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Frascati

Appellation

Frascati is an appellation in Italy across 6 communes. The rules allow white wine. Regional bedrock: intermediate volcanic rocks.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since
1973-09-18
Area
136,099 ha registered outline
Separate plots
3
Extent N–S × E–W
53.63 × 51.78 km
Centre
41.8840° N, 12.4887° E
Grapes
Bellone, Bombino Bianco, Greco Bianco, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Del Lazio, Trebbiano Giallo, Trebbiano Toscano
Max yield
98 hl/ha
Min planting density
3,000 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
2.1 km west of Rome
Nearest city
13 km north-west of Ciampino 38,277 people
To the sea
24 km
Rivers nearby
Tiber (1.2 km)
Same latitude
Kakheti (Georgia), Seiad Valley (United States), South Islands (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation
0–760 m
Mean elevation
79 m

Measured over the whole outline on 106,048 elevation cells of about 114 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

Frascati White
BelloneBombino BiancoGreco BiancoMalvasia Bianca Di CandiaMalvasia Del LazioTrebbiano GialloTrebbiano Toscano
max 98 hl/ha · min 3,000 vines/ha
Frascati Spumante White · Sparkling Wine
BelloneBombino BiancoGreco BiancoMalvasia Bianca Di CandiaMalvasia Del LazioTrebbiano GialloTrebbiano Toscano
max 98 hl/ha · min 3,000 vines/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 6

Wineries · 13

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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