Ortona

Ortona is an appellation in Italy in Ortona. The rules allow white and red wine, based on Trebbiano Abruzzese, Trebbiano Toscano and Montepulciano. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments. It lies around the town of Ortona and 13 km north of Lanciano.

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

2011-12-21

Area

7,038 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

14.9 × 10.67 km

Centre

42.3418° N, 14.3789° E

Grapes

Aglianico, Barbera Bianca, Barbera, Biancame, Bombino Bianco, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Canaiolo Nero, Cannonau, Ciliegiolo, Cococciola, Dolcetto, Falanghina, Fiano, Gaglioppo, Garganega, Grechetto, Greco, Incrocio Bianco Fedit 51 C.S.G., Kerner, Maiolica, Malbech, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Del Lazio, Malvasia Istriana, Manzoni Bianco, Marzemino, Merlot, Montepulciano, Montonico Bianco, Moscato Bianco, Mostosa, Nebbiolo, Passerina, Pecorino, Petit Manseng, Petit Verdot, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Nero, Primitivo, Refosco Nostrano, Regina, Regina Dei Vigneti, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Semillon, Sylvaner Verde, Syrah, Tannat, Terrano, Tocai Friulano, Trebbiano Abruzzese, Trebbiano Toscano, Veltliner, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Viognier

Max yield

98 hl/ha

Min planting density

2,500 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

around the town of Ortona

Nearest city

13 km north of Lanciano 34,791 people

To the sea

2.5 km

Same latitude

Khvanchkara (Georgia), Xinjiang (Turpan, Manas, Yanqi) (China), Rogue Valley (United States), Lake Erie North Shore (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation

0–200 m

Mean elevation

85 m

Mean slope

5.7° (10 %)

Steepest tenth

above 13°

Faces

north-east

Measured over the whole outline on 89,268 elevation cells of about 28 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

• Unconsolidated sediments98%

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

Communes · 1

• Ortona

Wineries · 2

• Cantina Agriverde
• Dora Sarchese

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications