Aprilia

Aprilia is an appellation in Italy across 4 communes. The rules allow white, red and rosé wine. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments.

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

1973-09-18

Area

67,017 ha outline of listed communes

Extent N–S × E–W

31.87 × 41.23 km

Centre

41.5323° N, 12.7913° E

Grapes

Abbuoto, Aglianico, Alicante, Ancellotta, Barbera, Bellone, Biancolella, Bombino Bianco, Bombino Nero, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Canaiolo Bianco, Canaiolo Nero, Capolongo, Carignano, Cesanese Comune, Chardonnay, Ciliegiolo, Falanghina, Fiano, Forastera, Grechetto, Grechetto Rosso, Greco, Greco Bianco, Guarnaccia, Lambrusco Maestri, Lecinaro, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Del Lazio, Manzoni Bianco, Maturano, Merlot, Montepulciano, Montonico Bianco, Moscato Bianco, Moscato Di Terracina, Moscato Giallo, Mostosa, Nero Buono, Olivella Nera, Pampanaro, Passerina, Pecorino, Petit Manseng, Petit Verdot, Piedirosso, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Nero, Primitivo, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Sciascinoso, Semillon, Syrah, Tannat, Tempranillo, Tocai Friulano, Trebbiano Di Soave, Trebbiano Giallo, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdello, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Vernaccia Di S. Giminiano, Viognier

Other grapes

Cesanese D Affile, Cesenese Nero

Min planting density

3,000 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

7.2 km south-west of Cisterna di Latina

Nearest city

12 km north-west of Latina 76,305 people

To the sea

12 km

Rivers nearby

Sacco (22 km)

Same latitude

Kakheti (Georgia), Western Connecticut Highlands (United States), South Islands (Canada), Huanren icewine (China)

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

Terrain

Elevation

0–386 m

Mean elevation

44 m

Measured over the whole outline on 51,785 elevation cells of about 114 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

• Unconsolidated sediments65%
• Intermediate volcanic rocks35%

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

Communes · 4

• Aprilia
• Cisterna Di Latina
• Latina
• Nettuno

Sources

EU register of geographical indications