📜 Asolo Prosecco

Asolo Prosecco, also called Colli Asolani Prosecco, is a DOCG white wine made from the Glera grape in the hills of Montello and Asolo in the province of Treviso, Veneto, at 100 to 450 metres above sea level. Up to 15% of the vineyard may be Verdiso, Bianchetta Trevigiana, Perera or Glera Lunga.

There are three types. The Spumante is labelled Superiore: it is pale straw yellow with a persistent mousse, fruity, with a sweetness from Brut to Demi-Sec and at least 11% vol total alcohol. The Frizzante is fruity, from Secco to Amabile, with at least 10.5% vol total alcohol; when it is refermented in the bottle it may be slightly cloudy, must say so on the label, and can show notes of bread crust and yeast. The still wine is fruity, from dry to off-dry, with at least 10.5% vol total alcohol.

The yield is capped at 12 tonnes of grapes per hectare, and the finished wine may be at most 70% of the grapes. Sparkling wine may traditionally be topped up with wine from Pinot Bianco, Pinot Nero, Pinot Grigio or Chardonnay, as long as it contains at least 85% Glera wine. On the label the word Prosecco must follow Asolo or Colli Asolani. The DOCG was approved in 2009.