Costa d'Amalfi

Costa d'Amalfi is an appellation in Italy across 13 communes. The rules allow white, 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

Quality Sparkling Wine/Sparkling Wine/Wine/Wine From Raisined Grapes

Protected since

2004-04-14

Area

9,998 ha outline of listed communes

Extent N–S × E–W

12.74 × 23.22 km

Centre

40.6693° N, 14.6387° E

Grapes

Aglianico, Aglianicone, Ancellotta, Asprinio Bianco, Barbera, Biancolella, Bombino Bianco, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cesanese Comune, Coda Di Volpe Bianca, Falanghina, Fenile, Fiano, Forastera, Ginestra, Greco, Malvasia Bianca, Malvasia, Merlot, Montepulciano, Montonico Bianco, Moscato Bianco, Pepella, Piedirosso, Pinot Nero, Primitivo, Ripolo, Sangiovese, Sciascinoso, Tintore, Trebbiano Toscano, Tronto, Verdeca

Max yield

84 hl/ha

Min planting density

1,600 vines/ha

Where it is

Nearest town

2.3 km north of Maiori

Nearest city

7 km west of Cava Dè Tirreni 53,130 people

To the sea

2.3 km

Same latitude

Aragatsotn (Armenia), Lehigh Valley (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

0–1,418 m

Mean elevation

532 m

Mean slope

29.8° (57 %)

Steepest tenth

above 43°

Faces

several directions, mostly south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 119,859 elevation cells of about 29 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)87%
• Acid volcanic rocks13%

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

Communes · 13

• Amalfi
• Atrani
• Cetara
• Conca Dei Marini
• Furore
• Maiori
• Minori
• Positano
• Praiano
• Ravello
• Scala
• Tramonti
• Vietri Sul Mare

Sources

EU register of geographical indications