Abruzzo

Abruzzo is an appellation in Italy across 190 communes. The rules allow white, red and rosé wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Category

Quality Sparkling Wine/Sparkling Wine/Wine/Wine From Raisined Grapes

Protected since

2011-12-16

Area

540,399 ha registered outline

Separate plots

2

Extent N–S × E–W

126.08 × 117.44 km

Centre

42.3757° N, 14.1327° E

Grapes

Aglianico, Barbera Bianca, Barbera, Biancame, Bombino Bianco, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Canaiolo Nero, Cannonau, Chardonnay, Ciliegiolo, Cococciola, Dolcetto, Falanghina, Fiano, Gaglioppo, Garganega, Grechetto, Greco, Incrocio Bianco Fedit 51 C.S.G., Kerner, Maiolica, Malbech, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Del Lazio, Malvasia Istriana, Manzoni Bianco, Marzemino, Merlot, Montepulciano, Montonico Bianco, Moscato Bianco, Mostosa, Nebbiolo, Passerina, Pecorino, Petit Manseng, Petit Verdot, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Nero, Primitivo, Refosco Nostrano, Regina, Regina Dei Vigneti, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Semillon, Sylvaner Verde, Syrah, Tannat, Terrano, Tocai Friulano, Traminer Aromatico, Trebbiano Abruzzese, Trebbiano Toscano, Veltliner, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Viognier

Other grapes

Riesling

Max yield

98 hl/ha

Min planting density

2,000 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

4 km north-west of Chieti

Nearest city

11 km south-west of Pescara 119,554 people

To the sea

13 km

Same latitude

Khvanchkara (Georgia), Xinjiang (Turpan, Manas, Yanqi) (China), Rogue Valley (United States), Lake Erie North Shore (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation

0–2,818 m

Mean elevation

429 m

Measured over the whole outline on 106,925 elevation cells of about 226 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

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)63%
• Unconsolidated sediments15%
• Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)15%

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

Communes · 190

Wineries · 20

• Antica Casa Vitivinicola Italo Pierantonj
• Azienda Agricola Guardiani Farchione
• Cantina Agriverde
• Cantina Casal dell'Arco
• Cantina Rapino
• Cantina sociale Madonna di Loreto
• Di Renzo Danilo
• Dora Sarchese
• Palmitesta Carlo
• Patrizia Di Pronio
• S.E.A. Group
• Società Agricola "Chiarieri"
• Tenuta Arabone
• Tenuta Coppa Zaccri
• Tenuta Ulisse
• Tenuta del Priore
• Torri Cantina
• Valle Martello
• Vini Sincarpa
• Zazzara Fausto

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications