Cesanese di Affile

Cesanese di Affile is an appellation in Italy in Affile, Arcinazzo Romano and Roiate. The rules allow white and red wine, based on Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Trebbiano Toscano and Cesanese D'Affile. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 4.9 km south of Subiaco and 34 km south-east of Guidonia Montecelio.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Official name

Cesanese di Affile / Affile

Type

DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Category

Semi-Sparkling Wine/Wine

Protected since

1973-09-18

Area

5,367 ha outline of listed communes

Extent N–S × E–W

7.77 × 12.1 km

Centre

41.8832° N, 13.1013° E

Grapes

Ancellotta, Bellone, Biancolella, Bombino Bianco, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Canaiolo Bianco, Capolongo, Cesanese D'Affile, Cjanorie, Cordenossa, Falanghina, Fiano, Forastera, Forgiarin, Franconia, Gamay, Grechetto, Greco, Greco Bianco, Guarnaccia, Lambrusco Maestri, Malbech, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Del Lazio, Manzoni Bianco, Marzemino, Maturano, Merlot, Montonico Bianco, Moscato Bianco, Moscato Di Terracina, Moscato Giallo, Mostosa, Pampanaro, Passerina, Pecorino, Petit Manseng, Petit Verdot, Piccola Nera, Piculit-Neri, Pignolo, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Nero, Raboso Piave, Raboso Veronese, Rebo, Refosco Dal Peduncolo Rosso, Refosco Nostrano, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Sauvignon, Schioppettino, Semillon, Tazzelenghe, Terrano, Tocai Friulano, Trebbiano Di Soave, Trebbiano Giallo, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdello, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Vernaccia Di S. Giminiano, Viognier

Other grapes

Cabernet Eidos, Cabernet Volos, Carmenere, Julius, Merlot Kanthus, Merlot Khorus

Max yield

98 hl/ha

Min planting density

3,000 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

4.9 km south of Subiaco

Nearest city

34 km south-east of Guidonia Montecelio 89,165 people

To the sea

56 km

Same latitude

Kakheti (Georgia), Seiad Valley (United States), South Islands (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation

364–1,328 m

Mean elevation

782 m

Mean slope

19.4° (35 %)

Steepest tenth

above 32°

Faces

several directions, mostly north

Measured over the whole outline on 66,474 elevation cells of about 28 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)73%
• Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)27%

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

Communes · 3

• Affile
• Arcinazzo Romano
• Roiate

Sources

EU register of geographical indications