Est! Est!! Est!!! di Montefiascone

Est! Est!! Est!!! di Montefiascone is an appellation in Italy across 7 communes. The rules allow white wine, based on Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Del Lazio, Trebbiano Giallo and Trebbiano Toscano. Regional bedrock: intermediate volcanic rocks.

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

Key facts

Type

DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Category

Wine

Protected since

1973-09-18

Area

36,707 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

27.2 × 22.09 km

Centre

42.5882° N, 11.9418° E

Grapes

Bellone, Biancolella, Bombino Bianco, Canaiolo Bianco, Capolongo, Falanghina, Fiano, Forastera, Grechetto, Greco, Greco Bianco, Guarnaccia, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Del Lazio, Manzoni Bianco, Maturano, Montonico Bianco, Moscato Bianco, Moscato Di Terracina, Moscato Giallo, Mostosa, Pampanaro, Passerina, Pecorino, Petit Manseng, Pinot Bianco, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Sauvignon, Semillon, Tocai Friulano, Trebbiano Di Soave, Trebbiano Giallo, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdello, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Vernaccia Di S. Giminiano, Viognier

Max yield

91 hl/ha

Min planting density

3,000 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

9 km north-west of Montefiascone

Nearest city

23 km north-west of Viterbo 47,134 people

To the sea

41 km

Lakes nearby

Bracciano (0 km) · Bolsena (0 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

232–680 m

Mean elevation

384 m

Measured over the whole outline on 116,630 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

Bedrock

• Intermediate volcanic rocks91%

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

Communes · 7

• Bolsena
• Capodimonte
• Gradoli
• Grotte Di Castro
• Marta
• Montefiascone
• San Lorenzo Nuovo

Sources

EU register of geographical indications