Terra d'Otranto

Terra d'Otranto is an appellation in Italy across 145 communes. The rules allow rosé, red 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

Semi-Sparkling Wine/Sparkling Wine/Wine

Protected since

2011-12-13

Area

703,685 ha outline of listed communes

Extent N–S × E–W

121.85 × 154.82 km

Centre

40.3457° N, 17.8755° E

Grapes

Aglianico, Aglianicone, Aléatico, 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, 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

77 hl/ha

Min planting density

4,000 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

7.5 km west of Veglie

Nearest city

32 km south of Brindisi 87,141 people

To the sea

6.7 km

Same latitude

Aragatsotn (Armenia), Shacheng (Huailai) (China), Loramie Creek (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

0–515 m

Mean elevation

113 m

Measured over the whole outline on 33,014 elevation cells of about 466 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)82%
• Mixed sedimentary rocks16%

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

Communes · 145

Wineries · 18

• Bevabe
• Cantina Bosco
• Cantina Dolce Morso
• Cantina sociale "Pietro De Laurentis"
• Cantine Ermes Agr. Coop. Agr. stabilimento Torricella
• Cantine San Marzano
• Castel Serranova Vallone Winery
• Enoteca Anelli
• Enotria Vineria
• Erminio Campa Viticoltore
• Gianfranco Fino Viticoltore
• I due vini
• Il mondo di Bacco
• Santa Cruz
• Somm'a4
• Tenute Rubino
• Vigne Monache
• Vinicola Savese

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications