Italy · DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Cerasuolo di Vittoria

DOCGAppellation

Cerasuolo di Vittoria is a DOCG appellation in Italy across 14 communes. The rules allow red wine, based on Frappato and Nero D'Avola. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

Sicily's only DOCG: a blend of Nero d'Avola and Frappato from the south-east of the island.

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Key facts

Type: DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category: Wine
Protected since: 1973-09-18
Area: 251,812 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W: 65.74 × 79.39 km
Centre: 37.0757° N, 14.4807° E
Grapes: Frappato
Other grapes: Nero D'Avola
Max yield: 52 hl/ha
Min planting density: 4,000 vines/ha
Irrigation: Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town: 5.9 km north of Acate
Nearest city: 14 km north of Vittoria 50,852 people
To the sea: 15 km
Same latitude: Yantai (China), Ben Lomond Mountain (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 1–896 m
Mean elevation: 289 m

Measured over the whole outline on 42,971 elevation cells of about 244 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.