Contessa Entellina

Contessa Entellina is an appellation in Italy in Contessa Entellina. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 10 km north-east of Santa Margherita di Belice and 29 km south of Alcamo.

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

Key facts

Type

DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Category

Wine/Wine Of Overripe Grapes

Protected since

1996-11-15

Area

13,614 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

11.85 × 19.82 km

Centre

37.7469° N, 13.1070° E

Grapes

Aglianico, Albanello, Alicante Bouschet, Alicante, Ancellotta, Ansonica, Barbera, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Carignano, Carricante, Catanese Nero, Catarratto Bianco Comune, Catarratto Bianco Lucido, Chardonnay, Chenin, Ciliegiolo, Corinto Nero, Damaschino, Fiano, Frappato, Gaglioppo, Glera, Grecanico Dorato, Grillo, Malbech, Malvasia Bianca, Malvasia Di Lipari, Manzoni Bianco, Merlot, Minnella Bianca, Mondeuse, Montepulciano, Montonico Bianco, Moscato Bianco, Moscato Giallo, Nerello Cappuccio, Nerello Mascalese, Nocera, Perricone, Petit Manseng, Petit Verdot, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Nero, Riesling Renano, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Semillon, Syrah, Tannat, Tempranillo, Trebbiano Toscano, Vermentino, Vernaccia Di S. Giminiano, Viognier

Other grapes

Mueller Thurgau, Nero D'Avola, Zibibbo

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

10 km north-east of Santa Margherita di Belice

Nearest city

29 km south of Alcamo 44,431 people

To the sea

24 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

102–1,093 m

Mean elevation

396 m

Mean slope

10.5° (19 %)

Steepest tenth

above 18°

Faces

north-west

Measured over the whole outline on 149,919 elevation cells of about 30 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)88%
• Unconsolidated sediments12%

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

Communes · 1

• Contessa Entellina

Sources

EU register of geographical indications