Salaparuta

Salaparuta is an appellation in Italy in Salaparuta. The rules allow red and white wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 9.8 km east of Partanna and 23 km south of Alcamo.

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

2009-08-08

Area

4,133 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

7.75 × 8.75 km

Centre

37.7691° N, 12.9864° E

Grapes

Aglianico, Albanello, Alicante Bouschet, Alicante, Ancellotta, Ansonica, Barbera, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Carignano, Carricante, Catanese Nero, Catarratto Bianco Comune, Catarratto Bianco Lucido, Chardonnay, Chenin, Ciliegiolo, Corinto Nero, Damaschino, Fiano, Frappato, Gaglioppo, Glera, Grecanico Dorato, Grillo, Malbech, Malvasia Bianca, Malvasia Di Lipari, Manzoni Bianco, Merlot, Minnella Bianca, Mondeuse, Montepulciano, Montonico Bianco, Moscato Bianco, Moscato Giallo, Nerello Cappuccio, Nerello Mascalese, Nocera, Perricone, Petit Manseng, Petit Verdot, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Nero, Riesling Renano, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Semillon, Syrah, Tannat, Tempranillo, Trebbiano Toscano, Vermentino, Vernaccia Di S. Giminiano, Viognier

Other grapes

Mueller Thurgau, Nero D'Avola, Zibibbo

Min planting density

3,500 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

9.8 km east of Partanna

Nearest city

23 km south of Alcamo 44,431 people

To the sea

23 km

Same latitude

Southeast Anatolia (Türkiye), Paulsell Valley (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

92–611 m

Mean elevation

309 m

Mean slope

11.2° (20 %)

Steepest tenth

above 19°

Faces

south

Measured over the whole outline on 182,861 elevation cells of about 15 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)100%

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

Communes · 1

• Salaparuta

Sources

EU register of geographical indications