Italy · DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Etna
Appellation
Etna is an appellation in Italy across 20 communes. The rules allow white, red and rosé wine. Regional bedrock: intermediate volcanic rocks.
Vineyards on the slopes of Europe's most active volcano in Sicily, up to about 1,000 m. Nerello Mascalese for reds, Carricante for whites. Producers name individual 'contrade'.
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Key facts Type DOP (DOC/DOCG) Category Quality Sparkling Wine/Wine Protected since 1973-09-18 Area 116,104 ha registered outline Separate plots 2 Extent N–S × E–W 61.39 × 45.92 km Centre 37.6892° N, 15.0801° E Grapes Albanello, Ansonica, Carricante, Catarratto Bianco Comune, Catarratto Bianco Lucido, Chenin, Damaschino, Fiano, Glera, Grecanico Dorato, Grillo, Malvasia Bianca, Malvasia Di Lipari, Manzoni Bianco, Minnella Bianca, Montonico Bianco, Moscato Bianco, Moscato Giallo, Nerello Cappuccio, Nerello Mascalese, Petit Manseng, Pinot Bianco, Riesling Renano, Sauvignon, Semillon, Trebbiano Toscano, Vermentino, Vernaccia Di S. Giminiano, Viognier Other grapes Mueller Thurgau, Zibibbo Irrigation Prohibited Where it is Nearest town 2.4 km north-west of Zafferana Etnea Nearest city 12 km north-west of Acireale 49,477 people To the sea 11 km Rivers nearby Simeto (24 km) Same latitude Southeast Anatolia (Türkiye), River Junction (United States)Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain Elevation -2–3,296 m Mean elevation 725 m Measured over the whole outline on 80,418 elevation cells of about 121 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 Carricante Catarratto Bianco Comune Catarratto Bianco Lucido
White Carricante
Red Nerello Cappuccio Nerello Mascalese
Red Nerello Cappuccio Nerello Mascalese
Rosé Nerello Cappuccio Nerello Mascalese
White · Quality Sparkling Wine Nerello Mascalese
Rosé · Quality Sparkling Wine Nerello Mascalese
Bedrock Intermediate volcanic rocks65% Mixed sedimentary rocks17% Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)10% Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.
Communes · 20 Aci Sant'Antonio Acireale Belpasso Biancavilla Castiglione Di Sicilia Giarre Linguaglossa Mascali Milo Nicolosi Paternò Pedara Piedimonte Etneo Randazzo Sant'Alfio Santa Maria Di Licodia Santa Venerina Trecastagni Viagrande Zafferana Etnea Wineries · 3 From OpenStreetMap. Missing a winery? Add it to OpenStreetMap and it appears here.
Sources EU register of geographical indications
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