Italy · DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Cesanese di Olevano Romano

Appellation

Cesanese di Olevano Romano is an appellation in Italy in Genazzano and Olevano Romano. The rules allow red wine. Regional bedrock: intermediate volcanic rocks. It lies 3.9 km east of Cave and 29 km south-east of Guidonia Montecelio.

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Key facts

Official name: Cesanese di Olevano Romano / Olevano Romano
Type: DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category: Semi-Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since: 1976-03-29
Area: 5,811 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W: 12.03 × 10.05 km
Centre: 41.8252° N, 12.9863° E
Grapes: Abbuoto, Aglianico, Alicante, Ancellotta, Barbera, Bombino Nero, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Canaiolo Nero, Carignano, Cesanese Comune, Cesanese D'Affile, Ciliegiolo, Grechetto Rosso, Lambrusco Maestri, Lecinaro, Merlot, Montepulciano, Nero Buono, Olivella Nera, Petit Verdot, Piedirosso, Pinot Nero, Primitivo, Sangiovese, Sciascinoso, Syrah, Tannat, Tempranillo
Other grapes: Cesanese D Affile, Cesenese Nero
Max yield: 91 hl/ha
Min planting density: 3,000 vines/ha
Irrigation: Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town: 3.9 km east of Cave
Nearest city: 29 km south-east of Guidonia Montecelio 89,165 people
To the sea: 47 km
Rivers nearby: Sacco (6 km)
Same latitude: Kakheti (Georgia), Seiad Valley (United States), South Islands (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 216–722 m
Mean elevation: 340 m
Mean slope: 11.3° (20 %)
Steepest tenth: above 23°
Faces: several directions, mostly south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 72,283 elevation cells of about 28 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.