Indicazione Geografica Tipica

Geographical Indication Tipica, abbreviated IGT, is the quality level of Italian wine, the equivalent to the German wine country and the French Vin de Pays. It was introduced by Law No. 164 on 10 February 1992. The wines may bear a geographical indication on the label combined with a variety.

With the new EU wine market by 2009, the appellation for wine was unified in analogy to food law and adopted the classification Protected Geographical Indication (PGI ) for the Land of wine, in Italy called this EU statement Geographical Indication Protetta ( IGP). Italy, however, allowed to continue to use the old national information in addition to the new EU designations.

The quality levels are the IGT, respectively. IGP wines over the simple table wine ( vino da tavola ) and under the strict controlled and regulated Denominazione di origine controllata (DOC) and Denominazione di Origine Controlled and Guaranteed ( DOCG) wines. Partial but also higher quality wines are sold as IGT wines, when these varieties contain, which may not be used by the local DOC regulations.

In the French- speaking part of the Aosta Valley, the description IGT by the French term vin de pays, be substituted by the wine country in German-speaking South Tyrol.

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