Orvieto

Orvieto is an appellation in Italy across 18 communes. The rules allow white wine, based on Grechetto and Trebbiano Toscano. 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

1973-09-18

Area

97,188 ha outline of listed communes

Extent N–S × E–W

45.55 × 42.47 km

Centre

42.7409° N, 12.1577° E

Grapes

Albana, Bellone, Biancame, Bombino Bianco, Canaiolo Bianco, Capolongo, Falanghina, Fiano, Garganega, Grechetto, Greco, Greco Bianco, Incrocio Bruni 54, Maceratino, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Del Lazio, Manzoni Bianco, Maturano, Montonico Bianco, Moscato Bianco, Moscato Di Terracina, Moscato Giallo, Mostosa, Pampanaro, Passerina, Pecorino, Petit Manseng, Pinot Bianco, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Sauvignon, Semillon, Sylvaner Verde, Tocai Friulano, Trebbiano Di Soave, Trebbiano Giallo, Trebbiano Spoletino, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdello, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Vernaccia Di S. Giminiano, Viognier

Other grapes

Mueller Thurgau

Max yield

77 hl/ha

Min planting density

3,000 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

around the town of Orvieto

Nearest city

45 km south-west of Perugia 120,137 people

To the sea

66 km

Rivers nearby

Tiber (5.4 km)

Lakes nearby

Bolsena (18 km) · Bracciano (19 km)

Same latitude

Khvanchkara (Georgia), Xinjiang (Turpan, Manas, Yanqi) (China), Cayuga Lake (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

60–978 m

Mean elevation

359 m

Measured over the whole outline on 77,869 elevation cells of about 112 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)41%
• Intermediate volcanic rocks20%
• Unconsolidated sediments17%

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

Communes · 18

• Allerona
• Alviano
• Bagnoregio
• Baschi
• Castel Giorgio
• Castel Viscardo
• Castiglione In Teverina
• Civitella D'Agliano
• Fabro
• Ficulle
• Graffignano
• Guardea
• Lubriano
• Montecchio
• Montegabbione
• Monteleone D'Orvieto
• Orvieto
• Porano

Wineries · 2

• Barberani
• Bigi

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications