Italy · DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Cortona
Appellation
Cortona is an appellation in Italy in Cortona. The rules allow white and red wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.
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Key facts Type DOP (DOC/DOCG) Category Wine Protected since 2004-04-14 Area 34,272 ha registered outline Extent N–S × E–W 23.9 × 31.66 km Centre 43.2675° N, 12.0125° E Grapes Albana, Albarola, Alicante Bouschet, Alicante, Ancellotta, Ansonica, Barbera, Barsaglina, Biancone, Bonamico, Bracciola Nera, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Caloria, Canaiolo Bianco, Canaiolo Nero, Canina Nera, Carignano, Chardonnay, Ciliegiolo, Clairette, Colombana Nera, Colorino, Durella, Fiano, Foglia Tonda, Gamay, Gratena, Grechetto, Greco, Groppello Di S. Stefano, Groppello Gentile, Incrocio Bruni 54, Lambrusco Maestri, Livornese Bianca, Malbech, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Istriana, Malvasia, Malvasia Nera Di Brindisi, Malvasia Nera Di Lecce, Mammolo, Manzoni Bianco, Marsanne, Mazzese, Merlese, Merlot, Mondeuse, Montepulciano, Moscato Bianco, Orpicchio, Petit Manseng, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Nero, Pollera Nera, Prugnolo Gentile, Pugnitello, Rebo, Refosco Dal Peduncolo Rosso, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Roussanne, Roussin, Sagrantino, Sanforte, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Schiava Gentile, Semillon, Syrah, Tempranillo, Teroldego, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdea, Verdello, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Vermentino Nero, Vernaccia Di S. Giminiano, Viognier Other grapes Carmenere, Cesanese D Affile, Gralima, Grand Noir, Malvasia Nera, Moscato D Amburgo, Mourvedre, Mueller Thurgau, Nocchianello Bianco, Nocchianello Nero Max yield 70 hl/ha Min planting density 3,300 vines/ha Irrigation Allowed Where it is Nearest town 3.5 km east of Camucia-Monsigliolo Nearest city 24 km south of Arezzo 100,734 people To the sea 98 km Rivers nearby Arno (14 km) Lakes nearby Trasimeno (8.4 km) Same latitude Niagara Peninsula (Canada), Hokkaido (Japan), Upper Mississippi River Valley (United States)Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain Elevation 240–1,050 m Mean elevation 418 m Measured over the whole outline on 111,173 elevation cells of about 56 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 Grechetto Malvasia Bianca Di Candia Malvasia Bianca Lunga Sangiovese Trebbiano Toscano
max 28 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha
White Grechetto Malvasia Bianca Di Candia Malvasia Bianca Lunga Sangiovese Trebbiano Toscano
max 28 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha
Red Malvasia Nera Sangiovese
max 28 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha
White Chardonnay
max 63 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha
Red Merlot Syrah
max 70 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha
Red Merlot
max 63 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha
White Grechetto
max 63 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha
White Sauvignon
max 63 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha
White Cabernet Sauvignon
max 63 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha
Red Merlot
max 63 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha
Red Sangiovese
max 63 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha
Red Sangiovese
max 63 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha
White Cabernet Sauvignon
max 63 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha
Red Syrah
max 63 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha
Red Syrah
max 63 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha
Bedrock Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)50% Unconsolidated sediments23% Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)22% Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.
Communes · 1
Sources EU register of geographical indications
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