Colli Piacentini

Colli Piacentini is an appellation in Italy across 6 communes. The rules allow white and red wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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

Key facts

Type

DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Category

Quality Aromatic Sparkling Wine/Quality Sparkling Wine/Semi-Sparkling Wine/Sparkling Wine/Wine/Wine From Raisined Grapes

Protected since

1996-11-15

Area

35,466 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

27.85 × 28.56 km

Centre

44.8386° N, 9.8110° E

Grapes

Albana, Alicante, Alionza, Ancellotta, Barbera Bianca, Barbera, Bervedino, Biancame, Bombino Bianco, Bonarda, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Canina Nera, Centesimino, Chardonnay, Ciliegiolo, Croatina, Dolcetto, Durella, Ervi, Fiano, Fogarina, Fortana, Gamay, Garganega, Groppello Gentile, Lambrusco A Foglia Frastagliata, Lambrusco Barghi, Lambrusco Di Sorbara, Lambrusco Grasparossa, Lambrusco Maestri, Lambrusco Marani, Lambrusco Montericco, Lambrusco Oliva, Lambrusco Salamino, Lambrusco Viadanese, Malbo Gentile, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Di Candia Aromatica, Malvasia Istriana, Manzoni Bianco, Marsanne, Marzemino, Melara, Merlese, Merlot, Montepulciano, Moscato Bianco, Mostosa, Negretto, Ortrugo, Perla Dei Vivi, Petit Verdot, Pignoletto, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Grigio, Pinot Nero, Raboso Veronese, Rebo, Refosco Dal Peduncolo Rosso, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Ruggine, Sangiovese, Santa Maria, Sauvignon, Semillon, Sgavetta, Spergola, Syrah, Termarina, Terrano, Tocai Friulano, Trebbianina, Trebbiano Modenese, Trebbiano Romagnolo, Trebbiano Toscano, Uva Del Fantini, Uva Longanesi, Uva Tosca, Verdea, Verdicchio Bianco, Vernaccina, Veruccese

Other grapes

Carmenere, Famoso, Lambrusco Benetti, Montu', Mueller Thurgau, Uva Del Tunde'

Min planting density

3,000 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

14 km west of Salsomaggiore Terme

Nearest city

26 km south of Piacenza 103,607 people

To the sea

71 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

48–1,030 m

Mean elevation

273 m

Measured over the whole outline on 121,631 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

Bedrock

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)58%
• Unconsolidated sediments42%

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

Communes · 6

• Alseno
• Carpaneto Piacentino
• Castell'Arquato
• Gropparello
• Lugagnano Val D'Arda
• Vernasca

Wineries · 5

• Azienda Vitivinicola Bulli
• Cantina Casabella
• Casa Benna
• Podere La Rosa
• Vini Colombi Società Agricola

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications