Aglianico del Vulture Superiore DOCG
Shaded: the delimited Aglianico del Vulture Superiore production zone within Basilicata.
- DOCG since
- 2010
- Communes
- 15
- Wines
- 2
- Grapes
- 1
The wines 2
Production zone15 communes · Potenza
Entirely within the zone 15
Art. 3: the whole territory of 15 comuni on and around the extinct volcano Monte Vulture (Rionero in Vulture/Barile/Rapolla/Ripacandida/Ginestra/Maschito/Forenza/Acerenza/Melfi/Atella/Venosa/Lavello/Palazzo San Gervasio/Banzi/Genzano di Lucania), province of Potenza (three administrative exclaves excluded). Geometry = comune-union of the 15 comuni (openpolis WGS84, 133,819 ha).
GrapesAglianico
- Aglianico100% Aglianico — the great volcanic red of Monte Vulture.
Art. 2: Aglianico del Vulture Superiore is made from Aglianico (Aglianico del Vulture). Basilicata's flagship — a structured, age-worthy volcanic red from Monte Vulture; the Superiore/Riserva require long ageing.
Viticulture
Art. 4: volcanic soils of Monte Vulture; yields/altitude not transcribed as scalar.