Val d'Arno di Sopra

Val d'Arno di Sopra is an appellation in Italy across 10 communes. The rules allow white, rosé and red wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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

Key facts

Official name

Val d'Arno di Sopra / Valdarno di Sopra

Type

DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Category

Quality Sparkling Wine/Wine

Protected since

2011-12-23

Area

69,479 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

37.44 × 34.31 km

Centre

43.5205° N, 11.5929° 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, Moscato Bianco, 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

84 hl/ha

Min planting density

3,300 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

1.7 km south-east of Montevarchi

Nearest city

24 km north-west of Arezzo 100,734 people

To the sea

103 km

Rivers nearby

Arno (1.5 km)

Same latitude

Hokkaido (Japan), Red Hill Douglas County, Oregon (United States), Niagara Lakeshore (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation

125–1,589 m

Mean elevation

380 m

Measured over the whole outline on 227,010 elevation cells of about 55 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)68%
• Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)25%

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

Communes · 10

• Bucine
• Castelfranco Piandiscò
• Castiglion Fibocchi
• Cavriglia
• Civitella In Val Di Chiana
• Laterina Pergine Valdarno
• Loro Ciuffenna
• Montevarchi
• San Giovanni Valdarno
• Terranuova Bracciolini

Wineries · 4

• Agriturismo Tiberio
• Clio Cicogni Vineyard
• La Salceta
• Sàgona

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications