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Colli Euganei Fior d'Arancio

DOCGAppellation

Colli Euganei Fior d'Arancio is a DOCG appellation in Italy across 17 communes. The rules allow white wine, based on Moscato Giallo. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments.

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Key facts

Official name
Colli Euganei Fior d'Arancio / Fior d'Arancio Colli Euganei
Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Quality Aromatic Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since
2011-12-12
Area
38,712 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W
27.73 × 22.74 km
Centre
45.3065° N, 11.7250° E
Grapes
Bronner, Garganega, Glera, Grapariol, Incrocio Bianco Fedit 51 C.S.G., Malvasia Istriana, Manzoni Bianco, Marzemina Bianca, Moscato Bianco, Moscato Giallo, Pinella, Pinot Bianco, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Sauvignon, Semillon, Tocai Friulano, Trebbiano Toscano, Viognier
Other grapes
Fleurtai, Glera Lunga, Helios, Johanniter, Muscaris, Palava, Sauvignon Kretos, Sauvignon Nepis, Sauvignon Rytos, Solaris, Soreli, Souvignier Gris
Min planting density
4,000 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
5.5 km west of Montegrotto Terme
Nearest city
17 km south-west of Padua 203,725 people
To the sea
33 km
Same latitude
Dundee Hills (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
0–596 m
Mean elevation
46 m

Measured over the whole outline on 134,808 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

Colli Euganei Fior d’Arancio/Fior d’Arancio Colli Euganei White
Moscato Giallo
min 4,000 vines/ha
Colli Euganei Fior d’Arancio/Fior d’Arancio Colli Euganei White · Quality Aromatic Sparkling Wine
Moscato Giallo
min 4,000 vines/ha
Colli Euganei Fior d’Arancio/Fior d’Arancio Colli Euganei Passito White
Moscato Giallo
min 4,000 vines/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 17

Wineries · 17

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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