Gattinara

Gattinara is a DOCG appellation in Italy in Gattinara. The rules allow red wine, based on Nebbiolo, Uva Rara and Vespolina. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments. It lies around the town of Gattinara and 27 km north-west of Novara.

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

3,370 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

8.18 × 5.86 km

Centre

45.6109° N, 8.3620° E

Grapes

Nebbiolo, Uva Rara, Vespolina

Min planting density

3,000 vines/ha

Irrigation

Prohibited

Where it is

Nearest town

around the town of Gattinara

Nearest city

27 km north-west of Novara 101,916 people

To the sea

135 km

Lakes nearby

Como (23 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

227–549 m

Mean elevation

287 m

Mean slope

4.8° (8 %)

Steepest tenth

above 19°

Faces

several directions, mostly east

Measured over the whole outline on 47,282 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

Vintages: Piedmont (Barolo, Barbaresco)

Atlas editorial scores: a consensus of widely published vintage reports, not one critic's view. Scores for 2023 and 2024 are early and can change as the wines develop. Scale 1 to 5.

Bedrock

• Unconsolidated sediments60%
• Mixed sedimentary rocks27%
• Acid volcanic rocks13%

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

Communes · 1

• Gattinara

Wineries · 1

• Il chiosso S.c.a.r.l.

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications