Italy · DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Amelia

Appellation

Amelia is an appellation in Italy across 14 communes. The rules allow white, red and rosé wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type: DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category: Wine
Protected since: 2011-12-16
Area: 90,527 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W: 37.08 × 45.87 km
Centre: 42.5359° N, 12.5243° E
Grapes: Aglianico, Albana, Alicante, Barbera, Bellone, Biancame, Bombino Bianco, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Canaiolo Bianco, Canaiolo Nero, Carignano, Cesanese Comune, Ciliegiolo, Colorino, Dolcetto, Falanghina, Fiano, Foglia Tonda, Gaglioppo, Gamay, Garganega, Grechetto, Grechetto Rosso, Greco, Greco Bianco, Grero, Incrocio Bruni 54, Lacrima, Maceratino, Maiolica, Malbech, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Del Lazio, Malvasia, Mammolo, Manzoni Bianco, Merlot, Montepulciano, Montonico Bianco, Moscato Bianco, Mostosa, Nebbiolo, Passerina, Pecorino, Petit Verdot, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Nero, Primitivo, Prugnolo Gentile, Rebo, Refosco Dal Peduncolo Rosso, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Sagrantino, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Semillon, Sylvaner Verde, Syrah, Tannat, Teroldego, Tocai Friulano, Trebbiano Giallo, Trebbiano Spoletino, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdello, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Vernaccia Di S. Giminiano, Vernaccia Nera, Viognier
Other grapes: Cesanese D Affile, Marselan, Mueller Thurgau
Max yield: 84 hl/ha
Min planting density: 2,500 vines/ha
Irrigation: Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town: 1.8 km north of Narni
Nearest city: 10 km west of Terni 111,189 people
To the sea: 77 km
Rivers nearby: Salto (0.3 km) · Tiber (14 km)
Same latitude: Khvanchkara (Georgia), Xinjiang (Turpan, Manas, Yanqi) (China), Fennville (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: 42–1,152 m
Mean elevation: 340 m

Measured over the whole outline on 72,038 elevation cells of about 113 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.