Ghemme

Ghemme is a DOCG appellation in Italy in Ghemme and Romagnano Sesia. The rules allow red wine, based on Nebbiolo, Uva Rara and Vespolina. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments. It lies 4.7 km east of Gattinara and 24 km north-west of Novara.

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

3,866 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

10.17 × 9.23 km

Centre

45.6094° N, 8.4252° E

Grapes

Nebbiolo, Uva Rara, Vespolina

Min planting density

3,000 vines/ha

Irrigation

Prohibited

Where it is

Nearest town

4.7 km east of Gattinara

Nearest city

24 km north-west of Novara 101,916 people

To the sea

134 km

Lakes nearby

Como (19 km)

Same latitude

Tualatin Hills (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

216–517 m

Mean elevation

280 m

Mean slope

3.6° (6 %)

Steepest tenth

above 9°

Faces

several directions, mostly south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 55,043 elevation cells of about 27 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

Vintages: Piedmont (Barolo, Barbaresco)

Atlas editorial scores: a consensus of widely published vintage reports, not one critic's view. Scores for 2023 and 2024 are early and can change as the wines develop. Scale 1 to 5.

Bedrock

• Unconsolidated sediments100%

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

Communes · 2

• Ghemme
• Romagnano Sesia

Wineries · 2

• Azienda Agricola Mirù
• Ioppa

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications