Copertino

Copertino is an appellation in Italy across 6 communes. The rules allow red and rosé 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

Wine

Protected since

1982-12-31

Area

22,928 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

26.13 × 19.65 km

Centre

40.2599° N, 18.0934° E

Grapes

Malvasia Nera Di Brindisi, Malvasia Nera Di Lecce, Montepulciano, Negro Amaro, Sangiovese

Max yield

98 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town

around the town of Copertino

Nearest city

13 km south-west of Lecce 80,695 people

To the sea

17 km

Same latitude

Armavir (Armenia), Loramie Creek (United States), Shacheng (Huailai) (China)

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

Terrain

Elevation

17–88 m

Mean elevation

48 m

Measured over the whole outline on 68,030 elevation cells of about 58 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)75%
• Mixed sedimentary rocks25%

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

Communes · 6

• Arnesano
• Carmiano
• Copertino
• Galatina
• Lequile
• Monteroni Di Lecce

Sources

EU register of geographical indications