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Leverano

Appellation

Leverano is an appellation in Italy in Leverano. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies around the town of Leverano and 18 km west of Lecce.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Wine
Protected since
1981-06-11
Area
4,884 ha registered outline
Separate plots
2
Extent N–S × E–W
8.53 × 12.86 km
Centre
40.2915° N, 17.9823° E
Grapes
Aglianico, Aglianicone, Asprinio Bianco, Barbera, Bianco D'Alessano, Bombino Bianco, Bombino Nero, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Chardonnay, Falanghina, Fiano, Francavidda, Garganega, Greco, Greco Bianco, Grillo, Lacrima, Lambrusco Maestri, Malbech, Malvasia Bianca, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Nera Di Basilicata, Malvasia Nera Di Brindisi, Malvasia Nera Di Lecce, Manzoni Bianco, Maresco, Merlot, Minutolo, Montepulciano, Moscatello Selvatico, Moscato Bianco, Negro Amaro, Negroamaro Precoce, Notardomenico, Ottavianello, Pampanuto, Petit Verdot, Piedirosso, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Nero, Primitivo, Refosco Dal Peduncolo Rosso, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Semillon, Susumaniello, Sylvaner Verde, Syrah, Trebbiano Giallo, Trebbiano Toscano, Uva Di Troia, Verdeca, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino
Max yield
105 hl/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
around the town of Leverano
Nearest city
18 km west of Lecce 80,695 people
To the sea
7.1 km
Same latitude
Armavir (Armenia), Shacheng (Huailai) (China), Loramie Creek (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
34–58 m
Mean elevation
44 m
Mean slope
0.4° (1 %)
Steepest tenth
above 1°
Faces
north-east

Measured over the whole outline on 58,058 elevation cells of about 29 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

Leverano Rosso Red
Malvasia Nera Di LecceMontepulcianoNegro AmaroSangiovese
max 105 hl/ha
Leverano Rosso Riserva Red
Malvasia Nera Di LecceMontepulcianoNegro AmaroSangiovese
max 105 hl/ha
Leverano Rosso Novello Red
Malvasia Nera Di LecceMontepulcianoNegro AmaroSangiovese
max 105 hl/ha
Leverano Rosato Rosé
Malvasia Nera Di LecceMontepulcianoNegro AmaroSangiovese
max 105 hl/ha
Leverano Bianco White
Malvasia BiancaVermentino
max 105 hl/ha
Leverano Bianco Passito White
Malvasia BiancaVermentino
max 50 hl/ha
Leverano Bianco Dolce Naturale White
Malvasia BiancaVermentino
max 50 hl/ha
Leverano Malvasia Bianca White
Malvasia Bianca
max 91 hl/ha
Leverano Chardonnay White
Chardonnay
max 91 hl/ha
Leverano Fiano White
Fiano
max 91 hl/ha
Leverano Negroamaro Rosso Red
Negro Amaro
max 105 hl/ha
Leverano Negroamaro Rosato Rosé
Negro Amaro
max 90 hl/ha
Leverano Negroamaro Rosso Riserva Red
Negro Amaro
max 105 hl/ha
Leverano Negroamaro Rosso Superiore Red
Negro Amaro
max 56 hl/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 1

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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