Valle d'Aosta o Vallée d'Aoste DOC
Shaded: the delimited Valle d'Aosta o Vallée d'Aoste production zone within Valle d'Aosta.
- DOC since
- 1985
- Wines
- 12
- Grapes
- 3
The wines 12
Production zoneAosta
Art. 3: the whole territory of the Aosta Valley region (the single province of Aosta). Geometry = the Aosta (AO) province polygon (data/geo/provinces.geojson, WGS84, 326014 ha); the named sottozone (Donnas, Chambave, Torrette, Blanc de Morgex et de La Salle, etc.) are geographic subsets within it.
GrapesPetit Rouge · Prié Blanc · Nebbiolo
- Petit RougeThe key native red, base of the Torrette and Enfer d'Arvier sottozone.
- Prié BlancThe high-altitude native white of Blanc de Morgex et de La Salle — Europe's highest vineyards.
- NebbioloBase of the Donnas and Arnad-Montjovet sottozone (as Picotener).
Art. 1-2: the single regional DOC of the Aosta Valley is an umbrella covering region-wide varietal wines (Müller Thurgau, Gamay, Pinot noir/gris/blanc, Chardonnay, Petite Arvine, Fumin, Cornalin, Mayolet, Vuillermin, Premetta, Petit Rouge, Nebbiolo/Picotener, Moscato, etc.) plus named geographic sottozone: Donnas and Arnad-Montjovet (Nebbiolo/Picotener), Chambave (Moscato + red), Nus (Malvoisie/red), Torrette (Petit Rouge), Enfer d'Arvier (Petit Rouge), Blanc de Morgex et de La Salle / Morgex (Prié Blanc — among the highest vineyards in Europe).
Viticulture
Art. 4: steep Alpine terraced viticulture — the Blanc de Morgex et de La Salle vineyards (~900-1200 m, ungrafted Prié Blanc) are among the highest in Europe. Yields per typology not transcribed as scalar.