Greco di Bianco

Greco di Bianco is an appellation in Italy in Casignana. The rules allow white wine, based on Greco Bianco. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 6.7 km south-west of Bovalino Superiore and 50 km east of Messina.

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

1981-06-11

Area

2,436 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

4.47 × 9.98 km

Centre

38.1208° N, 16.1130° E

Grapes

Ansonica, Greco Bianco, Guardavalle, Guarnaccia, Malvasia Bianca, Manzoni Bianco, Montonico Bianco, Moscato Bianco, Pinot Bianco, Riesling Italico, Sauvignon, Semillon, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdicchio Bianco

Other grapes

Pecorello, Zibibbo

Max yield

45 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town

6.7 km south-west of Bovalino Superiore

Nearest city

50 km east of Messina 219,948 people

To the sea

3.6 km

Same latitude

Helan Mountain East (Ningxia) (China), Aegean (Türkiye), Clements Hills (United States), Yamagata (Japan)

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

Terrain

Elevation

0–579 m

Mean elevation

116 m

Mean slope

9.9° (17 %)

Steepest tenth

above 23°

Faces

north-east

Measured over the whole outline on 108,337 elevation cells of about 15 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

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)42%
• Unconsolidated sediments36%
• Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)22%

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

Communes · 1

• Casignana

Sources

EU register of geographical indications