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Vin Santo di Montepulciano

Appellation

Vin Santo di Montepulciano is an appellation in Italy in Montepulciano. The rules allow white and red wine, based on Grechetto, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Trebbiano Toscano and Sangiovese. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Wine
Protected since
2004-04-14
Area
16,525 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W
17.08 × 18.45 km
Centre
43.1119° N, 11.8339° 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
35 hl/ha
Min planting density
3,300 vines/ha

Where it is

Nearest town
8 km north-east of Chianciano Terme
Nearest city
45 km west of Perugia 120,137 people
To the sea
88 km
Rivers nearby
Arno (9 km)
Lakes nearby
Trasimeno (17 km)
Same latitude
Niagara Peninsula (Canada), Hokkaido (Japan), Niagara Escarpment (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
246–707 m
Mean elevation
330 m

Measured over the whole outline on 53,700 elevation cells of about 56 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

Vin Santo di Montepulciano White
GrechettoMalvasia Bianca LungaTrebbiano Toscano
max 35 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha
Vin Santo di Montepulciano Riserva White
GrechettoMalvasia Bianca LungaTrebbiano Toscano
max 35 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha
Vin Santo di Montepulciano Occhio di Pernice Red
Sangiovese
max 28 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 · 1

Wineries · 2

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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