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Colli Bolognesi Classico Pignoletto

Appellation

Colli Bolognesi Classico Pignoletto is an appellation in Italy across 6 communes. The rules allow white wine, based on Pignoletto. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Wine
Protected since
2004-04-14
Area
42,992 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W
28.27 × 31.06 km
Centre
44.4427° N, 11.1369° E
Grapes
Albana, Alionza, Bervedino, Biancame, Bombino Bianco, Durella, Fiano, Garganega, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Di Candia Aromatica, Malvasia Istriana, Manzoni Bianco, Marsanne, Melara, Moscato Bianco, Mostosa, Ortrugo, Pignoletto, Pinot Bianco, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Ruggine, Santa Maria, Sauvignon, Semillon, Spergola, Tocai Friulano, Trebbianina, Trebbiano Modenese, Trebbiano Romagnolo, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdea, Verdicchio Bianco, Vernaccina
Other grapes
Famoso, Montu', Mueller Thurgau
Max yield
58.5 hl/ha
Min planting density
3,000 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
8.3 km south-west of Zola Predosa
Nearest city
12 km west of Casalecchio di Reno 33,789 people
To the sea
94 km
Rivers nearby
Reno (10 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
38–808 m
Mean elevation
232 m

Measured over the whole outline on 145,295 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.

Wines and grape rules

Colli Bolognesi Classico Pignoletto White
Pignoletto
max 58.5 hl/ha · min 3,000 vines/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 6

Wineries · 7

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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