Assisi

Assisi is an appellation in Italy in Assisi, Perugia and Spello. The rules allow white, red and rosé wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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

1999-02-19

Area

69,755 ha outline of listed communes

Extent N–S × E–W

35.58 × 45.15 km

Centre

43.1286° N, 12.5102° 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

3,000 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

10 km east of Perugia

Nearest city

25 km north-west of Foligno 56,918 people

To the sea

96 km

Rivers nearby

Tiber (4.6 km)

Lakes nearby

Trasimeno (27 km)

Same latitude

Niagara Peninsula (Canada), Hokkaido (Japan), Niagara Escarpment (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

172–1,286 m

Mean elevation

374 m

Measured over the whole outline on 56,831 elevation cells of about 112 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)53%
• Unconsolidated sediments29%
• Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)17%

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

Communes · 3

• Assisi
• Perugia
• Spello

Wineries · 2

• Bottega del Vino
• Vinosofia

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications