Italy · DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Valtellina Superiore

DOCGAppellation

Valtellina Superiore is a DOCG appellation in Italy across 16 communes. The rules allow red wine, based on Nebbiolo. Regional bedrock: metamorphic rocks.

Nebbiolo, locally called Chiavennasca, on steep terraces along the Adda valley in the Alps of Lombardy.

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Key facts

Type: DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category: Wine
Protected since: 1973-09-18
Area: 53,398 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W: 26.41 × 46.93 km
Centre: 46.1660° N, 10.0674° 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: 58 hl/ha
Min planting density: 3,500 vines/ha
Irrigation: Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town: 9.2 km south-west of Tirano
Nearest city: 71 km north of Brescia 200,423 people
To the sea: 192 km
Rivers nearby: Adda (1.1 km) · Oglio (20 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: 1,479 m

Measured over the whole outline on 48,321 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.