Loazzolo

Loazzolo is an appellation in Italy in Loazzolo. The rules allow white wine, based on Moscato Bianco. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 7 km south-west of Canelli and 27 km south of Asti.

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

1,483 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

8.19 × 5.51 km

Centre

44.6628° N, 8.2588° E

Grapes

Moscato Bianco

Min planting density

4,000 vines/ha

Where it is

Nearest town

7 km south-west of Canelli

Nearest city

27 km south of Asti 74,348 people

To the sea

43 km

Same latitude

Willamette Valley (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

187–614 m

Mean elevation

400 m

Mean slope

19.3° (35 %)

Steepest tenth

above 31°

Faces

several directions, mostly north

Measured over the whole outline on 81,249 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)92%

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

Communes · 1

• Loazzolo

Sources

EU register of geographical indications