Fara

Fara is an appellation in Italy in Briona and Fara Novarese. The rules allow red wine, based on Nebbiolo, Uva Rara and Vespolina. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments. It lies 15 km north-west of Novara and 29 km west of Busto Arsizio.

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

1973-09-18

Area

3,400 ha outline of listed communes

Extent N–S × E–W

9.16 × 10.21 km

Centre

45.5435° N, 8.4839° E

Grapes

Nebbiolo, Uva Rara, Vespolina

Min planting density

3,000 vines/ha

Irrigation

Prohibited

Where it is

Nearest town

15 km north-west of Novara

Nearest city

29 km west of Busto Arsizio 83,405 people

To the sea

126 km

Lakes nearby

Como (22 km)

Same latitude

Tualatin Hills (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

172–271 m

Mean elevation

205 m

Mean slope

2.1° (4 %)

Steepest tenth

above 6°

Faces

several directions, mostly south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 48,189 elevation cells of about 27 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

• Unconsolidated sediments100%

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

Communes · 2

• Briona
• Fara Novarese

Sources

EU register of geographical indications