📜 Epomeo
Italian wine with a protected geographical indication (IGP, IGT) from the island of Ischia in Campania.
Epomeo is an Italian wine with a protected geographical indication (IGP, traditionally IGT) from the island of Ischia in Campania. The specification covers white, red and rosé wines, which can also be off-dry (amabile), frizzante, passito or, for the reds, novello. Whites and reds are described as dry and balanced, the passito wines as off-dry or sweet.
The grapes come from the whole territory of the six communes of Ischia, all in the province of Naples: Ischia, Casamicciola Terme, Lacco Ameno, Forio, Serrara Fontana and Barano d'Ischia. The specification lists many varieties, among them Biancolella, Forastera, Piedirosso, Guarnaccia, Aglianico, Falanghina, Fiano, Greco, Coda di Volpe and Bombino Bianco.
The minimum total alcohol ranges from 9% vol for white wines to 14% vol for red passito. The maximum yield is 120 hl/ha for white wines, 105 hl/ha for red and rosé wines, 80 hl/ha for white passito and 70 hl/ha for red passito. The label may carry the traditional terms IGT, Passito and Novello.
How it connects to Wine
📜 Epomeo → → → 🍷 Still wine → kind of → 🍷 Types of wine → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Related to
- 📍 Campania, 🍷 Still wine
- Wines
- 🍷 Red wine, 🍷 White wine
Frequently asked questions
Where is Epomeo produced?
On the island of Ischia in Campania, in its six communes (Ischia, Casamicciola Terme, Lacco Ameno, Forio, Serrara Fontana, Barano d'Ischia), all in the province of Naples.
What wines can be called Epomeo?
White, red and rosé wines, also off-dry, frizzante, passito or (red) novello.
What are the minimum alcohol and the maximum yield?
Minimum total alcohol runs from 9% vol (white) to 14% vol (red passito). Maximum yield is 120 hl/ha for white, 105 hl/ha for red and rosé, and 80 or 70 hl/ha for white or red passito.
What to read next
- 🍷 Red wine — Wine from dark grapes that ferments with the skins and takes its colour from them.
- 🍷 Still wine — Wine without noticeable bubbles: EU category 1, at least 8.5–9 % actual alcohol and no more than 15 % total; red, white, rosé or orange.
- 🍷 White wine — Wine made from grape juice without the skins; it can come from pale and even dark berries.
Similar
📜 Terre del Volturno · 📜 Colli di Salerno · 📜 Roccamonfina · 📜 Castel San Lorenzo · 📜 Cilento · 📜 Galluccio
⚠️ Wine contains alcohol: adults only, drink in moderation. Wine usually contains sulphites; egg white or milk proteins are sometimes used for fining — important for allergies and for vegans.
Sources
- eAmbrosia – EU geographical indications register
- Fascicolo tecnico / disciplinare IGP Epomeo (eAmbrosia, 2014)
- Wikidata