Italy · DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Cortese dell'Alto Monferrato
Appellation
Cortese dell'Alto Monferrato is an appellation in Italy across 86 communes. The rules allow white wine, based on Cortese. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.
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Key facts Type DOP (DOC/DOCG) Category Semi-Sparkling Wine/Sparkling Wine/Wine Protected since 1981-06-11 Area 135,313 ha registered outline Extent N–S × E–W 45.44 × 52.02 km Centre 44.6736° N, 8.4792° E Grapes Arneis, Baratuciat, Barbera Bianca, Bussanello, Cortese, Erbaluce, Favorita, Manzoni Bianco, Moscato Bianco, Nascetta, Pinot Bianco, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Rossese Bianco, Sauvignon, Sylvaner Verde, Timorasso, Viognier Other grapes Malvasia Moscata, Mueller Thurgau Max yield 70 hl/ha Where it is Nearest town next to Acqui Terme Nearest city 28 km south-west of Alessandria 92,104 people To the sea 36 km Rivers nearby Tanaro (24 km) Same latitude Willamette Valley (United States), Nova Scotia (Annapolis Valley) (Canada)Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain Elevation 98–835 m Mean elevation 287 m Measured over the whole outline on 115,294 elevation cells of about 109 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 White Cortese
max 70 hl/ha
White · Semi-Sparkling Wine Cortese
max 70 hl/ha
White · Sparkling Wine Cortese
max 70 hl/ha
Bedrock Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)59% Unconsolidated sediments27% Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.
Communes · 86 Show all 86 Acqui Terme Alice Bel Colle Basaluzzo Belforte Monferrato Belveglio Bistagno Bruno Bubbio Calamandrana Canelli Capriata D'Orba Carpeneto Cartosio Casaleggio Boiro Cassinasco Cassine Cassinelle Castel Boglione Castel Rocchero Castelletto Molina Castelletto D'Erro Castelletto D'Orba Castelnuovo Belbo Castelnuovo Bormida Castelnuovo Calcea Cavatore Cessole Cortiglione Cremolino Denice Fontanile Francavilla Bisio Gamalero Grognardo Incisa Scapaccino Lerma Loazzolo Malvicino Maranzana Melazzo Merana Molare Mombaldone Mombaruzzo Mombercelli Monastero Bormida Montabone Montaldeo Montaldo Bormida Montechiaro D'Acqui Morbello Mornese Morsasco Nizza Monferrato Novi Ligure Olmo Gentile Orsara Bormida Ovada Pareto Pasturana Ponti Ponzone Prasco Predosa Quaranti Ricaldone Rivalta Bormida Rocca Grimalda Roccaverano Rocchetta Palafea Rocchetta Tanaro San Giorgio Scarampi San Marzano Oliveto Serole Sessame Sezzadio Silvano D'Orba Spigno Monferrato Strevi Tagliolo Monferrato Terzo Trisobbio Vaglio Serra Vesime Vinchio Visone Wineries · 21 From OpenStreetMap. Missing a winery? Add it to OpenStreetMap and it appears here.
Sources EU register of geographical indications
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