"Anna Maria" > wrote:

> I'm sorry but this time you are not true.

Maybe a little outdated; see below.

> I don't know if you can read Italian

A little ... :-)

> but following is a copy-and-paste of the "disciplinare"
> (official DOC regulation)
>
> "La menzione Superiore di Cartizze è riservata al vino spumante
> ottenuto nella tradizionale sottozona nei limiti ed alle
> condizioni stabilite nel presente disciplinare."
>
> http://www.conegliano-valdobbiatene-...ciplinare.html

Thank you very much, obviously I stand corrected.

My source was "Die Liste der DOC- und DOCG-Weine XV. Edition",
published by "Enoteca Italiana" in 2002, the full title being
"Ente Mostra Mercato Nazionale dei Vini a D.O. e di Pregio
Enoteca Italiana", Siena. The passage on p. 69 reads:

| Wein aus dem Lesegut des Territoriums der (Cartizze genannten)
| Fraktion San Pietro di Barbozza in der Gemeinde Valdobbiadene
| gewonnen und bei einem Mindestalkoholgehalt von respektive 11
| Vol.-% für die Typologien /"Tranquillo"/ (Stillwein) und
| /"Frizzante"/ (Perlwein), und 11,5 Vol.-% für den /"Spumante"/,
| kann im Etikett die Zusatzbezeichnung /*"Superiore di
| Cartizze"*/ angeführt werden.

I'll try to translate:

| Wine made from harvest of the territory of the fraction San
| Pietro di Barbozza (called Cartizze) in the commune of
| Valdobbiadene with a minimal alcoholic content of 11% for the
| types "Tranquillo" and "Frizzante" and of 11,5% for "Spumante"
| may bear the additional mention "Superiore di Cartizze" on the
| label.

Your source does not bear a date, but anyhow the DOC regulations
must have changed between 2002 and today.

> If you find a Prosecco Superiore di Cartizze not sparkling it's
> surely a fake.

Or a pre-2002 bottle ... ;-)

M.