Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG
Shaded: the delimited Cerasuolo di Vittoria production zone within Sicilia.
- DOCG since
- 2005
- Communes
- 14
- Wines
- 2
- Grapes
- 2
The wines 2
Across every typology: max yield 8 t/ha · min alcohol 13%.
At consumption
Recorded for the denomination as a whole; the disciplinare does not attribute these to a single typology.
Production zone14 communes · Ragusa, Caltanissetta, Catania
Entirely within the zone 5
Partly within the zone 9
Art. 3: a vast area across three neighbouring provinces. Whole territory of Vittoria, Comiso, Acate, Chiaramonte Gulfi, Santa Croce Camerina (Ragusa) + metes-and-bounds parts of Ragusa (RG); Niscemi, Gela, Riesi, Butera, Mazzarino (Caltanissetta); Caltagirone, Licodia Eubea, Mazzarrone (Catania). Geometry = comune-union of the 5 WHOLE Ragusa comuni only (openpolis WGS84, 51.603 ha); the metes-and-bounds partials are not unioned (honest under-approximation). The Classico subzone = the territory of the original 1973 delimitation (not separately drawn here).
GrapesNero d'Avola · Frappato
- Nero d'AvolaAlso called Calabrese; the structural base.
- FrappatoThe perfumed, lighter partner that gives the cherry (cerasuolo) fragrance.
Art. 2: Nero d'Avola dal 50% al 70% + Frappato dal 30% al 50%, in coltura mono o plurivarietale aziendale. Sicily's only DOCG and its only classic red blend of these two natives.
Viticulture
Art. 4: produzione massima uva 8 t/ha; forme di allevamento ad alberello o a spalliera semplice; min 4.000 ceppi/ha.