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Ansonica Costa dell'Argentario

Appellation

Ansonica Costa dell'Argentario is an appellation in Italy across 5 communes. The rules allow white wine, based on Ansonica. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Wine
Protected since
1996-11-15
Area
87,072 ha registered outline
Separate plots
3
Extent N–S × E–W
52.46 × 62.2 km
Centre
42.5407° N, 11.3777° E
Grapes
Albana, Albarola, Ansonica, Biancone, Canaiolo Bianco, Clairette, Durella, Fiano, Grechetto, Greco, Incrocio Bruni 54, Livornese Bianca, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Istriana, Manzoni Bianco, Marsanne, Moscato Bianco, Orpicchio, Petit Manseng, Pinot Bianco, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Roussanne, Sauvignon, Semillon, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdea, Verdello, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Vernaccia Di S. Giminiano, Viognier
Other grapes
Mueller Thurgau, Nocchianello Bianco
Max yield
77 hl/ha
Min planting density
3,300 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
17 km north-east of Orbetello
Nearest city
33 km south-east of Grosseto 60,922 people
To the sea
15 km
Same latitude
Khvanchkara (Georgia), Xinjiang (Turpan, Manas, Yanqi) (China), Fennville (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
-2–606 m
Mean elevation
128 m

Measured over the whole outline on 69,498 elevation cells of about 113 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

Ansonica Costa Dell'Argentario White
Ansonica
max 77 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 · 5

Wineries · 8

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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