Marsala

Marsala is an appellation in Italy across 21 communes. The rules allow white and red wine. 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

Liqueur Wine

Protected since

1973-09-18

Area

221,139 ha registered outline

Separate plots

3

Extent N–S × E–W

69.68 × 59.44 km

Centre

37.8804° N, 12.7193° E

Grapes

Ansonica, Calabrese, Catarratto Bianco Comune, Catarratto Bianco Lucido, Damaschino, Grillo, Nerello Mascalese, Perricone

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

9.9 km north-west of Salemi

Nearest city

26 km east of Marsala 77,915 people

To the sea

23 km

Same latitude

Aegean (Türkiye), Lamorinda (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

-1–1,079 m

Mean elevation

174 m

Measured over the whole outline on 152,929 elevation cells of about 121 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)93%

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

Communes · 21

• Buseto Palizzolo
• Calatafimi-Segesta
• Campobello Di Mazara
• Castellammare Del Golfo
• Castelvetrano
• Custonaci
• Erice
• Gibellina
• Marsala
• Mazara Del Vallo
• Paceco
• Partanna
• Petrosino
• Poggioreale
• Salaparuta
• Salemi
• San Vito Lo Capo
• Santa Ninfa
• Trapani
• Valderice
• Vita

Wineries · 3

• Cantina Marco De Bartoli
• Cantina Sociale Castelvetrano
• Cantina Sociale La Vite

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications