Freisa d'Asti

Freisa d'Asti is an appellation in Italy in Cellarengo and Villanova D'Asti. The rules allow red wine, based on Freisa. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments. It lies 10 km south-east of Chieri and 23 km south-east of Turin.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Category

Semi-Sparkling Wine/Sparkling Wine/Wine

Protected since

1973-09-18

Area

5,283 ha registered outline

Separate plots

2

Extent N–S × E–W

16.31 × 8.73 km

Centre

44.9554° N, 7.9283° E

Grapes

Freisa

Irrigation

Prohibited

Where it is

Nearest town

10 km south-east of Chieri

Nearest city

23 km south-east of Turin 847,287 people

To the sea

84 km

Same latitude

Leelanau Peninsula (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

187–347 m

Mean elevation

261 m

Mean slope

2.3° (4 %)

Steepest tenth

above 7°

Faces

several directions, mostly west

Measured over the whole outline on 72,943 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 sediments87%
• Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)13%

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

Communes · 2

• Cellarengo
• Villanova D'Asti

Sources

EU register of geographical indications