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Capalbio

Appellation

Capalbio is an appellation in Italy across 4 communes. The rules allow white, red and rosé wine, based on Trebbiano Toscano, Vermentino, Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvignon. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Wine
Protected since
2004-04-14
Area
103,741 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W
41.76 × 44.31 km
Centre
42.5705° N, 11.3470° 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, 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
80.5 hl/ha
Min planting density
3,300 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
18 km north-east of Orbetello
Nearest city
29 km south-east of Grosseto 60,922 people
To the sea
18 km
Same latitude
Khvanchkara (Georgia), Xinjiang (Turpan, Manas, Yanqi) (China), Fennville (United States), Lake Erie North Shore (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation
-2–503 m
Mean elevation
127 m

Measured over the whole outline on 82,625 elevation cells of about 113 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

Capalbio Bianco White
Trebbiano Toscano
max 80.5 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha
Capalbio Vermentino White
Vermentino
max 80.5 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha
Capalbio Rosso Red
Sangiovese
max 77 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha
Capalbio Rosso Riserva Red
Sangiovese
max 77 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha
Capalbio Rosato Rosé
Sangiovese
max 77 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha
Capalbio Sangiovese Red
Sangiovese
max 77 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha
Capalbio Cabernet Sauvignon Red
Cabernet Sauvignon
max 77 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha
Capalbio Vin Santo White
Trebbiano Toscano
max 40.2 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 · 4

Wineries · 9

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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