Gabiano

Gabiano is an appellation in Italy in Gabiano and Moncestino. The rules allow red wine, based on Barbera, Freisa and Grignolino. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 9.4 km west of Trino and 26 km south-west of Vercelli.

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

1996-11-15

Area

2,430 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

5.87 × 8.2 km

Centre

45.1547° N, 8.1905° E

Grapes

Barbera, Freisa, Grignolino

Where it is

Nearest town

9.4 km west of Trino

Nearest city

26 km south-west of Vercelli 45,875 people

To the sea

93 km

Same latitude

McMinnville (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

131–373 m

Mean elevation

199 m

Mean slope

9.6° (17 %)

Steepest tenth

above 23°

Faces

several directions, mostly north

Measured over the whole outline on 134,046 elevation cells of about 14 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

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)75%
• Unconsolidated sediments25%

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

Communes · 2

• Gabiano
• Moncestino

Sources

EU register of geographical indications