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Colli Orientali del Friuli Picolit

DOCGAppellation

Colli Orientali del Friuli Picolit is a DOCG appellation in Italy across 19 communes. The rules allow white wine, based on Picolit. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Wine
Protected since
1973-09-18
Area
54,392 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W
36.79 × 34.38 km
Centre
46.1002° N, 13.4014° E
Grapes
Cividin, Garganega, Glera, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Di Candia Aromatica, Malvasia Istriana, Manzoni Bianco, Moscato Giallo, Picolit, Pinot Bianco, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Sauvignon, Sciaglin, Semillon, Sylvaner Verde, Tocai Friulano, Ucelut, Verdiso, Verduzzo Friulano, Verduzzo Trevigiano, Viognier, Vitouska
Other grapes
Fleurtai, Mueller Thurgau, Palava, Ribuele, Sauvignon Kretos, Sauvignon Nepis, Sauvignon Rytos, Soreli
Max yield
22 hl/ha
Min planting density
3,500 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
2.4 km north-west of Cividale del Friuli
Nearest city
13 km east of Udine 100,170 people
To the sea
36 km
Same latitude
Horse Heaven Hills (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
36–1,159 m
Mean elevation
254 m

Measured over the whole outline on 194,854 elevation cells of about 53 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 Orientali del Friuli Picolit White
Picolit
max 22 hl/ha · min 3,500 vines/ha
Colli Orientali del Friuli Picolit Cialla White
Picolit
max 22 hl/ha · min 3,500 vines/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 19

Wineries · 64

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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