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Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo

Appellation

Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo is an appellation in Italy across 174 communes. The rules allow red wine, based on Montepulciano. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Wine
Protected since
2011-12-14
Area
503,184 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W
126.08 × 117.44 km
Centre
42.3757° N, 14.1327° E
Grapes
Aglianico, Barbera, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Canaiolo Nero, Cannonau, Ciliegiolo, Dolcetto, Gaglioppo, Maiolica, Malbech, Marzemino, Merlot, Montepulciano, Nebbiolo, Petit Verdot, Pinot Nero, Primitivo, Refosco Nostrano, Sangiovese, Syrah, Tannat, Terrano
Max yield
98 hl/ha
Min planting density
2,500 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
4 km north-west of Chieti
Nearest city
11 km south-west of Pescara 119,554 people
To the sea
13 km
Same latitude
Khvanchkara (Georgia), Xinjiang (Turpan, Manas, Yanqi) (China), Rogue Valley (United States), Lake Erie North Shore (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation
0–2,818 m
Mean elevation
406 m

Measured over the whole outline on 99,722 elevation cells of about 226 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

Cerasuolo d’Abruzzo Red
Montepulciano
max 98 hl/ha · min 2,500 vines/ha
Cerasuolo d’Abruzzo Superiore Red
Montepulciano
max 84 hl/ha · min 2,500 vines/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 174

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Wineries · 20

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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