Italy · DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Valtellina rosso
Appellation
Valtellina rosso is an appellation in Italy across 17 communes. The rules allow red wine, based on Nebbiolo. Regional bedrock: metamorphic rocks.
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Key facts Official name Valtellina rosso / Rosso di Valtellina Type DOP (DOC/DOCG) Category Wine Protected since 2011-12-21 Area 60,622 ha registered outline Extent N–S × E–W 26.25 × 46.93 km Centre 46.1666° N, 10.0366° E Grapes Ancellotta, Barbera, Bonarda, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Corvina, Croatina, Dolcetto, Erbanno, Fortana, Franconia, Freisa, Groppello Di Mocasina, Groppello Di S. Stefano, Groppello Gentile, Lagrein, Lambrusco Di Sorbara, Lambrusco Grasparossa, Lambrusco Maestri, Lambrusco Marani, Lambrusco Salamino, Lambrusco Viadanese, Maiolina, Marzemino, Merlot, Meunier, Molinara, Montepulciano, Moradella, Mornasca, Moscato Di Scanzo, Nebbiolo, Negrara, Petit Verdot, Pignola, Pinot Nero, Raboso Veronese, Rebo, Rondinella, Sangiovese, Schiava Gentile, Schiava Grigia, Schiava Grossa, Schiava, Serbina, Syrah, Teroldego, Uva Rara, Vespolina Other grapes Bellagna, Cabernet Carbon, Cabernet Cortis, Cabernet Eidos, Cabernet Volos, Carmenere, Grappello Ruberti, Iasma Eco 1, Iasma Eco 2, Incrocio Terzi N.1, Julius, Merera, Merlot Kanthus, Prior, Rossola Nera Max yield 70 hl/ha Min planting density 3,500 vines/ha Irrigation Allowed Where it is Nearest town 13 km east of Sondrio Nearest city 72 km north of Brescia 200,423 people To the sea 194 km Rivers nearby Adda (0.9 km) · Oglio (22 km) Same latitude Goose Gap (United States)Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain Elevation 262–3,608 m Mean elevation 1,497 m Measured over the whole outline on 54,467 elevation cells of about 106 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 Red Nebbiolo
max 70 hl/ha · min 3,500 vines/ha
Bedrock Metamorphic rocks (schist, slate, gneiss)83% Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.
Communes · 17 Albosaggia Ardenno Berbenno Di Valtellina Bianzone Buglio In Monte Castione Andevenno Chiuro Montagna In Valtellina Piateda Poggiridenti Ponte In Valtellina Postalesio Sondrio Teglio Tirano Tresivio Villa Di Tirano Wineries · 5 From OpenStreetMap. Missing a winery? Add it to OpenStreetMap and it appears here.
Sources EU register of geographical indications
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