Labels of the Italian wine Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 2004 from the Pegrandi vineyard produced by Vaona. The label indicates that this is a DOC class wine from the Classico region of Valpolicella.
The following four classifications of wine constitute the Italian system of labelling and legally protecting Italian wine:
Denominazione di origine (DO, rarely used; pronounced[denominatˈtsjoːnedioˈriːdʒine]; English: "designation of origin");
Indicazione geografica tipica (IGT; [indikatˈtsjoːnedʒeoˈɡraːfikaˈtiːpika]; "indication of geographical typicality");
Denominazione di origine controllata (DOC; [denominatˈtsjoːnedioˈriːdʒinekontrolˈlaːta]; "controlled designation of origin"); and
Denominazione di origine controllata e garantita (DOCG; [denominatˈtsjoːnedioˈriːdʒinekontrolˈlaːtaɛɡaranˈtiːta]; "controlled and guaranteed designation of origin").
The system was introduced in 1963 shortly after the Treaty of Rome established Italy as a founding member of the European Economic Community, and was modelled on the extant French appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) laws. It was overhauled in 1992 to match new European Union law on protected designation of origin, introducing the more general denominazione di origine protetta (DOP) designation for foods and agricultural products, including wines.[1] Further EU reforms to harmonise agricultural policy in 2008 meant that designations used in member states, and thus Italian designations, were registered with the EU by the end of 2011, with subsequent new denominations or elevations approved by the EU.[2]
^Robinson, Jancis; Harding, Julia, eds. (2015). "DOC". The Oxford Companion to Wine (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 238. ISBN 978-0-19-870538-3.
^"11/30/11: The Day the DOCs Stood Still". Italian Wine Central. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
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