Scanzo

Scanzo is a DOCG appellation in Italy in Scanzorosciate. The rules allow red wine, based on Moscato Di Scanzo. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 4.8 km north-east of Seriate and 8 km east of Bergamo.

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

Key facts

Official name

Scanzo / Moscato di Scanzo

Type

DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Category

Wine

Protected since

2004-04-14

Area

1,070 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

3.33 × 6.14 km

Centre

45.7164° N, 9.7679° E

Grapes

Moscato Di Scanzo

Max yield

21 hl/ha

Min planting density

3,300 vines/ha

Irrigation

Prohibited

Where it is

Nearest town

4.8 km north-east of Seriate

Nearest city

8 km east of Bergamo 121,200 people

To the sea

157 km

Lakes nearby

Iseo (16 km) · Como (30 km)

Same latitude

The Burn of Columbia Valley (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

258–686 m

Mean elevation

364 m

Mean slope

11.2° (20 %)

Steepest tenth

above 26°

Faces

south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 60,104 elevation cells of about 13 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)67%
• Unconsolidated sediments33%

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

Communes · 1

• Scanzorosciate

Sources

EU register of geographical indications