The DOC Valle d’Aosta – Vallée d’Aoste is the only designation of origin present in the area and includes 31 sub-denominations referring to certain areas of cultivation or to specific grape varieties and types of winemaking.
The denomination is represented by 7 subdenominations by area and 19 subdenominations by grape variety. There is also a discipline of subdenominations by color (white, red, pink) and by types of vinification (young, raisin, late harvest and spumante).
Surrounded by the Alps, Valle d’Aosta DOC is home to the highest elevated vineyards in all of Europe. Protected on the north from cold currents and on the west from humid Atlantic currents by the Alps, the climate creates the perfect environment for wine cultivation, which has occurred in the area since Roman times.
Located in the heart of the Alps, the Aosta Valley enjoys an exceptional climate thanks to the mountains that form a barrier to the cold fronts of northern origin as well as to rainy disturbances.
In particular, in the central area of the Valley, the protection created by the Alpine mountains determines the establishment of typical conditions of the endoalpine climate: limited rainfall (and concentrated in spring and late autumn), reduced cloudiness and low relative humidity.
A further element characterizing the Valle d’Aosta climate, especially in the spring-summer season, is the almost daily presence of thermal breezes.
In the Aosta Valley there are numerous international and national grape varieties from France, Switzerland and Piedmont.
In the Aosta Valley Region, 38 grape varieties are recognized as suitable for cultivation.
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