Ortrugo dei Colli Piacentini

Ortrugo dei Colli Piacentini is an appellation in Italy across 22 communes. The rules allow white wine, based on Ortrugo. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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

Key facts

Official name

Ortrugo dei Colli Piacentini / Ortrugo – Colli Piacentini

Type

DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Category

Quality Sparkling Wine/Semi-Sparkling Wine/Sparkling Wine/Wine

Protected since

2011-12-07

Area

130,536 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

44.88 × 57.98 km

Centre

44.8989° N, 9.6009° E

Grapes

Albana, Alionza, Bervedino, Biancame, Bombino Bianco, Durella, Fiano, Garganega, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Di Candia Aromatica, Malvasia Istriana, Manzoni Bianco, Marsanne, Melara, Moscato Bianco, Mostosa, Ortrugo, Pignoletto, Pinot Bianco, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Ruggine, Santa Maria, Sauvignon, Semillon, Spergola, Tocai Friulano, Trebbianina, Trebbiano Modenese, Trebbiano Romagnolo, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdea, Verdicchio Bianco, Vernaccina

Other grapes

Famoso, Montu', Mueller Thurgau

Max yield

84 hl/ha

Min planting density

3,000 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

9 km south-west of Podenzano

Nearest city

19 km south-west of Piacenza 103,607 people

To the sea

70 km

Rivers nearby

Po (21 km)

Same latitude

Mount Pisgah, Polk County, Oregon (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

48–1,439 m

Mean elevation

364 m

Measured over the whole outline on 112,117 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)66%
• Unconsolidated sediments32%

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

Communes · 22

• Agazzano
• Alseno
• Alta Val Tidone
• Bettola
• Bobbio
• Borgonovo Val Tidone
• Carpaneto Piacentino
• Castel San Giovanni
• Castell'Arquato
• Coli
• Gazzola
• Gropparello
• Lugagnano Val D'Arda
• Pianello Val Tidone
• Piozzano
• Ponte Dell'Olio
• Rivergaro
• San Giorgio Piacentino
• Travo
• Vernasca
• Vigolzone
• Ziano Piacentino

Wineries · 9

• Azienda Agricola Delbò
• Azienda Agricola Lusenti
• Azienda Vitivinicola Bulli
• Cantina Casabella
• Cantina Sociale Val Tidone
• Cantina Sociale di Vicobarone
• Casa Benna
• Podere La Rosa
• Vini Colombi Società Agricola

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications