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Carema

Appellation

Carema is an appellation in Italy in Carema. The rules allow red wine, based on Nebbiolo. Regional bedrock: metamorphic rocks. It lies 14 km north of Ivrea and 18 km west of Biella.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Wine
Protected since
1973-09-18
Area
1,026 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W
4.12 × 5.46 km
Centre
45.5866° N, 7.8233° E
Grapes
Albarossa, Ancellotta, Avanà, Avarengo, Barbera, Becuet, Bonarda, Brachetto, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chatus, Ciliegiolo, Cornarea, Croatina, Dolcetto, Doux D'Henry, Durasa, Freisa, Gamay, Gamba Rossa, Grignolino, Lambrusca Di Alessandria, Malvasia Di Casorzo, Malvasia Di Schierano, Malvasia Nera Lunga, Merlot, Moscato Nero Di Acqui, Nebbiolo, Ner D'Ala, Neretta Cuneese, Neretto Di Bairo, Passau, Pelaverga, Pelaverga Piccolo, Petit Verdot, Pinot Nero, Plassa, Quagliano, Ruchè, Sangiovese, Slarina, Syrah, Teroldego, Uva Rara, Uvalino, Vespolina
Other grapes
Bragat Rosa, Montanera
Max yield
56 hl/ha
Min planting density
3,000 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
14 km north of Ivrea
Nearest city
18 km west of Biella 43,030 people
To the sea
151 km
Rivers nearby
Dora Baltea (0.3 km)
Same latitude
Tualatin Hills (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
277–2,076 m
Mean elevation
1,083 m
Mean slope
27.0° (51 %)
Steepest tenth
above 41°
Faces
south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 227,182 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

Carema Red
Nebbiolo
max 56 hl/ha · min 3,000 vines/ha
Carema Riserva Red
Nebbiolo
max 56 hl/ha · min 3,000 vines/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 1

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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