Terracina

Terracina is an appellation in Italy in Monte San Biagio, Sonnino and Terracina. The rules allow white wine, based on Moscato Di Terracina. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments.

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

Key facts

Official name

Terracina / Moscato di Terracina

Type

DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Category

Quality Aromatic Sparkling Wine/Wine/Wine From Raisined Grapes

Protected since

2009-08-08

Area

26,477 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

21.24 × 25.82 km

Centre

41.3597° N, 13.2613° E

Grapes

Bellone, Biancolella, Bombino Bianco, Canaiolo Bianco, Capolongo, Falanghina, Fiano, Forastera, Grechetto, Greco, Greco Bianco, Guarnaccia, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Del Lazio, Manzoni Bianco, Maturano, Montonico Bianco, Moscato Bianco, Moscato Di Terracina, Moscato Giallo, Mostosa, Pampanaro, Passerina, Pecorino, Petit Manseng, Pinot Bianco, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Sauvignon, Semillon, Tocai Friulano, Trebbiano Di Soave, Trebbiano Giallo, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdello, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Vernaccia Di S. Giminiano, Viognier

Min planting density

3,500 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

7.7 km north of Terracina

Nearest city

14 km west of Fondi 39,762 people

To the sea

7.4 km

Same latitude

Bolnisi (Georgia), Martha's Vineyard (United States), Huanren icewine (China)

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

Terrain

Elevation

0–1,078 m

Mean elevation

217 m

Measured over the whole outline on 81,221 elevation cells of about 57 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

• Unconsolidated sediments52%
• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)48%

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

Communes · 3

• Monte San Biagio
• Sonnino
• Terracina

Wineries · 1

• Cantina Sant'Andrea

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications