Montecompatri Colonna

Montecompatri Colonna is an appellation in Italy in Monte Compatri, Rocca Priora and Zagarolo. The rules allow white wine. Regional bedrock: intermediate volcanic rocks. It lies 5.7 km south-west of Zagarolo and 10 km east of Marino.

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

Key facts

Official name

Montecompatri Colonna / Montecompatri / Colonna

Type

DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Category

Semi-Sparkling Wine/Wine

Protected since

1973-09-18

Area

8,079 ha registered outline

Separate plots

3

Extent N–S × E–W

16.53 × 13.02 km

Centre

41.8031° N, 12.7701° E

Grapes

Bellone, Biancame, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Del Lazio, Trebbiano Giallo, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdicchio Bianco

Max yield

105 hl/ha

Irrigation

Prohibited

Where it is

Nearest town

5.7 km south-west of Zagarolo

Nearest city

10 km east of Marino 44,142 people

To the sea

34 km

Rivers nearby

Sacco (3.7 km)

Same latitude

Kakheti (Georgia), Southeastern New England (United States), South Islands (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation

44–767 m

Mean elevation

343 m

Measured over the whole outline on 25,353 elevation cells of about 57 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 rocks88%
• Unconsolidated sediments12%

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

Communes · 3

• Monte Compatri
• Rocca Priora
• Zagarolo

Wineries · 1

• Cantina Cardone

From OpenStreetMap. Missing a winery? Add it to OpenStreetMap and it appears here.

Sources

EU register of geographical indications