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Colli della Sabina

Appellation

Colli della Sabina is an appellation in Italy across 25 communes. The rules allow red, white and rosé wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Semi-Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since
1999-02-19
Area
73,085 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W
53.48 × 36.39 km
Centre
42.1726° N, 12.7070° E
Grapes
Abbuoto, Aglianico, Alicante, Ancellotta, Barbera, Bellone, Biancolella, Bombino Bianco, Bombino Nero, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Canaiolo Bianco, Canaiolo Nero, Capolongo, Carignano, Cesanese Comune, Ciliegiolo, Falanghina, Fiano, Forastera, Grechetto, Grechetto Rosso, Greco, Greco Bianco, Guarnaccia, Lambrusco Maestri, Lecinaro, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Del Lazio, Manzoni Bianco, Maturano, Merlot, Montepulciano, Montonico Bianco, Moscato Bianco, Moscato Di Terracina, Moscato Giallo, Mostosa, Nero Buono, Olivella Nera, Pampanaro, Passerina, Pecorino, Petit Manseng, Petit Verdot, Piedirosso, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Nero, Primitivo, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Sciascinoso, Semillon, Syrah, Tannat, Tempranillo, Tocai Friulano, Trebbiano Di Soave, Trebbiano Giallo, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdello, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Vernaccia Di S. Giminiano, Viognier
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
9.5 km east of Fiano Romano
Nearest city
15 km north-east of Monterotondo 37,225 people
To the sea
61 km
Rivers nearby
Tiber (6 km)
Same latitude
Kindzmarauli (Georgia), Xinjiang (Turpan, Manas, Yanqi) (China), Lake Michigan Shore (United States), Lake Erie North Shore (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation
10–1,245 m
Mean elevation
224 m

Measured over the whole outline on 57,780 elevation cells of about 113 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 della Sabina Rosso Red
MontepulcianoSangiovese
min 3,000 vines/ha
Colli della Sabina Bianco White
Malvasia Del LazioTrebbiano GialloTrebbiano Toscano
min 3,000 vines/ha
Cerveteri Rosato Frizzante Rosé · Semi-Sparkling Wine
MerlotMontepulcianoSangiovese
max 91 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 25

Wineries · 1

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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