Italy · DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Grignolino d'Asti
Appellation
Grignolino d'Asti is an appellation in Italy across 35 communes. The rules allow red wine, based on Freisa and Grignolino. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.
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Key facts Type DOP (DOC/DOCG) Category Wine Protected since 1973-09-18 Area 58,761 ha registered outline Extent N–S × E–W 40.18 × 23.97 km Centre 44.8983° N, 8.2392° E Grapes Freisa, Grignolino Irrigation Prohibited Where it is Nearest town around the town of Asti Nearest city 29 km west of Alessandria 92,104 people To the sea 65 km Rivers nearby Tanaro (0.2 km) Same latitude Mount Pisgah, Polk County, Oregon (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 96–482 m Mean elevation 183 m Measured over the whole outline on 201,551 elevation cells of about 54 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 Red Freisa Grignolino
Bedrock Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)83% Unconsolidated sediments17% Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.
Communes · 35 Agliano Terme Antignano Asti Azzano D'Asti Belveglio Calliano Casorzo Castagnole Monferrato Castagnole Delle Lanze Castell'Alfero Castello Di Annone Castelnuovo Calcea Castiglione Tinella Cerro Tanaro Costigliole D'Asti Grana Grazzano Badoglio Isola D'Asti Mombercelli Moncalvo Mongardino Montaldo Scarampi Montegrosso D'Asti Montemagno Penango Portacomaro Refrancore Revigliasco D'Asti Rocca D'Arazzo Rocchetta Tanaro Scurzolengo Tonco Viarigi Vigliano D'Asti Vinchio Wineries · 12 From OpenStreetMap. Missing a winery? Add it to OpenStreetMap and it appears here.
Sources EU register of geographical indications
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