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Grottino di Roccanova

Appellation

Grottino di Roccanova is an appellation in Italy in Castronuovo Di Sant'Andrea, Roccanova and Sant'Arcangelo. The rules allow red, white and rosé wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Wine
Protected since
2004-04-16
Area
19,660 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W
18.99 × 22.85 km
Centre
40.2295° N, 16.2539° E
Grapes
Aglianico Del Vulture, Aglianico, Aglianicone, Ansonica, Asprinio Bianco, Barbera, Bellone, Bombino Bianco, Bombino Nero, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Castiglione, Ciliegiolo, Cortese, Falanghina, Fiano, Freisa, Garganega, Greco Bianco, Grillo, Malbech, Malvasia Bianca Di Basilicata, Malvasia Di Lipari, Malvasia Nera Di Basilicata, Manzoni Bianco, Merlot, Minutolo, Montepulciano, Moscato Bianco, Moscato Giallo, Nebbiolo, Negro Amaro, Nero Buono, Pecorino, Petit Manseng, Petit Verdot, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Nero, Primitivo, Refosco Dal Peduncolo Rosso, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Syrah, Teroldego, Trebbiano Toscano, Uva Di Troia, Verdeca, Viognier
Other grapes
Guarnaccino, Mueller Thurgau, Pecorello
Max yield
56 hl/ha
Min planting density
3,300 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
9.7 km north of Senise
Nearest city
71 km south-west of Altamura 70,539 people
To the sea
34 km
Same latitude
Armavir (Armenia), Loramie Creek (United States), Shacheng (Huailai) (China)

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

Terrain

Elevation
137–907 m
Mean elevation
462 m

Measured over the whole outline on 58,082 elevation cells of about 58 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

Grottino di Roccanova Rosso Red
Cabernet SauvignonMalvasia Nera Di BasilicataMontepulcianoSangiovese
max 56 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha
Grottino di Roccanova Rosso Riserva Red
Cabernet SauvignonMalvasia Nera Di BasilicataMontepulcianoSangiovese
max 56 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha
Grottino di Roccanova Bianco White
Malvasia Bianca Di Basilicata
max 56 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha
Grottino di Roccanova Rosato Rosé
Cabernet SauvignonMalvasia Nera Di BasilicataMontepulcianoSangiovese
max 56 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 3

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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