Italy · DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Bardolino

Appellation

Bardolino is an appellation in Italy across 16 communes. The rules allow red and rosé wine, based on Corvina, Corvinone, Molinara and Rondinella. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments.

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Key facts

Type: DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category: Quality Sparkling Wine/Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since: 1973-09-18
Area: 51,844 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W: 42.21 × 22.89 km
Centre: 45.4814° N, 10.7444° E
Grapes: Ancellotta, Barbera, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Casetta, Corbina, Corvina, Corvinone, Croatina, Dindarella, Forsellina, Gamay, Gosen, Lagrein, Lambrusco A Foglia Frastagliata, Marzemina Grossa, Marzemino, Merlot, Molinara, Negrara, Oseleta, Petit Verdot, Pinot Nero, Raboso Veronese, Rebo, Regent, Rondinella, Rossignola, Sangiovese, Schiava Gentile, Schiava Grigia, Schiava Grossa, Sennen, Syrah, Teroldego, Turchetta
Other grapes: Cabernet Carbon, Cabernet Cortis, Cabernet Eidos, Cabernet Volos, Carmenere, Iasma Eco 1, Iasma Eco 2, Julius, Marselan, Merlot Kanthus, Merlot Khorus, Prior, Spigamonti
Min planting density: 3,300 vines/ha
Irrigation: Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town: 6.5 km north-east of Peschiera del Garda
Nearest city: 20 km north-west of Verona 258,031 people
To the sea: 112 km
Rivers nearby: Mincio (5.4 km) · Adige (5.9 km)
Lakes nearby: Garda (2.1 km)
Same latitude: Tip of the Mitt (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 48–1,695 m
Mean elevation: 165 m

Measured over the whole outline on 45,728 elevation cells of about 107 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.