Lago di Caldaro

Appellation

Lago di Caldaro is an appellation in Italy across 19 communes. The rules allow red wine, based on Schiava Gentile, Schiava Grigia and Schiava Grossa. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Official name: Lago di Caldaro / Kalterersee / Caldaro / Kalterer
Type: DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category: Wine
Protected since: 1973-09-18
Area: 37,226 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W: 48.6 × 24.63 km
Centre: 46.3473° N, 11.2587° E
Grapes: Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Casetta, Diolinoir, Franconia, Gosen, Groppello Di S. Stefano, Groppello Gentile, Lagrein, Lambrusco A Foglia Frastagliata, Malvasia, Marzemino, Merlot, Meunier, Negrara, Pavana, Perricone, Petit Verdot, Pinot Nero, Portoghese, Rebo, Regent, Rossara, Saint Laurent, Schiava Gentile, Schiava Grigia, Schiava Grossa, Sennen, Syrah, Tannat, Tempranillo, Teroldego, Turca, Zweigelt
Other grapes: Carmenere, Groppello Di Revo, Iasma Eco 1, Iasma Eco 2
Irrigation: Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town: 7.4 km south of Caldaro sulla Strada del Vino
Nearest city: 17 km south-west of Bolzano 107,436 people
To the sea: 126 km
Rivers nearby: Adige (1.1 km)
Same latitude: Yakima Valley (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 197–2,079 m
Mean elevation: 626 m

Measured over the whole outline on 33,957 elevation cells of about 106 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.