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Tarquinia

Appellation

Tarquinia is an appellation in Italy across 31 communes. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine. Regional bedrock: intermediate volcanic rocks.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Semi-Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since
2006-02-17
Area
362,921 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W
92.78 × 116.26 km
Centre
42.0797° N, 12.1242° E
Grapes
Abbuoto, Aglianico, Alicante, Ancellotta, Barbera, Bellone, Biancolella, Bombino Bianco, Bombino Nero, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Canaiolo Bianco, Canaiolo Nero, Capolongo, Carignano, Cesanese Comune, Ciliegiolo, Falanghina, Fiano, Forastera, Grechetto, Grechetto Rosso, Greco, Greco Bianco, Guarnaccia, Lambrusco Maestri, Lecinaro, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Del Lazio, Manzoni Bianco, Maturano, Merlot, Montepulciano, Montonico Bianco, Moscato Bianco, Moscato Di Terracina, Moscato Giallo, Mostosa, Nero Buono, Olivella Nera, Pampanaro, Passerina, Pecorino, Petit Manseng, Petit Verdot, Piedirosso, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Nero, Primitivo, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Sciascinoso, Semillon, Syrah, Tannat, Tempranillo, Tocai Friulano, Trebbiano Di Soave, Trebbiano Giallo, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdello, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Vernaccia Di S. Giminiano, Viognier
Other grapes
Cesanese D Affile, Cesenese Nero
Min planting density
2,500 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
4.3 km south-west of Bracciano
Nearest city
15 km north-east of Ladispoli 34,204 people
To the sea
13 km
Lakes nearby
Bracciano (6.4 km)
Same latitude
Kakheti (Georgia), Lake Erie (United States), South Islands (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation
0–930 m
Mean elevation
140 m

Measured over the whole outline on 71,422 elevation cells of about 227 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

Tarquinia Rosso Red
Cesanese ComuneMontepulcianoSangiovese
min 2,500 vines/ha
Tarquinia Rosso Amabile Red
Cesanese ComuneMontepulcianoSangiovese
min 2,500 vines/ha
Tarquinia Novello Red
Cesanese ComuneMontepulcianoSangiovese
min 2,500 vines/ha
Tarquinia Rosato Rosé
Cesanese ComuneMontepulcianoSangiovese
min 2,500 vines/ha
Tarquinia Bianco White
Malvasia Bianca Di CandiaMalvasia Del LazioTrebbiano GialloTrebbiano Toscano
min 2,500 vines/ha
Tarquinia Bianco Amabile White
Malvasia Bianca Di CandiaMalvasia Del LazioTrebbiano GialloTrebbiano Toscano
min 2,500 vines/ha
Tarquinia Frizzante White · Semi-Sparkling Wine
Malvasia Bianca Di CandiaMalvasia Del LazioTrebbiano GialloTrebbiano Toscano
min 2,500 vines/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 31

Wineries · 9

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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