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Girò di Cagliari

Appellation

Girò di Cagliari is an appellation in Italy across 181 communes. The rules allow red wine, based on Girò. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Liqueur Wine/Wine
Protected since
1973-09-18
Area
930,152 ha registered outline
Separate plots
6
Extent N–S × E–W
151.59 × 122.94 km
Centre
39.5466° N, 9.0433° E
Grapes
Girò
Irrigation
Prohibited

Where it is

Nearest town
12 km east of Sanluri
Nearest city
36 km north of Cagliari 149,257 people
To the sea
31 km
Same latitude
Thrace-Marmara (Türkiye), Syunik (Armenia), Catoctin (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
-4–1,192 m
Mean elevation
219 m

Measured over the whole outline on 168,846 elevation cells of about 236 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

Girò di Cagliari Red
Girò
Girò di Cagliari Liquoroso Red · Liqueur Wine
Girò

Bedrock

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

Communes · 181

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Wineries · 4

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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