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Colli di Luni

Appellation

Colli di Luni is an appellation in Italy across 17 communes. The rules allow white and red wine, based on Trebbiano Toscano, Vermentino, Albarola 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
46,399 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W
27.21 × 31.28 km
Centre
44.1621° N, 9.8787° E
Grapes
Albana, Albarola, Albarossa, Alicante Bouschet, Alicante, Ancellotta, Ansonica, Barbera, Barsaglina, Bianchetta Genovese, Biancone, Bonamico, Bosco, Bracciola Nera, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Caloria, Canaiolo Bianco, Canaiolo Nero, Canina Nera, Carignano, Ciliegiolo, Clairette, Colombana Nera, Colorino, Dolcetto, Durella, Fiano, Foglia Tonda, Gamay, Gratena, Grechetto, Greco, Groppello Di S. Stefano, Groppello Gentile, Incrocio Bruni 54, Lambrusco Maestri, Livornese Bianca, Lumassina, 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, Pigato, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Nero, Pollera Nera, Prugnolo Gentile, Pugnitello, Rebo, Refosco Dal Peduncolo Rosso, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Rollo, Rossese Bianco, Rossese, Roussanne, Roussin, Sagrantino, Sanforte, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Schiava Gentile, Semillon, Syrah, Tempranillo, Teroldego, 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, Ruzzese, Scimiscia'
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
next to Ceparana-Carpena
Nearest city
8 km north-east of La Spezia 93,288 people
To the sea
6.5 km
Same latitude
Prince Edward County (Canada), Lower Long Tom (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
-12–1,156 m
Mean elevation
224 m

Measured over the whole outline on 155,337 elevation cells of about 55 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 di Luni Bianco White
Trebbiano ToscanoVermentino
Colli di Luni Vermentino White
Vermentino
Colli di Luni Vermentino Superiore White
Vermentino
Colli di Luni Albarola White
Albarola
Colli di Luni Rosso Red
Sangiovese
Colli di Luni Rosso Riserva Red
Sangiovese

Bedrock

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

Communes · 17

Wineries · 5

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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