Capri

Capri is an appellation in Italy in Anacapri and Capri. The rules allow red and white wine, based on Piedirosso, Falanghina and Greco. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies around the town of Capri and 33 km south of Naples.

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

1982-12-31

Area

1,037 ha outline of listed communes

Extent N–S × E–W

2.9 × 5.96 km

Centre

40.5543° N, 14.2296° E

Grapes

Aglianico, Aglianicone, Alicante, Ancellotta, Barbera, Biancolella, Cabernet Sauvignon, Falanghina, Greco, Merlot, Montepulciano, Olivella Nera, Piedirosso, Pinot Nero, Primitivo, Sangiovese, Sciascinoso

Where it is

Nearest town

around the town of Capri

Nearest city

33 km south of Naples 909,048 people

To the sea

9.1 km

Same latitude

Aragatsotn (Armenia), Inwood Valley (United States), Shacheng (Huailai) (China)

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

Terrain

Elevation

0–586 m

Mean elevation

143 m

Mean slope

15.2° (27 %)

Steepest tenth

above 35°

Faces

north

Measured over the whole outline on 197,370 elevation cells of about 7 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)94%

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

Communes · 2

• Anacapri
• Capri

Sources

EU register of geographical indications