Basilicata IGT

Basilicata IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) is the regional umbrella PGI for wines made anywhere in Basilicata, covering both the Potenza and Matera provinces. It admits whites, reds, rosés, frizzante and passito bottlings, plus varietal labels for almost any authorised local grape.

The disciplinare excludes Aglianico and Montepulciano from varietal labelling. Aglianico-only wines must use Aglianico del Vulture DOC or Aglianico del Vulture Superiore DOCG. Anything labelled Basilicata IGT can use Aglianico in a blend, but cannot be sold as a varietal Aglianico under the IGT label.

The IGT is the broadest, most permissive tier. Aglianico del Vulture DOC and DOCG, Matera DOC, Terre dell'Alta Val d'Agri DOC and Grottino di Roccanova DOC are smaller, stricter zones with narrower variety lists and tighter ageing rules. The IGT is where producers put international varietals, faster-drinking declassified reds, frizzanti and passiti.

It was approved by Italian ministerial decree D.M. 03.11.1995, published in Gazzetta Ufficiale 267 on 15 November 1995, then amended in May and July 2018 to refine the variety list and yield rules.

Bianco, Rosso, Rosato, white frizzante, red frizzante, rosé frizzante, Novello rosso, Passito Bianco and Passito Rosso. Each can also be made varietal (with the 85 percent rule) under the names of permitted grapes other than Aglianico and Montepulciano.

The disciplinare caps grape-to-wine yield at 80 percent for still and frizzante typologies, and at 50 percent for the Passito Bianco and Passito Rosso, reflecting the loss of weight during the partial drying step.

Many of the Vulture's flagship estates use IGT for their younger or international cuvées, including Cantine del Notaio, Paternoster, Elena Fucci, Donato D'Angelo, Bisceglia and Re Manfredi (Terre degli Svevi). Smaller wineries around Matera and Roccanova also bottle traditional rosati and passiti under the IGT.