Cònero

Cònero is a DOCG appellation in Italy across 6 communes. The rules allow red wine, based on Montepulciano and Sangiovese. 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

Wine

Protected since

2006-02-17

Area

19,781 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

13.94 × 24.24 km

Centre

43.4998° N, 13.5049° E

Grapes

Montepulciano, Sangiovese

Min planting density

3,330 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

2.4 km north-east of Osimo

Nearest city

12 km south of Ancona 89,994 people

To the sea

10 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

0–545 m

Mean elevation

90 m

Measured over the whole outline on 64,821 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

Bedrock

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)72%
• Unconsolidated sediments28%

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

Communes · 6

• Camerano
• Castelfidardo
• Numana
• Offagna
• Osimo
• Sirolo

Wineries · 2

• Arco degli Angeli
• Vigna Della Cava

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications