Oltrepò Pavese

Oltrepò Pavese is an appellation in Italy across 41 communes. The rules allow red, rosé and white 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/Quality Aromatic Sparkling Wine/Quality Sparkling Wine/Semi-Sparkling Wine/Sparkling Wine/Wine/Wine From Raisined Grapes

Protected since

1973-09-18

Area

51,556 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

32.71 × 33.07 km

Centre

44.9653° N, 9.1736° E

Grapes

Ancellotta, Barbera, Bonarda, Bronner, Bussanello, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Cortese, Corvina, Croatina, Dolcetto, Erbaluce, Erbamat, Erbanno, Fortana, Franconia, Freisa, Garganega, Groppello Di Mocasina, Groppello Di S. Stefano, Groppello Gentile, Invernenga, Kerner, Lagrein, Lambrusco Di Sorbara, Lambrusco Grasparossa, Lambrusco Maestri, Lambrusco Marani, Lambrusco Salamino, Lambrusco Viadanese, Maiolina, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Di Candia Aromatica, Manzoni Bianco, Marzemino, Merlot, Meunier, Molinara, Montepulciano, Moradella, Mornasca, Moscato Bianco, Moscato Di Scanzo, Moscato Giallo, Nebbiolo, Negrara, Petit Verdot, Pignola, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Grigio, Pinot Nero, Raboso Veronese, Rebo, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Rondinella, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Schiava Gentile, Schiava Grigia, Schiava Grossa, Schiava, Serbina, Syrah, Teroldego, Timorasso, Tocai Friulano, Trebbiano Di Soave, Trebbiano Giallo, Trebbiano Romagnolo, Trebbiano Toscano, Uva Rara, Veltliner, Verdea, Verdese, Vespolina

Other grapes

Bellagna, Cabernet Carbon, Cabernet Cortis, Cabernet Eidos, Cabernet Volos, Carmenere, Fleurtai, Grappello Ruberti, Helios, Iasma Eco 1, Iasma Eco 2, Iasma Eco 3, Iasma Eco 4, Incrocio Terzi N.1, Johanniter, Julius, Merera, Merlot Kanthus, Mueller Thurgau, Muscaris, Prior, Riesling, Rossola Nera, Sauvignon Kretos, Sauvignon Nepis, Sauvignon Rytos, Solaris, Soreli, Souvignier Gris

Max yield

87.5 hl/ha

Min planting density

3,200 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

9.5 km north of Solaro

Nearest city

13 km south-east of Voghera 38,464 people

To the sea

66 km

Rivers nearby

Po (17 km) · Ticino (20 km)

Same latitude

Leelanau Peninsula (United States), Nova Scotia (Annapolis Valley) (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation

55–854 m

Mean elevation

255 m

Measured over the whole outline on 44,577 elevation cells of about 108 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)80%
• Unconsolidated sediments20%

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

Communes · 41

Wineries · 12

• Antonio Dellabianca
• Azienda Vinicola Ruinello
• Azienda agricola Alessio Brandolini
• Azienda agricola Martilde
• Azienda agricola Padroggi Luigi e figli
• Azienda agricola Pietro Torti
• Cantina Scuropasso
• La nuova Bellaria
• Possessione Sparano Capelli
• Prime Alture
• Terre d’Oltrepò - Cantina sociale broni
• Terre d’Oltrepò - Cantina sociale broni

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications