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Aleatico di Gradoli

Appellation

Aleatico di Gradoli is an appellation in Italy across 4 communes. The rules allow red wine, based on Aléatico. Regional bedrock: intermediate volcanic rocks. It lies 18 km north-west of Montefiascone and 32 km north-west of Viterbo.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Liqueur Wine/Wine
Protected since
1973-09-18
Area
12,629 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W
12.74 × 13.92 km
Centre
42.6546° N, 11.8758° E
Grapes
Abbuoto, Aglianico, Alicante, Aléatico, Ancellotta, Barbera, Bombino Nero, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Canaiolo Nero, Carignano, Cesanese Comune, Ciliegiolo, Grechetto Rosso, Lambrusco Maestri, Lecinaro, Merlot, Montepulciano, Nero Buono, Olivella Nera, Petit Verdot, Piedirosso, Pinot Nero, Primitivo, Sangiovese, Sciascinoso, Syrah, Tannat, Tempranillo
Other grapes
Cesanese D Affile, Cesenese Nero
Max yield
63 hl/ha
Min planting density
9,000 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
18 km north-west of Montefiascone
Nearest city
32 km north-west of Viterbo 47,134 people
To the sea
45 km
Lakes nearby
Bolsena (1.7 km) · Bracciano (2 km)
Same latitude
Khvanchkara (Georgia), Xinjiang (Turpan, Manas, Yanqi) (China), Seneca Lake (United States), Lake Erie North Shore (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation
301–659 m
Mean elevation
424 m
Mean slope
6.0° (11 %)
Steepest tenth
above 15°
Faces
several directions, mostly south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 160,346 elevation cells of about 28 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

Aleatico di Gradoli Red
Aléatico
max 63 hl/ha · min 9,000 vines/ha
Aleatico di Gradoli Red · Liqueur Wine
Aléatico
max 63 hl/ha · min 9,000 vines/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 4

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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