Colli Etruschi Viterbesi

Colli Etruschi Viterbesi is an appellation in Italy across 37 communes. The rules allow white, red and rosé wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Official name

Colli Etruschi Viterbesi / Tuscia

Type

DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Category

Semi-Sparkling Wine/Wine

Protected since

2004-04-14

Area

196,662 ha outline of listed communes

Extent N–S × E–W

76.42 × 74.52 km

Centre

42.4970° N, 11.7731° 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

12 km north-west of Tuscania

Nearest city

29 km north-west of Viterbo 47,134 people

To the sea

26 km

Lakes nearby

Bracciano (12 km) · Bolsena (13 km)

Same latitude

Khvanchkara (Georgia), Xinjiang (Turpan, Manas, Yanqi) (China), Fennville (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

23–958 m

Mean elevation

299 m

Measured over the whole outline on 156,593 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

Bedrock

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)40%
• Intermediate volcanic rocks37%
• Acid volcanic rocks12%

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

Communes · 37

• Acquapendente
• Arlena Di Castro
• Bagnoregio
• Barbarano Romano
• Bassano In Teverina
• Blera
• Bolsena
• Bomarzo
• Canino
• Capodimonte
• Castiglione In Teverina
• Celleno
• Cellere
• Civitella D'Agliano
• Farnese
• Gradoli
• Graffignano
• Grotte Di Castro
• Ischia Di Castro
• Latera
• Lubriano
• Marta
• Monte Romano
• Montefiascone
• Onano
• Oriolo Romano
• Orte
• Piansano
• Proceno
• San Lorenzo Nuovo
• Tessennano
• Tuscania
• Valentano
• Vejano
• Vetralla
• Villa San Giovanni In Tuscia
• Vitorchiano

Wineries · 1

• La Cantinola

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications