Valsusa

Valsusa is an appellation in Italy across 19 communes. The rules allow red and white wine. Regional bedrock: metamorphic 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

2004-04-14

Area

46,657 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

17.22 × 47.73 km

Centre

45.1289° N, 7.1067° E

Grapes

Albarossa, Ancellotta, Avanà, Avarengo, Baratuciat, Barbera, Becuet, Bonarda, Brachetto, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chatus, Ciliegiolo, Cornarea, Croatina, Dolcetto, Doux D'Henry, Durasa, Freisa, Gamay, Gamba Rossa, Grignolino, Lambrusca Di Alessandria, Malvasia Di Casorzo, Malvasia Di Schierano, Malvasia Nera Lunga, Merlot, Moscato Nero Di Acqui, Nebbiolo, Ner D'Ala, Neretta Cuneese, Neretto Di Bairo, Passau, Pelaverga, Pelaverga Piccolo, Petit Verdot, Pinot Nero, Plassa, Quagliano, Sangiovese, Slarina, Syrah, Teroldego, Uva Rara, Uvalino, Vespolina

Other grapes

Avana', Bragat Rosa, Montanera, Ruche'

Where it is

Nearest town

around the town of Susa

Nearest city

41 km west of Pozzo Strada 54,766 people

To the sea

152 km

Rivers nearby

Arc (24 km)

Same latitude

McMinnville (United States), Nova Scotia (Annapolis Valley) (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation

336–3,495 m

Mean elevation

1,377 m

Measured over the whole outline on 40,446 elevation cells of about 108 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

• Metamorphic rocks (schist, slate, gneiss)68%
• Basic plutonic rocks22%
• Unconsolidated sediments10%

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

Communes · 19

• Almese
• Borgone Susa
• Bruzolo
• Bussoleno
• Caprie
• Chianocco
• Chiomonte
• Condove
• Exilles
• Giaglione
• Gravere
• Mattie
• Meana Di Susa
• Mompantero
• Rubiana
• San Didero
• San Giorio Di Susa
• Susa
• Villar Focchiardo

Sources

EU register of geographical indications