Malvasia delle Lipari

Malvasia delle Lipari is an appellation in Italy across 4 communes. The rules allow white wine, based on Corinto Nero and Malvasia Di Lipari. Regional bedrock: intermediate volcanic rocks.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Category

Liqueur Wine/Wine/Wine From Raisined Grapes

Protected since

1976-03-29

Area

11,443 ha registered outline

Separate plots

7

Extent N–S × E–W

49.23 × 78.69 km

Centre

38.4869° N, 14.9423° E

Grapes

Catarratto Bianco Comune, Corinto Nero, Malvasia Di Lipari, Viognier

Max yield

63 hl/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

45 km north of Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto

Nearest city

39 km north-west of Milazzo 31,771 people

To the sea

1.1 km

Same latitude

Central Anatolia (Cappadocia) (Türkiye), Helan Mountain East (Ningxia) (China), Fiddletown (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

0–937 m

Mean elevation

218 m

Measured over the whole outline on 8,369 elevation cells of about 120 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

• Intermediate volcanic rocks58%
• Acid volcanic rocks42%

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

Communes · 4

• Leni
• Lipari
• Malfa
• Santa Marina Salina

Sources

EU register of geographical indications