Italy · DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Dolcetto di Ovada
Appellation
Dolcetto di Ovada is an appellation in Italy across 22 communes. The rules allow red wine, based on Dolcetto. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.
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Key facts Type DOP (DOC/DOCG) Category Wine Protected since 1973-09-18 Area 38,440 ha registered outline Extent N–S × E–W 30.69 × 24.25 km Centre 44.6300° N, 8.6684° E Grapes Albarossa, Ancellotta, Avanà, Avarengo, Barbera, Becuet, Bonarda, Brachetto, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chatus, Ciliegiolo, Cornarea, Croatina, Dolcetto, Doux D'Henry, Durasa, Freisa, Gamay, Gamba Rossa, Grignolino, Lambrusca Di Alessandria, Malvasia Di Casorzo, Malvasia Di Schierano, Malvasia Nera Lunga, Merlot, Moscato Nero Di Acqui, Nebbiolo, Ner D'Ala, Neretta Cuneese, Neretto Di Bairo, Passau, Pelaverga, Pelaverga Piccolo, Petit Verdot, Pinot Nero, Plassa, Quagliano, Ruchè, Sangiovese, Slarina, Syrah, Teroldego, Uva Rara, Uvalino, Vespolina Other grapes Bragat Rosa, Montanera Max yield 56 hl/ha Min planting density 3,300 vines/ha Irrigation Prohibited Where it is Nearest town around the town of Ovada Nearest city 33 km north-west of Genoa 580,097 people To the sea 23 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 120–1,075 m Mean elevation 359 m Measured over the whole outline on 130,758 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 Red Dolcetto
max 56 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha
Bedrock Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)37% Basic plutonic rocks36% Unconsolidated sediments24% Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.
Communes · 22 Belforte Monferrato Bosio Capriata D'Orba Carpeneto Casaleggio Boiro Cassinelle Castelletto D'Orba Cremolino Lerma Molare Montaldeo Montaldo Bormida Mornese Morsasco Ovada Parodi Ligure Prasco Rocca Grimalda San Cristoforo Silvano D'Orba Tagliolo Monferrato Trisobbio Wineries · 3 From OpenStreetMap. Missing a winery? Add it to OpenStreetMap and it appears here.
Sources EU register of geographical indications
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