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Cirò DOC

CalabriaCrotone (province)
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Shaded: the delimited Cirò production zone within Calabria.

DOC since
1969
Communes
4
Wines
6
Grapes
2

The wines 6

Rosso
Rosso Classico
Superiore
Superiore Riserva
Rosato
Bianco
Production zone4 communes · Crotone

Entirely within the zone 2

CiròCirò Marina

Partly within the zone 2

MelissaCrucoli

Art. 3: the whole of Cirò and Cirò Marina + parts of Melissa and Crucoli, on the Ionian coast (province of Crotone). Geometry = comune-union of the 2 whole comuni (openpolis WGS84, 11.119 ha); the partials not unioned. The 'Classico' is the historic Cirò/Cirò Marina core.

GrapesGaglioppo · Greco Bianco

Art. 2: Cirò Rosso and Rosato = Gaglioppo ≥80%; Cirò Bianco = Greco bianco-based. Calabria's most famous DOC, on the Ionian coast around Cirò; Classico/Superiore/Riserva. One of Italy's most historic wine names (linked to the ancient Krimisa).

Viticulture

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

Legalsince 1969 · Valoritalia s.r.l.
DOC since1969
DOC decreeDPR 02.04.1969
Current decreeDPR 25.09.1989
Control bodyValoritalia s.r.l.
ModificationsDOC DPR 02.04.1969mod. DPR 25.09.1989

Producers 30

What to eat with it 2

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