Italy · DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Freisa di Chieri

Appellation

Freisa di Chieri is an appellation in Italy across 13 communes. The rules allow red wine, based on Freisa. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments.

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Key facts

Type: DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category: Semi-Sparkling Wine/Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since: 1976-03-29
Area: 31,318 ha registered outline
Separate plots: 2
Extent N–S × E–W: 22.61 × 29.92 km
Centre: 45.0406° N, 7.7831° E
Grapes: Albarossa, Ancellotta, 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, Sangiovese, Slarina, Syrah, Teroldego, Uva Rara, Uvalino, Vespolina
Other grapes: Avana', Bragat Rosa, Montanera, Ruche'
Max yield: 56 hl/ha
Min planting density: 2,500 vines/ha
Irrigation: Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town: next to Pino Torinese
Nearest city: 4 km north-west of Chieri 36,749 people
To the sea: 98 km
Rivers nearby: Po (9.8 km)
Same latitude: Eola-Amity Hills (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: 202–712 m
Mean elevation: 301 m

Measured over the whole outline on 108,301 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.