Garda Colli Mantovani

Garda Colli Mantovani is an appellation in Italy across 6 communes. The rules allow white, rosé and red wine. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments.

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

2004-04-14

Area

18,432 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

16.38 × 21.37 km

Centre

45.3568° N, 10.6161° E

Grapes

Ancellotta, Barbera, Bonarda, Bronner, Bussanello, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Cortese, Corvina, Croatina, Dolcetto, Erbaluce, Erbamat, Erbanno, Fortana, Franconia, Freisa, Garganega, Groppello Di Mocasina, Groppello Di S. Stefano, Groppello Gentile, Invernenga, Kerner, Lagrein, Lambrusco Di Sorbara, Lambrusco Grasparossa, Lambrusco Maestri, Lambrusco Marani, Lambrusco Salamino, Lambrusco Viadanese, Maiolina, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Di Candia Aromatica, Manzoni Bianco, Marzemino, Merlot, Meunier, Molinara, Montepulciano, Moradella, Mornasca, Moscato Bianco, Moscato Di Scanzo, Moscato Giallo, Nebbiolo, Negrara, Petit Verdot, Pignola, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Grigio, Pinot Nero, Raboso Veronese, Rebo, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Rondinella, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Schiava Gentile, Schiava Grigia, Schiava Grossa, Schiava, Serbina, Syrah, Teroldego, Timorasso, Tocai Friulano, Trebbiano Di Soave, Trebbiano Giallo, Trebbiano Romagnolo, Trebbiano Toscano, Uva Rara, Veltliner, Verdea, Verdese, Vespolina

Other grapes

Bellagna, Cabernet Carbon, Cabernet Cortis, Cabernet Eidos, Cabernet Volos, Carmenere, Fleurtai, Grappello Ruberti, Helios, Iasma Eco 1, Iasma Eco 2, Iasma Eco 3, Iasma Eco 4, Incrocio Terzi N.1, Johanniter, Julius, Merera, Merlot Kanthus, Mueller Thurgau, Muscaris, Prior, Rossola Nera, Sauvignon Kretos, Sauvignon Nepis, Sauvignon Rytos, Solaris, Soreli, Souvignier Gris

Max yield

91 hl/ha

Min planting density

3,000 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

11 km south-east of Castiglione delle Stiviere

Nearest city

31 km west of Verona 258,031 people

To the sea

133 km

Rivers nearby

Mincio (7.5 km)

Lakes nearby

Garda (12 km)

Same latitude

Ribbon Ridge (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

40–200 m

Mean elevation

97 m

Measured over the whole outline on 64,339 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

• Unconsolidated sediments100%

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

Communes · 6

• Castiglione Delle Stiviere
• Cavriana
• Monzambano
• Ponti Sul Mincio
• Solferino
• Volta Mantovana

Wineries · 1

• Borgo la Caccia

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications