Italy · DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Candia dei Colli Apuani

Appellation

Candia dei Colli Apuani is an appellation in Italy in Carrara, Massa and Montignoso. The rules allow white, red and rosé wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 2.6 km north of Massa and 3 km south-east of Carrara.

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Key facts

Type: DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category: Semi-Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since: 1982-12-31
Area: 18,161 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W: 17.11 × 17.96 km
Centre: 44.0560° N, 10.1243° E
Grapes: Albana, Albarola, Alicante Bouschet, Alicante, Ancellotta, Ansonica, Barbera, Barsaglina, Biancone, Bonamico, Bracciola Nera, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Caloria, Canaiolo Bianco, Canaiolo Nero, Canina Nera, Carignano, Ciliegiolo, Clairette, Colombana Nera, Colorino, Durella, Fiano, Foglia Tonda, Gamay, Gratena, Grechetto, Greco, Groppello Di S. Stefano, Groppello Gentile, Incrocio Bruni 54, Lambrusco Maestri, Livornese Bianca, Malbech, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Istriana, Malvasia, Malvasia Nera Di Brindisi, Malvasia Nera Di Lecce, Mammolo, Manzoni Bianco, Marsanne, Mazzese, Merlese, Merlot, Mondeuse, Montepulciano, Moscato Bianco, Orpicchio, Petit Manseng, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Nero, Pollera Nera, Prugnolo Gentile, Pugnitello, Rebo, Refosco Dal Peduncolo Rosso, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Roussanne, Roussin, Sagrantino, Sanforte, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Schiava Gentile, Semillon, Syrah, Tempranillo, Teroldego, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdea, Verdello, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Vermentino Nero, Vernaccia Di S. Giminiano, Viognier
Other grapes: Carmenere, Cesanese D Affile, Gralima, Grand Noir, Moscato D Amburgo, Mourvedre, Mueller Thurgau, Nocchianello Bianco, Nocchianello Nero
Max yield: 63 hl/ha
Min planting density: 6,000 vines/ha
Irrigation: Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town: 2.6 km north of Massa
Nearest city: 3 km south-east of Carrara 58,666 people
To the sea: 4.5 km
Same latitude: Prince Edward County (Canada), Lower Long Tom (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 0–1,877 m
Mean elevation: 434 m

Measured over the whole outline on 60,633 elevation cells of about 55 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.