Squinzano

Squinzano is an appellation in Italy across 9 communes. The rules allow red, rosé and white 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

Sparkling Wine/Wine

Protected since

1982-12-31

Area

48,924 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

27.17 × 36.36 km

Centre

40.4401° N, 18.1087° E

Grapes

Aglianico, Aglianicone, Asprinio Bianco, Barbera, Bianco D'Alessano, Bombino Bianco, Bombino Nero, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Chardonnay, Falanghina, Fiano, Francavidda, Garganega, Greco, Greco Bianco, Grillo, Lacrima, Lambrusco Maestri, Malbech, Malvasia Bianca, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Nera Di Basilicata, Malvasia Nera Di Brindisi, Malvasia Nera Di Lecce, Manzoni Bianco, Maresco, Merlot, Minutolo, Montepulciano, Moscatello Selvatico, Moscato Bianco, Negro Amaro, Negroamaro Precoce, Notardomenico, Ottavianello, Pampanuto, Petit Verdot, Piedirosso, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Nero, Primitivo, Refosco Dal Peduncolo Rosso, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Semillon, Susumaniello, Sylvaner Verde, Syrah, Trebbiano Giallo, Trebbiano Toscano, Uva Di Troia, Verdeca, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino

Max yield

98 hl/ha

Min planting density

3,800 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

around the town of Squinzano

Nearest city

11 km north of Lecce 80,695 people

To the sea

6.8 km

Same latitude

Aragatsotn (Armenia), Manton Valley (United States), Shacheng (Huailai) (China)

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

Terrain

Elevation

0–74 m

Mean elevation

31 m

Measured over the whole outline on 36,598 elevation cells of about 116 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)95%

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

Communes · 9

• Campi Salentina
• Cellino San Marco
• Lecce
• Novoli
• San Pietro Vernotico
• Squinzano
• Surbo
• Torchiarolo
• Trepuzzi

Wineries · 1

• Santa Cruz

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications