Editing Nizza DOCG

{{Short description|Geographically protected Italian wine}}
{{about|the Italian wine||Nizza (disambiguation){{!}}Nizza}}
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  | name           = Nizza
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  | year           = 2014 
  | wine years     = Promoted from a [[Barbera d'Asti]] Superiore subzone
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  | part of        = [[Piemonte (wine)|Piemonte]]
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    | work = Italian Wine Central
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    | access-date = 6 October 2019
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'''Nizza''' (also '''Barbera d'Asti Superiore Nizza''' before 2014) is a [[DOCG]] red [[Italian wine]] produced in the [[Northern Italy|northern Italian]] region of [[Piemonte (wine)|Piedmont]]. It is made from the [[Barbera]] grape, and the zone of production is limited to the ''[[comune|comuni]]'' (municipalities) of [[Agliano Terme]], [[Belveglio]], [[Bruno, Piedmont|Bruno]], [[Calamandrana]], [[Castel Boglione]], [[Castelnuovo Belbo]], [[Castelnuovo Calcea]], [[Castel Rocchero]], [[Cortiglione]], [[Incisa Scapaccino]], [[Moasca]], [[Mombaruzzo]], [[Mombercelli]], Nizza Monferrato, [[Rocchetta Palafea]], [[San Marzano Oliveto]], [[Vaglio Serra]] and [[Vinchio]] within the [[province of Asti]].<ref name=rules>{{cite web |url=http://www.ilnizza.net/pdf/disciplinare-uk.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-11-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118104424/http://www.ilnizza.net/pdf/disciplinare-uk.pdf |archivedate=2015-11-18 }} Nizza DOCG Regulations, Consorzio Tutela Vini d'Asti e Monferrato, 29 October 2012</ref> In this area Barbera is the leading grape variety grown, because the pedoclimatic conditions here are particularly favourable for its ripening.

The zone of production is centered on the town of [[Nizza Monferrato]], from which the wine derives its name.

==History==

Nizza was promoted to DOCG status in 2014.<ref>[https://www.politicheagricole.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeAttachment.php/L/IT/D/7%252Fd%252Fd%252FD.a0d0d9b2613b6763a1b9/P/BLOB%3AID%3D8291/E/pdf] Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali prot. 85456 del 19.11.2014</ref> Before that date it had been a ''Superiore'' subzone of the [[Barbera d'Asti]] DOCG.

==DOCG regulations==

Nizza production rules specify:<ref name=rules />
* Grape composition: 100% Barbera
* Maximum yield: 7 tonnes/ha
* Minimum alcohol: 13% (13.5% if a single vineyard is named on the label)
* Minimum barrel aging: 6 months (or 12 months for wine labelled 'Riserva')
* Minimum total aging: 18 months (or 30 months for wine labelled 'Riserva')

==Environment==

Nizza vines are sun-demanding and normally occupy the best-exposed slopes that face from southeast to west; the valleys are excluded. The production area is the focus of the so-called Tertiary Piedmont Basin, a hilly region that originated from the lifting of the seabed during the late [[Tertiary]] epoch; the soils are [[calcareous]], of medium depth, and characterized by sandy-clay marls and stratified sandstones.<ref name=rules />

== See also ==
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==References==

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==External links==

* [http://www.ilnizza.net/ Association of Nizza Producers]

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[[Category:Italian DOCG]]
[[Category:Wines of Piedmont]]
[[Category:Province of Asti]]
[[Category:Nizza Monferrato]]