Aleatico Passito DOCG
The wine symbol of the Tuscan Archipelago

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Difficulty

Capoliveri · Porto Azzurro

Origin

A glass of Aleatico Passito DOCG beside the cane rack with grapes drying in the sun

Sweet wine from Aleatico grapes sun-dried on racks for a minimum of 10 days under the DOCG rules (many producers go well beyond), then vinified sweet. Deep ruby colour, scent of wild rose, sour cherry and spices. DOCG since 2011 (previously DOC). Produced mainly in Capoliveri and Porto Azzurro. It was Napoleon's favourite wine during his exile on Elba (1814-1815).

DOCG regulations

Aleatico grapes
Drying for at least 10 days
Minimum sugar content 30%
Max yield 7 t/ha, grape to wine 35%
Minimum total alcohol 19% vol, actual minimum 12%
Minimum total acidity 6 g/l
Released from 1 March of the following year

Step by step

How it is made

Hand harvest of the Aleatico grapes.
Sun drying on cane racks for at least 10 days, until a sugar content of at least 30%.
Pressing and an interrupted fermentation, which leaves the residual sugars in the wine.
Ageing up to a minimum total alcohol of 19% vol, of which at least 12% actual.
Released for sale no earlier than 1 March of the year following production.

All traditional recipes

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