Verona - Provincia di Verona - Veronese

The protected geographical indication "Verona" or "Provincia di Verona" or "Veronese" identifies three types of wine: white, also sparkling, red, also sparkling and novello, and rosé, also sparkling.

Grapes

The "Verona" or "Provincia di Verona" or "Veronese" Protected Geographical Indication PGIs must be obtained from vines suitable for cultivation in the province of Verona. One or two varieties are specified if they are used for a minimum of 85%, while the remaining 15% can be produced from another variety suitable for cultivation in the province of Verona. The specification of the vine is also provided for the sparkling type and, only for the red berry, for the novello. For a complete list of the varieties involved in the specification, please refer to the information contained in the specification.

Physicochemical and Organoleptic properties

The white "Verona" or "Provincia di Verona" or "Veronese" Protected Geographical Indication PGIs are characterised by their complex aromas and have a colour ranging from straw yellow, sometimes with greenish reflections, to deep yellow. The red wines, on the other hand, are ruby red in colour, with a subtle, vinous perfume, with fruity tones, sometimes cherry and pink; the flavour is fresh, dry or sweet, soft, pleasantly tannic, sometimes with bitterish and lively hints. The minimum total alcoholic strength by volume is 9% vol. for white, sparkling white, rosè and sparkling rosè, 9.50% vol. for red and sparkling red, 11% vol. for new wine.

Grape production area

The production area includes the entire foothills of the province of Verona, from Lake Garda to the west to the province of Vicenza to the east.

Specificity and historical notes

The origins of the Veronese wine tradition date back to the Paleovenetian civilization or to the Etruscan-Rhaetian one between the 7th and the 5th century BC.