Cirò

Cirò is an appellation in Italy across 4 communes. The rules allow red, white and rosé wine, based on Gaglioppo and Greco Bianco. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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

1973-09-18

Area

21,271 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

23.86 × 17.64 km

Centre

39.3811° N, 17.0624° E

Grapes

Aglianico, Alicante, Ansonica, Calabrese, Castiglione, Gaglioppo, Greco Bianco, Guardavalle, Guarnaccia, Magliocco Canino, Malvasia Bianca, Malvasia Nera Di Brindisi, Manzoni Bianco, Marsigliana Nera, Montepulciano, Montonico Bianco, Moscato Bianco, Nerello Cappuccio, Nerello Mascalese, Nocera, Petit Verdot, Pinot Bianco, Prunesta, Riesling Italico, Sauvignon, Semillon, Syrah, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdicchio Bianco

Other grapes

Pecorello, Zibibbo

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

5.5 km north-west of Cirò Marina

Nearest city

34 km north of Crotone 64,603 people

To the sea

5.2 km

Same latitude

Syunik (Armenia), Ankara (Kalecik) (Türkiye), North Yuba (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

0–520 m

Mean elevation

120 m

Mean slope

9.9° (17 %)

Steepest tenth

above 20°

Faces

several directions, mostly north-east

Measured over the whole outline on 245,089 elevation cells of about 30 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)82%
• Unconsolidated sediments14%

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

Communes · 4

• Cirò
• Cirò Marina
• Crucoli
• Melissa

Sources

EU register of geographical indications