Orta Nova

Orta Nova is an appellation in Italy across 7 communes. The rules allow red and rosé 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

Wine

Protected since

1996-11-15

Area

136,118 ha registered outline

Separate plots

3

Extent N–S × E–W

68.34 × 42.49 km

Centre

41.3966° N, 15.6484° E

Grapes

Lambrusco Maestri, Montepulciano, Sangiovese, Trebbiano Toscano, Uva Di Troia

Max yield

105 hl/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

5.3 km north-west of Carapelle

Nearest city

11 km south-east of Foggia 137,032 people

To the sea

25 km

Same latitude

Martha's Vineyard (United States), Bolnisi (Georgia), Huanren icewine (China)

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

Terrain

Elevation

0–676 m

Mean elevation

110 m

Measured over the whole outline on 104,720 elevation cells of about 115 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)58%
• Unconsolidated sediments38%

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

Communes · 7

• Ascoli Satriano
• Carapelle
• Foggia
• Manfredonia
• Ordona
• Orta Nova
• San Giovanni Rotondo

Wineries · 1

• Enoteca Boccadama

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications