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Noto

Appellation

Noto is an appellation in Italy across 4 communes. The rules allow white and red wine, based on Moscato Bianco and Nero D'Avola. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Liqueur Wine/Quality Aromatic Sparkling Wine/Wine/Wine From Raisined Grapes
Protected since
2009-08-08
Area
75,228 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W
46.45 × 31.48 km
Centre
36.8724° N, 15.0346° E
Grapes
Aglianico, Alicante Bouschet, Alicante, Ancellotta, Barbera, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Carignano, Catanese Nero, Ciliegiolo, Corinto Nero, Frappato, Gaglioppo, Malbech, Merlot, Mondeuse, Montepulciano, Moscato Bianco, Nerello Cappuccio, Nerello Mascalese, Nocera, Perricone, Petit Verdot, Pinot Nero, Sangiovese, Syrah, Tannat, Tempranillo
Other grapes
Nero D'Avola
Max yield
87.5 hl/ha
Min planting density
3,500 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
around the town of Noto
Nearest city
32 km south-west of Siracusa 121,605 people
To the sea
8.3 km
Same latitude
Yantai (China), Rocky Knob (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
-2–728 m
Mean elevation
246 m

Measured over the whole outline on 203,002 elevation cells of about 61 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

Moscato di Noto White
Moscato Bianco
max 87.5 hl/ha · min 3,500 vines/ha
Moscato di Noto Spumante White · Quality Aromatic Sparkling Wine
Moscato Bianco
max 87.5 hl/ha · min 3,500 vines/ha
Moscato di Noto Liquoroso White · Liqueur Wine
Moscato Bianco
max 87.5 hl/ha · min 3,500 vines/ha
Moscato Passito di Noto/Passito di Noto White · Wine From Raisined Grapes
Moscato Bianco
max 62.5 hl/ha · min 3,500 vines/ha
Noto Rosso Red
Nero D'Avola
max 84 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Noto Nero d’Avola Red
Nero D'Avola
max 77 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 4

Wineries · 7

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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