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

Toscana in Italy

The protected area is the whole administrative region, so its official outline is used. Boundary: Eurostat NUTS 2021 regions (© EuroGeographics). 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 Toscana must meet.

11 wines in the rules, all colours.
Wine	Max yield t/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
Toscana bianco	17	80	9	10	–	4.5	16
Toscana bianco abboccato	17	80	9	10	–	4.5	16
Toscana bianco frizzante	17	80	9	10	–	4.5	16
Toscana rosso	16	80	10	11	–	4.5	20
Toscana rosso novello	16	80	10	11	–	4.5	20
Toscana rosso abboccato	16	80	10	11	–	4.5	20
Toscana rosato	16	80	10	11	–	4.5	16
Toscana rosato abboccato	16	80	10	11	–	4.5	16
Toscana rosato frizzante	16	80	10	11	–	4.5	16
Toscana passito	17	60	16	–	9	4.5	20
Toscana vendemmia tardiva	9	60	15	–	12	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.

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
NUTS 2021 regions, 1:10 million (GISCO) · Eurostat; © EuroGeographics for the administrative boundaries · Eurostat GISCO terms (attribution)
Disciplinare di produzione: Toscana · Ministero dell'agricoltura, della sovranità alimentare e delle foreste (MASAF) · Official act

Still to check (3)

Same area as its administrative region; the boundary is the region's outline.
From the specification: IGT 'Toscano' or 'Toscana'. Any type may name one or more varieties from Art. 2 (no minimum share stated beyond EU rules); varietal wines follow the limits of their type. Frizzante wines may range from dry to sweet. Natural alcohol minima may be lowered by 0.5% vol in poor vintages. Vinification in the production zone or neighbouring communes; governo all'uso toscano allowed for rosso (at least 5 kg of dried grapes per hl). Can be used as a fallback for wines from vineyards registered for DOCs in the zone.
National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.