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Cannonau di Sardegna DOC

Sardegnatutta la regione (CA/NU/OR/SS/SU) (province)
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Shaded: the delimited Cannonau di Sardegna production zone within Sardegna.

DOC since
1972
Wines
8
Grapes
1

The wines 8

Rosso
Rosato
Riserva
Liquoroso (secco/dolce)
Classico
Sottozona Oliena o Nepente di Oliena
Sottozona Capo Ferrato
Sottozona Jerzu
Production zonetutta la regione (CA/NU/OR/SS/SU)

Art. 3: the whole territory of the region of Sardinia (the 'Classico' further restricted to the comuni of the Nuoro/Ogliastra area). Geometry = union of all 5 Sardinian province polygons (data/geo/provinces.geojson, WGS84, ~2.41M ha) as the island-wide envelope; the three sottozone (Oliena, Capo Ferrato, Jerzu) are subsets not separately drawn.

GrapesCannonau
  • CannonauAt least 85% Cannonau — Sardinia's name for Grenache/Garnacha, the island's great red.

Art. 2: Cannonau ≥85% (+ up to 15% other suitable Sardinian red grapes). The island-wide red DOC; typologies include Rosso, Rosato, Riserva, Liquoroso and the historic sottozone Oliena (Nepente di Oliena), Capo Ferrato and Jerzu. The 'Classico' is reserved to the Nuoro/Ogliastra heartland.

Viticulture

Art. 4: yields/altitude per typology; not transcribed as scalar.

Legalsince 1972 · Camera di Commercio I.A.A. di Nuoro
DOC since1972
DOC decreeDPR 21.07.1972
Current decreeDM (Mipaaf)
Control bodyCamera di Commercio I.A.A. di Nuoro (CCIAA di Nuoro)
ModificationsDOC DPR 21.07.1972mod. DM 29.06.1982

Producers 63

What to eat with it 3

Other Sardegna denominations