Terre dell'Alta Val d'Agri

Terre dell'Alta Val d'Agri is an appellation in Italy in Grumento Nova, Moliterno and Viggiano. The rules allow red and rosé wine, based on Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Malvasia Bianca Di Basilicata. 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

Wine

Protected since

2004-04-14

Area

25,297 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

29.5 × 15.3 km

Centre

40.2830° N, 15.8818° E

Grapes

Aglianico Del Vulture, Aglianico, Aglianicone, Ansonica, Asprinio Bianco, Barbera, Bellone, Bombino Bianco, Bombino Nero, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Castiglione, Ciliegiolo, Cortese, Falanghina, Fiano, Freisa, Garganega, Greco Bianco, Grillo, Malbech, Malvasia Bianca Di Basilicata, Malvasia Di Lipari, Malvasia Nera Di Basilicata, Manzoni Bianco, Merlot, Minutolo, Montepulciano, Moscato Bianco, Moscato Giallo, Nebbiolo, Negro Amaro, Nero Buono, Pecorino, Petit Manseng, Petit Verdot, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Nero, Primitivo, Refosco Dal Peduncolo Rosso, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Syrah, Teroldego, Trebbiano Toscano, Uva Di Troia, Verdeca, Viognier

Other grapes

Guarnaccino, Mueller Thurgau, Pecorello

Max yield

84 hl/ha

Min planting density

3,000 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

20 km north-east of Lagonegro

Nearest city

40 km south of Potenza 56,433 people

To the sea

32 km

Same latitude

Armavir (Armenia), Loramie Creek (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

530–1,715 m

Mean elevation

862 m

Measured over the whole outline on 75,021 elevation cells of about 58 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%
• Unconsolidated sediments17%

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

Communes · 3

• Grumento Nova
• Moliterno
• Viggiano

Sources

EU register of geographical indications