📜 Garda
Garda is an Italian DOC (PDO) for white, red and rosé wines, including sparkling ones, from parts of the provinces of Verona, Brescia and Mantua around Lake Garda.
Garda is an Italian protected designation of origin (DOC, PDO) for wines from parts of the provinces of Verona, Brescia and Mantua around Lake Garda, in Veneto and Lombardy. The specification covers white and red wines that name a grape variety, white sparkling wines (spumante, frizzante), the rosé Garda Rosé and a Classico sub-zone from communes in the province of Brescia: white, red (also Superiore), Groppello (also Riserva) and Chiaretto.
The varieties listed in the specification include Garganega, Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio, Sauvignon, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Barbera, Marzemino and Groppello. Minimum total alcohol is 10.5% vol for white and red wines naming a variety, 11% for Classico, and 11.5% for Garda Rosé and Classico Chiaretto.
The DOC was recognised by an Italian ministerial decree of 8 October 1996, and the name has been protected in the EU since 14 April 2004.
How it connects to Wine
📜 Garda → → → 🍷 Still wine → kind of → 🍷 Types of wine → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Where it is
- 📍 Lake Garda
- Wines
- 🍷 Red wine, 🍷 White wine, 🍷 Rosé
- Related to
- 🍷 Still wine, 🍷 Sparkling wine
- In other topics
- 📜 Garda (olive oil)
Frequently asked questions
Which wines does Garda cover?
White and red wines naming a variety, white sparkling wines, the rosé Garda Rosé and the Classico sub-zone (white, red, Groppello, Chiaretto).
What is the minimum alcohol of Garda?
Total alcohol of at least 10.5% vol for wines naming a variety, 11% for Classico, 11.5% for Garda Rosé and Classico Chiaretto.
What does Garda DOC mean?
It is an Italian protected designation of origin, recognised by a decree of 8 October 1996; the wine is made only in parts of the provinces of Verona, Brescia and Mantua from permitted grapes.
What to read next
- 📍 Lake Garda — The lake shores with Bardolino and Lugana.
- 🍷 White wine — Wine made from grape juice without the skins; it can come from pale and even dark berries.
- 🍷 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.
- 📜 Garda (olive oil) — An EU protected designation for extra virgin olive oil from the shores of Lake Garda; Casaliva, Frantoio and Leccino make up at least 55 % of the olives.
- 🍷 Rosé — Wine from dark grapes kept briefly with their skins, so the colour is pale pink.
Similar
📜 Garda Colli Mantovani · 📜 Meuse Valley Limburg · 📜 Heuvelland wine · 📜 Flemish country wine · 📜 Riviera del Brenta · 📜 Terras de Cister
⚠️ 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
- Scheda tecnica / documento unico DOP Garda (eAmbrosia)
- Wikidata