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Colli dell'Etruria Centrale

Appellation

Colli dell'Etruria Centrale is an appellation in Italy across 94 communes. The rules allow white, red and rosé wine, based on Trebbiano Toscano, Malvasia Bianca Lunga and Sangiovese. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Wine
Protected since
1996-11-15
Area
757,448 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W
144.32 × 130.46 km
Centre
43.4514° N, 11.5014° E
Grapes
Albana, Albarola, Alicante Bouschet, Alicante, Ancellotta, Ansonica, Barbera, Barsaglina, Biancone, Bonamico, Bracciola Nera, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Caloria, Canaiolo Bianco, Canaiolo Nero, Canina Nera, Carignano, Ciliegiolo, Clairette, Colombana Nera, Colorino, Durella, Fiano, Foglia Tonda, Gamay, Gratena, Grechetto, Greco, Groppello Di S. Stefano, Groppello Gentile, Incrocio Bruni 54, Lambrusco Maestri, Livornese Bianca, Malbech, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Istriana, Malvasia, Malvasia Nera Di Brindisi, Malvasia Nera Di Lecce, Mammolo, Manzoni Bianco, Marsanne, Mazzese, Merlese, Merlot, Mondeuse, Montepulciano, Moscato Bianco, Orpicchio, Petit Manseng, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Grigio, Pinot Nero, Pollera Nera, Prugnolo Gentile, Pugnitello, Rebo, Refosco Dal Peduncolo Rosso, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Roussanne, Roussin, Sagrantino, Sanforte, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Schiava Gentile, Semillon, Syrah, Tempranillo, Teroldego, Traminer Aromatico, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdea, Verdello, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Vermentino Nero, Vernaccia Di S. Giminiano, Viognier
Other grapes
Carmenere, Cesanese D Affile, Gralima, Grand Noir, Moscato D Amburgo, Mourvedre, Mueller Thurgau, Nocchianello Bianco, Nocchianello Nero
Max yield
84 hl/ha
Min planting density
3,300 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
10 km south-west of Montevarchi
Nearest city
20 km north-east of Siena 53,901 people
To the sea
92 km
Rivers nearby
Arno (13 km)
Same latitude
Hokkaido (Japan), Niagara Peninsula (Canada), Red Hill Douglas County, Oregon (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
4–1,535 m
Mean elevation
307 m

Measured over the whole outline on 39,107 elevation cells of about 444 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

Colli Dell’Etruria Centrale Bianco White
Trebbiano Toscano
max 78 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha
Colli Dell’Etruria Centrale Vin Santo White
Malvasia Bianca LungaTrebbiano Toscano
max 42 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha
Colli Dell’Etruria Centrale Vin Santo Riserva White
Malvasia Bianca LungaTrebbiano Toscano
max 42 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha
Colli Dell’Etruria Centrale Rosso Red
Sangiovese
max 84 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha
Colli Dell’Etruria Centrale Rosato Rosé
Sangiovese
max 78 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha
Colli Dell’Etruria Centrale Novello Red
Sangiovese
max 84 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha
Colli Dell’Etruria Centrale Vin Santo Occhio di Pernice Red
Sangiovese
max 42 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha
Colli Dell’Etruria Centrale Vin Santo Occhio di Pernice Riserva Red
Sangiovese
max 42 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 94

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Wineries · 91

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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