Venezia DOC

The Venezia DOC appellation was created with the publication of the regulation of production(disciplinare) in January 2011. It goes from the eastern part of the Po Valley, embracing the provinces of Venice and Treviso. The Dolomites in the north and the Adriatic Sea and the lagoon areas in the south, the flat position and the consequent exposure to the winds guarantee a temperate humid climate throughout the year.

The territory of the Venezia DOC, after the frost damage of 1985, gave a new layout to the vineyards, based on planting density and clonal choices aimed at a refined quality of the wines. The appellation includes international white, red and rosé wines and wines from native, young or aged vines.

Viticulture in the Venezia DOC area has been present since Roman times, but the successive barbarian invasions destroyed a large part of the countryside.
In the Middle Ages, the bishops of Concordia Sagittaria built the Summaga Abbey, entrusting it to the Benedictine monks. These contributed to the expansion of the lands cultivated with vines, becoming the landmark for the viticultural and oenological activity.

In the following period, during the domination of the Venetian Republic, an “aristocratic” viticulture was born, which allowed the peasants to acquire new information and new winemaking techniques. Thanks to the work of the nobles, the wines of Venice had a quality that the “foresti” (foreign) wines hardly equaled.
It is on the basis of this millenary history that the foundations were laid for the birth of the appellation Venezia DOC

All the soils of the DOC Venezia originate from the deposition of alluvial materials deriving from the melting of the Alpine glaciers and from the action of the Piave and Livenza rivers, which cross the production area. In the north they are characterized by the presence of gravelly sediments; moving centrally, where the texture becomes finer due to the presence of silt and clay, we find the presence of resurgences. Eventually, in the south, the soil is characterized by more and more sandy deposits.

In Venice, a few steps from the Santa Lucia station, there is the vineyard of the Discalced Carmelites Fathers. Cultivated together with the Consorzio Vini Venezia, the “brolo” (garden) situated within the silent walls of the Convent, contains about twenty vines at risk of extinction. A real secret right in the heart of the city, a place where historical varieties have lived for centuries in the Venetian area.

Disciplinare Doc Venezia 18.02.2021