🏷️ IGT
Italian traditional term for wine with a protected geographical indication (PGI/IGP).
IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) is the traditional term Italy uses for wines with a protected geographical indication (PGI, in Italian IGP). Under Law 238/2016 the label may show IGT alone or together with the European term IGP.
Each IGT has a production specification (disciplinare). It sets the production zone, the characteristics of the wine, including its minimum alcohol strength, the maximum yield per hectare, the grape varieties and the control body. IGT wines may use the varieties entered in the national register of vine varieties. A zone can be recognised as IGT when the request represents at least 20% of the growers and at least 20% of the vineyard area concerned.
In the bilingual areas the law allows local terms: "Vin de pays" in the Aosta Valley, "Landwein" in the Province of Bolzano and "Dez elma oznaka" in the provinces of Trieste, Gorizia and Udine. A zone that has been IGT for at least five years can be recognised as a DOC, which has stricter rules.
How it connects to Wine
🏷️ IGT ← similar ← 🏷️ Protected geographical indication (wine) → kind of → 🏷️ Wine classifications → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🏷️ Protected geographical indication (wine)
- Where it applies
- 🗺️ Italian wine
- Similar and different
- 🍷 Super Tuscan, 🏷️ Protected geographical indication (wine), 🏷️ DOCG, 🏷️ DOC (Italy), 🏷️ Vino (Italy)
Frequently asked questions
What does IGT mean?
Indicazione Geografica Tipica: Italy's traditional term for a wine with a protected geographical indication (PGI/IGP).
What local names can replace IGT?
"Vin de pays" in the Aosta Valley, "Landwein" in the Province of Bolzano and "Dez elma oznaka" in the provinces of Trieste, Gorizia and Udine.
How is IGT different from DOC?
A DOC can only be recognised for a zone that has been IGT for at least five years, and its rules must be stricter than those of the IGT.
Guides
What to read next
- 🗺️ Italian wine — The country's wine and winemaking: regions, grape varieties, appellations.
- 🏷️ DOCG — The higher of the two Italian categories of protected-origin wine, with stricter rules than DOC and checks on every batch.
- 🍷 Super Tuscan — A Tuscan red made outside the old rules, often with French varieties.
- 🏷️ DOC (Italy) — Italian traditional term for wine with a protected designation of origin (PDO), used together with DOCG.
- 🏷️ Vino (Italy) — The simplest Italian wine category, with no region named.
Similar
🏷️ Vinho Regional · 🏷️ Vino de la Tierra · 🏷️ OFJ (Hungary) · 🏷️ PGI (Greece) · 🏷️ Moldovan IGP regions · 🏷️ Vin de pays / IGP
⚠️ 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
- Wikidata
- Legge 12 dicembre 2016, n. 238 (Testo unico del vino), artt. 28, 29, 33, 35 — Gazzetta Ufficiale n. 302
- Legge 12 dicembre 2016, n. 238 — Normattiva