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Galluccio

Appellation

Galluccio is an appellation in Italy across 5 communes. The rules allow white, red and rosé wine, based on Falanghina and Aglianico. Regional bedrock: intermediate volcanic rocks. It lies 16 km south-east of Cassino and 46 km north-west of Caserta.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Wine
Protected since
1999-02-19
Area
17,301 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W
14.93 × 17.02 km
Centre
41.3781° N, 13.9602° E
Grapes
Aglianico, Aglianicone, Ancellotta, Asprinio Bianco, Barbera, Bellone, Biancolella, Cabernet Sauvignon, Casavecchia, Ciliegiolo, Coda Di Volpe Bianca, Falanghina, Fiano, Forastera, Greco, Merlot, Montepulciano, Moscato Bianco, Pallagrello Bianco, Pallagrello Nero, Piedirosso, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Nero, Primitivo, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Sangiovese, Sciascinoso, Sylvaner Verde, Trebbiano Toscano, Uva Di Troia, Veltliner, Verdeca
Max yield
84 hl/ha
Min planting density
2,000 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
16 km south-east of Cassino
Nearest city
46 km north-west of Caserta 72,844 people
To the sea
24 km
Rivers nearby
Sacco (7.1 km)
Same latitude
Martha's Vineyard (United States), Bolnisi (Georgia), Huanren icewine (China)

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

Terrain

Elevation
17–1,174 m
Mean elevation
297 m

Measured over the whole outline on 53,125 elevation cells of about 57 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

Galluccio Bianco White
Falanghina
max 84 hl/ha · min 2,000 vines/ha
Galluccio Rosso Red
Aglianico
max 70 hl/ha · min 2,000 vines/ha
Galluccio Rosso Riserva Red
Aglianico
max 70 hl/ha · min 2,000 vines/ha
Galluccio Rosato Rosé
Aglianico
max 70 hl/ha · min 2,000 vines/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 5

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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