Lizzano (
Salentino: ; la, Licyanum) is a ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...
'' of 10,175 inhabitants (2013) in the province of Taranto in the
Apulia region of southeast Italy.
Lizzano DOC
The area around Lizzano produces red, white, ''
rose
A rose is either a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus ''Rosa'' (), in the family Rosaceae (), or the flower it bears. There are over three hundred species and tens of thousands of cultivars. They form a group of plants that can be ...
'' and
sparkling Italian DOC wines. Grapes destined for reds and ''roses'' are limited to a
harvest yield of 14 tonnes/ha with the finished wine needing to have a minimum alcohol level of 11.5%. White wine grapes are limited to a harvest yield of 12 tonnes/ha with minimum alcohol level of 10.5% The reds, ''roses'' and ''frizzante roses'' are blends composed primarily of
Negroamaro
Negroamaro (seldom Negro amaro; meaning "black ndbitter") is a red wine grape variety native to southern Italy. It is grown almost exclusively in Apulia and particularly in Salento, the peninsula which can be visualised as the "heel" of Italy. T ...
(60-80%) with
Montepulciano
Montepulciano () is a medieval and Renaissance hill town and ''comune'' in the Italian province of Siena in southern Tuscany. It sits high on a limestone ridge, east of Pienza, southeast of Siena, southeast of Florence, and north of Rome b ...
,
Sangiovese
Sangiovese (, also , , ) is a red Italian wine grape variety that derives its name from the Latin ''sanguis Jovis'', "the blood of Jupiter". Though it is the grape of most of central Italy from Romagna down to Lazio (the most widespread grape ...
,
Bombino nero
Bombino nero is a red Italian wine grape variety that is grown in southern Italy, particularly the regions of Apulia, Basilicata, and Lazio, as well as on the island of Sardinia. It is a permitted grape variety in the ''Denominazione di origine c ...
and
Pinot noir making up the remaining.
Malvasia nera
Malvasia (, also known as Malvazia) is a group of wine grape varieties grown historically in the Mediterranean region, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands and the island of Madeira, but now grown in many of the winemaking regions of the world. I ...
can also be used but is limited to 10% of the blend. The whites, ''frizzantes'' and ''spumantes'' are a blend of 40-60%
Trebbiano, at least 30%
Chardonnay and/or
Pinot blanc
Pinot blanc is a white wine grape. It is a point genetic mutation of Pinot noir. Pinot noir is genetically unstable and will occasionally experience a point mutation in which a vine bears all black fruit except for one cane which produces white ...
, up to 25%
Sauvignon blanc and/or
Bianco di Alessano and up to 10%
Malvasia bianca
Malvasia (, also known as Malvazia) is a group of wine grape varieties grown historically in the Mediterranean region, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands and the island of Madeira, but now grown in many of the winemaking regions of the world ...
.
[P. Saunders ''Wine Label Language'' pg 174 Firefly Books 2004 ]
See also
*
List of Italian DOC wines
References
External links
* Italian Made '
Lizzano DOC''
Cities and towns in Apulia
Localities of Salento
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