Dolcetto d'Asti

Dolcetto d'Asti is an appellation in Italy across 24 communes. The rules allow red wine, based on Dolcetto. 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

1976-03-29

Area

29,754 ha outline of listed communes

Extent N–S × E–W

31.86 × 25.27 km

Centre

44.6662° N, 8.2883° E

Grapes

Dolcetto

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

6.1 km south of Canelli

Nearest city

27 km south of Asti 74,348 people

To the sea

43 km

Rivers nearby

Tanaro (19 km)

Same latitude

Willamette Valley (United States), Nova Scotia (Annapolis Valley) (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation

126–842 m

Mean elevation

319 m

Measured over the whole outline on 101,665 elevation cells of about 54 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)78%
• Unconsolidated sediments18%

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

Communes · 24

• Bubbio
• Calamandrana
• Canelli
• Cassinasco
• Castel Boglione
• Castel Rocchero
• Castelletto Molina
• Cessole
• Fontanile
• Loazzolo
• Maranzana
• Mombaldone
• Mombaruzzo
• Monastero Bormida
• Montabone
• Nizza Monferrato
• Olmo Gentile
• Quaranti
• Roccaverano
• Rocchetta Palafea
• San Giorgio Scarampi
• Serole
• Sessame
• Vesime

Wineries · 4

• Araldica Castelvero
• Azienda Agricola Cascina Garitina
• Cascina Christiana
• Michele Chiarlo

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications