Carmignano Docg
The Carmignano is a red wine produced in a restricted hilly area between the area of Carmignano and Poggio a Caiano in the province of Prato. Historic documentation takes it back to 1300, when it was sold at a higher price than any other production in the area. The first example of disciplinary act adopted in Italy is registered in Carmignano. In 1719 the Grand Duke of Toscana, Cosimo III de' Medici, issued a decree on the production of this wine, on the controls to be effected in the marketing phase and on the repression of frauds, instituting a Security Congregation. The Carmignano is also produced in the 'Reserve' type.
Consumption
The Carmignano is well served with structured dishes such as the mature Pecorino Toscano cheese, cold cuts and sausages, the 'finocchiona' (based on fennel'), meat-loaf in Florentine style, guinea-hen in cartoccio style, the 'porchetta allo spiedo' and the famous 'bistecca alla fiorentina'. It is served in ballon calices at a temperature of 16 to 18°C.
Identification
The labelling of Carmignano Docg
Each label must carry a mention of the Controlled and Guaranteed Denomination of Origin besides all the other indications foreseen by law, such as: The determined Region from which the product originates; Denomination of the product composed of the combination of the variety of vine from which the wine originates and the geographic area in which that variety is cultivated; Nominal volume of the wine; Name or company name of the bottler and its registered address; Number and code of the bottler, which may also appear on the closing system (cork or cap); Name of the Country; Indication of the batch; Ecological indications.
I.D. card
- Type
- The Carmignano Docg is a red table wine which is also produced in the Reserve version
- Description
- The Carmignano DOCG is obtained from Sangiovese grapes at a minimum percentage of 50%, from Lanaiolo Nero at a maximum percentage of 20%, from Cabernet Franc and/or Cabernet Sauvignon at a percentage between 10 and 20%, from Trebbiano toscano and/or Canaiolo Bianco and/or Malvasia del Chianti at a percentage of 10%. Eventually other red grapes of the area can be added at a percentage of 10%.
- Characteristics
- The Carmignano has a ruby red vivid colour which tends to garnet red with the aging process. On olfactory examination it reveals a winy smell, with an intense smell of violets, becoming more refined with the aging process. The taste id dry, sapid, harmonic, soft and velvety. The minimum gradation is of 12,5°C.
- Area of production
- The area of production includes the administrative area of the districts of Carmignano and Poggio a Caiano in the province of Prato
- Selling period
- All year round
- Normative references
- The Docg Carmignano has been recognized with DPR of 20.10.1990 issued on GU of 11.03.1991
