Terre di Casole

Terre di Casole is an appellation in Italy in Casole D'Elsa. The rules allow white and red wine, based on Chardonnay and Sangiovese. Regional bedrock: mixed 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

2009-08-08

Area

14,868 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

16.54 × 20.0 km

Centre

43.3108° N, 11.0561° E

Grapes

Albana, Albarola, Alicante Bouschet, Alicante, Ancellotta, Ansonica, Barbera, Barsaglina, Biancone, Bonamico, Bracciola Nera, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Caloria, Canaiolo Bianco, Canaiolo Nero, Canina Nera, Carignano, Chardonnay, Ciliegiolo, Clairette, Colombana Nera, Colorino, Durella, Fiano, Foglia Tonda, Gamay, Gratena, Grechetto, Greco, Groppello Di S. Stefano, Groppello Gentile, Incrocio Bruni 54, Lambrusco Maestri, Livornese Bianca, Malbech, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Istriana, Malvasia, Malvasia Nera Di Brindisi, Malvasia Nera Di Lecce, Mammolo, Manzoni Bianco, Marsanne, Mazzese, Merlese, Merlot, Mondeuse, Montepulciano, Orpicchio, Petit Manseng, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Nero, Pollera Nera, Prugnolo Gentile, Pugnitello, Rebo, Refosco Dal Peduncolo Rosso, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Roussanne, Roussin, Sagrantino, Sanforte, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Schiava Gentile, Semillon, Syrah, Tempranillo, Teroldego, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdea, Verdello, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Vermentino Nero, Vernaccia Di S. Giminiano, Viognier

Other grapes

Carmenere, Cesanese D Affile, Gralima, Grand Noir, Moscato D Amburgo, Mourvedre, Mueller Thurgau, Nocchianello Bianco, Nocchianello Nero

Max yield

58.5 hl/ha

Min planting density

4,000 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

14 km south-west of Colle di Val d'Elsa

Nearest city

22 km west of Siena 53,901 people

To the sea

50 km

Same latitude

Hokkaido (Japan), Niagara Peninsula (Canada), Lake Wisconsin (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

158–664 m

Mean elevation

320 m

Mean slope

9.3° (16 %)

Steepest tenth

above 16°

Faces

several directions, mostly north-east

Measured over the whole outline on 193,166 elevation cells of about 28 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

• Mixed sedimentary rocks48%
• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)42%
• Unconsolidated sediments10%

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

Communes · 1

• Casole D'Elsa

Wineries · 1

• Tenute Piccini

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications