Rosso di Cerignola

Rosso di Cerignola is an appellation in Italy across 4 communes. The rules allow red 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

1976-03-29

Area

99,112 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

43.47 × 47.06 km

Centre

41.2841° N, 15.8579° E

Grapes

Barbera, Malbech, Montepulciano, Negro Amaro, Sangiovese, Trebbiano Toscano, Uva Di Troia

Max yield

70 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town

around the town of Cerignola

Nearest city

32 km south-east of Foggia 137,032 people

To the sea

21 km

Rivers nearby

Ofanto (14 km)

Same latitude

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

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

Terrain

Elevation

1–502 m

Mean elevation

149 m

Measured over the whole outline on 301,782 elevation cells of about 57 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)57%
• Unconsolidated sediments33%
• Mixed sedimentary rocks10%

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

Communes · 4

• Ascoli Satriano
• Cerignola
• Stornara
• Stornarella

Sources

EU register of geographical indications