📜 Offida
Italian DOCG from Marche: Offida Pecorino, Offida Passerina and Offida Rosso.
Offida is an Italian protected designation of origin (DOCG/PDO) for wines from the Marche region. It has been in the EU register since 12 December 2011. The documents cite a ministerial decree of 23 May 2001 recognising the DOC and a decree of 15 June 2011 recognising the DOCG.
The single document describes three wines: Offida Pecorino, Offida Passerina and Offida Rosso. Pecorino is straw yellow with greenish tints, Passerina is straw yellow with golden tints, and Rosso is ruby red tending to garnet with ageing. All three are dry, with a minimum total acidity of 4.5 g/l, expressed as tartaric acid.
The main varieties listed are Pecorino, Passerina and Montepulciano.
Maximum yields are 9,000 kg of grapes per hectare for Offida Pecorino and Offida Passerina, and 8,500 kg per hectare for Offida Rosso.
The communes differ by wine. For Pecorino and Passerina they include Appignano del Tronto, Castel di Lama, Castorano, Castignano, Cossignano, Montefiore Aso, Offida and Ripatransone, together with part of Ascoli Piceno and a further group of communes from Colli del Tronto to Spinetoli. For Rosso the specification names a shorter group, among them Ripatransone, Offida, Acquaviva Picena and Castorano.
The specification links the wines to hilly terrain with vineyards mostly facing east-south-east, medium-textured soils tending to clay and a Mediterranean climate. It also says that human factors shaped the choice of varieties, the cultivation techniques and the winemaking practices.
How it connects to Wine
📜 Offida ← main grape of ← 🍇 Pecorino → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Related to
- 📍 Marche, 🍷 Still wine
- Main grapes
- 🍇 Pecorino, 🍇 Passerina, 🍇 Montepulciano
- Wines
- 🍷 White wine, 🍷 Red wine
Frequently asked questions
What is Offida?
An Italian PDO (DOCG) for wines from the Marche region, covering Pecorino, Passerina and Rosso.
Which grape varieties are listed as main ones?
Pecorino, Passerina and Montepulciano.
What are the maximum yields?
9,000 kg of grapes per hectare for Pecorino and Passerina, and 8,500 kg per hectare for Rosso.
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 Tollesi · 📜 Falerio · 📜 Esino · 📍 Conero · 📜 Colli Pesaresi · 📜 Rosso Piceno
⚠️ 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
- Offida - single document (technical file), eAmbrosia
- eAmbrosia - EU geographical indications register