Colli di Salerno

The Protected Geographical Indication "Colli di Salerno" is reserved for wines: white, also in the sparkling, sweet and passito types; red, also in the sparkling, sweet, passito and novello types; rosé, also in the sparkling and semi-sweet wine.

Grapes

"Colli di Salerno" wines with Protected Geographical Indication must be obtained from grapes coming from vineyards composed, within the company, of one or more similarly coloured grape varieties, suitable for the "provincia di Salerno". A minimum quota of 85% is foreseen for the specification of the Aglianico, Barbera, Coda di Volpe, Falanghina, Fiano, Greco, Moscato, Piedirosso, Primitivo, Sciascinoso vines. Non-aromatic berry grapes of the same colour may be used, up to a maximum of 15%, suitable for the "provincia di Salerno". 

Physicochemical and Organoleptic properties

The white "Colli di Salerno" Protected Geographical Indication wines are straw yellow in colour, with a fruity and floral aroma and a dry and balanced flavour. The passito version varies in colour according to the vine variety, while the aroma is fruity and floral and the taste is sweet or harmonious. The red type has a ruby colour, combined with a fruity, floral perfume and a dry, balanced flavour; the passito version is distinguished by its colour, which varies according to the vine variety, and a semi-sweet wine or sweet taste. Finally, the Rosato has a more or less intense pink colour, a floral perfume and a dry, balanced flavour. The minimum total alcoholic strength by volume is 10.00% vol. for white, 10.50% vol. for red and Rosato, 15.00% vol. for both types of passito. 

Grape production area

The production area includes the hilly areas of the Lattari, the internal hills as far as the hills of Cilento and the Diano Wall, in the entire territory of the "provincia di Salerno".

Specificity and historical notes

The excellent geographical position of Campania and the fertility of its lands created, since ancient times, the myth of "Campania Felix". The descriptions of Campania's wines by the first experts in viticulture in the history of mankind are famous: Pliny, Columella, Virgil, Cato.