Albugnano

Albugnano is an appellation in Italy across 4 communes. The rules allow red and rosé wine, based on Barbera, Bonarda, Freisa and Nebbiolo. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 14 km east of Chieri and 23 km east of Turin.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Category

Wine

Protected since

2004-04-14

Area

4,729 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

11.58 × 7.87 km

Centre

45.0518° N, 7.9839° E

Grapes

Barbera, Bonarda, Freisa, Nebbiolo

Max yield

66.5 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town

14 km east of Chieri

Nearest city

23 km east of Turin 847,287 people

To the sea

91 km

Same latitude

Eola-Amity Hills (United States), Nova Scotia (Annapolis Valley) (Canada)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation

200–552 m

Mean elevation

302 m

Mean slope

12.0° (21 %)

Steepest tenth

above 21°

Faces

several directions, mostly south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 65,379 elevation cells of about 27 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Wines and grape rules

Bedrock

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)83%
• Unconsolidated sediments15%

Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.

Communes · 4

• Albugnano
• Castelnuovo Don Bosco
• Passerano Marmorito
• Pino D'Asti

Wineries · 2

• Cà del Prete Azienda Agr. Vitivinicola a Coltivazione Biologica
• Roggero Bruno e Marco s.s.

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications