Contea di Sclafani

Contea di Sclafani is an appellation in Italy across 14 communes. The rules allow red and white wine, based on Nero D'Avola, Perricone, Catarratto Bianco Comune and Catarratto Bianco Lucido. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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

Key facts

Official name

Contea di Sclafani / Valledolmo-Contea di Sclafani

Type

DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Category

Wine

Protected since

2004-04-14

Area

125,052 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

41.66 × 57.86 km

Centre

37.7599° N, 13.8637° E

Grapes

Catarratto Bianco Comune, Catarratto Bianco Lucido, Perricone

Other grapes

Nero D'Avola

Max yield

84 hl/ha

Min planting density

3,400 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

17 km south of Cerda

Nearest city

35 km north of Caltanissetta 62,797 people

To the sea

25 km

Same latitude

Southeast Anatolia (Türkiye), Paulsell Valley (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

30–1,964 m

Mean elevation

681 m

Measured over the whole outline on 86,369 elevation cells of about 121 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)83%
• Mixed sedimentary rocks14%

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

Communes · 14

• Alia
• Aliminusa
• Caltavuturo
• Cammarata
• Castellana Sicula
• Castronovo Di Sicilia
• Cerda
• Montemaggiore Belsito
• Petralia Sottana
• Polizzi Generosa
• Sclafani Bagni
• Valledolmo
• Vallelunga Pratameno
• Villalba

Wineries · 1

• Castelluccimiano

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications