COMMUNICATION OF APPROVAL OF A STANDARD AMENDMENT

(Article 24 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143)

‘ Verdicchio di Matelica Riserva ’

PDO-IT-A0480-AM02 – submission date 14.7.2025

1.   Name of product

2.   Geographical indication type

☒	Protected Designation of Origin (PDO)

☐	Protected Geographical Indication (PGI)

☐	Geographical Indication (GI)

3.   Sector

☐	Agricultural products

☒

Wines

☐	Spirit drinks

4.   Country to which the geographical area belongs

Italy

5.   Member State authority communicating the standard amendment

Istituto Marchigiano di Tutela Vini [Wine Protection Institute of Marche Region]

6.   Qualification as standard amendment

It is confirmed that the approval and the communication of this standard amendment meet the conditions for approval of a standard amendment under Regulation (EU) 2024/1143 and the provisions adopted pursuant thereto. Furthermore, this amendment meets the definition of standard amendment in Article 24(4) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143, since it is not one of the cases provided for in Article 24(3) of that Regulation.

7.   Description of the approved standard amendment(s)

1.   Reference to the broader geographical name and use of the term ‘Vigna’

Introduction of the option for the label to include the term ‘Vigna’ [vineyard] and the broader geographical name ‘Marche’ within which the production area of a particular wine with a PDO is located.

This amendment concerns Article 7 of the product specification and the section on ‘Further conditions’ of the single document.

2.   Removal of additional geographical and topographical indications

The references to geographical and topographical indications have been removed with the removal of Annex 1.

This amendment concerns Article 7 and Annex 1 to the product specification.

3.   Addition of Article 8 on packaging and presentation

The article introduces the possibility of using special packaging formats for the wines for promotional purposes. It also prohibits the use of crown caps and swing tops with stoppers as closures.

This amendment concerns Article 8 of the product specification.

4.   Update to the details of the control body

Following the amendments made to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 with the entry into force of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143, the mandatory information to be contained in the product specification no longer includes the name and address of the authorities or bodies verifying compliance with the provisions of the product specification, and their specific tasks.

In addition, pursuant to Article 40(1) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143, Member States must make public the names and addresses of the competent authorities, delegated bodies and natural persons referred to in Article 39(3) of that Regulation for each product designated by a geographical indication and must keep that information up to date.

Therefore, the article with references to the control body has been amended, and the information in it has been replaced by a reference to publication on the official website of the Member State’s competent authority.

This amendment concerns Article 10 of the product specification; it does not concern the single document.

5.   Clerical amendments to the product specification

Clerical amendments have been made to the articles of the product specification.

SINGLE DOCUMENT

1.   Name(s)

Verdicchio di Matelica Riserva

2.   Geographical indication type

PDO – Protected Designation of Origin

3.   Categories of grapevine products

1.

Wine

3.1.   Combined Nomenclature code

22 – BEVERAGES, SPIRITS AND VINEGAR

2204 – Wine of fresh grapes, including fortified wines; grape must other than that of heading 2009

4.   Description of the wine(s)

Verdicchio di Matelica Riserva

—	Colour: straw yellow;

—	Aroma: delicate, distinctive;

—	Taste: dry, harmonious, with a slightly bitter aftertaste;

—	Minimum total alcoholic strength by volume: 12,50 %;

—	Minimum sugar-free extract: 18,0 g/l.

Any analytical parameters not shown in the table below comply with the limits laid down in national and EU legislation.

General analytical characteristics

—	Maximum total alcoholic strength (in % volume): —

—	Minimum actual alcoholic strength (in % volume): —

—	Minimum total acidity: 5,00 grams per litre expressed as tartaric acid

—	Maximum volatile acidity (in milliequivalents per litre): —

—	Maximum total sulphur dioxide (in milligrams per litre): —

5.   Wine-making practices

5.1.   Specific oenological practices

—

5.2.   Maximum yields

Verdicchio di Matelica Riserva

9 500 kilograms of grapes per hectare

6.   Demarcated geographical area

The growing area of the grapes comprises part of the territory of the municipalities of Matelica, Esanatoglia, Gagliole, Castelraimondo, Camerino and Pioraco in the province of Macerata and part of the territory of the municipalities of Cerreto d’Esi and Fabriano in the province of Ancona.

7.   Wine grape varieties

Verdicchio Bianco B. – Verdicchio

8.   Description of the link(s)

Verdicchio di Matelica Riserva

In the production of wines with the Verdicchio di Matelica Riserva PDO, human factors played a crucial role in the decision to cultivate Verdicchio, and in the development of agricultural and oenological techniques. Their interaction with the growing area’s unique natural factors, such as the climate and the nature of the soils, have given Verdicchio di Matelica Riserva PDO wines their unique and unparalleled analytical, aromatic and organoleptic characteristics, which are inextricably linked to the local variety used as the main grape.

9.   Essential further conditions (packaging, labelling, other requirements)

Reference to the broader geographical name and use of the term ‘Vigna’

Legal framework:

In EU legislation

Type of further condition:

Additional provisions relating to labelling

Description of the condition:

Introduction of the option for the label to include the vineyard and the broader geographical name ‘Marche’ within which the production area of a particular wine with a PDO is located.

Link to the product specification

https://www.masaf.gov.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeBLOB.php/L/IT/IDPagina/23174

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(1)  Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/27 of 30 October 2024 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1143 of the European Parliament and of the Council with rules concerning the registration and the protection of geographical indications, traditional specialities guaranteed and optional quality terms and repealing Delegated Regulation (EU) No 664/2014 (OJ L, 2025/27, 15.1.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2025/27/oj).