Malvasia di Castelnuovo Don Bosco

Malvasia di Castelnuovo Don Bosco is an appellation in Italy across 6 communes. The rules allow red and rosé wine, based on Freisa, Malvasia Di Schierano and Malvasia Nera Lunga. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 14 km east of Chieri and 23 km east of Turin.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Category

Quality Aromatic Sparkling Wine/Wine

Protected since

1976-03-29

Area

6,897 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

13.34 × 11.72 km

Centre

45.0597° N, 7.9836° E

Grapes

Freisa, Malvasia Di Schierano, Malvasia Nera Lunga

Min planting density

3,300 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

14 km east of Chieri

Nearest city

23 km east of Turin 847,287 people

To the sea

92 km

Same latitude

Eola-Amity Hills (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

200–552 m

Mean elevation

316 m

Mean slope

12.5° (22 %)

Steepest tenth

above 22°

Faces

several directions, mostly south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 95,313 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

Bedrock

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)95%

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

Communes · 6

• Albugnano
• Berzano Di San Pietro
• Castelnuovo Don Bosco
• Moncucco Torinese
• Passerano Marmorito
• Pino D'Asti

Wineries · 2

• Cà del Prete Azienda Agr. Vitivinicola a Coltivazione Biologica
• Roggero Bruno e Marco s.s.

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications