed

Blend rules

Sannio Sciascinoso Spumante

≥ 85% Sciascinoso · Main grape
≤ 15% other grapes of the same colour suitable for the province of Benevento · Others allowed

Blend rules

Sannio Spumante e Spumante di Qualità

≥ 70% Aglianico / Falanghina · Main grape
≤ 30% other grapes suitable for the province of Benevento · Others allowed

Blend rules

Sannio Spumante di qualità metodo classico

≥ 70% Aglianico / Falanghina · Main grape
≤ 30% other grapes of the same colour suitable for the province of Benevento · Others allowed

Other varieties allowed

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

9 varieties · Sannio Bianco, Sannio Bianco Frizzante

Asprinio Bianco, Biancolella, Coda di Volpe Bianca, Falanghina, Fiano, Forastera, Greco, Muscat Blanc A Petits Grains, Verdeca

10 varieties · 8 wines

Asprinio Bianco, Biancolella, Falanghina, Fiano, Forastera, Greco, Malvasia Bianca di Candia, Muscat Blanc A Petits Grains, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdeca

10 varieties · 6 wines

Asprinio Bianco, Biancolella, Coda di Volpe Bianca, Falanghina, Forastera, Greco, Malvasia Bianca di Candia, Muscat Blanc A Petits Grains, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdeca

10 varieties · 6 wines

Asprinio Bianco, Biancolella, Coda di Volpe Bianca, Falanghina, Fiano, Forastera, Malvasia Bianca di Candia, Muscat Blanc A Petits Grains, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdeca

10 varieties · 6 wines

Asprinio Bianco, Biancolella, Coda di Volpe Bianca, Falanghina, Fiano, Forastera, Greco, Malvasia Bianca di Candia, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdeca

10 varieties · Sannio Spumante e Spumante di Qualità (white), Sannio Spumante e Spumante di Qualità (white), Sannio Spumante e Spumante di Qualità (white)

Asprinio Bianco, Biancolella, Coda di Volpe Bianca, Fiano, Forastera, Greco, Malvasia Bianca di Candia, Muscat Blanc A Petits Grains, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdeca

13 varieties · 7 wines

Aglianico, Aglianicone, Ancellotta, Barbera, Cabernet Sauvignon, Lambrusco Maestri, Merlot, Montepulciano, Piedirosso, Pinot Noir, Primitivo, Sciascinoso, Uva di Troia

13 varieties · 14 wines

Aglianicone, Ancellotta, Barbera, Cabernet Sauvignon, Lambrusco Maestri, Merlot, Montepulciano, Piedirosso, Pinot Noir, Primitivo, Sangiovese, Sciascinoso, Uva di Troia

13 varieties · 6 wines

Aglianico, Aglianicone, Ancellotta, Cabernet Sauvignon, Lambrusco Maestri, Merlot, Montepulciano, Piedirosso, Pinot Noir, Primitivo, Sangiovese, Sciascinoso, Uva di Troia

13 varieties · 6 wines

Aglianico, Aglianicone, Ancellotta, Barbera, Cabernet Sauvignon, Lambrusco Maestri, Merlot, Montepulciano, Pinot Noir, Primitivo, Sangiovese, Sciascinoso, Uva di Troia

13 varieties · 6 wines

Aglianico, Aglianicone, Ancellotta, Barbera, Cabernet Sauvignon, Lambrusco Maestri, Merlot, Montepulciano, Piedirosso, Pinot Noir, Primitivo, Sangiovese, Uva di Troia

In the vineyard and cellar: rules for every wine

2,500

Vines per hectare, minimum

Training

Systems allowed

controspalliera

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 18.1 °C, warm on Gregory Jones's scale, with 1,743 growing degree days (Winkler III).

The average year 1991–2020, vineyards at about 440 m

Monthly mean, °CRain, mmGrowing season

Growing-season temperature: 18.1 °C; Warm · 17–19 °C (Jones)
Growing degree days: 1,743; Region III: 1,667–1,943 degree days
Growing-season rain: 452 mm; Of 967 mm a year
Harvest rain: 181 mm; September–October

Copernicus ERA5-Land monthly averages at 5 vineyard points (Vineyard point 1, 159 m; Vineyard point 2, 688 m; Vineyard point 3, 394 m; Vineyard point 4, 783 m; Vineyard point 5, 174 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.

Lower confidence:Monthly reanalysis in moderately complex terrain; not yet checked against a weather station.

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. CapriVery similarCompared with Sannio: same season warmth, similar rain.

2. RasteauVery similarCompared with Sannio: same season warmth, similar rain.

3. Hrvatsko PodunavljeVery similarCompared with Sannio: same season warmth, similar rain.

Growing-season temperature

Sannio

18.1 °C

Capri

18.1 °C

Rasteau

18.1 °C

Hrvatsko Podunavlje

18.1 °C

Growing degree days

Sannio

1,743

Capri

1,739

Rasteau

1,743

Hrvatsko Podunavlje

1,742

Growing-season rain

Sannio

452 mm

Capri

455 mm

Rasteau

447 mm

Hrvatsko Podunavlje

445 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, 181 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

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
Quality wines in Italy and France: a dataset of PDO specifications · figshare 25393261 · CC BY 4.0
ERA5-Land monthly averaged data (reanalysis-era5-land-monthly-means) · Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), Climate Data Store · CC BY 4.0 (Copernicus licence)
OpenStreetMap vineyard areas (landuse=vineyard), from Geofabrik country extracts · OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL 1.0
Copernicus DEM GLO-90 (AWS open data tiles) · European Space Agency / Copernicus · Copernicus DEM licence
Disciplinare di produzione: Sannio (version published by MASAF up to May 2023, via the Internet Archive; later amendments not yet included) · Ministero dell'agricoltura, della sovranità alimentare e delle foreste (MASAF) · Official act
Appellation nesting worked out from boundaries (pipeline/build_nesting.py) · Vinous, from the Eurac PDO boundaries · CC0 (source data)
Climate profiles calculated by Vinous: method

Still to check (3)

Generated from EU reference data: check against the current product specification.
From the specification: Values are for Sannio without a subzone; the subzones Guardia Sanframondi/Guardiolo, Sant'Agata dei Goti, Solopaca, Solopaca Classico and Taburno have lower grape yields (10-14 t/ha) and higher natural alcohol minima set out in Art. 4. Passito wines use dried grapes reaching 16% vol natural alcohol (harvest minima per the Art. 4 table are lower), with no concentrated must allowed. Varietal 'spumante di qualità metodo classico' versions also exist (bottle fermentation, 12 months on lees from 15 November); Aglianico-Piedirosso requires the minority variety at 40% or more. Sweetness is left null where several styles (secco, abboccato, amabile, dolce or brut to extra dry) are allowed.
National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.