Italy · DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Matera
Appellation
Matera is an appellation in Italy across 31 communes. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks.
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Key facts Type DOP (DOC/DOCG) Category Sparkling Wine/Wine Protected since 2011-12-13 Area 344,764 ha registered outline Separate plots 3 Extent N–S × E–W 86.5 × 78.46 km Centre 40.4513° N, 16.4761° E Grapes Aglianico Del Vulture, Aglianico, Aglianicone, Ansonica, Asprinio Bianco, Barbera, Bellone, Bombino Bianco, Bombino Nero, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Castiglione, Ciliegiolo, Cortese, Falanghina, Fiano, Freisa, Garganega, Greco Bianco, Grillo, Malbech, Malvasia Bianca Di Basilicata, Malvasia Di Lipari, Malvasia Nera Di Basilicata, Manzoni Bianco, Merlot, Minutolo, Montepulciano, Moscato Bianco, Moscato Giallo, Nebbiolo, Negro Amaro, Nero Buono, Pecorino, Petit Manseng, Petit Verdot, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Nero, Primitivo, Refosco Dal Peduncolo Rosso, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Syrah, Teroldego, Trebbiano Toscano, Uva Di Troia, Verdeca, Viognier Other grapes Guarnaccino, Mueller Thurgau, Pecorello Min planting density 3,300 vines/ha Irrigation Allowed Where it is Nearest town 5.9 km south of Ferrandina Nearest city 26 km south-west of Matera 60,403 people To the sea 32 km Same latitude Aragatsotn (Armenia), Manton Valley (United States), Shacheng (Huailai) (China)Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain Elevation 0–1,165 m Mean elevation 270 m Measured over the whole outline on 256,350 elevation cells of about 116 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 Primitivo Sangiovese
min 3,300 vines/ha
Red Primitivo
min 3,300 vines/ha
Red Primitivo
min 3,300 vines/ha
Rosé Primitivo
min 3,300 vines/ha
Red Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Primitivo
min 3,300 vines/ha
Red Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Primitivo
min 3,300 vines/ha
White Greco Bianco
min 3,300 vines/ha
White Malvasia Bianca Di Basilicata
min 3,300 vines/ha
White Malvasia Bianca Di Basilicata
min 3,300 vines/ha
White · Sparkling Wine Malvasia Bianca Di Basilicata
min 3,300 vines/ha
Rosé · Sparkling Wine Primitivo
min 3,300 vines/ha
Bedrock Mixed sedimentary rocks64% Unconsolidated sediments19% Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)14% Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.
Communes · 31 Accettura Aliano Bernalda Calciano Cirigliano Colobraro Craco Ferrandina Garaguso Gorgoglione Grassano Grottole Irsina Matera Miglionico Montalbano Jonico Montescaglioso Nova Siri Oliveto Lucano Pisticci Policoro Pomarico Rotondella Salandra San Giorgio Lucano San Mauro Forte Scanzano Jonico Stigliano Tricarico Tursi Valsinni Sources EU register of geographical indications
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