Aglianico del Taburno

Aglianico del Taburno is a DOCG appellation in Italy across 13 communes. The rules allow red and rosé wine, based on Aglianico. 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

Wine

Protected since

1996-11-15

Area

35,865 ha outline of listed communes

Extent N–S × E–W

21.96 × 26.11 km

Centre

41.1463° N, 14.7159° E

Grapes

Aglianico, Aglianicone, Ancellotta, Barbera, Cabernet Sauvignon, Lambrusco Maestri, Merlot, Montepulciano, Piedirosso, Pinot Nero, Primitivo, Sangiovese, Sciascinoso, Uva Di Troia

Max yield

63 hl/ha

Min planting density

3,000 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

5.5 km north-west of Benevento

Nearest city

33 km east of Caserta 72,844 people

To the sea

52 km

Rivers nearby

Volturno (0.7 km)

Same latitude

Tavush (Armenia), Huanren icewine (China), North Fork of Long Island (United States), Bolnisi (Georgia)

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

Terrain

Elevation

56–1,378 m

Mean elevation

370 m

Measured over the whole outline on 109,071 elevation cells of about 58 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)78%
• Unconsolidated sediments22%

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

Communes · 13

• Apollosa
• Benevento
• Bonea
• Campoli Del Monte Taburno
• Castelpoto
• Cautano
• Foglianise
• Montesarchio
• Paupisi
• Ponte
• Tocco Caudio
• Torrecuso
• Vitulano

Wineries · 4

• Cantina Chiara srl
• Cantine Zotti di Rapuano Lucia
• Fattoria La Rivolta
• Torre del Pagus

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications