Italy · DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Colli Bolognesi

Appellation

Colli Bolognesi is an appellation in Italy across 11 communes. The rules allow red and white wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type: DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category: Quality Sparkling Wine/Semi-Sparkling Wine/Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since: 1976-03-29
Area: 90,238 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W: 39.23 × 43.52 km
Centre: 44.3930° N, 11.2242° E
Grapes: Albana, Alicante, Alionza, Ancellotta, Barbera, Bervedino, Biancame, Bombino Bianco, Bonarda, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Canina Nera, Centesimino, Chardonnay, Ciliegiolo, Croatina, Dolcetto, Durella, Ervi, Fiano, Fogarina, Fortana, Gamay, Garganega, Groppello Gentile, Lambrusco A Foglia Frastagliata, Lambrusco Barghi, Lambrusco Di Sorbara, Lambrusco Grasparossa, Lambrusco Maestri, Lambrusco Marani, Lambrusco Montericco, Lambrusco Oliva, Lambrusco Salamino, Lambrusco Viadanese, Malbo Gentile, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Di Candia Aromatica, Malvasia Istriana, Manzoni Bianco, Marsanne, Marzemino, Melara, Merlese, Merlot, Montepulciano, Moscato Bianco, Mostosa, Negretto, Ortrugo, Perla Dei Vivi, Petit Verdot, Pignoletto, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Nero, Raboso Veronese, Rebo, Refosco Dal Peduncolo Rosso, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Ruggine, Sangiovese, Santa Maria, Sauvignon, Semillon, Sgavetta, Spergola, Syrah, Termarina, Terrano, Tocai Friulano, Trebbianina, Trebbiano Modenese, Trebbiano Romagnolo, Trebbiano Toscano, Uva Del Fantini, Uva Longanesi, Uva Tosca, Verdea, Verdicchio Bianco, Vernaccina, Veruccese
Other grapes: Carmenere, Famoso, Lambrusco Benetti, Montu', Mueller Thurgau, Uva Del Tunde'
Max yield: 84 hl/ha
Min planting density: 2,500 vines/ha
Irrigation: Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town: 2.4 km west of Sasso Marconi
Nearest city: 10 km south-west of Casalecchio di Reno 33,789 people
To the sea: 85 km
Rivers nearby: Reno (1.2 km)
Same latitude: Champlain Valley of New York (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 29–826 m
Mean elevation: 231 m

Measured over the whole outline on 304,195 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.