Matino

Matino is an appellation in Italy across 8 communes. The rules allow rosé and red wine, based on Malvasia, Negro Amaro and Sangiovese. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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

1973-09-18

Area

18,450 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

17.95 × 21.17 km

Centre

40.0386° N, 18.1177° E

Grapes

Malvasia, Negro Amaro, Sangiovese

Max yield

84 hl/ha

Irrigation

Prohibited

Where it is

Nearest town

around the town of Matino

Nearest city

35 km south of Lecce 80,695 people

To the sea

8.3 km

Same latitude

Thrace-Marmara (Türkiye), Ararat (Armenia), Lancaster 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

0–196 m

Mean elevation

75 m

Mean slope

1.3° (2 %)

Steepest tenth

above 3°

Faces

south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 217,182 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.

Wines and grape rules

Bedrock

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)90%
• Mixed sedimentary rocks10%

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

Communes · 8

• Alezio
• Casarano
• Gallipoli
• Matino
• Melissano
• Parabita
• Taviano
• Tuglie

Sources

EU register of geographical indications