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Tintilia del Molise

Appellation

Tintilia del Molise is an appellation in Italy across 76 communes. The rules allow red wine, based on Tintilia. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Wine
Protected since
2011-12-14
Area
260,902 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W
72.04 × 98.35 km
Centre
41.7567° N, 14.4985° E
Grapes
Aglianico, Barbera, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Ciliegiolo, Merlot, Montepulciano, Moscato Nero Di Acqui, Negro Amaro, Petit Verdot, Pinot Nero, Primitivo, Sagrantino, Sangiovese, Syrah, Tintilia
Max yield
56 hl/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
26 km north of Campobasso
Nearest city
43 km south-west of Vasto 41,409 people
To the sea
42 km
Same latitude
Kakheti (Georgia), Hudson River Region (United States), South Islands (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation
0–1,766 m
Mean elevation
445 m

Measured over the whole outline on 50,986 elevation cells of about 228 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

Tintilia del Molise Rosso Red
Tintilia
max 56 hl/ha
Tintilia del Molise Rosato Red
Tintilia
max 56 hl/ha
Tintilia del Molise Rosso Riserva Red
Tintilia
max 44 hl/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 76

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Wineries · 1

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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