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Cisterna d'Asti

Appellation

Cisterna d'Asti is an appellation in Italy across 13 communes. The rules allow red wine, based on Croatina. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Wine
Protected since
2004-04-14
Area
22,373 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W
18.61 × 26.09 km
Centre
44.8309° N, 8.0241° E
Grapes
Albarossa, Ancellotta, 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, Sangiovese, Slarina, Syrah, Teroldego, Uva Rara, Uvalino, Vespolina
Other grapes
Avana', Bragat Rosa, Montanera, Ruche'
Min planting density
3,500 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
16 km west of Asti
Nearest city
33 km south-east of Moncalieri 56,134 people
To the sea
68 km
Rivers nearby
Tanaro (10 km)
Same latitude
Nova Scotia (Annapolis Valley) (Canada), Old Mission Peninsula (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
116–406 m
Mean elevation
242 m

Measured over the whole outline on 76,827 elevation cells of about 54 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

Cisterna d’Asti Red
Croatina
min 3,500 vines/ha
Cisterna d’Asti Superiore Red
Croatina
min 3,500 vines/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 13

Wineries · 8

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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