Italy · DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Bianco dell'Empolese

Appellation

Bianco dell'Empolese is an appellation in Italy across 6 communes. The rules allow white wine, based on Trebbiano Toscano. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type: DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category: Wine/Wine From Raisined Grapes
Protected since: 1996-11-15
Area: 28,055 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W: 19.09 × 28.74 km
Centre: 43.7405° N, 10.9119° E
Grapes: Albana, Albarola, Ansonica, Biancone, Canaiolo Bianco, Clairette, Durella, Fiano, Grechetto, Greco, Incrocio Bruni 54, Livornese Bianca, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Istriana, Manzoni Bianco, Marsanne, Moscato Bianco, Orpicchio, Petit Manseng, Pinot Bianco, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Roussanne, Sauvignon, Semillon, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdea, Verdello, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Vernaccia Di S. Giminiano, Viognier
Other grapes: Mueller Thurgau, Nocchianello Bianco
Max yield: 84 hl/ha
Min planting density: 3,300 vines/ha
Irrigation: Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town: 3.8 km north-west of Empoli
Nearest city: 22 km south-west of Prato 195,089 people
To the sea: 55 km
Rivers nearby: Arno (0.2 km)
Same latitude: Prince Edward County (Canada), Hokkaido (Japan), Snake River Valley (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 11–632 m
Mean elevation: 76 m

Measured over the whole outline on 92,586 elevation cells of about 55 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.