frizzante

Italian · semi-sparkling wine

Frizzante is Italian for semi-sparkling wine; Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Frizzante may range from secco to amabile.1

In EU terms it corresponds to semi-sparkling wine, with a pressure of 1 to 2.5 bar at 20 °C.2 Amabile, meaning semi-sweet, is the upper sweetness limit for the Conegliano Valdobbiadene frizzante.1 In Prosecco DOC the spumante must be made in autoclave, while the frizzante may be made in bottle or autoclave.3 The fully sparkling counterpart is spumante. Lambrusco DOCs such as Lambrusco Grasparossa di Castelvetro are reserved for spumante and frizzante wines.4 See also Prosecco DOC.

See also

semi-sparkling wineGlossaryspumanteGlossaryProsecco DOCRegionsConegliano Valdobbiadene ProseccoRegions

Sources

  1. UK Government (assets.publishing.service.gov.uk) hosting the consorzio's English text. Conegliano Valdobbiadene - Prosecco DOCG production regulations, English version 12.2018 (2018-12)
  2. legislation.gov.uk (copy of EU OJ text). Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, Annex VII Part II (categories of grapevine products), original version as adopted (2013-12-17)
  3. Gazzetta Ufficiale (copy hosted by unionalimentari.com). Decreto 8 agosto 2019, disciplinare DOP Prosecco (GU n. 199, 26 August 2019), reproduction (2019-08-08)
  4. Regione Emilia-Romagna. Disciplinare di produzione DOC «Lambrusco Grasparossa di Castelvetro» (latest modification DM 8 October 2018) (2018-10-08)

Facts checked on 2026-10-19