Colli Albani

Colli Albani is an appellation in Italy across 6 communes. The rules allow rosé and white wine. Regional bedrock: intermediate volcanic rocks.

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

Key facts

Type

DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Category

Sparkling Wine/Wine

Protected since

1973-09-18

Area

25,895 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

25.43 × 26.4 km

Centre

41.6534° N, 12.5127° E

Grapes

Abbuoto, Aglianico, Alicante, Ancellotta, Barbera, Bellone, Biancolella, Bombino Bianco, Bombino Nero, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Canaiolo Bianco, Canaiolo Nero, Capolongo, Carignano, Cesanese Comune, Ciliegiolo, Falanghina, Fiano, Forastera, Grechetto, Grechetto Rosso, Greco, Greco Bianco, Guarnaccia, Lambrusco Maestri, Lecinaro, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Del Lazio, Manzoni Bianco, Maturano, Merlot, Montepulciano, Montonico Bianco, Mostosa, Nero Buono, Olivella Nera, Pampanaro, Passerina, Pecorino, Petit Manseng, Petit Verdot, Piedirosso, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Nero, Primitivo, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Sciascinoso, Semillon, Syrah, Tannat, Tempranillo, Tocai Friulano, Trebbiano Di Soave, Trebbiano Giallo, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdello, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Vernaccia Di S. Giminiano, Viognier

Other grapes

Cesanese D Affile, Cesenese Nero

Max yield

115.5 hl/ha

Min planting density

3,300 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

2 km south of Pomezia

Nearest city

13 km north-west of Aprilia 74,977 people

To the sea

6 km

Same latitude

Kakheti (Georgia), Loess Hills District (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

1–661 m

Mean elevation

123 m

Measured over the whole outline on 80,066 elevation cells of about 57 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

• Intermediate volcanic rocks72%
• Unconsolidated sediments28%

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

Communes · 6

• Albano Laziale
• Ardea
• Ariccia
• Castel Gandolfo
• Lanuvio
• Pomezia

Wineries · 3

• Cantina Villafranca
• Donnardea
• Terre dei Rutuli Cantine & Vigneti

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications