I Terreni di Sanseverino

I Terreni di Sanseverino is an appellation in Italy in San Severino Marche. The rules allow red wine, based on Vernaccia Nera and Montepulciano. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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

2006-02-17

Area

19,387 ha outline of listed communes

Extent N–S × E–W

17.91 × 17.75 km

Centre

43.2742° N, 13.1868° E

Grapes

Alicante, Ancellotta, Barbera, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Canaiolo Nero, Carignano, Ciliegiolo, Colorino, Foglia Tonda, Gaglioppo, Lacrima, Maiolica, Malbo Gentile, Merlot, Montepulciano, Petit Verdot, Pinot Nero, Rebo, Refosco Dal Peduncolo Rosso, Sagrantino, Sangiovese, Syrah, Teroldego, Terrano, Vernaccia Nera Grossa, Vernaccia Nera

Min planting density

3,000 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

4.9 km north of San Severino Marche

Nearest city

28 km south of Jesi 36,985 people

To the sea

45 km

Same latitude

Niagara Peninsula (Canada), Hokkaido (Japan), Upper Mississippi River Valley (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

156–1,264 m

Mean elevation

467 m

Measured over the whole outline on 62,892 elevation cells of about 56 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)68%
• Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)27%

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

Communes · 1

• San Severino Marche

Sources

EU register of geographical indications