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Pinerolese

Appellation

Pinerolese is an appellation in Italy across 34 communes. The rules allow red and rosé wine. Regional bedrock: metamorphic rocks.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Wine
Protected since
2004-04-14
Area
92,266 ha registered outline
Separate plots
2
Extent N–S × E–W
36.73 × 37.6 km
Centre
44.8449° N, 7.2508° E
Grapes
Albarossa, Ancellotta, Avanà, Avarengo, Barbera, Becuet, Bonarda, Brachetto, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chatus, Ciliegiolo, Cornarea, Croatina, Dolcetto, Doux D'Henry, Durasa, Freisa, Gamay, Gamba Rossa, Grignolino, Lambrusca Di Alessandria, Malvasia Di Casorzo, Malvasia Di Schierano, Malvasia Nera Lunga, Merlot, Moscato Nero Di Acqui, Nebbiolo, Ner D'Ala, Neretta Cuneese, Neretto Di Bairo, Passau, Pelaverga, Pelaverga Piccolo, Petit Verdot, Pinot Nero, Plassa, Quagliano, Sangiovese, Slarina, Syrah, Teroldego, Uva Rara, Uvalino, Vespolina
Other grapes
Avana', Bragat Rosa, Montanera, Ruche'

Where it is

Nearest town
3.1 km north of Airali
Nearest city
8 km south-west of Pinerolo 30,866 people
To the sea
119 km
Rivers nearby
Po (18 km)
Same latitude
Nova Scotia (Annapolis Valley) (Canada), Old Mission Peninsula (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
256–3,038 m
Mean elevation
945 m

Measured over the whole outline on 79,113 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

Pinerolese Rosso Red
BarberaBonardaChatusNebbioloNeretto Di Bairo
Pinerolese Rosato Rosé
BarberaBonardaChatusNebbioloNeretto Di Bairo
Pinerolese Barbera Red
Barbera
Pinerolese Bonarda Red
Bonarda
Pinerolese Freisa Red
Freisa
Pinerolese Dolcetto Red
Dolcetto
Pinerolese Doux d’Henry Red
Doux D'Henry
Pinerolese Ramie Red
AvanàAvarengoNeretto Di Bairo

Bedrock

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

Communes · 34

Wineries · 1

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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