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Carignano del Sulcis

Appellation

Carignano del Sulcis is an appellation in Italy across 17 communes. The rules allow red and rosé wine, based on Carignano. Regional bedrock: metamorphic rocks.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Wine/Wine From Raisined Grapes
Protected since
1996-11-15
Area
114,121 ha registered outline
Separate plots
3
Extent N–S × E–W
46.35 × 54.79 km
Centre
39.0798° N, 8.6639° E
Grapes
Aglianico, Albaranzeuli Nero, Alicante Bouschet, Alicante, Ancellotta, Barbera, Barbera Sarda, Bombino Nero, Bovale Grande, Bovale, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Caddiu, Cagnulari, Calabrese, Canaiolo Nero, Cannonau, Caricagiola, Carignano, Croatina, Dolcetto, Gaglioppo, Malbech, Malvasia, Marzemino, Merlot, Monica, Montepulciano, Nebbiolo, Nieddera, Nieddu Mannu, Pascale, Pinot Nero, Primitivo, Refosco Dal Peduncolo Rosso, Sangiovese, Syrah, Teroldego, Tocai Rosso
Other grapes
Fiudedda, Giro', Gregu Nieddu, Medrulinu, Nera Del Ponte, Niedda Carta, Nigheddu Polchinu, Procu Nieddu, Saluda E Passa
Min planting density
3,500 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
16 km south-east of Carbonia
Nearest city
43 km west of Cagliari 149,257 people
To the sea
9.4 km
Same latitude
Syunik (Armenia), Middleburg Virginia (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
-1–1,085 m
Mean elevation
169 m

Measured over the whole outline on 82,293 elevation cells of about 119 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

Carignano del Sulcis Rosso Red
Carignano
min 3,500 vines/ha
Carignano del Sulcis Rosso Riserva Red
Carignano
min 3,500 vines/ha
Carignano del Sulcis Rosso Superiore Red
Carignano
min 3,500 vines/ha
Carignano del Sulcis Rosato Rosé
Carignano
min 3,500 vines/ha
Carignano del Sulcis Novello Red
Carignano
min 3,500 vines/ha
Carignano del Sulcis Passito Red · Wine From Raisined Grapes
Carignano
min 3,500 vines/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 17

Wineries · 3

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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