Italy · DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Locorotondo

Appellation

Locorotondo is an appellation in Italy in Cisternino, Fasano and Locorotondo. The rules allow white wine, based on Bianco D'Alessano, Verdeca and Fiano. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type: DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category: Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since: 1973-09-18
Area: 23,120 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W: 19.74 × 19.76 km
Centre: 40.8072° N, 17.4047° E
Grapes: Antinello, Asprinio Bianco, Bianco D'Alessano, Bombino Bianco, Cococciola, Falanghina, Fiano, Francavidda, Garganega, Greco, Greco Bianco, Grillo, Malvasia Bianca, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Manzoni Bianco, Marchione, Maresco, Minutolo, Montonico Bianco, Moscatello Selvatico, Moscato Bianco, Mostosa, Pampanuto, Pinot Bianco, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Sauvignon, Semillon, Sylvaner Verde, Trebbiano Giallo, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdeca, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino
Max yield: 91 hl/ha
Min planting density: 3,500 vines/ha
Irrigation: Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town: 5 km south-east of Fasano
Nearest city: 13 km north-east of Martina Franca 37,685 people
To the sea: 6.4 km
Same latitude: Tavush (Armenia), Warren Hills (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 0–422 m
Mean elevation: 195 m
Mean slope: 3.4° (6 %)
Steepest tenth: above 7°
Faces: north-east

Measured over the whole outline on 277,554 elevation cells of about 29 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.