Cinque Terre e Cinque Terre Sciacchetrà DOC
Shaded: the delimited Cinque Terre e Cinque Terre Sciacchetrà production zone within Liguria.
- DOC since
- 1973
- Communes
- 5
- Wines
- 4
- Grapes
- 3
The wines 4
Production zone5 communes · La Spezia
Entirely within the zone 5
Art. 3: the whole territory of Riomaggiore, Vernazza, Monterosso al Mare + Levanto and La Spezia, in the province of La Spezia (the terraced Cinque Terre coast). Geometry = comune-union of the 5 whole comuni (openpolis WGS84, 12.114 ha).
GrapesBosco · Albarola · Vermentino
- BoscoThe dominant native white of the Cinque Terre (≥40%).
- AlbarolaWith Vermentino, completes the blend.
- VermentinoPart of the white blend.
Art. 2: Cinque Terre (dry white) and the sweet passito Cinque Terre Sciacchetrà are made from Bosco + Albarola + Vermentino. The wines of the famous dry-stone terraces on the steep Ligurian coast (province of La Spezia); Sciacchetrà is a raisin-wine of dried grapes.
Viticulture
Art. 4: yields/altitude per typology; steep terraced coastal viticulture; not transcribed as scalar.
Legalsince 1973 · Camera di Commercio I.A.A. della Spezia
Slow Food Presidium
PresidioCinque Terre Sciacchetrà
A few hectares of harsh mountain coast terraced down to the sea grow bosco, albarola and vermentino for Sciacchetrà, an old and noble passito. Gold with amber lights, intense on the nose with honey in it, harmonious and long with an almond finish. The grapes dry out of the sun for over 70 days and the wine is released after at least a year, though it can go on for ten and more.