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Valdinievole

Appellation

Valdinievole is an appellation in Italy across 12 communes. The rules allow white and red wine, based on Trebbiano Toscano, Canaiolo Nero and Sangiovese. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Wine
Protected since
2011-12-23
Area
30,910 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W
26.26 × 23.61 km
Centre
43.9111° N, 10.7284° 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, 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
80.5 hl/ha
Min planting density
3,300 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
4.8 km north-west of Montecatini-Terme
Nearest city
16 km west of Pistoia 73,832 people
To the sea
39 km
Rivers nearby
Reno (14 km)
Same latitude
Prince Edward County (Canada), Eagle Foothills (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
10–1,129 m
Mean elevation
275 m

Measured over the whole outline on 102,563 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

Valdinievole Bianco White
Trebbiano Toscano
max 80.5 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha
Valdinievole Bianco Superiore White
Trebbiano Toscano
max 73.5 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha
Valdinievole Rosso Red
Canaiolo NeroSangiovese
max 70 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha
Valdinievole Rosso Superiore Red
Canaiolo NeroSangiovese
max 59.5 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha
Valdinievole Sangiovese Red
Sangiovese
max 70 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha
Valdinievole Vinsanto White
Trebbiano Toscano
max 40.2 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 12

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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