Calosso

Calosso is an appellation in Italy in Calosso, Castagnole Delle Lanze and Costigliole D'Asti. The rules allow red wine, based on Gamba Rossa. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 14 km south-west of Asti and 37 km west of Alessandria.

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

2011-12-20

Area

7,428 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

11.68 × 13.15 km

Centre

44.7789° N, 8.1730° E

Grapes

Albarossa, Ancellotta, Avarengo, Barbera, Becuet, Bonarda, Brachetto, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chatus, Ciliegiolo, Cornarea, Croatina, Dolcetto, Doux D'Henry, Durasa, Freisa, Gamay, Gamba Rossa, Grignolino, Lambrusca Di Alessandria, Malvasia Di Casorzo, Malvasia Di Schierano, Malvasia Nera Lunga, Merlot, Moscato Nero Di Acqui, Nebbiolo, Ner D'Ala, Neretta Cuneese, Neretto Di Bairo, Passau, Pelaverga, Pelaverga Piccolo, Petit Verdot, Pinot Nero, Plassa, Quagliano, Sangiovese, Slarina, Syrah, Teroldego, Uva Rara, Uvalino, Vespolina

Other grapes

Avana', Bragat Rosa, Montanera, Ruche'

Max yield

63 hl/ha

Min planting density

4,000 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

14 km south-west of Asti

Nearest city

37 km west of Alessandria 92,104 people

To the sea

58 km

Rivers nearby

Tanaro (4.2 km)

Same latitude

Nova Scotia (Annapolis Valley) (Canada), Old Mission Peninsula (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

120–399 m

Mean elevation

214 m

Mean slope

8.7° (15 %)

Steepest tenth

above 17°

Faces

several directions, mostly north-east

Measured over the whole outline on 405,262 elevation cells of about 14 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)92%

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

Communes · 3

• Calosso
• Castagnole Delle Lanze
• Costigliole D'Asti

Wineries · 8

• Azienda Agricola La Canova
• Azienda Agricola Occhetti Vittorio, Alfonso & Pierluigi
• Azienda Vitivinicola Cascina Fiore
• Bussi Piero
• Cantine Carel
• Gozzelino Sergio
• La Badia
• Scagliola Sansi

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications