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Bardolino Superiore

DOCGAppellation

Bardolino Superiore is a DOCG appellation in Italy across 14 communes. The rules allow red wine, based on Corvina, Corvinone, Molinara and Rondinella. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Wine
Protected since
2009-08-08
Area
40,713 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W
32.52 × 22.88 km
Centre
45.5177° N, 10.7214° 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
Max yield
63 hl/ha
Min planting density
3,300 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
12 km north-west of Bussolengo
Nearest city
23 km north-west of Verona 258,031 people
To the sea
114 km
Rivers nearby
Adige (6.3 km) · Mincio (7.9 km)
Lakes nearby
Garda (0 km)
Same latitude
Tualatin Hills (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
48–734 m
Mean elevation
122 m

Measured over the whole outline on 142,997 elevation cells of about 54 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

Bardolino Superiore Red
CorvinaCorvinoneMolinaraRondinella
max 63 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha
Bardolino Superiore Classico Red
CorvinaCorvinoneMolinaraRondinella
max 63 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 · 14

Wineries · 14

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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