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Terre di Offida

Appellation

Terre di Offida is an appellation in Italy across 25 communes. The rules allow white wine, based on Passerina. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Quality Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since
2011-12-12
Area
70,406 ha registered outline
Separate plots
2
Extent N–S × E–W
36.62 × 40.49 km
Centre
42.9412° N, 13.7050° E
Grapes
Albana, Biancame, Bombino Bianco, Fiano, Garganega, Grechetto, Incrocio Bruni 54, Maceratino, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Manzoni Bianco, Montonico Bianco, Moscato Bianco, Mostosa, Passerina, Pecorino, Pinot Bianco, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Sauvignon, Tocai Friulano, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino
Other grapes
Famoso, Garofanata
Max yield
84 hl/ha
Min planting density
3,000 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
8.3 km north of Piattoni-Villa Sant'Antonio
Nearest city
14 km west of San Benedetto del Tronto 45,873 people
To the sea
15 km
Same latitude
Niagara Peninsula (Canada), Upper Hudson (United States), Racha (Georgia)

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

Terrain

Elevation
0–1,085 m
Mean elevation
237 m

Measured over the whole outline on 56,764 elevation cells of about 112 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

Terre di Offida Spumante White · Quality Sparkling Wine
Passerina
max 84 hl/ha · min 3,000 vines/ha
Terre di Offida Vino Santo White
Passerina
max 48 hl/ha · min 3,000 vines/ha
Terre di Offida Passerina Passito White
Passerina
max 48 hl/ha · min 3,000 vines/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 25

Wineries · 12

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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