Acronym for Indicazione Geografica Tipica.
A wine is immature if it is not matured at the same time of other similar wines of the same vintage and thus requires to spend more time in casks or in bottles.
Imperial is a bottle of wine that achieves 6 liters of wine or the equivalent of eight regular bottles.
Acronym for Institut National des Appellations d'Origine.
IGT is the geographical name of an area used to describe the product that results. This name is reserved for wines that match the conditions and requirements set out, for each of them, in theÂ…
Created in 1935, the INAO has played, in France, a crucial role in the administration of the controlled designations. The INAO, effect, is the organization responsible for the management,Â…
A wine has "intake&uquot; if it causes a pleasant astringent sensation in the mouth. The adjective, used with positive meaning, designates wines that have a good solid structure due to the balanceÂ…
Part of the complex system of reduction of chemical products in agriculture (which have almost always been used in the past in a blind way) up to a restricted minimum. Today, the modern winemakerÂ…
A wine is said intense when its characteristics, related to the aroma and flavour, are well marked (Veronelli). If the intensity is too strong however, the term has a pejorative valency, taking theÂ…
Intense aromatic persistence designates the time during which the aroma of the wine persists in the mouth with uniform intensity. It is a crucial factor in judging the quality of a wine.
Acronym for Integrated Pest Management.
